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14 -- SHORT RANGE ANTITANK WEAPON SOL N00178-99-R-0001 DUE 102898 POC Sharon M. Jones, Contract Specialist, Code SD115, (540)653-7478, or G. R. Vaughan, Contracting Officer WEB: NSWCDD Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division Web, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist for N00178-99-R-0001, jonessm@nswc.navy.mil. Upon completion of the exiting Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development contract,production of the Predator (SRAW) Weapon System is proposed to be continued on a sole source basis with Lockheed Martin Electronics & Missiles Division, 5600 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32819-8907. Predator is a one man portable, fire-and-forget system designed to defeat the next generation of advanced armor threats. Predator system characteristics consist of the following, weight of 20 pounds or less, length less than 40 inches, effective range of between 17 and 600 meters, inertial guidance capable of addressing moving, as well as stationary targets and soft launch fire-from-enclosure capability. The Predator will be built to a performance specification. The period of performance will consist of the Base year with Options for the subsequent four years with the first delivery approximately 20 months after contract award. The quantity consists of: Base Year 442 units, Option Year 1-647 units, Option Year 2-781 units, Option Year 3-1909 units, and Option Year 4-2126 units. The production of the supplies listed requires a substantial initial investment and/or an extended period of preparation for manufacture by any source other than the exiting EMD contractor. Maintaining production with the current EMD contractor will eliminate substantial duplication of cost due to existing proofed out production line and elimination of extensive first article testing, production readiness review, physical configuration testing, production readiness review, physical configuration audits and engineering support. Interested offerors shall respond by 28 October 1998. "See Note 22". The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division is implementing Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition arena; therefore, this sole source synopsis and resulting solicitation with any applicable amendments will also be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. Posted 10/02/98 (W-SN257844). (0275)

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