MODIFICATION
M -- Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS)
- Notice Date
- 10/24/2017
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 517919
— All Other Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, 21CONS (Bldg 350), 21st Contracting Squadron, 135 Dover Street, Suite 2225, Peterson AFB, Colorado, 80914-1055, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80914-1055
- Solicitation Number
- FA2517-18-R-8000
- Archive Date
- 11/16/2017
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie A. Tancik, Phone: 719-556-6165, Alicia R. Codrington, Phone: 719-556-1599
- E-Mail Address
-
stephanie.tancik.1@us.af.mil, alicia.codrington@us.af.mil
(stephanie.tancik.1@us.af.mil, alicia.codrington@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Department of the Air Force, 21 CONS/LGCZB Operations and Maintenance Specialized Flight, 135 Dover St, Suite 1055, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-1117. Description: This is a Sources Sought Notice only. This is not a request for proposal but a survey to locate potential sources that would be responsible for operations & maintenance (O&M) and support to the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) at various World Wide Locations. The 21st Contracting Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base (PAFB) Colorado seeks potential sources to provide 16-hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week operations for geographically separated units meeting mission requirements and other specified lesser requirements in support of the 21st Space Wing, Operations Group. The contractor shall be responsible for the operations and maintenance of the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) optical sites located at Socorro, New Mexico; Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory; and Maui, Hawaii. The mission for GEODSS is to detect, track, and identify all tasked space objects within its area of coverage. GEODSS provides metric data to the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB CA. GEODSS provides Space Object Identification to the USSTRATCOM Joint Intelligence Center at Offutt AFB, NE. The subsequent contract will include a projected sixty-day phase-in period. The Government anticipates a contract performance period of a basic period with five (5) option periods. Contract type has not yet been determined; however, the current contract type is Firm-Fixed Price with cost-reimbursable logistics CLINs. The draft Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued in the future and will include an updated draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). The current GEODSS PWS is attached for your information. Also attached are Market Research questions to help the Government determine the most appropriate source selection strategy. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code proposed for the requirement is 517919. Additional information, as it becomes available, will be posted as well as amendments to this announcement. All amendments will be available for viewing on FedBizOps (FBO) at http://www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to review the site frequently for any updates and amendments to any and all documents. All potential offerors are reminded, in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration (CCR), lack of registration in the CCR will make an offeror ineligible for contract award. This Sources Sought Notice is issued for the purpose of market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. All businesses capable of providing these services are invited to respond. Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this sources sought is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this sources sought. The Government requests interested parties submit a brief description of their company's business size, business status (i.e., small business, disadvantaged, HUB zone, woman-owned), anticipated teaming arrangements, and a description of capabilities and similar services offered to the Government or to commercial customers. Include contract magnitude and points of contact (POC) for each example provided (name of the POC, address, e-mail, telephone number, and the company's web page, if applicable). Please limit your response to not more than 5 single-sided pages (maximum). Each submission should include one electronic (virus scanned) copy sent via e-mail to the POCs listed under Original Point of Contact. Electronic submissions are preferred. Paper copies are optional and are not preferred. Hard copy submissions to this notice should be sent to: 21CONS/LGCZB ATTN: Stephanie Tancik or Alicia Codrington 135 Dover Street, Suite 2204 Peterson AFB, CO 80914-1117. E-mail or hard copy replies to this announcement are due no later than 1 Nov 17. It is the Government's intention to conduct an Industry Day for all interested parties in or around the 3rd Quarter FY18 at Peterson AFB. Exact date, time and base location are yet to be determined. More information regarding Industry Day will be released as it becomes available. --------- This sources sought also contains the following clause: 5352.201-9101. As prescribed in 5301.9103, insert the following clause: OMBUDSMAN (JUN 2016) (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsmen: AFICA/ KS SCO 150 Vandenberg St, Peterson AFB, CO 80914, 719-554-5300, fax 719-554-5299, afica.ks.wf@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/HQ AFICA/SMC ombudsman, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Socorro New Mexico, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Maui Hawaii, United States
- Record
- SN04721537-W 20171026/171024231145-f58162c2a11d44e486aefaacdb5efd25 (fbodaily.com)
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