A -- UPGRADING THE INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEM (IDS) SYSTEM INTEGRATION LABORATORY

Notice Date

August 22, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

48397-5000

Solicitation Number

DAAE07-01-R-

Response Due

September 14, 2001

Point of Contact

Contracting Officer: John Hopfner (810) 574-7070; Buyer: Neil Williston (810) 574-7028

E-Mail Address

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Description

SYNOPSIS The United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command-Warren (TACOM-Warren) is issuing a Request For Proposal (RFP) for the purpose of identifying and implementing an effective process for upgrading the existing Integrated Defense System (IDS) Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL) and Commander's Decision Aid (CDA) to be High Level Architecture (HLA) compliant and sustainable in order to support survivability modeling and simulation function for the RDEC Federation, the Army's Future Combat System program and the TACOM Research, Development, and Engineering Center's (TARDEC's) Full Spectrum Active Protection Program. The planned contract will procure 2684 hours, and will include options to add up to an additional 9026 hours for a two year period. The contract will be a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) award to BAE Systems North America, Nashua, NH, the designer and developer of the IDS SIL. (BAE Systems North America formerly was known as Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Co.) The contract is planned be awarded on a sole source basis; however, any proposal received as a result of this synopsis will be evaluated for possible competition. 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 http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/research/researchproc.html. Offers are to be emailed to the buyer identified below. Maximum size of emailed offers shall not exceed 2 megabytes. Compressed files must be self-extracting and have appropriate instructions to open. Please make sure this agency has been furnished with the following additional information: CAGE Code, Company Name, DUNS Number, and email address for your organization's point of contact. All offerors must be registered in the Central Contract registry prior to receiving any award. See the web site: http://ccr.dlsc.mil/ccr/s for information on how to register. The estimated solicitation release date is 24 Aug 2001 and the closing date for Receipt of Proposal is 14 Sep 2001. Numbered Note 22 applies.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010824/ASOL014.HTM (W-234 SN50V783)