Rome Laboratory/PK, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514

A -- ADVANCED AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM SOL F30602-96-R-0070 POC James R. Longo, Contract Specialist, AC315-330-7700, Michael O. Little, Program Manager, AC315-330-4381. Completion forty-Two (42) months. The RFP will be released no sooner than 15 days from publication of this notice. Develop, demonstrate and evaluate sensor technologies for improving theater air defense. Technology demonstrations will be performed via a bistatic airborne testbed working in conjunction with existing surveillance sensors. Such demonstrations will highlight achievable improvements utilizing advances in various technology areas including bistatic radar, sensor receivers, adaptive signal processing (i.e. detection, tracking, Space-time adaptive processing, target ID, etc.), and exploitation of high performance computing. Offerors must be able to demonstrate their capability and/or have access to knowledge of bistatic radar systems, advanced signal processing, high performance computing, phase array antenna, microwave technology, hardware fabrication, and systems integration. Offerors must also have available a means of flying the testbed during real-time and data recording experiments and demonstrations. It is anticipated that this effort will consist of a basic contract with three (3) priced options. The basic effort will concentrate on the design and implementation of a bistatic airborne testbed. Each of the priced options will concentrate on various data gathering experiments and demonstrations, including the detection, tracking and hand-off of targeting information about various observed targets utilizing the basic testbed as well as various enhanced capabilities. A read library containing technical information relating to this acquisition is available for review by potential offerors at Rome Laboratory/OCSP, Room E-218, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514. Appointments for access may be made by contacting Mr. Michael Little, 315-330-7964 at least 48 hours in advance. The library contains technical data subject to export control. Prior to review, potential offerors must submit a copy of an approved DD Form 2345, ''Military Critical Technical Data Agreement'', along with a letter from the Data Custodian designated on that form, authorizing access by whomever will be reviewing the library, to ATTN: Mr. Michael Little, Rome Laboratory/OCSP, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514, or faxed to his attention at 315-330-3846. The successful contractor may receive and/or generate technical data subject to export control in the performance of the contract. Therefore, prospective offerors must provide a completed and approved DD Form 2345 which certifies the offeror is on the Certified Contractors Access List (CCAL) or offeror is seeking application to CCAL. The successful offeror must have a completed and approved DD Form 2345 prior to award. For further information on CCAL, contact the Defense Logistic Service Center at 1-800-352-3572. Foreign participation is excluded at the prime contractor level. Secret clearances will be required for performance. The solicitation will be classified at the Secret level. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be ''significant concerns'' and should be communicated directly to the Contract Specialist, James R. Longo, 315-330-7700. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at 315-330-7746. When requested, 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. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, James R. Longo, reference code A-6-1202-Z, and contain the respondent's FAX Number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP which shall be considered. (0059)

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