CECOM Acquisition Center Southwest Operations Office, Attn: AMSEL-AC-CC-E-CB, Building 61801, Room 3210, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-6000

R -- PRESOLICITATION NOTICE FOR OMB CIRCULAR A-76 COST COMPARISON STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY NETWORK ENGINEERING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITY (USANETA), FT. HUACHUCA, AZ SOL DAAB32-00-R-0001 DUE 091500 POC Contracting Officer Barbara J. Trujillo (520) 538-7472, Contract Specialist James Kuhl (520) 538-8465 WEB: Army Interactive Business Opportunities Page, http://abop.monmouth.army.mil/. E-MAIL: James Kuhl, kuhlj@hqisec.army.mil. This presolicitation notice is a follow-on to a market survey notice published in the Commerce Business Daily on October 28, 1999 under DAAB32-00-R-0001. (NOTE: THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE MARKET SURVEY POSTED ON THE ARMY'S INTERACTIVE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES PAGE (IBOP)IS NO LONGER VALID. THE DRAFT PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) CURRENTLY ON THE IBOP REPRESENTS THE REVISED USANETA PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.) The CECOM Acquisition Center, Ft. Huachuca, AZ, is conducting a cost comparison study pursuant to OMB Circular No. A-76, "Performance of Commercial Activities". The Service Provider (SP) shall provide all services, materials, supplies, program management, supervision, labor, and equipment, except those specified as Government-furnished, to perform the USANETA functions identified in the PWS. The SP shall perform tasks on a worldwide basis as a part of USANETA to plan, engineer, integrate, implement, and install new Command, Control, Communications, and Computer (C4) systems for supporting thewarfighter and integrate new technological upgrades to the warfighter's existing systems on behalf of USANETA, the Department of the Army (DA), the Department of Defense (DOD), and other designated Federal customers. Any resultant contract will have a performance period that includes a 90 day phase-in and a base year with four one (1) year option periods. The contract type will be fixed price with cost reimbursable line items. Contract award will be based on full and open competition and the Standard Industrial Classification(SIC)Code is 8711-Engineering Services (formerly 7376). A top secret facility clearance will be required with access to classified information at a level up to and including Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). An electronic or physical "Reading Room" will be established for documents referenced in the PWS and elsewhere in the solicitation. Additional information regarding the Reading Room will be posted on the IBOP. This acquisition will be conducted on the IBOP (see URL below). Since an official Bidder's Mailing List will not be established, requests for being placed on the list or for a copy of documents is not necessary. Additionally, hard copies of documents will not be provided. To access documents, click on the folder icon located to the left of the Request for Proposal (RFP) number. Estimated milestones are: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), June 30, 2000; Presolicitation Conference, August 1, 2000; Final RFP, August 15, 2000; Receipt of Proposals, September 15, 2000; Initial Decision (i.e., in-house or contracted out) February 14, 2001, Commencement of Performance, October 1, 2001. Industry comments on the PWS (presently on the IBOP), DRFP and any other issues regarding this acquisition are encouraged. Comments can be submitted via e-mail to the Contracting Officer trujillob@hqisec.army.mil or Contract Specialist kuhlj@hqisec.army.mil. Status and updates will be provided on the IBOP periodically. We recommend that you join the on-line mailing list for e-mail notification of RFP site updates (i.e., new and modified documents) at "Join a Solicitation Specific Mailing List". The technical point of contact for this acquisition is Chuck Hoehn at (520) 533-5378. Contact the Contracting Office for contractual issues. Posted 05/18/00 (W-SN456313). (0139)

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