Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

D -- SPACE CONTROL OPERATIONS AND MISSION SYSTEMS ADP SUPPORT SOL N00178-00-R-2008 POC William T. Armstrong, (540) 653-7942 WEB: NSWCDD Procurement Homepage, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Questions concerning this synopsis., armstrongwt@nswc.navy.mil. The Naval Space Command, located upon the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia, requires Space Control Operations and Mission Systems ADP Support. This requirement is offered subject to OMB Circular A-76 and is part of an on-going cost comparison. Offers solicited under this requirement are for the purpose of cost comparison with Government performance of the work and will not result in a contract if Government performance is determined to be more advantageous. Any contract formed as a result of this solicitation will be subject to the Service Contract Act of 1965 and will incorporate a Wage Determination. The Space Control Operations tasks include the detection, tracking, identifying, and cataloging of all man made objects in space, and providing space-related operational intelligence to Navy and Marine Corps forces. Space Control Operations are highly sensitive and critical to national defense, and are performed 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. The Mission Systems ADP Support task requires the contractor to administer, maintain, and coordinate the operations, maintenance and repair of NAVSPACECOM Mission ADP Systems to insure efficient operations and maximum up time. Support will be performed 7 days a week, 24 hours per day. Equipment and systems to be supported by this task are highly sensitive and critical to national defense. All performance will take place within the NAVSPACECOM facility and will utilize Government furnished equipment, systems, and software. A 5-year contract is planned consisting of a 1 year base period and 4 annual option periods aligned to the Federal Government fiscal year. A firm fixed price contract is anticipated with a start date of 1 October 2000. The contractor is required to have an administrative facility within one-hour travel time from Dahlgren, VA. The SIC Code is 7379 and the FSC code is D399. Persons performing on this contract will be required to be US citizens and must be cleared at Secret and higher levels. Solicitations and amendments will only be available via the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. No hard copies will be provided. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be posted late November 1999. The solicitation will be open for approximately 45 days. Vendors should access the NSWCDD web site to ensure they have downloaded all amendments. For solicitations issued after 31 May 1998, DOD will no longer award contracts to Contractors that are not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Registration may be performed on the CCR Web Site http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec or via dial up modem at (614) 692-6788, (USER ID: ccrpub; PASSWORD pub2ccri). Any certified value added network (VAN) can be used for registration. A paper registration form may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Due to the special advertising provisions for OMB Circular A-76 cost comparison studies in FAR 5.205, potential offerors are requested to provide to the contracting officer a non-binding letter or e-mail expressing their intent to submit an offer. Submit correspondence to: Contracting Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Attn: Code SD121, 17320 Dahlgren Rd., Dahlgren, VA 22448 or via e-mail to armstrongwt@nswc.navy.mil. Posted 10/28/99 (W-SN395990). (0301)

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