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

A -- DEVELOP LIGHTWEIGHT COMBAT VEHICLE HULL & TURRET CONCEPTS INTEGRATING ADVANCED METALLIC MATERIALS, STRUCTURES AND ARMORS WITH NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES SOL DAAE07-00-R-L022 DUE 071900 POC (Contracting Officer) -- John Hopfner (810)574-7070; (Buyer) -- John Steves (810) 574-7272 WEB: click here to review and download a copy of the RFP, http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/research/researchproc.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist (buyer), stevesj@tacom.army.mil. The United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command-Warren (TACOM-Warren) will be issuing a Request For Proposal (RFP) to develop and evaluate lightweight combat vehicle hull and turret concepts which integrate advanced aerospace and marine metallic materials, structures and armors with non-traditional structures approaches and Composite Armored Vehicle Advanced Technology Demonstrator (CAV-ADT) technology. The estimated release date of RFP DAAE07-00-R-L022 is 20 Jun 00 and the closing date for Receipt of Proposals is 19 Jul 00. Numbered Note 22 applies. This effort is planned to be acquired on a firm-fixed-price basis from United Defense Limited Partnership (UDLP), Ground Systems Division, San Jose, CA. Due to the unique qualifications of UDLP, Ground Systems Division, the proposed contract is planned to be awarded on a sole source basis; however, any proposal received as a result of this synopsis will be evaluated for possible competition. The period of performance for the resulting contractshall be 12 months. The solicitation will be issued in electronic format, and only electronic proposal responses will be accepted. The solicitation will be posted on our web site, as given below. Contractors will be required to submit their response in one of the following electronic media: 100 megabyte Zip-disk, e-mail, 3 1/2 inch disk, or 650 megabyte CD ROM. E-mailed offers are to be sent to the buyer identified below. The subject line of the email submissions must read "Offer-DAAE07-00-RL022 Closes 19 Jul 00." Maximum size of emailed offers shall not exceed 3.5 megabytes. Compressed files must be self extracting and must be furnished with appropriate instructions to open and expand the compressed files. Offerors are reminded to provide the following additional information with each proposal: Company Name, CAGE code, DUNS Number, and the email address where you would like correspondence sent. All offerors must be registered in the Central Contract Registry prior to receiving any award. See the website https://www.ccr.dlsc.dla.mil/ccr/scripts/ccradd.asp to register (you will need your organization's DUNS number in order to begin the registration process). Posted 06/01/00 (W-SN460521). (0153)

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