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A -- SYSTEM INTEGRATION, TESTING, QUALITY ASSURANCE, FLEET INTRODUCTION TO SUPPORT P-3C UPDATE III MODIFICATIONS/UPGRADES. SOL N00421-00-R-0606 POC POC Contract Specialist: Mary-Ellen Parron, (301)-757-9744; Contracting Officer: Veronica M. Singmore, (301) 757-9734 E-MAIL: parronme@NAVAIR.navy.mil, parronme@NAVAIR.navy.mil. The Naval Air Station (NAS), Patuxent River, MD is seeking potential sources to develop of a source list for providing Engineering support services for the Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) Division in the areas of operational systems requirements, development, operational system integration testing and quality assurance, fleet introduction for P-3C Update III, various modification/upgrade programs to the P-3C UII, UII.5, current variants such as the ASUW Improvement Program (AIP), foreign variants of the P-3C and future developments. Related work in support of equipment and software which is common to fixed and rotary wing aircraft may also be covered under this solicitation. The proposed work consist of but may not be limited to the following types of efforts: 1) Providing operational requirements necessary to derive, integrate, test and maintain weapon systems software and hardware using applicable standards and specifications; 2) Providing fleet introduction to perform the initial introduction of a new system or systems program configuration including training the test community and providing the initial fleet orientation; 3) Providing services to test the software being derived by both in-house developers and the avionics contractor to provide interoperability with other platforms; 4) Providing services to support the development and integration of systems, including hardware and software, as required. This tasking shall include supporting the Integrated Program Team with resources for program generation and integration, along with providing and supporting devices and systems which support system test and integration. The proposed contract will span a five-year period beginning about October 2001. The proposed contract will be laid out in a one year base period and four one-year options periods with the execution of those options dependent upon the funding available. Incremental funding reaffirmed on a yearly basis drives the need for the option year arrangement. A Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract is anticipated. The Standard Industrial Classification code associated with the effort is 8711 -- $20M. Draft documents including Statement of work, Personnel Qualifications, Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), DD254 (Security requirements) will be issued to solicit comments/questions from potential sources. These documents will be provided to all potential sources that request them as a result of this announcement. All request for draft documents shall be e-mailed to, Mary-Ellen Parron at parronme@NAVAIR.navy.mil. Potential sources should identify their business size, e-mail address, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and a corporate point of contact when requesting draft documents. The solicitation number associated with the effort is N00421-00-R-0606. Please include the solicitation number in your request for the draft documents. A formal solicitation will be issued sometime in the October November 00 timeframe. This request is for planning purpose only and is not construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any services, nor for the Government to pay for any information received. Posted 08/11/00 (W-SN485227). (0224)

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