R -- ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Notice Date

August 23, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

20684-0010

Solicitation Number

N00421-01-R-0092

Response Due

October 22, 2001

Point of Contact

Peggy Coberly, (301) 862-8982

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contracting officer via (CoberlyMA@navair.navy.mil)

Description

The Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Systems Modernization and Implementation Branch (Code 4.5.12.2), St. Inigoes, MD, has identified a requirement for analysis, development, and application of leading edge Automatic Identification Technology (AIT). AIT is a suite of technologies, which provides for automatic collection, storage, retrieval, processing, transmission, and receipt of data, utilizing a variety of equipment from simple scanners connected to a desktop computer, to sophisticated wireless handheld computers with integrated scanners, to microcircuit devices, smart cards, voice recognition, optical laser storage, radio frequency based identification technologies, and satellite based transportation tracking. The contractor shall provide engineering and technical support in the software development, hardware integration, test and evaluation, training, life cycle maintenance and logistic support of various AIT requirements, programs and projects. These services may be performed at contractor facilities, government facilities, or on-board ship. The types of support required under this contract include Systems Engineering, Software Development, Database Interface Development, Configuration Management, Quality Assurance, and Training. Successful performance of this support will require extensive knowledge and understanding of the following areas, systems, programs and architectures, and in particular their application to DOD: linear and two-dimensional (2D) barcodes, Optical Memory Card (OMC), Contact Memory Button (CMB), Radio Frequency Data Collection (RFDC), active and passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), smart card, biometrics, satellite tracking, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP). Additionally, the contractor shall possess comprehensive knowledge and understanding of both DOD and commercial documentation governing the development and use of AIT including American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards, overarching DOD plans and strategies and the AIT implementation plans and procedures of the individual Service components. Finally, the contractor shall be familiar with the organizational structure of the individual AIT activities within the Service components, their roles and interrelations and their relationships with the commercial AIT sector. The contract type is anticipated to be a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Level-of-Effort Term Contract, with a base year plus four option years estimated at 244,500 man-hours for the entire contract. The NAICS Code is 334111. The solicitation will be issued as a 100% small business set-aside. Basis for award of the resultant contract will be the best value to the Government, cost and non-cost factors considered. It is the Government's intention to release the Request for Proposal (RFP), including any subsequent amendments, via the Internet in Microsoft Word format, with attachments perhaps to be provided in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Portable Document Format (PDF). The RFP will reside on the NAVAIR Home Page located on the World Wide Web (www). The www server may be accessed using client browsers such as NETSCAPE and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The www address, or URL for the NAVAIR Home Page is as follows: http://www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm. To access the solicitation, select "N00421-01-R-0092". In addition to making the solicitation available for downloading via the internet site, this office will also attempt to E-mail a notification of release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments to all prospective offerors that submit a request to register for this information via E-mail. E-mail requests should be sent to the following address: CoberlyMA@navair.navy.mil and should include the following information for the purposes of compiling a Bidders Mailing List; 1. Company Name 2. Company Address 3. Point-of-contact, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address. In the interest of acquisition streamlining, prospective offerors are strongly encouraged to use the Internet for the purpose of submitting requests relative to this solicitation. Telephone requests for the solicitation will neither be accepted nor returned. A paper copy of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments will not be available or issued. The anticipated release date of the RFP is the week of 10 September 2001. Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be directed to: Department of the Navy, Contracts Group (Attn: Ms. Peggy Coberly, Code 2.5.1.2.3.2), Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Building 8110, Villa Road, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010; or preferably vial E-mail previously cited above. The point of contact for this procurement action is Ms. Peggy Coberly, Code 2.5.1.2.3.2, telephone: (301) 862-8982; and the Contracting Officer is Mr. D. Mark Diehl, telephone: (301) 862-8690. SEE Note 1.

Web Link

click here to download a copy of the RFP (http://www.navair.navy.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010827/RSOL007.HTM (W-235 SN50V8F6)