U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Building 5681, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

A -- COMANCHE PORTABLE COCKPIT (CPC) INTEGRATION SOL DAAH23-98-Q-A006 DUE 081898 POC Gerrie Garner, Boeing Sikorsky Comanche Team (A Joint Venture), (610)362-1039, or Samuel B. Huffstetler, Jr., Contracting Officer, (256)313-4329 The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) has a requirement for technical support for the Comanche Portable Cockpit (CPC) participation in the Manned-Unmanned (MUM) simulation exercise located at Ft. Rucker, AL. The CPC will be integrated with the Integrated Tactical Environmental Management System (ITEMS), Advanced Tactical Combat Model (ATCOM), and the MUSE UAV simulator in preparation for the formal experiment 18 September 1998 through 2 October 1998 at Ft. Rucker. AMCOM anticipates award of a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order to the Boeing Sikorsky Comanche Team (A Joint Venture). As the designer, developer, and producer of the Comanche Helicopter and the attendant CPC, Boeing Sikorsky is the only source with the experience, expertise and capability necessary to accomplish this effort. This proposed acquisition is for services which cannot be procured through full and open competition and no other source will satisfy agency requirements. Therefore, the effort will be sole source to Boeing Sikorsky pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), in accordance with (Federal Acquisition Regulation) FAR 6.302-1. Firms that recognize and can produce the required services described above are encouraged to identify themselves to the Contracting Officer and provide supporting evidence to the Contracting Officer which will permit their participation in the current or future solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a bid/proposal which shall be considered by the agency. NOTES: 22 and 25 Posted 08/03/98 (W-SN231815). (0215)

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