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70 -- INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE SOLUTIONS -- 1 (IAS-1) SOL DAAB07-98-R-V003 DUE 080698 POC Chris Daoulas, Contract Specialist, 703-325-3332, Contracting Officer -- Mary O'Hara 703-325-3343 WEB: USACECOM Acquisition Center -- Washington, http://issaa-www1.army.mil. E-MAIL: USACECOM Acquisition Center -- Washington, cdaoul@hoffman-issaa2.army.mil. The IAS-1 Request for Proposals (RFP) will be released on or about 06 July 1998. IAS-1 requirements consist primarily of COTS hardware and software, network integration, and engineering and support services with pricing for equipment on a purchase and lease (straight and LWOP) basis and with services priced hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Included as part of the requirement is global certification of technical compliance by prospective contractors. The Government intends to solicit proposals on a full and open competitive basis from qualified organizations to award a 5 year (1 base year and 4 option years) firm-fixed-price, ID/IQ contract. Award will be based on a best value, trade-off process approach. The RFP will be made available on the CECOM Business Opportunity Page web site http://acbop.monmouth.army.mil/. No hard copies of the RFP are being distributed. This announcement also puts prospective offerors on notice of the required early submittal of the performance risk portion of theirproposal. The required due date for the early submittal is NLT 2:00 p.m. EST, ten calendar days following the release date of the RFP. Specific contents of the required early submittal are within IAS-1 Document, Draft RFP Part E-1, and can be obtained at the CECOM Business Opportunity Page web site identified above. For general information, the early Performance Risk submittal includes the following items: List of Major Subcontractor Information, Table of the Roles of Offeror and Major Subcontractors, List of Relevant Contracts/Subcontracts for the Offeror, List of Relevant Contracts/Subcontracts for the Major Subcontractors, Major Subcontractor's Consent Letter, List of Contracts/Subcontracts References, and Non-Disclosure Agreements from Participating Commercial Firms. See Note 12. See Note 26 which applies to engineering and support services. (0149)

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