Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program Office (Code 2.0), Washington, DC 20361-5120

A -- JAST CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM RFP RELEASE POC Contact, Patricia K. Gibson, Phone (703)604-6100 The Joint Advanced Strike Technology/Joint Strike Fighter (JAST/JSF) Program intends to competitively award two contracts in FY97 for the Weapons System Concept Demonstration Program (CDP) and conduct a follow-on competition resulting in one contract award for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (E&MD) Program. The principal objective of the JAST/JFS CDP is to demonstrate, to a low level of technical risk for entering E&MD, those critical technologies, processes, and system characteristics necessary to produce an affordable family of strike fighter aircraft that meets U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Royal Navy needs. A full and open competition will be held. It is anticipated that the JAST/JSF CDP Contractors will be the only responsible sources capable of competing for the E&MD contract. Therefore, the two contracts awarded will contain clauses to permit a downselect to a single contractor to perform the E&MD phase of the JAST/JSF Weapon System Program. The Government intends to invoke those downselect clauses for the E&MD competition. A request for Information was published under synopsis number 20167-95 in October 1995. The draft RFP release was published under synopsis number 20195-95. The RFP will be provided electronically on a 3.5 inch computer disk or via File Transfer Protocol on the Internet. Prospective offerors who responded to the RFI or Draft RFP synopses need not submit another request for the RFP; an RFP disk will be mailed to those companies. Other requests for the RFP must be made in writing to Ms. Patricia Gibson, at the JAST Program Office, 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 307, Arlington, VA 22202 or by fax to (703) 602-0593. The RFP will be available for pickup or mailing on or about 7 March 1996. As a general basis for award, the offerors must have Top Secret processing capability to include Special Access Information. The RFP has classified attachments. To obtain these documents, contact Mr. Peter van de Gohm, at (703) 602, 7390, ext. 6654. - NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20029-96. (0052)

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