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A -- AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SUPPORT SOL PR FY712196PL3149 POC Iris M. Durden, Contracting Officer, 617-377-2907; Carl T. Bechet, Contract Specialist, 617-377-4894; Mr. Dean F. Kimball, Technical Contract, 617-377-3642. Research and Development Sources are sought in support of the Phillips Laboratory Geophysics Directorate, Optical Environment Division (PL/GPO) and Space Experiments Directorate, Aerospace Engineering Division (PL/SXA) to provide engineering support of new and ongoing efforts involving the integration, testing, launching and data management of aerospace experiments. These research activities are a continuation of ongoing research currently performed under Contract F19628-91-C-0060 with Systems Integration Engineering, Inc. (SIE) of Lexington, MA. The efforts shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Perform engineering analysis of aerospace payload components and systems; (2) Develop test plans and procedures for payload components and systems; (3) Provide program management; (4) Provide systems engineering; (5) Participate in engineering field operations; (6) Provide limited fabrication of payload components; (7) Maintain historical project records. All programs will require support at PL Hanscom AFB and at various launch sites, such as White Sands Missile Range, NM; NASA Wallops Flight Facility, VA; and other remote locations. In addition, it is required that 50% of the support is to be performed on-site for the duration of the contract. Interested potential sources should respond by indicating their ability to meet the following screening criteria, of equal importance: Demonstrate existing capabilities to: (a) Perform Finite Element Modeling and Analysis on aerospace components and/or systems in the structural, modal, and thermal areas; (b) Originate test plans and procedures to satisfy requirements for sounding rocket, balloon, and space shuttle programs; (c) Develop wiring harnesses and/or control the quality of work in the development of wiring harnesses for aerospace payloads according to NASA specifications; (d) Conduct investigations and provide analyses in the area of electromagnetic wave interactions with the ground, air, ionosphere, and space environment; (e) Direct aerospace experiments, such as those involving the launching of sounding rockets and balloons; (f) Originate and maintain system engineering documentation, such as Interface Control Documents and Operations Requirements Documents; (g) Develop software for the tracking and documenting of program finances. The period of performance will be thirty-six (36) months beginning in the 4th quarter of FY96. Offerors interested in documenting their capabilities to perform this work should reference Purchase Request #FY712196PL3149 in responding to the Deputy for Small Business, Attn: ESC/BC, Mr. Alan Hart, 275 Randolph Road, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2818. Information on file at ESC/BC must be supplemented to document the capabilities in the above stated areas. Organizations not registered must submit complete qualifying information. Offerors should list persons from customer firms whom the Air Force may contact to verify applicable work experience and performance. Firms should also indicate their status if qualified as socially or economically disadvantaged. Each offeror responding to this synopsis is requested to submit with its reply a name and telephone number for a point of contact. The Government will solicit those firms meeting the screening criteria in this synopsis. Organizations responding to this sources sought synopsis will not be notified as to whether or not they meet the screening criteria. Any offeror initially judged to be unqualified will be provided a copy of the solicitation upon request and any offer such a firm might submit will be evaluated without prejudice. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. 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. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman is Col Claude E. Messamore, Jr., ESC/IG, (617) 377-5106. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes, does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government. Closing date submission of responses is thirty (30) days from the publication of this notice. (0044)

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