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18 -- NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM BLOCK IIF ACQUISITION SOL F04701-95-R-0001 POC Contact Point: Lt Vanessa Matthews, Contract Negotiator (310) 363- 1417; Contracting Officer: Capt Cherly Junker (310) 363-3586. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) Joint Program Office intends to release the Draft Request For Proposal (DRFP)on or about 19 March 1995 for the procurement of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Sustainment (Block IIF) acquisition. The objective of the Block IIF acquisition is to sustain the quality GPS signal as a worldwide utility well into the next century at the lowest technical risk and acquisition and life-cycle costs. A system level prime contractor will be responsible for consolidating the satellite and operational control subsystems into one optimized package, and integrating this package with a government furnished launch vehicle, secondary payload(s), and the Air Force Satellite Control Network. GPS Block IIF will not include the acquisition or production of any user equipment. The contractor will deliver this Block IIF System to the Government, and Air Force Space Command will launch and operate the system on a daily basis. The system must be backward compatible with previous GPS satellite, control facilities, and user equipment. The current plan is to release the Formal Request For Proposal Jul 1995, and award a contract in December 1995. 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 contractor 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 the Ombudsman, Mr Bordelon at (310) 363- 3818. The DRFP is available on disk (Word for Windows 6.0)and Electronic Bulletin Board (SMC/CZ and SMC/PK). For obtaining information on the DRFP please contact Lt Vanessa Matthews, SMC/CZK, (310)363-1417 or Capt Jill Stiglich, SMC/CZK, (310)363-3214. This notice is not intended to award a contract on the basis of information submitted nor otherwise pay for information solicited. (0137)

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