--Engineering consulting services in software integration, hardware integration and planning for The Boeing Co. as part of the Future Combat Systems program.

This announcement does not represent a Government request for goods and services. The announcement is being placed on FBO for The Boeing Company acting in their role as Lead Systems Integrator for the US Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. No G overnment procurement will result from this announcement. While the Boeing Company requested that this announcement be posted, they are not bound to issue a contract as a result of this announcement. Contact the Boeing POC (listed below) and not the Govern ment POC who posted this annoucement. FCS Engineering and Technical Support for Planning and Participation in Field Demonstration of Capabilities - Request for Information (RFI) The Boeing Company, in conjunction with our partner Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), together acting as Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) for the Army, is pleased to announce a new competitive bid opportunity for engineering consulting services in software integration, hardware integration and planning. Boeing is conducting a market survey to identify potential suppliers of technical consulting services in networking technologies with expertise in software integration, development of software interfaces and 'patches' for realtime and non-realtime systems. In particular, there will be a significant amount of interfacing of sensor software with the operational software. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about 01/29/07 with responses due to the under signed no later than 02/14/07. The deadline for RFI package submittal is COB 1/20/07. Please visit the FCS Website for additional details at www.boeing.com/fcs. Contact Information: The Boeing Company Clifford B Temple Procurement Agent Phone 714 896-6149 e mail: [email protected]