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B -- SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT NAIC IS REQUIRED TO PE RFORM ON BALLASTIC MISSILE THREATS POC Patricia Blakely or Thomas Beaver, (513) 255-3273. The National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is contemplating a five year contract to provide NAIC with complete sounding rocket flight test and data collection/analysis support. Specifically, this effort will support NAIC in conducting all or any part of flight test programs which will include: the design, manufacture and testing of the launch vehicle, ground support equipment, and maneuvering payload module bus, the design, manufacture and testing of instrumented payloads/decoys and their deployment mechanisms: mission planning, including a data collection plan to optimize the payload deployment and sensor orientation for collection from multiple platforms, fabrication or modification of data collection sensors, and analysis of the collected data to provide vehicle and payload performance reports, discrimination of targets, and fusion of multi-sensor data. Potential sources must provide in their response to this announcement the following information: (1) Evidence of previous experience performing in the areas of: (a) Flight Test Vehicles (b) Payload Packages (c) Sensor Fabrication/Modification (d) Data Collection Planning (e) Data Analysis (f) Discrimination Techniques/Algorithms (g) Simulation/Modeling (h) General Threat Assessment (i) Multi-sensor Data Fusion (2) Evidence of the ability to obtain TOP SECRET/SCI personnel and facilities for safeguarding SCI material. All responses will be evaluated against the criteria listed in this announcement. Limit responses to 10 pages or less. Foreign participation on this contract is not authorized. Sources are requested to submit their responses within 30 days after publication of this announcement. All respondents shall indicate whether they are large or small business in relation to SIC Code 8731, size standard 1000. The government reserves the option to set this acquisition aside for small business. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors, when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his concerns during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, Attn: Col Robert C. Helt, ASC/CY Bldg 2041, 2511 L St., Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7303, at (513) 255-1427, with serious concerns only. Routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to ASC/PKGB, WPAFB, OH 45433-6503, (513) 255-3273. (0166)

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