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X -- CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT (CLS) POC Mr. Jeff Campbell, FAX (703) 784-5826. The Marine Corps Systems Command intends to issue a competitive solicitation for the following service: Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for the support and maintenance of currently and soon to be fielded weapons training simulators, specifically the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer (ISMT) and the Infantry Squad Trainer (IST). CLS will support not less than 190 ISMTs initially and potentially an additional 42 ISTs. Future fielding could bring the total of ISMTs to over 400 and ISTs to over 200 for the Marine Corps, the Army National Guard Bureau and other services. Systems will be fielded to at least 200 locations within the continental U.S. (CONUS) and at least 12 locations outside CONUS (OCONUS). The ISMT/IST is a weapons simulator that provides enhanced marksmanship training and weapons handling proficiency for a wide range of infantry weapons. The system uses actual weapons that meet form, fit and function requirements while modified to fire eye-safe lasers, installed internal to the weapon, at interactive video scenarios generated from a computer-based system. Weapons presently included with the ISMT/IST include: M-16A1 rifle, M-9 pistol, M-249 SAW, M-240G machine gun, M-2 heavy machine gun, M-203 grenade launcher, AT-4 anti-armor weapon, MK-153 SMAW, MK-19 40mm machine gun, MP-5 sub-machine gun and service shot gun. Future weapons will include: 60mm, 81mm, 120mm and 4.2 inch mortars, UZI, and .357 revolver. The firing, effects and feedback of all weapons is system controlled. The contractor shall have full expertise and understanding of: actual military weapons ordnance repair for the weapons listed above, repair of pneumatics, electronics, sensors and lasers used for weapons simulation, repair of personal and micro-computers, system audio visual components such as laser disc players, large screen projectors and audio speakers, and computer generated technology. CLS shall provide three prime tasks: a centralized depot that will maintain and account for the Government provided spares and provide a 24 hour toll-free communications service for diagnostic and technical assistance to the user, repair of repairables and shipment for all faulty components, on-call engineering support. The oncept of support requires that the contractor shall ship a depot spare to the user once a fault has been confirmed. Upon receipt of the spare, the user will return the faulty item to the contractor who shall repair the item and return it to the stock of spares. Response time shall require return communications to the user within 14 hours world-wide, receipt of the new spare by the user within 48 hours (CONUS) or 96 hours (OCONUS) after return communications, and the ability to maintain the stock of spares at an 80% readiness level. The contractor shall have an accounting system that is capable of segregating costs and is approved by the cognizant Government auditor for a time and materials cost type contract. Offerors that respond to this announcement are requested to provide certification of their approved accounting system. Offerors shall also indicate the size of their business (i.e. large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, or 8(a)) and if they fall under the standard industrial code (SIC) 7699, with the size standard of 3.5 million dollars. (0270)

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