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A -- C4I TEST & EVALUATION, IV&V, & SEA SUPPORT SOL N66001-00-R-5027 POC David W. Jenkins -- 619/553-6588 Jon Wester -- 619/553-4493 Todd McKamey -- 619/553-4500 WEB: To access the solicitation,click here; then select, http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, westerj@spawar.navy.mil. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO) intends to issue Request for Proposals (RFP) No. N66001-00-R-5027 for the award of multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contracts to provide Test and Evaluation (T&E), Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), configuration management and quality assurance support for Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) systems. Awardees of contracts under this solicitation will compete for task orders to perform actual work. Each contract will be awarded for the entire estimated level of effort needed for the total requirement. However, the competition of task orders may reduce each awardees actual total effort to a point significantly below the ceiling value of each award. The estimated level of effort for the total requirement is 58,000 man-hours per year for five years. This is a full and open competition. It is anticipated that a full and open competition will result in award of between three and five IDIQ/CPFF contracts. Small business firms are especially encouraged to submit proposals; the Government desires to issue one or more awards to small business firms. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this effort is 8711 and the small business size standard is annual average gross revenue for the past three years of no greater than $20,000,000. A Bidders Mailing List will not be established and hard copies of documents will not be provided. The solicitation will only be available electronically on the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) E-Commerce Web Page at http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil under Business Opportunities. Any amendments, when issued, will also be available only on this web site. Issuance of the solicitation is estimated for 20 January 2000. Matters posted on the web site are not terms of the solicitation unless the solicitation is written or amended to include such matters. FIRMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THE WEB SITE REGULARLY FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. Posted 01/03/00 (W-SN412640). (0003)

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