US Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center, White Sands Contracting Division, AMSSB-ACW (Bldg 126W), White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 88002-5201

A -- NON- PERSONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS, AND FACILITIES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE US ARMY WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE ELECTRONIC PROVING GROUND (EPG), SOL DAADO7-00-R-0001 DUE 022800 POC Paul Bingham, Technical Representative (505) 678-2402 or Chris Brusuelas, Contracting Officer (505) 678-4323 WEB: http://www-wsmr.army.mil/docpage/docpage.htm, http://www-wsmr.army.mil/docpage/docpage.htm. E-MAIL: brusuelascl@doc.wsmr.army.mil, www.wsmr.army.mil. The services include but are not limited to: operation and maintenance of equipment and facilities utilized by both Government and contractor personnel in performance of the EPG mission; provide and maintain fabrication facilities; automation support; operate motor pools; test planning and design, and test engineering and operation services; test support, reporting and execution; operation and maintenance of test instrumentation, test software, and special purpose equipment; data collection, reduction and analysis; maintenance, accountability; research and development to support testing; modeling and simulation; database development; system development; operation and maintenance of security intrusion detection systems; preparation of technical publications; and providing administrative support services. More than 28,000 line items of Government Furnished Property (GFP) will be provided to the contractor for performance on the contract. Work will be assigned to the contractor by the statement of work inthe contract, and through the use of Work Assignment Orders (WAO's), Work Orders (WO's), and Operations Directives (OD's). Services will be performed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Fort Hood, Texas, and other sites as assigned. Examples of processes, equipment and facilities employed in performance of the contract are as follows: Field testing of C4I systems, including system development, software engineering, hardware development and acquisition, systems integration, test engineering, operation and maintenance of test beds, instrumentation and data collection support; Modeling and Simulation, including prediction and deployment models, scenario generation, simulation of battlefield environments, the Virtual Electromagnetic C4I Analysis Tool, Corps Battle Simulation, Janus, Combat Service Support Control System, Air Defense Simulation Support Model, Fire Support Simulation Support Model, All Source Analysis System Reconfigurable Work Station, U. S. Message Text Format Simulation Support Model, Simulation Application Suite, and Simulation, Text, Operations and Rehearsal Model; Database, Data Collection, Reduction and Analysis Capabilities, including Joint Database Elements, Database administration, Database Populator Tool, Standard Exercise Database Editing System, Digital Collection, Analysis, and Review System, and Data Processing Nodes and Units; Instrumentation, to include the C4I Test Tool Kit, Multi-Functional Data Collector, Test Control Center, Jammers, Modular Covert Remote Electronics Warfare Simulator, Global Positioning System Instrumentation Suite, Realistic Battlefield Environment, and Communications Environment Systems; Research and Development, to include Virtual EPG Test Architecture, methods of testing C4I systems, instrumentation development, and prototype development; Special Projects, such as operation and maintenance of satellite tracking systems, fabrication capabilities, and support of classified, compartmented information programs. Test support functions include MANPRINT/RAM, operation of anEnvironmental Test Facility, meteorological support, local area networks, security video systems, land surveys, spectrum monitoring and motor pools. Facilities operated and maintained include the Antenna Test Facility, Virtual Battlefield Environmental Facility, and the EMI/TEMPEST Test Facility. The instrumented test range includes, control centers, displays, distributed computers, communications, microwave systems, video systems, timing, tracking radars, surveillance radars, position location system, telemetry ground and airborne stations, radar EW emitter systems and a general purpose radar simulator. The government contemplates the award of a cost plus award fee contract with a base performance period of five years with a two option period and a one year option period for a total possible performance period of eight years. The best estimate of staffing and manning levels is approximately 334 on-site personnel exclusive of management, administrative and supervisory types. The RFP will be issued on or about 07 Jan 00, and will close on or about 28 Feb 00. In addition, the Draft Purchase Description for the requirement will be published on the World Wide Web (www-wsmr.army.mil/docpage/docpage.htm), on or about 18 Oct 1999. Only one pre-proposal conference will be held, which is presently contemplated for the week 16 and 17 Nov 1999. A general site visit will be conducted along with the pre-proposal conference. Prime contractors and their teams who intend to participate in the procurement will be provided additional site visit time. Interested parties who anticipate attending the pre-proposal conference must submit a written, or email notice of intent to attend indicating the name of their company, the name and nationality of each attendee, along with the phone number and email address of the company point of contact for this conference. Submit in writing to the address listed above, or email to the address listed at the end of this synopsis. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued as a paperless document via the White Sands Division web page, address listed below. The solicitation will be issued as an unrestricted procurement, SIC code 8711. It is anticipated that technical proposals will consist primarily of oral presentations along with submission of supplementary written material and cost proposals. The primary purpose of this approach is to save offerors time and money in proposal preparation and reduce the Government's evaluation period. Posted 10/08/99 (W-SN390465). (0281)

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