Phillips Laboratory (PL/PKSB), Space Experiments Contracting Division, 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Bldg 424, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773

A -- INTEGRATION SUPPORT SERVICES (ISS) NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION SOL F29601-95-R-0025 DUE 013196 POC Ms Kim Kinifick, Contract Specialist (505) 846-7603 Ms Tammie L. Johnson, Contracting Officer (505) 846-6923 Mr Jeff West, Program Manager (505) 846-1411. Research and Development Notice of Contract Action (NOCA). Reference Sources Sought Synopsis published 15 Feb 95 and amended 17 Mar 95. Phillips Laboratory, Space Experiments Directorate (PL/SX) anticipates releasing a solicitation for the Integration Support Services (ISS) program on or about 18 Dec 95. Proposals will be due on 31 Jan 96. A Cost Plus Award Fee/Level of Effort (CPAF/LOE) type contract is anticipated with funding levels to accomplish the contracted effort to be between $10-50M. The period of performance includes a basic effort of 36 months and two 12- month option periods. A Secret facility clearance will be required prior to award. It is the Government's intent that the requirement will be solicited as a 100% small business (SB) set-aside. Small Disadvantaged Businesses are advised that they are strongly encouraged to participate. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) for this effort is 8731 with a small business size standard of under 1000 employees. The purpose of the ISS program is to procure a system integration services contract to support the integration, and ground and flight test of experimental vehicles, payloads and subsystems being developed by the Space Experiments (SX) and Space Technologies (VT) Directorates of the Phillips Laboratory. This acquisition will provide services to support both SX and VT in the exploratory development of technologies and capabilities important to the accomplishment of National military space objectives. The successful offeror will assist the government team in the following types of work: 1) Integration facilities operation and maintenance - operation, and maintenance of multiple integration facilities at both Edwards AFB, CA and at Kirtland AFB, NM, 2) Engineering support - system engineering support to the development and test of small rocket, balloon, and spacecraft payloads and subsystems, and to the captive hover and field test of experimental miniature vehicles, develop and/or review subsystem and system specifications an develop requirements for specialized ground support equipment, 3) Performance and mission analyses - develop and/or review mission planning documents and analyze mission goals and objectives, 4) Design, fabrication and assembly -assist in the development and integration of components and subsystems comprising small payloads and experimental vehicles, including the development and operation of standard and mission-unique ground support equipment, tasks will include structural subsystem assembly, development of wiring harnesses and printed circuit boards, ground and flight software development and test, 5) Integration and test - support, as a member of a government-contractor integrated team, the integration and test of small sounding rocket, balloon or spacecraft payloads and subsystems and experimental vehicles, support includes establishing environmental and functional test requirements, conducting and reporting the results of required environmental and functional tests, 6) Mission support - Assist the government in the conduct of research and experimental testing in both laboratory (bench top) facilities and at remote field locations, 7) Management and administration - manage and administer the functions required to meet objectives of the basic and options effort (facilities management) and various task orders. Special condition: Initially, PL/SX will require level-of-effort and task order support at Edwards AFB and task order support at Hanscom AFB. During the period of performance of this anticipated effort, Space Experiments functions at Edwards AFB and Hanscom AFB will transfer to Kirtland AFB. The successful offeror will plan for and support ISS related contingencies arising as a result of this transfer of activities. An Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCOI) clause is anticipated in any resulting contract. The contractor will be asked to propose a Statement of Work (SOW) in response to a government Statement of Objectives (SOO). To receive a copy of the RFP, each potential offeror must be certified and registered by the Defense Logistics Services Center, Federal Center, 74 North Washington, Battle Creek, MI 49016-3412, 1-800-352-3572. All interested parties must send a letter stating interest in receiving the RFP (even if previously submitted for the DRFP), type of business (i.e., large, small, socially and economically disadvantaged, 8(a) certified, historically black college r university, a woman-owned business, or a minority institution), address/point of contact for receiving the RFP, and reference this synopsis. In addition to the above, each potential offeror is also required to submit a copy of the certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement (unless previously submitted for the DRFP). Responses should be submitted to Ms Kim Kinifick, Phillips Laboratory, Space Experiments Directorate (PL/PKSB), 2251 Maxwell Avenue SE, Bldg 424, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773, or by fax at (505) 846-7549. Verbal requests for the RFP will not be honored. Foreign owned/foreign controlled firms are advised that they will not be allowed to participate as the prime contractor as determined by the Foreign Disclosure Policy Office. A Read File will be established for this effort on date of RFP release and will be located in Bldg 595. The Read File will include a copy of the RFP, Briefing for Industry (BFI) slides, attendance lists for the BFI and tours at Kirtland and Edwards AFB, and background information for sample task order preparation. At this time, all documents are unclassified. The Read File will be in effect until contract award. To access the Read File, each potential offeror must submit a copy of the certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, by mail to PL/SXEI, Attn: Ms Tracy Gerber or by fax at (505) 846-9764. Ms Gerber will be taking appointments to view the Read File at (505) 846-0522. Appointments to view the Read File must be scheduled at least one (1) day in advance. Appointments are limited to two companies per day with a maximum of two persons per visit. Hours of operation are 8:00AM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday. Each company will have a three hour block available and the material may be removed from the area for reproduction during that time. Badges may be obtained at the security desk in Bldg 414. Contractors visiting the Read File library will restrict their activity to that purpose during the appointment. Drafts of Sections B-M, SOW, Award Fee Plan, and the Source List, are available on the Phillips Laboratory Science and Technology Acquisition Referral System (STARS) electronic bulletin board system and will be updated as they become available. In order to access the STARS bulletin board on the Internet, PC users need to run NETSCAPE or MOSAIC version 2.0 Beta 4. Access to the PL Contracting Bulletin Boar is available from the PL Home Page-- http://www.plk.af.mil/. All files in the ''Show Available RFP's'' category are self extracting executable (.EXE) files. This bulletin board is also available via modem at (505) 846-5854 (no parity, 8 databits, 1 stopbit). This bulletin board is maintained by the Directorate of Contracting at Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM. Point of contact for troubleshooting is Sandra M. Maes, PL/PKX (505) 846-5440. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from 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. Before contacting the Ombudsman, potential offerors should first communicate with the contracting officer. In those instances where offerors cannot obtain resolution from the contracting officer, they are invited to contact the PL Ombudsman, Colonel James D. Ledbetter, Phillips Laboratory Vice Commander, 3550 Aberdeen Avenue SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776, (505) 846-4964. The Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. For contracting issues, please contact Ms Kim Kinifick, Contract Specialist, at (505) 846-7603, or Ms Tammie Johnson, Contracting Officer, at (505) 846-6923. For technical issues, please contact Mr Jeff West, Program Manager, at (505) 846-1411. (0324)

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