INTEGRATOR INSIDER

The aircraft division of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Md., wants to hire a contractor for engineering and technical services to support its test and evaluation department. Services include research and development, systems analysis and engineering, prototyping, ground, laboratory and flight test conduct and evaluation, analysis, test development and warfare systems integration.

The contract will be for one year with four one-year options. Several vendors will be selected for this cost-plus, fixed-fee, task-order contract, so interested companies need not be capable of performing all the services required. The request for proposal will be released via the Internet; copies can be obtained from the contract specialist at francoa@navair.navy.mil.The project management office of the Army brigade combat team in Warren, Mich., is conducting a survey to find contractors with the expertise to create an integrated digital environment for the office. The contractor will be required to work with Microsoft Suite, Unix, Outlook, Oracle-based applications and electronic data interface. Windchill and Windchill-related products will serve as the basis for an IDE system. Additional applications and products will be integrated to add capabilities and functionality.

The questionnaire can be found through Commerce Business Daily's Internet site, or contact Marque Cryderman at (810) 753-2076 or crydermm@tacom.army.mil.The Veterans Affairs shared service center in Topeka, Kan., intends to award a contract for local exchange services, analog and digital access transport services, and an inter- and intralocal access transport area interconnect function to support the call center. The contract will be for one year with two one-year options. Request for solicitation documents should be submitted to Barry Fetzer, contract officer, at Shared Service Center/102, 3401 SW 21st St., Bldg. 9, Topeka, Kan., 66604. Responses are due Oct. 5.The Bi-State Development Agency, St. Louis, seeks a vendor to design, develop and implement a Web site. Elements will include accessibility, usability, appeal, functionality and ease of incorporating future features. Proposals are due by Oct. 3; the solicitation may be obtained through DemandStar.com at (800) 711-1712, or www.demandstar.com. Point of contact is Diane Dedert at (314) 982-1400-1635 or ddedert@bsda.org.