Director, USAMC Acquisition Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Attn: STEAA-AE, 4118 Susquehanna Ave., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5002

66 -- ROADWAY SIMULATOR SOL DAAD05-99-R-0518 POC Contract Specialist Martha Mitchem, 410-278-0891, Contracting Officer J. Renee Hodge 410-278-0881 WEB: click on "Army Business Opportunity", select "AMC Acquisition, https://abop.monmouth.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, mmitche@apg-emh1.apg.army.mil. The U.S. Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD has a requirement for a Roadway Simulator to support the testing mission of the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC). The roadway Simulator shall be a vehicle-in-the-loop simulator used to test the safety and performance of automobiles, trucks, tractor-trailer combinations, and other wheeled military vehicles in a laboratory environment, comprehensive of engineering, test safety, data quality, and test cost concerns. The simulator shall support the test vehicle and allow it to fully operate through various driving profiles. The associated dynamics of the equivalent real-world tests shall be simulated to allow accurate performance measurements to be made. The Simulator shall be procured in phases. The initial phase will be awarded with the contract; each successive phase is considered an option. The options will be exercised if funding is available and the contractor has achieved successful performance on the previous phase. The phases are as follows: Phase 1a Design of simulator for 2-axle vehicles up to 26,000 pound gross vehicle weight; Phase 1b (option 1) Manufacture and integrate the fully-functional Phase 1 simulator at ATC's facility; Phase 2 (option 2) Design, manufacture, and integrate at ATC's facility increased capability to include trucks with tandem rear axles and GVW up to 60,000 pounds; Phase 3 (option 3) Design, manufacture, and integrate at ATC's facility increased capability to include tractor-trailer combinations and GVW up to 80,000 pounds. A cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the base and three options is contemplated. Deliveries shall be FOB destination APG, MD 21005. Estimated closing date is 15 July 1999. A draft solicitation will be posted to the following website on or about 17 May 1999: https://abop.monmouth.army.mil. No paper package is or will be made available. The package will not be made available from any other source than the website provided above. Potential offerors may view the RFP by clicking on "Army Business Opportunity", selecting "AMC Acquisition Center" under "View by Contracting Activity" and then clicking on "Go". Offeror then selects "All Business Opportunities by Number" and clicks on the RFP number. A presolicitation conference will be held approximately two weeks after the draft solicitation has been posted to the website. The official version of the RFP will also be posted to the above website after the presolicitation conference. No telephone requests -- only e-mail or facsimile requests will be accepted in order to establish a list of interested sources and to provide information concerning the presolicitation conference. Fax Number 410-278-0898. This requirement is subject to availability of funding. See numbered Note 26. Posted 05/04/99 (W-SN327323). (0124)

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