US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

R -- POTENTIAL SOURCES FOR ON-SITE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOL DAAE30-99-R-0105 DUE 030199 POC Dave Panhorst, APLA Technical Team Leader, 973-724-5525 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/021119990/021119990.htm. E-MAIL: Dave Panhorst, panhorst@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC is seeking administrative and technical support in the execution of the Anti-Personnel Landmine Alternative (APLA) program. Personnel would be co-located with the technical program office within the Fire Support Armaments Center (FSAC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. The administrative assistant would support a group of 6-10 people and responsibilities would include the following: coordinate and setup meetings, make travel arrangements, maintain office calendar, prepare and distribute meeting minutes, maintain contract files, track action item register/coordinate data, track and analyze in-house funding expenditures, and type correspondence for OSD and high- level government offices. The responsibilities for technical/engineering support would include the following: coordinate multi-agency requirements for military communication systems, develop unique electrical circuitry for long- term use in military environment, provide technical support for milestone decision process, generate unit production cost estimate and tracking procedure, provide test and evaluation support to include data collection/analysis and origination/maintenance of test planning documentation, and comparison and analysis of competing design attributes for the purpose of downselection to a single concept (must be willing to sign non-disclosure agreement). The ideal candidate is a firm that is detail oriented, yet able to provide superior support to a high visibility program under a compressed program schedule/milestones. FSAC contemplates conducting 15-30 minute telephone interviews with potential candidates that will focus on the firm s ability to meet their requirements. Interested parties should be ready to discuss/demonstrate their experience and knowledge as related to the above responsibilities. Firms should be ready to address their capability to provide quality support to a demanding customer. Past experience with similar programs is important. If applicable, provide a list of current GSA contracts for similar support. Firms should provide an e-mail response within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of this notice to panhorst@pica.army.mil to set up telephone interviews. If responses cannot be submitted via e-mail, please mail to U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, Attn: Dave Panhorst, AMSTA-AR-FSP-G, Bldg. 94, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. The telephone interviews are anticipated to take place the week of 8 Mar 99. Please note that this is a Sources Sought notice; therefore no solicitation is available at this time and no contract awards will be made as a result of this notice. Information regarding this action can be accessed at http://www.procnet.army.mil. Posted 02/11/99 (D-SN297606). (0042)

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