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13 -- ADVANCED STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL EXPENDABLES SOL F33657-95-R-0006 POC Dan Pennington, (513) 255-2425/Contracting Officer, Jackie Owens (513) 255-8222, FAX (513) 476-7805. The Electronic Combat Development System Office (ASC/LN) anticipates releasing Advanced Strategic and Tactical Infrared Expendables (ASTE) Preliminary Request for Proposal (RFP) documents (e.g. Statement of Work (SOW), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Section B, etc.,) on approximately 20 Jan 95. These documents will be published on ASC's Pre-award Information Exchange System (PIXS), an electronic bulletin board, for the release of pre-RFP documents. The System Requirements Document (SRD), the DD Form 254, and the CDRL package will not be published on the PIXS. All the documents (including the SRD, DD Form 254, and the CDRL package) may be reviewed at the ASTE Technical Library. Only those documents not available on the PIXS (e.g., the CDRL package, DD Form 254, and the classified SRD) may be picked-up or mailed beginning 20 Jan 95 by contacting MacAuley-Brown at (513) 426-3421, Fax (513) 426-5364. In order for the Government to conduct a facility clearance, the following information must be submitted to Howard Fairchild at ASC/LNWA, Building 28, 2145 Monahan Way, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433-7017, Fax (513) 476-7805, by 17 Jan 95: (1) a visit request, (2) a classified mailing address, and (3) the name of the person who will receive the package. In order to pick-up the classified SRD, a valid identification and authorization to courier the classified package, in accordance with the Industrial Security Manual, must be presented to MacAuley-Brown at the time of pick-up. Information on the rules and procedures for potential offeror use of the ASTE Technical Library will be published on the PIXS and should be reviewed prior to contacting MacAuley-Brown. The ASTE Technical Library will remain open from 20 Jan 95 through submission of the formal proposals. The ASTE Technical Library will be located in the MacAuley-Brown, Inc. (MacB) office building at 3915 Germany Lane, Dayton, Ohio, 45431. All comments to these documents must be submitted on a 3.5 inch diskette in either Word 2.0 or DOS Text format and submitted to Attn: Ms Jackie Owens, ASC/LNWA, Building 28, 2145 Monahan Way, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433-7017 by 8 Feb 95. ASC/LN reserves the right to not publish or reply to the comments received from the review of the preliminary RFP documents. However, the Government reserves the right to incorporate suggested changes into the formal RFP without identifying the submitter or obtaining the submitter's approval. The PIXS can be accessed via a modem at (513) 476-7217. Access is also available through Telnet through address 129.48.120.143. Contact Mr. Mike Peck, ASC/CYX, at (513) 255-2739, for questions concerning accessing PIXS or the process for downloading documents. This solicitation is NOT OPEN TO FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS AS A PRIME. The ASTE RFP will be for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of expendable decoy systems capable of countering the evolving Infrared (IR) missile threat. The ASTE program has been initiated to design, develop, produce and deploy expendable decoy systems to fulfill the requirements as specified in the System Requirements Document (SRD). Decoys fabricated under this program will replace or form a compatible mix with existing infrared (IR) decoy expendables and will improve our ability to counter advanced IR threats. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors are invited to contact the ASC Ombudsman, ATTN: Col Robert C. Helt, ASC/CY Bldg. 2041, 2511 L St., Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7303, at (513) 255-1427, with serious concerns only. Direct routine communication concerning this acquisition to ATTN: Ms. Jackie Owens, Contracting Officer, ASC/LNWA, Building 28, 2145 Monahan Way, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7017, at (513) 255-2425 or (513) 255-8222, Fax (513) 476-7805. (0013)

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