Bid Office, SPAWARSYSCEN, Code D21B, 53570 Silvergate Avenue, Bldg. A33, Room 0061, San Diego, CA 92152-5112

A -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR INNOVATIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTATION FACILITY SOL N66001-00-X-XXX5 DUE 061500 POC Linda Mulligan, Contract Negotiator (619) 553-4538 or L. Joye Socha, Contracting Officer WEB: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC-SD), http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Linda Mulligan, Contract Negotiator, mulligan@spawar.navy.mil. This serves as a small business sources sought notice to locate qualified sources for the procurement of Innovative Science and Technology Experimentation Facility (ISTEF) Technical and Administrative Operations and Maintenance Site Support. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center anticipates issuing a solicitation for a base year with four one-year options. This procurement is intended to be a cost plus fixed fee, indefinite quantity contract; other than the minimum guarantee in the base year, there is no minimum guarantee on the option years. The estimated level of effort for the total requirement is 127,500 man-hours. The requirement includes engineering services, as well as the operation and maintenance of all optical, electronic, and mechanical systems and subsystems at ISTEF. These tasks may include optical and mechanical design, development, fabrication, and operation of new sensors and illuminators in support of imaging and pointing and tracking applications. Principal contractor activities include laboratory and field engineering, theory and concept development, and computer modeling for active and passive imaging systems. Technology areas include large optics, IR/VIS/UV sensors, lasers, mount control systems and image processing. It should be noted that any potential source will be required to have/or obtain personnel and facilities cleared up to the TOP SECRET Level. Teaming with an educational institution and/or a large business is highly encouraged. See draft Statement of Work at http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil/. Capabilities will be judged by previous or current experience. Any interested SMALL BUSINESS source who can provide the requirements in accordance with the cited Statement of Work, is invited to submit a written qualification statement as it relates to relevant past performance (previous or current experience) similar to the required services for the past five (5) years. The package shall include the following: (1) Name and address of applicant (Corporate/Principal Office); (2) name, telephone and fax number of point of contact; (3) date firm started; (4) SIC Code; (5) type of business (i.e.: small business, small disadvantaged 8(a) certified, Woman-owned small business, small disadvantaged business (not 8(a) certified); (6) contractor's capabilities to meet the following as related to the scope: (a) site operation and maintenance, (b) optical tracking (optical or radar), (c) Operation of mobile Optical tracking and imaging equipment at a remote (i.e. non-permanent) site, (d) image processing experience, (e) test and evaluation experience, (f) laser systems design, operations and maintenance capabilities, (g) optical design capabilities, and (h) familiarity and presence at the Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center; and (7) Address the contractor's ability to meet the requirement for personnel and facilities to be cleared up to the TOP SECRET Level. All capability information shall include: Contract number; customer (DOD agency, other government agency); contracting officer' representative (COR) name, telephone and fax numbers; contract value and type of contract; period of performance; and description of product/services. All of the information sought should be conveyed in no more than 10 pages. Each response must reference the sources sought title. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification Code for this acquisition is 8711 and the small business size standard is $20 million. Interested sources are requested to submit a package by close of business on 15 June 2000, no later than 3:00 p.m. local time to the following address: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, BID OFFICER, Code D21B, Bldg A33, Room 0061, 53570 Silvergate Avenue, San Diego, CA 92152-5113. For information regarding this sources sought, contact Linda Mulligan, Code D212, (619) 553-4538 or mulligan@spawar.navy.mil. All data received in response to this announcement marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be fully protected from release outside the government. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. This is NOT a request for proposal (RFP), invitation for bid (IFB), or an announcement of a solicitation and no solicitation package exists at this time. The sources sought announcement is requested for informational purposes only. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the sender. For further information about this announcement and draft statement of work, refer to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC SD) Business Opportunities Home Page, http://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil. Posted 05/16/00 (W-SN455532). (0137)

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