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A -- ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION RDT&E SUPPORT -- 8(A)FIRM/SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT DUE 090299 POC Sharon M. Pritchard (619) 553-4492 WEB: click here to download a copy of the Statement of Work, http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil/. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, pritch@spawar.navy.mil. TITLE: ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION RDT&E SUPPORT -- 8(a) FIRM/SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT. This serves as an 8(a) FIRM/SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT Notice and Market Survey to locate qualified sources for the procurement of Atmospheric Propagation RDT&E Support. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center anticipates issuing a solicitation for a five (5) year contract, consisting of a three (3) year base period and two (2) one-year options with approximately 7,250 labor hours per year. The services are required include multispectral electromagnetic (EM) and electro-optical (EO) propagation through atmospheric, marine and land environments; the associated remote sensing technologies and sensor systems; the necessary data collection, processing, management, quality control, and distribution using computers and sophisticated software; advanced signal and image system integration, required for the development of new capabilities for the Navy. It should be noted that any potential source will be required to have/or obtain personnel and facilities cleared up to the SECRET Level. See Statement of Work ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION RDT&E SUPPORT at http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil/. Any interested/qualified 8(a) firm and other SMALL BUSINESS source who can provide the requirements in accordance with the cited Statement of Work, is invited to submit a written qualification statement to include: (1) Name and address of applicant (Corporate/Principal Office); (2) name, phone and fax number of point of contact; (3) date firm started; (4) SIC Code; (5) type of business (i.e.: small business, small disadvantaged 8(a) certified, Woman-owned small business, small disadvantaged business (not 8(a) certified); (6) contractor's facility capabilities and location, with plans to establish a San Diego facility; (7) past performance: list your firm's most significant contracts which are relevant to providing support services similar to the required services for the past 3 years, list contracts and include the following information: (a) customer (DOD agency, other government agency), (b) contract number, (d) contracting officer's representative (COR) name and telephone number, (e) contract value, (f) period of performance, (g) description of product/services. (8) Please address the contractor's ability to meet the requirement for personnel and facilities to be cleared up to the SECRET Level. All of the information sought should be conveyed in no more that 20 pages. Each response must reference the sources sought title. It should be noted that preference will be given to 8(a) firms. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification Code for this acquisition is 8748 and the small business size standard is $5 million. Interested sources are requested to submit a package by close of business on 2 September 1999, no later than 3:00 p.m. local time to the following address: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, BID OFFICER, Code D21B, Bldg A33, Room 0061, 53570 Silvergate Avenue, San Diego, CA 92152-5113. For information regarding this sources sought, contact Sharon M. Pritchard, Code D212, (619) 553-4492 or pritch@spawar.navy.mil. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. This is NOT a request for proposal (RFP), invitation for bid (IFB), or an announcement of a solicitation and no solicitation package exists at this time. No contract will be awarded as a result of this market survey, which is for informational purposes only. The Government will not pay for any materials provided to it in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the sender. Posted 08/13/99 (W-SN367725). (0225)

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