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

A -- VETRONICS TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOL DAAE07-00-R-L007 POC Rosalie Williamson (810) 574-8089 WEB: Click here to view the solicitation., http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/research/researchproc.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact buyer by e-mail, williaro@tacom.army.mil. The United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command-Warren (TACOM-Warren) will be issuing Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of Level of Effort hours (1,500 basic effort, one option for 67,120 and four additional options of 68,620 hours each) which will be utilized to assist the Vetronics Technology Area (VTA)in designing and maintaining existing and future systems within the technology center. The requirement includes system requirements definition, system design, system fabrication, software development, system integration, system testing, system maintenance, system enhancement, conduct of experiments, and software process engineering. The selected contractor will maintain and upgrade VTA labs including the Vetronics Simulation Facility (VSF) and the Vetronics System Integration Laboratory (VSIL). The contractor will also develop and implement new applications for existing VTA laboratory tools and new vehicle systems. The work will be controlled by work directive. This solicitation will be issued on a full and open competition basis. This effort will be awarded as a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) contract. This is a five year effort. As of 15 March 1999, solicitations have been issued in electronic format only. This solicitation will be posted to our web site at http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/research/researchproc.html on approximately 1 Mar 00. Interested parties are encourages to check the web site frequently for availability of the RFP. No other notice of RFP release will be given All solicitations issued after 1 Apr 1999 require offerors to submit offers paperlessly: only electronic format will be accepted. Contractors are required to submit their response in one of the following electronic mediums: via 100 megabyte Zip*-disk, e-mail, 3 1/2 inch disk, or 650 megabyte CD ROM. Offers/bids are to be emailed to Offers@tacom.army.mil. Do not email offers to the buyer. The subject line of the email submissions must read "Offer-DAAE07-00-R-L007 Closes (Insert date for receipt of offers from the RFP)". Maximum size of e-mailed offers shall not exceed 3.5 megabytes. Compressed files must be self extracting and have appropriate instructions to open. Hard copy responses will not be accepted. Please make sure this agency has been furnished with the following additional information: The SF33 cover sheet filled out, Section K (Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors), CAGE, Company Name, DUNS Number, and the email address for your point of contact. All offerors must be registered in the Central Contract Registry prior to receiving any award. See the website http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccragent/plsql/ccr.welcome for information on how to register. The estimated release date of RFP DAAE07-00-R-L007 is 1 Mar 00 and the estimated closing date for Receipt of Proposals is 14 Apr 00. Numbered Note 26 will apply. All responsible sources are invited to submit a proposal. *Registered trademarks EMAILADD: williaro@tacom.army.mil Posted 02/08/00 (W-SN422925). (0039)

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