US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

R -- PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOL DAAE30-99-R-1004 DUE 052199 POC Magda Szymanski, Contract Specialist, (973) 724-3066 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/050719990/050719990.htm. E-MAIL: Magda M. Szymanski, mszyman@pica.army.mil. The US Army TACOM-ARDEC is seeking potential Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs) who have the capability to provide technical support through individual tasks as mandated by the Predictive Technology effort to promote an innovative research and development program dealing with the unique life cycle environments of US Army material. The task requirements will include the development of new predictive technology methodologies used to promote a viable operation and support cost reduction program. The following technologies are to be explored: advanced computers and software, sensors, communication networking, environmental effects, signal processing, artificial intelligence and neural nets, microelectronics, nondestructive test technology, smart packaging, information management, advanced inspection technologies. There will be individual tasks defining the following areas of concentration: materials science and reaction kinetics, predictive test plan development, predictive test and surveillance instrumentation design, development, and fabrication, predictive and environmental testing, predictive modeling and simulation, environmental modeling and characterization, computer aided process control and quality assurance, stockpile life cycle and risk analysis program, predictive technology data systems support, soil and groundwater remediation technology, waste treatment and resource recovery technology. The propossed contract is a Time and Matrials type contract for five years. Interested HBCU/MIs are encouraged to submit the following information specifying 1) experience and past performance relating to the above areas of concentration and 2) facilities (rented or leased): environmental chambers employing accelerated aging capabilities including temperature cycling, humidity, salt spray, and solar radiation; electronic characterization equipment; electro-optics equipment; robotics equipment, equipment to measure material property data including mechanical, physical, thermal, and chemical properties; material characterization equipment; non-destructive testing equipment and parallel processing equpment. This information is to be emailed to the contract specialist, Mrs. Magda Szymanski at the following address: mszyman@pica.army.mil by May 21, 1999. This is not a request for proposal. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation of the information submitted, but the HBCU/MIs that are fully qualified will be considered when the RFP is issued. Prospective HBCU/MIs are advised that the RFP will be released on or about June 1, 1999. The RFP when released will be available at the following Internet site: http://procnet.army.mil. Hard copies of the RFP will not be sent to HBCU/MIs with Internet access. If Internet access is not available, interested HBCU/MIs must submit written verification stating Internet unavailabilitity so that a hard copy can be provided. Note 5. Posted 05/07/99 (D-SN328974). (0127)

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