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23 -- DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHT STRIKE VEHICLE (LSV) FOR USMC/USSOCOM SOL NA DUE 052599 POC Technical: Michael A. Gallagher (301) 227-1852; Fax (301) 227-4389; Contractual: Terence J. McGinn (703) 784-5822; Fax (703) 784-5826 WEB: Click here for LSV web page, http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/mcscctq/oppor.htm/. E-MAIL: Click here to attend briefing to industry, StuberMA@nswccd.navy.mil. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) announce a joint program to develop and field the Light Strike Vehicle (LSV). The objective of this program will be to design, fabricate, test, evaluate and field the LSV platform. This weapons platform will combine the system capabilities of Tactical-High Mobility (all terrain mobility greater than the HMMWV), internal transport via MV-22 and CV-22 and larger aircraft, and firepower through employment of weapons up to heavy machine guns (M-240/M-2/Mk-19). The program will commence in Fiscal Year 2000 with a competitive Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase that will deliver four platforms plus an Automotive Test Rig for testing and maturation purposes. Production of 373 vehicles is planned to take place during Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005. This will be a program of six years duration, procured via open competition and conventional contracting methods. A BRIEFING TO INDUSTRY will be held on 4 June 1999 at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Marine Corps Research Center, Quantico, Virginia to discuss all aspects of the program. Directions to the location of the briefing and local lodging are available at http://www.mcwl.org/mcwl/directions/map.htm. Persons interested in attending should submit a faxed request on company letterhead to LSV BRIEFING at (301) 227-4389 or via e-mail to StuberMA@nswccd.navy.mil no later than 25 May1999. It is requested that name, corporation, address, E-mail address and phone number for each attendee be provided. It is requested that names be consolidated onto a single request form for each organization and that a designated point of contact be given. It is requested that each firm limit attendees to only 3 persons, as space is limited. A listing of attendees will be posted on the LSV WWW site following the briefing. The briefing will occur between the hours of 8:00 AM and 13:00 PM, with registration beginning at 07:30 AM. The briefing will be unclassified. Questions will be taken and answered on the day of the briefing, and subsequently posted to the LSV WWW page without identification of the originator. Following the briefing, interested parties shall be able to download from the LSV WWW site briefing material, draft solicitation documents, and questions/answers from the briefing. A draft copy of key solicitation documents will be provided at the briefing. Industry will have an opportunity to review and comment on program plans and draft documents for 30 days following the briefing. All subsequent announcements and solicitations for the program will only be provided via the World Wide Web. Access to this data is via the Marine Corps LSV HOMEPAGE at http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/mcscctq/Oppor.htm/. Data may be available for downloading prior to the briefing, and once posted or updated, will remain available for download indefinitely. Interested parties should routinely check the WWW page, as updates will be frequent. The formal solicitation will also be available via this homepage. All documents will be in Microsoft Office 97 format (PC format only). The formal solicitation will be issued on or about August 9, 1999 and close 60 days thereafter. Posted 04/27/99 (W-SN324996). (0117)

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