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A -- ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST INFORMATION FOR THE SATELLITE AND LAUNCH CONTROL SYSTEMS PROGRAM OFFICE. POC Contact for contractual issues is Lt Jason Preisser, (310) 363-6571. The Contracting Officer is Ms. Carol L. Bivens, (310) 363-6556. The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Satellite and Launch Control Systems Program Office requests potential offerors for the Network Integration Contract (NIC), Network Operations Upgrade Contract (NOUC), Range & Communication Development Contract (RCDC), CCS Sustainment Contract (CCSC), and Range and Communication Sustainment Contract (RCSC) contracts to submit information addressing adherence to the established Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Clause. The OCI clause states that a contractor may not be awarded both the integration and either the development or the sustainment contracts unless they can comply with the following: Separate and distinct segments of a parent corporation may receive award of separate development/sustainment and integration contracts provided that the parent can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Air Force that the segments exist with completely separate profit centers with separate program and management organizations. To qualify as legally, organizationally, and operationally distinct entities, the parent must show that the entities not only exist as separate corporations which deal with one another at arms' length but also that the entities do not share the same facilities and be controlled by the same sets of management personnel. Also, the entity holding the development/sustainment contract in fact must be different from the entity holding the integration contract. The entities must prove the existence procedures and safeguards to the entities have been developed to ensure that the two entities will not cross feed information with one another to bestow an undue competitive advantage upon one another and that will preclude the improper cross disclosure of proprietary, source sensitive or other restricted data. At a minimum the contractor should provide the following: 1) the potential OCI violation, 2) the steps the contractor is taking to mitigate the violation, and 3) the reason the contractor feels this is not a violation. The government will decide this excption on a case by case basis. Submit the information via e-mail to NIC@slcspo.laafb.af.mil, NOUC@slcspo.laafb.af.mil, RCDC@slcspo.laafb.af.mil, or CCSC@slcspo.laafb.af.mil. No more than ten (10) pages shall be submitted for review. Information shall be submitted no later than 10 days after the date of publication. Failure to submit the requested information may disqualify bidders. Determinations will be sent to the contractors in writing as soon as possible. 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. The Contracting Officer is Mrs. Carol L. Bivens/CWKD, 155 Discoverer Blvd., Suite 1380, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-4692. (0276)

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