A--RDTE/Other Research & Development-Basic Research

: THE UNITED STATES ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND-WARREN (TACOM-WARREN) WILL BE ISSUING A SOLE SOURCE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR A FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TASKS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE AND CONCLUDE THE FULL SPECTRUM ACTIVE PROTECTION CLOSE-IN LAYERED SHIELD (FCLAS) PROGRAM. THE TASKS WILL INCLUDE PROGRAM PLANNING, TEST PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND ALLOCATION AND MEETING FACILITATION. EACH TASK WILL BE A FOLLOW-ON EFFORT TO WORK THAT GS ENGINEERING HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF. THE CONTRACTOR WILL ALSO WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVISION OF MODELS AND SIMULATIONS TO BE USED DURING OPERATIONAL STUDIES OF THE FCLAS SYSTEMS. REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS ON THE TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE SYSTEM PROGRAM WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE AREAS FOR FURTHER STUDY. THE COORDINATION OF TECHNICAL REVIEWS, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT AND THE COLLECTION OF TEST DATA CREATED THROUGH FCLAS FIELD TESTING WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED BY THE BY! THE CONTRACTOR. REPORTS WILL BE WRITTEN DESCRIBING THE EVALUATION OF SIMULATION RESULTS AND HOW THEY CORRELATE WITH FIELD TEST DATA. THIS WILL BE A COST-PLUS-FIXED-FEE (CPFF) CONTRACT WITH GS ENGINEERING INC., HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FOR THIS EFFORT SHALL BE THIRTY-SIX (36) MONTHS. THE RFP WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CONTRACTING WEBPAGE AT HTTP://CONTRACTING.TACOM.ARMY.MIL/RESEARCH/RESEARCHPROC.HTML. THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE EMAIL SUBMISSIONS MUST READ ?OFFER-W56HZV-06-R-0705 CLOSES 27 SEP 06?. THE ESTIMATED RELEASE DATE OF RFP W56HZV-06-R-0705 IS 28 AUG 06 AND THE ESTIMATED CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS IS 27 SEP 06. THE POINT OF CONTACT REGARDING THIS RFP IS T.J. KOWALSKI, AMSTA-AQ-ASGA, EMAIL contact@example.gov +1 (555) 000-0000 OR DEREK MCALEER, CONTRACTING OFFICER, AMSTA-AQ-ASGA, EMAIL: contact@example.gov +1 (555) 000-0000. NUMBER NOTE 22 APPLIES.