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41 -- AIR CONDITIONERS SOL DAAB15-00-R-1009 POC Contract Specialist, Stephen Alkire, 703/325-3356; Contracing Officer, Peggy Butler, 703/325-3356 WEB: Army Single Face to Industry Business Opportunity Page, https://abop.monmouth.army.mil/ibophome.nsf/home?open. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist's email, salkir@hoffman-issaa2.army.mil. The USA CECOM Acquisition Center Washington intends to issue Draft RFP DAAB15-00-R-1009 to design, fabricate, and test prototype Improved Environmental Control Units (IECUs). The solicitation will be issued on a Full and Open Competition basis; multiple awards are contemplated. The IECUs will be developed in both Horizontal and Vertical configurations, in nominal 9kBTUH, 18kBTUH and 36kBTUH cooling capacities; they will also include heating capability. The IECUs to be designed are intended to form, fit, and function replace the current Army inventory of ECUs with improved capabilities in the areas of high temperature operation, power consumption, weight, noise, diagnostics, and reliability. The contractor shall select the refrigerant and components based on sound engineering tradeoffs of the requirements, cost, and environmental laws regarding ozone-depleting refrigerants. The refrigerant system shall be of the vapor-cycle type and furnished with a full charge of refrigerant conforming to ARI 700. Units shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the Purchase Description (PD) which will be included in the solicitation package; and approved commercial, Federal and MIL standards listed in the solicitation package. It is anticipated that the Draft RFP will be available NLT 30 June 2000 for downloading from the Army's Interactive Business Opportunity Page, located at https://abop.monmouth.army.mil/ibophome.nsf/home?open. No hard copies will be provided. Questions and comments concerning the Draft RFP will be accepted by the Government. Posted 05/12/00 (W-SN454230). (0133)

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