Engineering and technical management support on systems for manned and unmanned craft.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) Philadelphia intends to solicit offers for engineering and technical management support on all programs and projects related to the design and integration of systems for manned and unmanned craft for the NSWCCD Combatant Craft Division. The contract intends to engineer cost effective integrated system of system solutions leveraging advanced technologies from across the Department of Defense, industry, and academia. A Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Cost Reimbursable, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity type contract is contemplated. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards. The period of performance for this contract is twelve (12) months with four (4) twelve (12) month options.

Award will be based on a Best Value basis. This procurement is unrestricted. The approximate release date for the solicitation is 16 May 2011. The NAICS classification for this acquisition is 541330. This synopsis is being posted to both the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) page located at http://www.eps.gov and the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) site located at http://www.neco.navy.mil. While it is understood that FBO is the single point of entry for posting of synopsis and solicitations to the Internet, NECO is the alternative in case FBO is unavailable.