Army Research Laboratory, ALC Procurement Division, ATTN: AMSRL-CS-PR-RD, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1197

A -- MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLIGENT PROCESSING OF MATERIALS SUPPORT SOL DAAL01-98-R-9184 POC Contact Dolores G. Cabrera, (301) 394-3693, Contract Specialist. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) requires scientific, engineering, technical and administrative support to the U.S. ARL (Weapons and Materials Directorate) for studies, technology demonstrators, development of technical documentation packages, and prototype development. Areas of interest are: (A) "Material and Support Systems" -- (1) Remanufacturing and Reclamation (RE&R) which deals with a wide array of technology development in equipment repair, rebuild and modernization efforts within the Army industrial base base; (2) Advanced welding technology (e.g. friction stir welding of armor for ground vehicles); (3) Sustainment technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence and neural networks based automated critical defects detection technology); (4) advanced sensors manufacturing for process control and health monitoring; and (5) low cost and rapid manufacturing of nanomaterials; (B) "Intelligent Processing of Materials" -- (1) developing advanced structural composite material processes/tools; (2) developing rapid prototyping process tools; (3) advanced nondestructive evaluation and smart systems technologies; and (4) advanced integrated manufacturing systems to develop technologies which advance the application of concurrent engineering, flexible manufacturing, and enterprise integration in the DoD/industrial base; and (C) "Manufacturing Technology program planning and support". Any contract(s) resulting from this solicitation will include an organizational conflict of interest clause. The anticipated period of performance is five years, i.e., task orders may be issued for a period of five years after award. Technical expertise is required in each of the following areas: Mechanical Engineer, Knowledge Engineer, Metallurgical Engineer, Software Engineer, Scientific Computer Programmer, Electrical Engineer, Fracture Mechanics Engineer, Chemist, Stress Analysis Engineer, Hardware Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Program Manager, Senior Engineer, Engineer, Conference Coordinator, Assistant Conference Coordinator, Registration Clerks, Industrial Specialist, Communication Specialist(s), Technical Writer/Editor(s), Illustrator, Clerical/Word Processor(s), Technician (Electronic), and Drafting. One or more offer(s) may be selected. This proposed procurement is under full and open competition. Requests for the solicitation must be in writing; telephonic requests will not be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. (0055)

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