Contracts Group, Bldg 588, Mail Stop 32, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304

R -- ANALYSIS AND DATA REDUCTION OF NAVY AVIATION MAINTENANCE, MATERIAL MANAGEMENT (3-M) SYSTEMS DATA. SOL N00421-97-R-1253 DUE 081098 POC Antonio L. Leathers (301) 342-1825 ext. 106/ William Aumand (301) 342-1825 ext. 108 WEB: Click here under Business Opportunity to download a, http://www.navair.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Aumand_Bill %PAX9B@MR.NAWCAD.N, leathersal.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, intends to acquire services and materials to perform data reduction and analysis of the Navy's Aviation, Maintenance and Material Management (3-M) Data System and provide inputs into Navy simulation and analytical models for Fleet representation of readiness/availability programs. This requirement will be presented in an Oral Presentation format. Aviation Resources to Readiness and Combat Sustainability (ARRCS) methodology is utilized to analyze the interactions of Navy cost and data systems. Major components of ARRCS such as Simulation Package for the Evaluation by Computer Techniques of Readiness, Utilization, and Maintenance (SPECTRUM), Resource Cost Aggregation Program (RECAP), Fleet Readiness Simulation System (FRSS), and Naval Air Depot (NADEP) Simulation Systems (NSS) will be utilized to maintain and improve readiness for existing as well as future weapon systems. Services also include readiness/cost benefit analysis and methodology development through the evaluation of ECPs, LCP's, trend and correlation analysis, adaptability of fleet readiness analyses to surface platform applications, and survivability and vulnerability methodology development and analyses. These services will support the Force Warfare Analysis, Modeling and Simulation Division (FWASMD) of the Concepts, Analysis, Evaluation and Planning (CAEP) Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and will be performed at NAWCAD Patuxent River, MD. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 8711 and the procurement will be conducted as full and open competition. The period of performance is for a base year plus four one year options. The estimated level of effort required is 91,000 hours for each year of performance. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. Requests for the solicitation may be sent via E-mail to LEATHERSAL.jfk@NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL. Written requests for copies of the solicitation should be sentto Contracts, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (Code 254213), Building 588, Suite 2, 47253 Whalen Road, Unit 588, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1463 or facsimile transmittal to (301) 342-1864. TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR SOLICITATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR RETURNED. ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS ARE STRONLGLY ENCOURAGED TO USE THE INTERNET TO RESPOND. All Internet responses must provide the return Internet address, mailing address, phone number and fax number within the body of the response. Internet responses without the aforementioned addresses will not be recognized. The solicitation will be available over the Internet in WORD 6.0TM format and will reside on the NAVAIR Home Page, located on the World Wide Web (WWW). The WWW server may be accessed using client browsers such as MOSAIC and NETSCAPE. Offerors who have requested an electronic copy of the RFP will be notified via E-mail when it is released. The WWW address, or URL, for the NAVAIR Home Page is: "HTTP:/WWW.NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL/" (without quotations)) andclick on "Business Opportunities" and "NAVAIR Washington DC Contracts." The point of contact is Antonio Leathers at (301) 342-1825 ext.106; the contracting officer is William Aumand (301) 342-1825 ext. 108, E-mail Aumand_Bill%PAX9B@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL -- - NAWCAD Synopsis No. N00421-97-R-1253. A pre-proposal conference for all prospective offerors will be held at the Frank Knox Building located in Patuxent River, time/date TBD. This synopsis is a follow up to the CBD synopsis posted on 24 September 1997. All prospective offerors are encouraged to monitor the NAVAIR Homepage for any changes that may occur. The due date has been changed to 10 August 1998. (0162)

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