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69 -- TRAINING AIDS & DEVICES -- US MARINE CORPS SIMULATOR MASTER PLAN SOL N61339-99-R-0013 POC Contract Specialist, Tim Cichon at 407/380-4083, Contracting Officer, Anthony L. Cibos at 407/380-8172 WEB: Click here to go to open acquisitions., http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/contract/procure.htm. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) has a requirement for the procurement and support of simulator devices that will include, but not be limited to, the following USMC Aviation Assets: KC-130, AV-8B, EA-6B, AH-1W, AH-1Z, UH-1N, UH-1Y, CH-46E, CH-53E, and F/A-18C/D. NAWCTSD is considering procuring approximately 24 Aircrew Procedures Trainers (APT). This procurement will utilize a Statement of Objectives (SOO) which will outline the Government's requirements. The contractor will be responsible for generating the Statement of Work (Contractor Proposal), and the necessary Contract Data Requirements List. Initial pattern units will be designed and constructed by a fully collocated Integrated Product Team at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division's Manned Flight Simulator Laboratory, Patuxent River, Maryland. The successful Contractor will be responsible for the construction, testing, shipping, and installation of all APTs. The contractor will be expected to maximize commonality across all trainer platforms. The APTs shall be of an open, non-proprietary nature. Commercial and Non-Developmental Items shall be used to the maximum extent practicable. The simulators will be self-contained in standard containers. The APTs will interface in a common environment with each other and with other simulators. The APTs will support training in the full mission spectrum, from planning through mission rehearsal, including individual and section levels up through the Air Combat Element (ACE) and STRIKE combat skills. The APTs shall simulate the crew station and provide training to the aircrew on operating the aircraft and aircraft subsystems, executing normal procedures, recognizing malfunctions and abnormal indications, executing corresponding emergency procedures and executing mission procedures in a realistic tactical environment. The APTs shall provide for training in passive, offensive and defensive procedures, tactics and threat evaluation. The APTs shall provide a means for evaluating tactical procedures and maneuvers against specific threat environments. Aircrew skill training shall include all systems modes of operation and proficiency in the use of controls and displays required by the mission objectives. The APTs shall include software and hardware links (High Level Architecture) for networking all units for coordinated exercises. The Contractor shall also provide Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) to operate and maintain life cycle support for the training system. A "DRAFT copy of the SOO with enclosures and Section L have been posted to the NAWCTSD World Wide Web site at http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/contract/procure.htm. NAWCTSD will utilize its World Wide Web Site for distribution of additional draft documents, as well as, the Final Request For Proposal, which is anticipated to be April 1999. Contractors' proposals will be due July 1999. Contract award is scheduled for March 2000. The anticipated contract will be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract. This procurement will be a full and open competition. The applicable small business size standard is SIC 3699, 750 employees. Please periodically review the NAWCTSD Web Site for the latest updates to the "DRAFT" documentation. SEE Note 26. Posted 04/01/99 (W-SN315329). (0091)

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