SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston, PO Box 190022, North Charleston, SC 29419-9022

R -- OPERATION OF THE NAVY ARRAY TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER SOL N65236-99-R-0509 DUE 070299 POC DONNA J. MURPHY, CONTRACT NEGOTIATOR (843) 974-5919; JOLIENE L. BOWERS, CONTRACTING OFFICER WEB: SPAWAR Business Opportunities Home Page -- SPAWARSYSCEN, http://www-chas.spawar.navy.mil/CHAS/Codes/10/bus_opp.html. E-MAIL: SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston, murphydj@spawar.navy.mil. SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the operation of the Navy Array Technical Support Center (NATSC) to provide field engineering, technical and logistic support for U.S. Navy and FMS Towed Array systems and ancillary equipment. These support services are required in the areas of: depot maintenance and repair; test and evaluation support; configuration management; integrated logistics support; supply; maintenance; technical documentation and data management; reliability, maintainability, and availability; training; technical support; and test bed facilities. This effort requires the offeror to have special capabilities in program management, configuration management, quality management, operations management, dockside and at-sea certification testing, and logistics and supply support of depot and fielded systems, specifically for Towed Array Systems. The contractor shall provide and maintain approximately 40,000 square feet of facility space in the vicinity of Norfolk, VA, for integration and system test of towed arrays, tow cables, array modules, and miscellaneous support equipment. In addition, the contractor shall provide and maintain approximately 10,000 square feet of facility space within five miles of NATSC Little Creek, VA, for SPALT 9080 repair operations. The contractor will be required to maintain a SECRET security clearance during performance of this contract. The contract will be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Level of Effort type contract for a base year, with four one-year options. This procurement will be conducted under full and open competition on an unrestricted basis. The applicable SIC Code is 8711 with a size standard of $20M. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency in response to this solicitation. The Government intends to issue a draft RFP which will be posted on SPAWAR'S Business Opportunities Home Page under the SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston Future Opportunities Section at the web page address link noted below on or about 30 April 1999. All comments concerning the draft RFP are to be provided in writing to the attention of Donna Murphy, Code 1113DM, fax (843) 974-5917 or via e-mail to "murphydj@spawar.navy.mil". A site visit/pre-solicitation conference is planned for on or about 20 May 1999 in Norfolk, VA. It is anticipated that the formal solicitation will be available on or about 04 Jun 1999 on SPAWAR's Business Opportunities Home Page under the SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston Solicitation Section at the web page address link noted below. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to independently review this web page frequently for updates to any and all documents/conference schedules. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the draft and formal solicitation documents and amendments (if any). No paper copies of these documents will be issued. Technical questions about the Internet web site are to be directed to Ms. Janet Stone, (843) 974-5906. All other questions and comments are to be directed to Donna Murphy at telephone (843) 974-5919, fax (843) 974-5917, or e-mail address below. See Note 26. Posted 04/26/99 (D-SN324273). (0116)

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