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The Field Service Requirement Support to Intelligence Surveillance has been moved to solicitation W91CRB-10-R-0036

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Contracting Center intends to release request for proposal W91CRB-10-R-0036 on or about 8 March 2009 for a contract to provide Outside Continental U.S. (OCONUS) Field Service Support (FSS) to Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and or like equipment procured by the Rapid Equipping Force (REF) and issued to Army units in the Army Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR).

FSS shall be in the form of Field Support Technicians (FST) in the CENTCOM AOR (OIF and OEF) and a CONUS based Task Manager (TM), for the installation, maintenance, training and sustainment of ISR and or like equipment.

REF issued ISR and or like equipment will be assembled and installed by Contractor at the recipient unit location (secure Combat Operating Post). Each piece of equipment will be jointly inspected and inventoried by a combined team made up of both Contractor and government personnel. The contractor shall create work packages consisting of tasks, parts and work schedule and then tracked for each piece of equipment from the initial joint inspection with government customer to final inspection and delivery back to the government customer by the Contractor. When a piece of equipment is deemed Non-Mission Capable (NMC) by the government it will be returned to the Contractor who shall further inspect the item for completeness and serviceability and perform all services necessary to bring the equipment to Full Mission Capable (FMC status in accordance with (IAW) manufacturers or Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM) standards. The government customer will conduct an acceptance inspection of the equipment from the Contractor. Equipment requiring further work will be returned to the Contractor to accomplish that work.

The solicitation will be issued as a commercial solicitation on a full and open basis set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. The solicitation will result in one contract with a one year period of performance. The contract will be a combination of Firm Fixed Priced and Time and Materials (used for material only). The official release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on the internet at the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) web site located at the following address: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/default.cfm. The on-line version of the RFP includes all documents of the solicitation package. No hard copy of this RFP will be issued. Amendments, if any, will be posted at the same location as the solicitation. The complete solicitation package, including amendments, should be received and reviewed prior to submitting a response. It is the responsibility of those responding to the solicitation to obtain all amendments and/or other applicable documents. Danielle Moyer is the point of contract for this action, telephone 410-306-0268, fax 410-306-3915 or email: danielle.moyer@us.army.mil. All questions and/or comments in response to this solicitation shall be submitted in writing and emailed to danielle.moyer@us.army.mil . It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor the Army Single Face to Industry website on a regular basis for any updates to these documents. Other documents, as necessary, will be posted when available.