Department of the Navy, NAWCAD Contracts Competency Division, Villa Road, Bldg. 8110, St. Inigoes, Maryland 20684-0010

N -- ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE DEVLOPMENT, PROCUREMENT, INTEGRATION, TESTING, INSTALLATION, AND CERTIFICATION OF SHIPBOARD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS SOL N00421-00-R-0330 DUE 092500 POC Mr. Carnell M. Mosley, Contract Specialist, Phone: 301-862-8957, Fax: 301-862-8670; KO: Mr. D. Mark Diehl, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-862-8690, Fax: 301-862-8670 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, mosleycm@navair.navy.mil. The purpose of this pre-solicitation notice is to notify all potential offerors that the subject solicitation has been posted on the official NAWCAD/NAVAIR web page. This contract will provide for support to NAWCAD in the development, procurement, integration, testing, installation, and certification of shipboard communication systems; the development and integration of like systems at shore sites associated with the deployment of or fleet support to surface combatants; and the development, testing, and integration of mobile and airborne communication systems designed to interface with the command, control, communication, computers and intelligence (C4I) architecture of surface combatants. Receipt, inspection, integration, and testing of the equipment will normally take place at the Satellite Production Test Center (SPTC), NAWCAD Patuxent River, Webster Field Annex, St. Inigoes, Maryland but may occur at the contractor's facility or at other Government facilities. With regard specifically to the DDG 51Class: the contractor will deliver the fully integrated and tested RCS to NAWCAD and then prepare the RCS for shipment. A shipbuilder will install the RCS on board the ship as government furnished equipment (GFE). The contractor shall provide support to the shipbuilder until Ship's Custody Transfer. Post-installation and on-the-job training (OJT) for the ship's crew after custody transfer are also provided under the terms of this contract. Initial work will support the RCS for one AEGIS destroyer or comparable ship. Options are included for services to support an additional 14 Navy surface combatants. All proposals are due 25 September 2000 or before. Posted 08/22/00 (W-SN488636). (0235)

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