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plants and electrical generators; and permanent fa- cilities (including acquisition and disposal of real es- tate). Responsible for the Navy's design and con- struction projects as well as station maintenance and repair, including public utilities services. (For infor- mation on contract awards see Navy Construction section.)

Commander

Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

Washington, D.C. 20362

Tel: 202/692-7505/7508 202/692-7712/7713

Production and research and development associ- ated with shipboard weapons systems and compo- nents, including weapons direction equipment; fire control radars; infrared devices; computers and switchboards; guns; launchers; stowage and han- dling equipment integral to the launcher or gun sys- tem; ammunition, guided missiles, mines, torpedoes and all other surface and underwater ordnance ex- pendables; air-launched mines and torpedoes, ex- cept air-borne compatibility aspects; small arms; in- fantry equipment; swimmer weapons; demolition materials; special equipment for explosive ordnance disposal; surface and underwater released pyrotech- nic and cartridge-actuated devices; unmanned sea- borne targets; mine countermeasure explosives and explosive components and fusing, safing, and arming devices integral thereto; research and exploratory de- velopment (non-system oriented) for all explosives and propellants, and related actuating technology.

Ship systems design and integration for all displace- ment-type ships, ground effect machine (GEM), or hydrofoil craft including construction, overhaul, modernization and conversion; propulsion; auxiliary power generating and distribution; navigational equipment; habitability and environment control fea- tures; shipmounted sonar, research, engineering, ac- quisition and support; shipmounted search radar; rescue and salvage systems; active and reserve ship maintenance and support; degaussing; shipboard mine-sweeping equipment including research and development needs for these items.

Commander

Naval Supply Systems Command

Department of the Navy

Washington, D.C. 20376

Tel: 202/695-5954 202/695-5952

Technical control over field purchasing activities in- cluding all of those listed except the Commands, the

Marine Corps, the Military Sealift Command, Chief of Naval Research, and the Chief of Naval Operations. for ground support equipment for aircraft and air- borne weapons systems for the Navy and Marine

Corps; armament support; avionics; propulsion and mechanical devices; components for submarine an- tenna systems; general supplies for base and ship- board support particularly in alterations, modifica- tions, overhaul, and repair; technical publications, automated data processing equipment and services.

Commanding Officer

Naval Regional Contracting Center

Terminal Island

Long Beach, California 90822

Tel: 213/547-6628

Acquisition responsibility for activities in the South- western Contracting Region (Southern California, Ar- izona, New Mexico) in excess of their local purchase authority. Major items purchased are of a technical nature including research and development require- ments, and supplies and services for support of Na- val research and development activities. Major Naval activities serviced include: Pacific Missile Test Cen- ter, Point Mugu; Naval Ship Weapons Engineering

Station, Port Hueneme, Long Beach Naval Shipyard and all ADPE requirements for Naval Weapons Cen- ter, China Lake. Contracting requirements are re- lated to electronic communication systems and equipment; detection systems; warheads, fusing de- vices and torpedo parts; computer systems and equipment; aircraft and weapons development; en- gineering support and technical sen/ices related to (continued on page 64)

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Commanding Officer

Naval Regional Contracting Center

Washington Navy Yard, Bldg. 200

Washington, D.C. 20374

Tel: 202/433-2957 202/433-2959

Central Procurement assignment for all Navy require- ments of industrial plant equipment which includes manual and numerically controlled metal working equipment; miscellaneous industrial equipment such as furnaces, welders, flame cutters (steel plate), and testing equipment (industrial); materials handling systems; power distribution equipment (shore to ship); miscellaneous laboratory equipment; ADP equipment and computer software service; engineer- ing and technical support service; organic chemi- cals; rockets and missiles, both loaded and inert re- quired for rocket and missile testing; missile machined parts and igniters as required by activities in the

Washington, D.C. area.

Commanding Officer

Naval Regional Contracting Center

U.S. Naval Base

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112

Tel: 215/755-4017

Purchasing responsibility for Naval activities in the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 9th Naval Districts, excluding those activities supported by the Portsmouth Naval

Shipyard, in excess of their local purchase authority (normally $2,500). Major procurements are for re- search and development services associated with launching, guidance and recovery of Navy and Ma- rine Corps aircraft weapons systems and for under- water sound systems; miscellaneous services such as mess attendant, moving and storage of household goods, laundry and dry cleaning, tugboat, incinera- tion of used film for silver recovery; services and ma- terials in support of Naval Intelligence Processing

Systems aboard aircraft carriers and amphibious command ships; field engineering, factory training, and in-plant maintenance engineering support of air- craft weapons systems, airborne missiles and related avionics. Other procurements include requirements

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