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69 -- PRECISION GUNNERY TRAINING SYSTEM, IMPROVED TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM SOL N61339-00-R-0020 POC 12. POC Contract Specialist, Mike Hickey, 407/380-4062,Contracting Officer, Barbara Ladd, 407/380-4099 E-MAIL: Click here to contrat the contracting officer via, hickeym@stricom.army.mil. The U.S. Army Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) has a requirement to continue the current non-developmental production of the Precision Gunnery Training System (PGTS) Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) trainer. The PGTS ITAS, which is comprised of a Field Tactical Trainer (FTT) and a Trainer Monitoring Unit (TMU), is an outdoor, appended laser based, MILES compatible trainer used for force-on-force training of the ITAS weapon system at home station and U.S. Army Combat Training Centers. The ITAS FTT operates with and is wholly driven and controlled by the ITAS's Embedded Training (ET) cards, which are fully integrated into the tactical ITAS's Fire Control System. Because of this integration, PGTS ITAS systems are only bought in concert with the procurement of Tactical ITAS systems. The PGTS ITAS FTT System is currently undergoing non-developmental production as a modification to the PGTS TOW FTT trainer originally developed and produced by the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems of Syosset, N.Y. under the PGTS Contract N61339-87-C-0056. This effort will also include the procurement of all required testing, operator/ maintainer training, spare/repair parts, tools and test equipment, and contractor logistic support. This effort will utilize both a firm-fixed price and a time and material type contract structured as range priced options in order to procure the required 400 remaining training systems to support remaining tactical ITAS deliveries. This action is for the final production of the ITAS FTT. The Government does not own and has no plans to procure FTT production drawings or hardware or software documentation on the ET cards. Further, the Government has no funding to allow any non-recurring engineering, re-qualification testing, or procurement of documentation for this effort. Continued production for the FTT shall start no later than 01 January 2001 for deliveries to begin at a rate of no less than 10 per month no greater than 11 months after receipt of any given trainer order. It is essential, for mission accomplishment, that the ITAS tactical system be fielded concurrently with the training system. Based on this concern, there is a significant penalty to the contractor if training equipment is delivered late or it is operationally deficient. The lack of ET documentation would add unacceptable risk to this effort should the Government attempt alternate source for FTT production. As the original developer and current manufacturer of the PGTS ITAS trainer, LMFS is the only known source that posses the required knowledge, data, software, and ITAS device (both tactical and trainer) interfaces to continue production and to be able to start delivery by the required date. Justification and authority is Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 only one responsible source. This is not a request for proposal. No RFP is available!! Posted 02/16/00 (W-SN426173). (0047)

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