Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

C -- ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL N00178-98-R-2007 DUE 073198 POC Guenther C. Bareihs, Code SD120, (540) 653-7942 WEB: NSWCDD Procurement Homepage, http://proc_div.navy.mi/supply. E-MAIL: questions concerning synopsis., afranci@nswc.navy.mil. The Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, (NSWCDD), intends to procure technical support services for the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). Required services include System Safety Certification, Computer Program Development/Maintenance, Verification/Validation, Fleet Maintenance/In-Service Engineering and Systems Engineering as directly related to VLS and its interactions with associated systems such as Tomahawk, AEGIS, Sea Sparrow and ASW. Solicitation N00178-98-R-2007 will be issued on or about 31 July 1998. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division is implementing Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition area, therefore synopsis and resulting solicitation with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://nswc.navy.mil under Procurement Division or at http://nswc.navy.mil/supply. Solicitation and amendments are only available at the above Web sites. Hard copies WILL NOT be provided. Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web site to ensure that they have downloaded all amendments. Effective 1 March 1998, DOD no longer awards contracts to contractors not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Registration may be done by accessing the CCR website at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec. Registration may be done via dial up modem at (614) 692-6788 (USER ID:ccrpub; PASSWORD: pub2ccri). Any certified value added network (VAN) can be used for registration. A paper registration form may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Posted 07/15/98 (W-SN223676). (0196)

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