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K -- PIGA SOL F42610-95-R-20256 02 POC For copy, PKX-2/Pamala Chaffee/(FAX)801-777-7522, For additional information contact Sharon Porter/Lmke/(801)777-6075 Amended, to notify all offerors that RFP F42610-95-R-20256 has been delayed and will not be released at this time. Instead, the Air Force will be releasing a ''Solicitation for Planning Purposes'' as identified in FAR 52.215-3, which will be used to collect information and cost estimate ROMs pertaining to the procurement of replacement automatic test systems (ATS) for existing Pendulous Integrating Gyro Accelerometer (PIGA) test stations used at the Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center (AGMC) at Newark AFB, OH. This is not a request for competitive proposals. The Solicitation for Planning Purposes will request information from industry pertaining to the feasibility of employing commercial test equipment as the automatic test equipment (ATE) componment of the PIGA test stations to be procured. Utilization of commercial test equipment will be predicated upon the requirements for utilization of a commercial tester as specified in DoD 5000.XXX (Draft version), dated 18 OCT 95. This allows an exception to using a designated ATS Family which is that commercial testers, that are not part of a designated ATS Family, may be used for depot and factory acceptance testing when four conditions are met: 1) the tester meets the commercial item definition of Section 8001, Public Law 103-355, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act; 2) the service has no plans for fielding the tester, 3) the tester meets established definitions for critical elements and interfaces; and, 4) the commercial tester provides a more cost beneficial solution on a life cycle basis than an ATS Family Tester. Critical decision factors relating to the use of a commercial tester will include the ability to meet all existing depot testing requirements and an ability to provide a life cycle cost for the proposed test station. No telephone or fax requests acceptable. Only written requests received directly from the requestor are acceptable. Interested sources should request a copy in writing from the procurement point of contact identified below. Approximate issue date of the solicitation for planning purposes is 27 NOV 95. The Procurement point of contat is Ms Sharon G. Porter, Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC/LMKE), 6014 Dogwood Ave, Bldg 1258, Hill AFB, UT 84056-5816. Ms Porter can be reached at (801) 777-6075. (0305)

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