US Army, CECOM Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-CC-A-CD, Ft. Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008

A -- SUPPLIES/SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE SECOND GENERATION HORIZONTAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION (HTI) FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (FLIR) TEM. SOL DAAB07-93-R-J463 DUE 052096 POC Mr. Joseph Manganaro, Contract Specialist, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-CC-A-CD, (908)532-5454, Mr. Elliott D. Hawkins, Jr., Contracting Officer, (908)532-5455. THE SECOND GENERATION HORIZONTAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION (HTI) FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (FLIR) SYSTEM IS A 8-12 MICRON SCANNING SYSTEM WHICH UTILIZES A STANDARD ADVANCED DEWER ASSEMBLY (SADA) II DETECTOR. THE PROGRAM GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A STANDARD THERMAL SENSOR CALLED AN HTI NV-80 B-KIT, AND INTEGRATE IT INTO KEY HOST PLATFORMS THROUGH THE USE OF VEHICLE UNIQUE INTEGRATION COMPONENTS CALLED A-KITS. THE SECOND GENERATION HTI FLIR BEING DEVELOPED WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO VARIOUS TARGET ACQUISITION SIGHTS INCLUDING THE M1A2 COMMANDER'S INDEPENDENT THERMAL VIEWER (CITV) AND GUNNER'S PRIMARY SIGHT (GPS) AND M2A3 IMPROVED BRADLEY ACQUISITION SYSTEM (IBAS) AND COMMANDER'S INDEPENDENT VIEWER (CIV). TASKS MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT, HARDWARE FABRICATION/BUILD UP, SOFTWARE RETROFITS, VENDOR INTERFACE, ANALYZING FAILURES, AND DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING SECOND GENERATION FLIR SHOP REPLACEABLE UNITS (SRUs) AND ASSEMBLIES: IMAGER, DETECTOR/COOLER BENCH, VIDEO PROCESSOR CCA, DIGITIZER CCA, COOLER CONTROL CCA, SCAN CONTROL CCA, AND M1A2 COMMANDER'S INDEPENDENT THERMAL VIEWER CITV A-KIT. A TIME AND MATERIALS CONTRACT WITH A THREE YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS ANTICIPATED. NON-COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC., McKINNEY, TEXAS ARE ANTICIPATED AS TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IS THE CO-DEVELOPER OF THE SECOND GENERATION HTI FLIR AND CURRENTLY POSSESSES THE REQUIRED ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE INTEGRATION AND TEST SUPPORT OF THE ABOVE SUBASSEMBLIES. THIS DATA IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSED AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS A BASIS FOR PREPARATION OF ANY OFFER. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A BID WHICH SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. ONLY WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ACCEPTED. THE US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS COMMAND (CECOM) HAS ESTABLISHED AN ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD (EBB) TO PROVIDE ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTAL OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFPs) AND INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFBs) FROM GOVERNMENT TO INDUSTRY. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES WISHING TO DO BUSINESS WITH CECOM ARE INVITED TO ACCESS, OPERATE, SEND AND RECEIVE DATA FROM THE CECOM EBB SYSTEM, TO BECOME A USER OF THE EBB, YOU WILL NEED AN IDENTIFICATION CODE AND PASSWORD IN ADDITION TO A COMPUTER TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH THE NECESSARY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO INTERFACE WITH THE EBB SYSTEM. A USER'S IDENTIFICATION CODE AND PASSWORD WILL BE ISSUED UPON REQUEST ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING THE EBB USER'S MANUAL. ALL REQUESTS MUST INCLUDE (1) COMPANY NAME, (2) POINT(s) OF CONTACT NAME(s) AND TITLE(s), (3) RETURN ADDRESS(es) and (4) TELEPHONE NUMBER(s). PLEASE SEND YOUR REQUEST IN WRITING TO EBB SYSTEM OPERATOR, US ARMY CECOM, AMSEL-AC-SB-AA, ATTN: EBB, FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY 07703-5000. FAX #: (908)532-6020, COMMERCIAL #: (908)532-3820. CONTRACTORS MAY REQUEST APERTURE CARDS AND NOTICE OF REVISION(s) VIA EBB, E-MAIL, OR BY WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 11 ABOVE. BIDS SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN HARD COPY AT THE TIME AND PLACE SPECIFIED IN THE SOLICITATION. NO BID RESPONSES SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICE. SEE NUMBERED Note(s): 22. (0103)

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