U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DE), Warren, MI 48397-5000

A -- TOTAL PACKAGE FIELDING REQUIREMENTS FOR 310,000 HOURS WITH OPTIONS TO SUPPORT THE M2/M3 BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLES SYSTEM AND DERIVATIVES VEHICLE SYSTEMS SOL DAAE07-00-R-M010 POC Mr. Tod Miller at telephone number (810) 574-7083 WEB: http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/opportunity.htm, http://www.usa.gov/procurement/index.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, millert@tacom.amry.mil. The U.S. Army Tank automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)in Warren,Michigan intends on issuing a single contract for the supplies and services to accomplish the requirements of this Total Package Fielding (TPF)effort. This effort is to provide support to field new weapon systems. TPF has been developed by the Army to manage this fielding process. TPF minimizes the workload of the gaining unit by gathering the end item and all required support into a single package, which is identified, assembled, funded, and depressed by the materiel developer. Those weapon systems that will be served under this action are the M2/3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems and derivative vehicles, the M113 family of vehicles, the M88A2 Hercules, and the M9 Ace. The TPF effort will be acquired on a best value basis utilizing the tradeoff process. The tradeoff process allows the source selection authority the flexibility to select the best value, which may not always be the lowest price or highest technically rated proposal.The eventual decision will involve a comparison of the non-cost strengths, weaknesses and risks against the evaluated cost offered of each proposal, with judgment applied as to which one provides the best combination. The acquisition of the TACOM TPF effort will be conducted as a small business set-aside. The single award will be issued under a Cost plus Fixed Fee type Contract. Work will commence upon issuance of a Work Directive. The Work Directives will be awarded as a level-of-effort. The contract is comprised of a base year (12 months) and four (4) one-year option periods. There will be a base year effort of 46,000 hours with an additional 16,000 hours for a surge effort. Total hours are estimated at 310,000 with all options exercised over the five-year time frame. Posted 11/02/99 (W-SN397362). (0306)

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