HQ Space and Missile Systems Center, SMC/CWKD, 155 Discoverer Blvd., Suite 1380, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-4692

A -- NETWORK INTEGRATION CONTRACT FOR THE SATELLITE AND LAUNCH CONTROL SYSTEMS PROGRAM OFFICE SOL F04701-95-R-0015 POC Contact for contractual issues is Ms. Sharon Cobb, (310) 363-2233 or Lt. Jason Preisser, (310) 363-6571. The Contracting Officer is Mrs Carol L. Bivens, (310) 363-6556. The Draft Request For Proposal (DRFP) for the Network Integration Contract (NIC) will be released on or about 31 Aug 95. It is a preliminary version of the Request For Proposal (RFP) and its objective is to serve as a communication tool to obtain feedback from industry. Your comments (including questions, suggestions, challenges and general remarks) on the DRFP are requested. Comments are due at the above address by 3:00 pm local time, 15 Sep 95 ( 21 days from DRFP release date). The DRFP will be published via an electronic bulletin board system (BBS). The files will be in Microsoft Office format (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access). The numbers for this BBS are (310)363-6612 (9600 baud), (310)363-6613 (9600 baud), or (310)363- 1004 (2400 baud). You must have a password, issued by the contracting office (SMC/PK), to gain access to this BBS. If you dont already have a password, send a letter on company letterhead with the name(s) and phone number(s) of the personnel that need access to Maxine Chandler, HQ SMC/PKOM, 155 Discoverer Blvd., Suite 1542, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-4692, fax (310)363-5507 or voice (310)363-1533. Once a password has been assigned, the BBS is accessed like any other BBS. This BBS allows down loading only. If the BBS is not accessible by your company, a hard copy may be obtained by forwarding an e-mail request to NIC@slcspo.laafb.af.mil, a faxed request to (310)363-0843, or a written request to Mrs. Carol Bivens at the address at the end of this announcement. The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Satellite and Launch Control Systems Program Office (SMC/CW) requires tasks to be performed in the area of systems engineering and integration of the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AF SCN). The activities will include analysis of Air Force Space Command and other users documented network requirements, defining the AF SCNs future architecture, network planning to include roadmaps for development plans, network integration to include the control and the update of the AF SCN A-Spec, site integration at the nine globally located Remote Tracking Stations and the two control nodes located at Onizuka Air Station and Falcon AFB, which requires the real- time facilitation of modifications installed by the development directorates, and establishment of configuration management policy. The estimated period of performance is six years. The type of contract contemplated is cost plus award fee. The tasks involved will require the contractor to provide quick response and to have close connection with the SMC/CW and its other supporting contractors, as well as other AF SCN organizations and their supporting contractors located at or near Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA, and Falcon AFB, CO. The Network Integration Contract (NIC) is considered a new start contract without any incumbents. SMC/CW anticipates use of an Organizational Conflict of Interest provision which will preclude the prime contractor for the NIC from competing for any future AF SCN contracts to include the Range and Comm Development Contract. The OCI provision will contain three exemptions: 1) A contractor can be awarded both a development and/or a sustainment contract and the integration contract, if the contractor can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Air Force, that separate and distinct parts of the company exist with completely separate business/profit centers, 2) A contractor who already has one of the existing AF SCN prime contracts or is a subcontractor on one of the current prime contracts will not be excluded merely because of this precondition for bidding for and being awarded either development, sustainment, or the integration contract, 3) A contractor can participate as a lower level vendor or subcontractor with a very specialized role in either the development or sustainment contracts and still be awarded the AF SCN integration contract as long as the level of vendor involvement or specialized support is so minor that the contractors involvement does not have any influence or impact on the development of AF SCN requirements or assignment of work among the various associate contracts. Companies bidding on this contract must be U.S. based, and personnel supporting this contract must have a Secret clearance. Several contractor personnel are required to have a recent favorable Special Background Investigation. The contractor will be required to establish, at contract award, facilities in the local area of Los Angeles AFB, CA, Onizuka Air Station, CA, and Falcon AFB, CO. One of the three facilities must have a Top Secret facility clearance. The contractor will be required to provide representatives at the RTSs and control nodes to facilitate the installation and checkout of modifications. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal. Potential offerors should be advised that an appeal has been made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to the Secretatry of the Air Force (SAF) to make the NIC a totally set-aside for small business acquisition. The possibility does exsist that the SAF might decide to overrule the PCOs decision and set the NIC aside. The final RFP is anticipated for release in October 1995 with receipt of proposals made within 30 days. Eligibility for participating in this acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice. Information herein is based on the best information available at the time of publication, is subject to revision, and is not binding upon the Government. An Industry Interchange Conference for the NIC is anticipated to be scheduled for a later date at Los Angeles AFB. Further information regarding this meeting will be made available via the BBS. The Contracting Officer is Mrs. Carol L. Bivens/CWKD, 155 Discoverer Blvd., Suite 1380, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-4692. (0236)

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