73 MSS/PK 400 O'Malley Ave, Ste 56 Falcon AFB CO 80912-4056

M -- MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORT SERVICES Sol. RFP FA2573-94-R-0001. Due 022495. Contact Contract Specialist, Merrill R. Smith, 719/550-3558; Contracting Officer, John R. Hinman, 719/550-3519. Non-personal services to conduct Operations, Maintenance, Research and Development, and Support of the Maui Space Surveillance System (MSSS) on Maui, Hawaii. The MSSS consists of the Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility (MOTIF) and the Air Force Maui Optical Systm (AMOS). The Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS) is in the development and construction stages but is part of the MOTIF and AMOS Statement of Work (SOW). The MOTIF portion of the MSSS SOW provides for the Operation, Maintenance, and Support of the MSSS. The AMOS portion of the MSSS SOW provides for Research and Development, and visiting experimenters including academic institutions. Bidders must be able to operate the MSSS 24 hour-a-day, 7 days-a-week. This will be a Cost Plus Award Fee Contract. MOTIF will have a basic period of performance of 10 months, 1 Dec 95 through 30 Sep 96, with eight half-year priced options, FY96-00. The period of performance for AMOS will be four years and 10 months, 1 De 95 through 30 Sep 00, with incremental funding. There will ba a 60 day phase-in-period, 1 Oct 95 through 30 Nov 95. The acquisition will be full and open competition. A draft Request for Proposal (RFP), with attached separate SOWs, was issued on 11 Mar 94. Release of the final RFP is anticipated to be on or about 20 Mar 95. Prospective offerors responding on the draft RFP need not resubmit a request for the final RFP. For other offerors, requests for the RFP must be in writing, limited to one copy per company. Security requirements are such that to be considered responsive to this acquisition, Contractors must possess a TOP SECRET facilities clearance and a minimum of SECRET safeguarding level. A site visit is scheduled to be held at the Maui, Hawaii site on or about 28 and 29 May 95, at 8:00 a.m. The preproposal conference will be held on or about 30 Mar 95, in conjuction with the site visit. Attendance is limited to three persons per company including subcontractors. Individuals attending must respond by 14 Mar 95 with the following information: Name, SSAN, Clearance, U.S. Citizenship, Company Name, Position Title, and Phone Number. Substitutions for the site visit will not be accepted after 22 Mar 95. Confirmed security clearance of Secret is required for the site visit and proposal conference. Submit Visitor Request information in writing to 73 MSS/PK, Attn: John R. Hinman, Bldg. 400, Mod 11, Stop 8256, Falcon AFB CO 80912-4056. Security information must be in accordance with the National Induustrial Security Program Operating Manual, which has replaced the DoD 5220.22M Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information. A Bidder's Library is available to facilitate proposal preparation. Contact at 719/550-3557 for an appointment. (037)

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