Supply Department Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 101 Strauss Ave, Indian Head, MD 20640-5035

R -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, MFG, AND INSTALLATION OF OPERATOR TRAINING SYSTEMS SOL N00174-98-R-0077 POC Kay V Proctor This solicitation will be available for downloading from our website beginning approximately 30 July 1998. Prior to this date you will not be able to access this solicitation. When available, copies of this solicitation can only be obtained from the NSWC, Indian Head Division Internet web page. Address: http://www/ih.navy.mil/contracts. Request for copies of this solicitation, other than through the internet, WILL NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED. NSWC/IHD shall not receive or accept any form of electronic or faxed proposals as a result of this synopsis and solicitation. All proposals must be received in hard copy and are subject to the FAR Clause 52.215-1, Instruction to Offerors Competitive Acquisition (OCT 1997). Note: All offerors will be ineligible for award unless they have registered in DoD's Central Contractor Registration database. This requirement is for Manufacturing, Engineering and Technical support services to provide training systems analysis, training system design, integration engineering, trainingsystem development, training system implementation, simulator manufacturing, simulator test & acceptance, simulator installation, integrated logistics support, technical documentation development, and training systems life-cycle maintenance for various military vehicles, weapon systems and subsystems. This work will support programs for the US Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Army. Required support shall be provided in accordance with specific individual written delivery orders issued by IHD,NSWC within the general scope of the Statement of Work. The statement of work prescribes all materials and services required to design, develop, manufacture and install operator training simulators for military vehicles and weapon systems. The contractor shall maximize the re-use of previously proven and delivered contractor designs and other non-developmental items for use in the operator training simulators. The contractor shall be required to re-use and modify, as required, their previously developed electronic simulator designs, subsystems, and techniques to meet current operator training requirements, Designs for operator simulators shall employ Commerical-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components to the maximum extent possible. The resulting contract will provide for an indefinite quantity contract with a period of performance of one year (365 days) from the date of contract award and four (4) one year (365 days) options. Delivery orders will be placed on the contract to identify specific work to be perform in accordance with the requirements stated in the statement of work. Delivery schedule is determined in each individual delivery order. Award shall be based on "Best Value". The Government will determine best overall value on the basis of the following Evaluation Factors (in descending order of importance): (1) Offeror Submission, (2) Offeror Capability (3) Price or Estimated Cost. Offerors submitting acceptable offers shall be required to perform an on-site technical capability demonstration/facility site survey for thepurpose of demonstrating any currently fielded solutions,(NDI/COTS/GOTS). Note 1 applies. The proposed contract is 100% set-a-side for small business. The Small Business Size SIC Code is 8711 for this procurement with a dollar amount of $20 million. Posted 07/08/98. (0189)

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