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18 -- INTEGRATION AND LAUNCH SUPPORT FOR INERTIAL UPPER STAGE VEHICLES SOL F04701-95-R-0029 POC Capt Brett Scrum, Contract Negotiator, (310) 363-2673; Renay Campbell- Labriola, Contracting Officer, (310) 363-6678. This effort will consist of integration & launch support to provide the capability to launch 5 total missions with no less than 12 month centers. It is the intent of the government that the successful offerer assume 100% of the launch and integration task responsibilities from contract start. Integration tasks are for one spacecraft, with all being repeat missions. Individual mission integration is with the Titan IV-B Launch System. Integration tasks include planning and coordination meeting support with the appropriate payload, launch vehicle, and DoD agencies or groups. Launch support tasks are in the areas of flight operations, ground operations, software support and launch support. Activities also include post flight reports for each mission and launch support includes pre-operational repair of flight hardware. Interested contractors must demonstrate capability to meet the Mission Master Phasing Plan (MMPP) for this effort. Included are close-out efforts after last launch. The contract will include vehicle processing at Cape Canaveral Air Station. Secret clearance is required to perform this effort. Also required is the provision of mission unique inputs to existing software programs and maintaining rehosted flight software products. Installation and pre-operational maintenance of newly developed guidance and control flight units and liaison with the IV&V contractor will also be required. Excluded is the independent validation and verification of software. It is our intention to award a contract for integration and launch support to consist of the basic contract and options. The period of performance for the basic contract will be Apr 1997 through Sep 1997 with 5 annual options. Draft RFP scheduled for release 30 Mar 96. The interested parties must demonstrate the capability to meet these requirements. Notification of interest must be received within 30 working days of the publication date of this synopsis. Interested firms must submit a written statement of capability (SOC) IAW Note 25. The SOC should identify the RFP number, name, address, and phone number of the contracting officer for contracts under which any similar work was performed and should be limited to five pages. The information contained in this notice is based on the best information available at the time of publication and is in no way binding to the Government. The Government will not recognize any costs associated with the submission of information by interested firms. (0201)

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