25--TURRET GUNNER COUNTER SNIPER PROTECTION SYSTEM (CSPS)

This solicitation is being posted to both the Federal Business Opportunities(FBO) page located at http://www.fbo.gov/ and the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line(NECO) site located at https://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. Please feel free to use either site to access information posted by NSWC Crane. This requirement is for a 5-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for building Turret Gunner Counter Sniper Protection Systems, with a minimum order of 25 and maximum of 300. Contractors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration database and the Joint Certification Program database to receive copies of drawings. A Firm-Fixed-Price contract is anticipated. Delivery is required F.O.B. Destination. The Government intends to award to the responsible contractor whose offer is the best value to the Government considering past performance (most important) and price related factors. The solicitation will be available on or about 10 March 2008 at the following address: http://www.crane.navy.mil/acquisition/homepage.htm. All changes to the requirement that occur prior to the closing date will be posted to Crane web site, FedBizOpps and NECO. It is the responsibility of interested vendors to monitor the Crane web site, FedBizOpps and/or NECO for amendments that may be issued to this solicitation. For changes made after the closing date, only those offerors that provide a proposal will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and/or award. ?No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed?. Submitting a bid from the NECO website by clicking on ?Submit Bid? does not guarantee offers will be received by the proper person in the correct format. It is the responsibility of the offeror to download to the RFP and to submit offers to the POC at NSWC Crane. The POC is Ms. Lisa A Sandy, Code 0564EL, at telephone 812-854-8792, ! Fax 812-854-3465 or e-mail: lisa.a.sandy@navy.mil (preferred). Reference the above solicitation number when responding to this notice. Numbered Note 1 applies.