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B -- STRATEGIC AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECT PLANNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS SOL N66604-00-Q-0151 DUE 102199 POC Ms. C.W. Garand at (401) 832-1486 WEB: NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIVISION, NEWPORT, http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. E-MAIL: Ms. C.W. Garand, GARANDCW @npt.nuwc.navy.mil. The contractor shall utilize current and future program documentation (provided as GFI) and participate in meetings, briefings and conferences to provide engineering, analytic, technical and scientific services, to perform special analyses, evaluation and assessments, to conceptualize and recommend specific areas of interest and future directions for NUWC in the following areas: Shallow Water/Littoral Warfare Strategy, Submarine and Surface Environments, Advanced Undersea Warfare Systems Requirements, Combat and Weapon System Requirements, Dual-use Technologies -- Programs and Strategies, Development of Navy Trends -- Investment Strategy, System Effectiveness Requirements and Metrics, Operational Effectiveness Measures, Science and Technology Programs. Assessments shall also take into account continued force reductions, budgetary constraints and organizational changes necessitated by Administration, Congressional, DOD, DON, ASN, and NAVSEA policy decisions. Additionally, the contractor shall investigate joint allied ASW programs for suitability to NUWC. Performance will be at the contractor's facility. The Government intends to award a sole source, firm fixed price purchase order to ELM Consulting, Marco Island, FL, using the procedures per FAR Part 12 and 13. ELMC is the only qualified vendor at this time to perform these studies because the skills in which ELMC has expertise include executive management, strategic planning, technology assessments, program management, and undersea warfare. Including: undersea weapons systems, system engineering, automatic control, computer based systems, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, undersea warfare, and broadly based research and development. A written solicitation will be issued 14 OCT 99. Anticipated award date is 29 OCT 99. Delivery will be F.O.B. destination, Newport, RI approximately 12 months from date of award. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the government. Telephone requests will not be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed purchase order based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.See Note 1. Our department no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Instead, they may be accessed at our web site http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. We also provide electronic access in our Bid Room. Posted 10/08/99 (W-SN390207). (0281)

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