SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston, PO Box 190022, North Charleston, SC 29419-9022

R -- ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES DUE 061199 POC Patricia W. Godwin, Code 1113PG, (843) 974-5920, Contracting Officer, Joliene Bowers E-MAIL: SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston, godwinp@spawar.navy.mil. This sources sought announcement is issued for the purpose of identifying sources available to provide engineering and technical services in support of Code 33 Platform Integration Division programs. The purpose of this contract would be to provide engineering and technical support services to define, design, develop, test, integrate, install, and deliver Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) Systems for Amphibious Warfare Programs. The major programs serviced under this contract would be the Radio Communications Systems (RCS) and Ships Signal Exploitation Systems (SSES). Additional program knowledge required will include, but not be limited to: Navigation Sensor System Interface (NAVSSI), Global Command and Control System-Maritime (GCCS-M), Naval Tactical Command Support Systems (NTCSS), United States Marine Corps (USMC) C4I requirements and Marine Corps operations, Information Technology for the twenty-first (IT-21) century initiatives, and Shipwide Area Network. Functional areas of support would include Program Management, Systems Engineering, Material Management, Configuration Management, Logistics Support, Production (including the operation of a Turnkey Integration Facility (TIF), Shipboard Installation, Shipyard Support, Training, and Integrated product and Process Development (IPPD). Respondents should have a working knowledge of Turnkey methodology and demonstrated experience in system design, acquisition, integration, testing, shipboard installation, and shipboard test conduct for RCS, SSES, NAVSSI, GCCS-M, NTCSS, programs and USMC C4I as well as general knowledge of IT-21 and Shipwide Area Network programs. Respondents should summarize their experience relative to the listed programs. Experience summaries should include program name, award date, and should clearly identify your role as either Prime or Subcontractor. Experience summaries should be no longer than five pages in length. Performance of work would take place in the contractor's facility, the TIF or onboardship. Respondents should have the ability to provide office space in close proximity to the shipbuilder's facility to perform shipyard on-site support. Shipbuilders facility will be located in CONUS. Respondents should describe present and planned facilities (in close proximity to SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston) -- providing the following information as a minimum: location, square footage, percentage available for the management, engineering, administrative, and technical support personnel anticipated to directly support system production and integration, whether facilities are under the control of respondent or other, storage areas, and working spaces that meet the minimum security requirements for handling of SECRET information; facilities for report reproduction and graphics/viewgraphs preparation. Any additional corporate information may be included. This announcement is only an expression of interest. Future requirements and procurements are uncertain. The Government does not presently have a requirement and does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this announcement. For further information contact Mike Cullison, Code 331MC, at (843) 974-5341. All information supplied should be mailed to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston, PO Box 190022, North Charleston, SC 29419-9022, Attn.: Code 331MC to arrive no later than 18 June 1999. Posted 05/18/99 (D-SN332534). (0138)

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