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A -- ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT (E&MD) OF THE AIRBORNE LASER MINE DETECTION SYSTEM SOL N61331-99-R-0022 DUE 081799 POC Contact Point, Mary Kitchen (850) 235-5389; Contracting Officer, Carol Dreger, (850) 234-4863 WEB: www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: KitchenMF@ncsc.navy.mil., KitchenMF@ncsc.navy.mil.. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, is requesting proposals for full and open competition to perform Engineering and Manufacturing Development of the ALMDS on a cost-plus-incentive-fee basis for a three year effort. A security clearance up to confidential is required of all offerors. The Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) is a non-acoustic Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) high area coverage system that will detect, classify, and localize floating and near surface moored sea mines. The system will be deployed from the CH-60S helicopter and thereby provide organic airborne mine defense for the carrier battle groups and amphibious ready groups. The system will provide rapid wide area reconnaissance and assessment of the threat posed by moored, floating, or drifting sea mines, a capability that does not exist in the current Mine Countermeasures inventory. This capability will be of critical importance in littoral zones, confined straits, choke points, and the Amphibious Objective Area (AOA). This effort will encompass the conduct of all analysis, system engineering and design, development, fabrication, assembly, testing, qualification, operator and maintainer training, documentation, planning, and management required by an E&MD program. The goals of the E&MD phase are: (a) Develop a sensor system that meets or exceeds all supportability goals, including reliability, maintainability, and availability requirements. (b) Demonstrate sensor performance that meets or exceeds the requirements of the ALMDS performance specification at completion of development. (c) After contract award with the U.S. Navy designated CH-60S systems integrator; demonstrate a final system configuration that is fully integrated and compatible with the CH-60S host platform at completion of the development. (d) During the Operational Test (OT) and Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL) programs, demonstrate that the CH-60S/ALMDS system concept is both operationally effective and operationally suitable. (e) Provide a complete and accurate Technical Data Package (TDP) including elements such as system design, training, and operation. The TDP will be suitable for competing any follow-on production requirements. The E&MD phase will provide for the development and delivery of at least three (3) ALMDS systems which will comprise the ALMDS Engineering Development Model (EDM) system at the completion of the E&MD phase to support Developmental and Operational testing (DT/OT). Any resulting contract will contain firm-fixed priced Low Rate Initial Production options to the E&MD contract. The Government intends to release the formal Request for Proposals (RFP) on or about 01 July 1999. Since all potential Offerors have had an opportunity to review and comment on a draft RFP, Offerors will have 45 days after formal release of the RFP to submit proposals. A Pre-Bid conference is scheduled for 0900 on 14 July 1999 at the Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, FL Building 110, Auditorium. All questions concerning the RFP shall be e-mailed to KitchenMF@ncsc.navy.mil NLT 08 July 1999 prior to the bidders conference. The Government will only respond to questions at the bidders conference or in a modification to the RFP. Questions submitted as "comments" on the draft RFP will not be addressed at the bidders conference unless resubmitted since the Government declared its intention to keep all comments on the draft RFP confidential. All conference attendees shall submit their visit request by emailing all attendees names, the company's security clearance, and Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) code not later than 08 July 1999 to KitchenMF@ncsc.navy.mil. Additional information regarding the ALMDS program is available on the Coastal Systems Station website at http://www.ncsc.navy.mil/CSS/Projects/ALMDS/almds.htm and at http://www.ncsc.navy.mil/Contracts/Tables/soltab.htm. Requests for the RFP shall be emailed to KitchenMK@ncsc.navy.mil, attn: Ms. Mary Kitchen, Code SP10. Verbal requests will not be honored. Posted 06/07/99 (W-SN340035). (0158)

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