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

A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORT FOR MUNITION SUPPORT SOL N00178-99-R-1002 POC Janice S. Williams, Contract Specialist, Code SD118, (540)653-7478, or Paul Learn, Contracting Officer WEB: NSWCDD Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division Web, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist for N00178-99-R-1002, williamsjs@nswc.navy.mil. This announcement represents the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division's (NSWCDD's) requirement for technical and engineering efforts to provide Munition support for numerous Navy (including the US Marine Corps) programs in various stages of development during a five-year period. Programs to be supported include, but are not limited to, Naval Surface Fire Support, Target Location Designation Handoff System, STANDARD Missile, Minor Caliber Ammunition, Deck Launched Ordnance, Testing Experimentation Assessment Modeling & Simulation, Extended Range Guided Munition, and Marine Corps Weapons and Sensors. Efforts required include systems engineering, software engineering, product engineering, engineering support, training, and program documentation. Systems engineering includes system engineering; requirements analysis and allocation; system specification development; program planning and schedule tracking; system simulation and modeling; technology assessments; interface definition; weapon systems analysis; producibility studies; concept exploration; and command, control, countermeasure and integration. Software engineering includes computer program development, computer system support, documentation imaging and retrieval, information management, and artificial intelligence. Product engineering includes product design, component fabrication, assembly and component layout, prototype development, and test support. Engineering support may include documentation support, data/database management, configuration management, performance correlation traceability, meeting support, technical report publication, and graphics arts support. Specific Government requirements will be specified in task orders to be issued under the anticipated indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contract that will contain a cost-plus-fixed-fee (term and completion) pricing arrangement. Approximately 60 man-years of support are required during each of the five performance years from the Program Manager (1); Senior Principal, Systems, Computer, Project, and entry level Engineers (26); Senior and Journeyman Technical Writers (8.5), Configuration Management Specialists (3.5); Senior and Journeyman Technicians (6); CAD Operators (6); Engineering Assistants (5); and Typists (3.5) labor categories. Due to the potential future applications of systems/subsystems designed under the prospective contract, the solicitation will contain an Organizational Conflict of Interest Notification. This solicitation is issued on an unrestricted basis. Proposals will be evaluated using best value criteria including oral presentations. Individuals as well as the contractor's facility must be cleared to the SECRET level for performance of the Government's requirements set forth above. It is desired that offeror's facilities be located within a 60-mile commute from NSWCDD for meeting/conference support. Travel required during contract performance includes, but is not limited to, Washington Metropolitan area including Crystal City; Norfolk, Virginia; CampLejuene, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California; 29 Palms, California; Tucson, Arizona; and areas outside of CONUS such as Hawaii, Japan and Europe. The SIC Code is 8711 and the Size Standard is $20M. This is a follow-on requirement to NSWCDD Contract N00178-95-D-1008 with Synetics Corporation, 540 Edgewater Drive, Wakefield, MA 01880. Information pertaining to the Freedom of Information Act should be directed to (540)653-7578. Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to SD11 Branch using Internet address sd11@nswc.navy.mil, via facsimile at (540) 653-7478 or via telephone at (540) 653-7088 and be received not later than 21 May 1999. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. Solicitations and amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. Hard copies WILL NOT be provided. Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web Site to ensure they have downloaded all amendments. DoD will no longer award contracts to Contractors not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) data base. Registration may be done by assessing the CCR Web site 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 04/01/99 (W-SN315306). (0091)

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