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A -- AEROSPACE VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION SOL PR FY71219503183 POC Robert W. Tyrrell, Contracting Officer, 617-377-2930; Therese C. Pierce, Contract Specialist, 617-377-2414; David C. Curtis, Technical Contact, 617-377-2819. Research and Development Sources are sought in support of the Aerospace Engineering Division, Phillips Laboratory (PL/SXA) to provide support, research and engineering studies of new and on-going efforts in the area of original development of systems, subsystems and components that will improve the technology base of aerospace vechicle instrumentation. These research activities are a continuation of on-going research currently performed under Contract F19628-92-C-0096 with Wentworth Institute of Technology of Boston, MA. The efforts shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Design, fabricate, assemble, test, launch, recover and refurbish aerospace payloads and components; (2) Design, develop, and fabricate electrical and mechanical assemblies for aerospace payloads, including ground support equipment; (3) Subject fabricated items to vibration, shock and thermal testing; and (4) Provide payload servicing and associated launch support. The Contractor will be required to engineer, fabricate and refurbish up to twenty (20) aerospace payloads for flight on sounding rockets, balloons, aircraft, satellite and the space shuttle. All programs will require support at PL Hanscom AFB and at various launch sites. The launch sites may include White Sands Missile Range, NM; NASA Wallops Flight Facility, VA; Kennedy Space Center, FL; and other remote locations. Interested potential sources should respond by indicating their ability to meet the following screening criteria, of equal importance: (a) Demonstrate proven capabilities and understanding of research, development, design, fabrication, assembly, test, launch support, recovery and refurbishment of aerospace payloads and components. (b) Knowledge and fabrication of aerospace (sounding rocket, balloon, aircraft, satellite and space shuttle) systems, sub systems and component reliability issues. (c) Demonstration of a thorough knowledge of engineering analysis and modeling using 2- and 3- dimensional theory and software, applied to structural and thermal problems on aerospace structures, pressure and vacuum vessels, and mechanical/electrical systems. (d) Knowledge of advance manufacturing methods and their application to complex components and assemblies. (e) Demonstrate proven capabilities to design and support cryogenic storage systems, radiation shields, vacuum systems, and utilization of supercritical helium for infrared instruments. (f) Knowledge of test apparatus and procedures for evaluating material strength properties and vacuum system leaks. (g) Knowledge of numerical control (NC) machines and software language which may be implemented in the construction of spacecraft components and optical mirrors used in telescope systems. The period of performance will be sixty (60) months estimated to begin in the 4th quarter of FY95. Offerors interested in documenting their capabilities to perform this work should reference PR FY71219503183 in responding to the Deputy for Small Business, Attn: ESC/BC, Mr. Alan Hart, 275 Randolph Raod, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2818. Information on file at ESC/BC must be supplemented to document the capabilities in the above stated areas. Organizations not registered must submit complete qualifying information. Firms should also indicate their status if qualified as socially or economically disadvantaged. Each offeror responding to this synopsis is requested to submit with its reply a name and telephone number for a point of contact. The Government will solicit those firms meeting the screening criteria in this synopsis. Organizations responding to this sources sought synopsis will not be notified as to whether or not they meet the screening criteria. Any offeror initially judged to be unqualified will be provided a copy of the solicitation upon request and any offer such a firm might submit will be evaluated without prejudice. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate offeror concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Thomas J. Mackey at (617) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes, does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government. Closing date submission of responses is thirty (30) days from the publication of this notice. 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