73 MSS/PK 300 O'MALLEY AVE, STE 146 FALCON AFB CO 80912-4056

M -- MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORT SERVICES SOL FO5604-95-R-9013 DUE 070795 POC 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. This notice modifies the prior CBD notices. The most recent notice was a modification notice and was not meant to replace prior CBD notices. The MSSS consists of the Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility (MOTIF) and the Air Force Maui Optical System (AMOS). The Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS) is in the development and construction stages but is part of the MOTIF and AMOS combined 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 MSS SOW provides for Research and Development, and visiting experimenters including academic institutions. Bidders must be able to operate the MSSS 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week. This will be a Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) contract. Both MOTIF (OM&S) and AMOS (R&D) will have a basic period of performance of 10 months, 1 Dec 95 through 30 Sep 96, with four (4) one-year priced options, FY97-00. AMOS will be incremental funding. There will be approximately 40 days for the phase-in period, 20 Oct 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 28 Apr 95. The RFP number was changed from RFP FA2573-94-R-0001 to RFP FO5604-95-R-9013. Prospective offerors who have responded with a request for the RFP, by 14 April 1995, need not resubmit a request for the final RGP. For other offerors, requests for the RFP must be in writing, limited to one copy per company. RFP information can also be obtained through the HQ AFSPC/CVA, Competition Advocate Bulletin Board. For more information on the Bulletin Board, contact Ms Sally Claunch direct at (719) 554-5325 or FAX (719) 554-2466. The RFP will be mailed out to the offerors on the day of release. Offerors may pick up the RFP, on the date of release, by submitting a letter from the offeror's headquarters, to the Contracting Officer, with the name of the individual authorized by your company to sign for the RFP. 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 9 May 1995, at 8:00am. The preproposal conference will be held in Colorado Springs, CO on 18 May 1995. Attendance is limited to three (3) persons per company including subcontractors. Individuals attending must respond by 2 May 1995 with the following information: Name, SSAN, Clearance, U.S. Citizenship, Company Name, Position Title, and Phone Number. Confirmed security clearance of SECRET is required for the site visit and preproposal conference. Clearance information must be sent by an authorized Security Officer or Security Manager of the company. Substitutions for the site visit will not be accepted after 4 May 1995. Substitutions for the preproposal conference will not be accepted after 15 May 1995. Submit Visitor Request information in writing to 73 MSS/PK, Attn: John Hinman, 300 O'Malley Ave., STE 146, Falcon AFB, CO 80912-4056. Security information must be in accordance with DoD 5220.22-M, the Industrial Security Manual (ISM) for Safeguarding Classified Information or the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), when released as a replacement document for the ISM. A Bidder's Library is available to facilitate proposal preparation. Contact Ms Reinerd Rynda at (719) 556-4236 for an appointment. (0111)

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