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R -- TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL DTCG39-99-R-E00221 DUE 081399 POC Dinah Mulligan (860) 441-2885 The U.S.C.G. Research and Development Center intends to award a firm fixed price contract for services in support of adapting commercial practices to satisfy military needs as well as expanding and documenting the commercial technology base for designing for fatigue. (Supplemental Commercial Design Guidance for Fatigue) The work will include presenting and preparing a work plan; conducting a literature search; identifying a list of current commercial approaches and practices for the structural design of the ship hull girder for environmental loads; identifying a list of commercial ship design operating environments; identifying a list of commercial methods to predict the lifetime bending and torsional moments; identifying a list of commercial structural details and the SN curves used to define fatigue strength; identifying a list of commercial approaches for determining the nominal strength of the hull girder; identifying and listing the technology base which supports commercial lifetime secondary loadpredictions; identifying and listing the Navy and commercial in-service hull girder inspection requirements; applying ABS design practices and approaches to assess the hull structure of current and past Navy vessels; identifying and listing shortcomings or limitations in extending or applying current commercially available methodoligies to a typical Navy hull; and developing a list of modifications to commercial fatigue design practices. This acquisition is set aside for small business. The Standard Industrial Classification is 8711 with a size Standard of $2.5M. Offeror's proposals will be evaluated on the basis of best value with evaluation of Technical Approach, Understanding the Requirment, Personnel, and Corporate Experience. Interested parties must request the solicitation in writing, specifying the solicitation number. See Note 1 and Note 26 Posted 06/25/99 (W-SN347197). (0176)

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