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

R -- ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES SOL N00421-97-R-1385 POC Maryellen Lyons, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1825 X205; Mark Drager, Contracting Officer, (301) 342-1825 X121 E-MAIL: LyonsMK@navair.navy.mil, LyonsMK@navair.navy.mil. The Atlantic Ranges and Facilities at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) located at Patuxent River, Maryland has a requirement for technical and non-technical support services under solicitation number N00421-97-R-1385. Specifically, the mission of the Atlantic Ranges and Facilities (AR&F) Department at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) at Patuxent River, Maryland is to provide the people, skills, knowledge, processes, facilities, and equipment required to provide safe, instrumented, controlled indoor and outdoor, flight and ground testing services in the air, land and sea arenas. This includes operations and maintenance of ranges, test facilities, instrumentation, simulators, and stimulation labs. The effort, which will be defined in a Performance Work Statement (PWS), requires both non-technical and specialized technical and engineering capabilities. The effort involves the operations and maintenance support to Range Operations, Real Time Telemetry Processing, Time Space Position Information (TSPI), Test Communications, Systems Administration, Aerial Targets (Vandal and BQM), the Aircraft Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF), Electronic Warfare and Radar Cross Section, the Aircraft Launch and Recovery Facility, and direct administrative support to the AR&F. These services are currently performed by a Government and contractor workforce and a cost comparison will be conducted, under OMB Circular No. A-76, Commercial Activities Studies, to determine the most cost-effective mode of operation. The Government is developing an in-house cost estimate and a contract may or may not be awarded as a result of this process. If a contract award is made, the award will be made in accordance with Part I, Chapter 3, Paragraph H of OMB Circular No. A-76. Many of the tasks require access to proprietary information, therefore FAR Organizational Conflict of Interest Clauses will be invoked for this requirement. The anticipated date for the release of thesolicitation is December 18, 1998. A site visit will be hosted on January 8, 1999. Interested parties should submit their request to attend the site visit via e-mail to by December 28, 1998. In order to ensure access to the base, this request should include the name of the company and the name and social security number of the individual attending the site visit. Limit one person per company. Requests for copies of the solicitation must be submitted via e-mail to LyonsMK@navair.navy.mil. No other form of request will be honored (telephone, fax, etc.). Please include the following information in your request: company name, address, point-of-contact, telephone and fax number, and email address. No solicitation documents exist at this time. All responsible sources may request a copy of the solicitation, attend the site visit, and shall be considered by the agency unless this synopsis is amended or replaced. Posted 12/01/98 (W-SN275755). (0335)

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