Electronic Systems Center/AVK, Contracting Division, Command & Control Systems, 20 Schilling Circle, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2816

58 -- TACTICAL AUTOMATED SECURITY SYSTEM (TASS) PRODUCTION PROGRAM POC Capt. Suzanne O. Staugler, Contracting Manager, 617-377-6654; Kent W. Kinal, Contracting Officer, 617-377-6607. The Air Force anticipates a competitive acquisition for a production contract for the Tactical Automated Security System (TASS). TASS is a rapidly deployable, portable, integrated security system which provides intrusion detection, alarm data communication (Radio Frequency, Hardwire and Fiber Optic), alarm display through a geographical user interface, intrusion assessment, and power. TASS will be made up of a combination of Commercial Off-The-Shelf(COTS) and developed hardware/software equipment. The developed hardware will contain embedded software and will primarily provide the data communications functions through the application of a robust Radio Frequency network protocol. The TASS production program will consist of the acquisition, delivery and interim support of the baseline TASS equipment, with the possibility of Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) upgrades to the hardware/software. These upgrades will occur over the life of the contract. The TASS production program screening criteria consist of the contractor's demonstrated capability to: manufacture and produce developed equipment from a Goverment Furnished Technical Data Package (TDP) with special emphasis in RF module production, meet surge and long-term increases in manufacturing requirements, embed the software into the hardware, reverse engineer the developed equipment, to include updating the TDP from GFP hardware, perform software maintenance in 'C' and Intel 8051 assembly language (i.e., Dallas ADS 320 microprocessor) (maintenance may include updates and ''fixes'', as well as implementing P3I upgrades), act as total systems integrator of COTS and developed components, provide interim contractor logistics support, conduct training and update the training program, purchase the COTS hardware/software, perform acceptance testing, integrate/package equipment into shipping cases, ship equipment, design, develop and implement P3I hardware/software and Radio Frequency Network upgrades, including encryption, and update the TDP, revise technical manuals, and perform all production program management fuctions. Interested firms should submit a Qualifications/Capabilities Statement that addresses the TASS Production Program screening criteria no later than 30 days after the release of this announcement. Please include the names of no more than five programs/projects that are similar to TASS that the firm has performed on. Additionally, include the names and phone numbers for points of contact for the customers for each of these programs/projects. The Qualifications/Capabilities Statement shall not exceed 30 pages. The Government contemplates a five year, firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity type contract for all items under this production contract. The draft specification, draft RFP, and schedule will be posted on the Hanscom Electronic System Center's Electronic Bulletin Board (HERRB) no earlier than November 1995. The HERRB telephone number is (617)274-0500. Firms having an interest, capability, and background on this acquisition may request to be put on the mailing list by submitting a written request to the contract manager listed above. Responses must include a Qualification/Capabilities Statement that addresses the TASS production program sreening criteria. Requests must indicate whether the concern is a large, small, disadvantaged, or women-owned concern and specify a contact person with their telephone number. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small if its number of employees does not exceed 750. Additionally, sources shall indicate if they are US or foreign owned/controlled. Colonel Claude E. Messamore, Jr, USAF at (617)377-5106 has been appointed as an Ombudsman 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 the proposals or in the source selection process. 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, or issues that reqire contractor confidentiality. See Numbered Note(s): 12. (0249)

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