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D -- NOTICE OF OPENING OF BLSM II REFERENCE LIBRARY POC Rose Smith, Contracting Officer, 334-416-5440; Linda Ceteras, Contract Specialist, 334-416-4350. The Base Level System Modernization (BLSM) Program Management Office has opened a BLSM Reference Library (BRL). The BRL is open to all prospective offerors of the Base Level System Modernization II (BLSM-II) contract. The library is located in room 170, building 856, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Montgomery, Alabama (HQ SSG). Library hours of operation are 0730-1230 and 1330-1630 Monday through Thursday (except Government holidays). Visits are limited to one day, with a maximum of three persons per company. Visits to the BRL shall be by appointment only. Appointments will be scheduled on a first come first serve basis and must be recorded and confirmed by HQ SSG. Visits may be scheduled at HQ SSG by calling Ms Estelle Washington (334) 416-1884 or Lt Brian O'Flynn (334) 416-1882. Interested parties are encouraged to obtain further information on the BLSM program or the BLSM Reference Library by using a modem to call HQ Standard Systems Group Acquisition BBS (HQSSG-ACQBBS) at (334) 416-1733/4/5. A help line for the bulletin board is available at (334) 416-5771. Alternatively, information is available on the Internet, the Internet address is ACQBBS.SSC.AF.MIL (143.158.132.5). 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 the 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. (0146)

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