M1A1 Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit

The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, VA has a requirement to procure an Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Tank. This is a synopsis only. Solicitation Number M67854-08-R-6005 will be issued on or about 11 January 2008. The solicitation document will include the provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-27 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-13. This action will not be set aside. This will be a full and open competition. The SOW includes requirements for configuration management, manufacture, test, and delivery of the Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit. The contractor(s) shall ensure that the delivered Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit conforms to the requirements of the USMC M1A1 Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit Performance Specification. The offeror?s design shall be an off the shelf system that has been subjected to qualification testing to the USMC M1A1 requiremen! ts. The USMC procurement objective for this effort is 500 Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit. Additionally, there shall be procurement options for the US Army. The Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit shall be procured over several years; the procurement buys in the out years will be through the exercise of option CLINs on the base contract. The contractor shall be responsible for performing the examinations, demonstrations, inspections, and tests necessary to demonstrate compliance with all requirements of the Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit specification. Upon completion of any testing, the contractor shall prepare and submit a Test Report, which shall reflect the results and conclusions of the testing. The report shall address all testing performed and all failures encountered. All conclusions shall be clearly identified as such and shall be appropriately segregated from the objective results. During testing, the contractor shall prepare and submit a Failed! Item Analysis Report (FIAR) covering each failure, as part of the Tes t Report. The contractor shall prepare and submit a FIAR for each occurrence of a failure (i.e. the same failure of the same parameter on more than one sample during a test shall require a separate FIAR for each failed sample). The contractor shall ensure that the Upgraded External Auxiliary Power Unit presents no uncontrolled safety hazards to operators or maintainers. The contractor shall perform an assessment of the system and document the results in a Safety Assessment Report. All interested and responsible parties shall refer to the Marine Corps Systems Command website at www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil, Business With Syscom, Business Opportunites in order to obtain a copy of the solicitation about 14 December 2007. There will be no written solicitations available. The MARCORSYSCOM point of contact is Mary Lee Schuck, Contracting Officer and may be contacted at email: maryleeschuck@.usmc.mil. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.