ASC/CDSK, Bldg 22N, 2690 C Street, Room N222, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7407

D -- COMPUTERIZED PARAMETRIC COST ESTIMATING MODELS (CPCEM) SOL F33657-96-R-0017 DUE 031496 POC Buyer, Barb Fisher/Contracting officer, Frieda Thornton, (513) 255- 6816. The Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center Comptroller's Office is contemplating two sole source acqusititions to provide specific commercial computerized parametric cost estimating models to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH and other Air Force customers. This is not a development effort. The contracts resulting from this acquisition will have a cumulative value of $4.8 million. The period of performance will be for three years. The objective is to contract for existing estimating models to provide the capability for cost estimating for hardware and software acquisition and operation and support costs. The estimating models shall be applicable to a wide range of systems acquired by the United States Government (aircraft, missiles, avionics, electronics, radar software, simulators, support equipment, etc.). The models must be able to perform cost calculations and have the ability to be adjusted to specific organizations and technologies. The government does not intend to contract for estimating services under this effort, but intends to contract for models that may be licensed to be run on government computers. The current contractors, Galorath Associates, Inc., Seer Technologies Division and Lockheed Martin PRICE Sytems, possess the models and have them available without restriction to estimate hardware, software and operations and support costs. The models have the capability to adjust cost calculation modes, provide unlimited processing and access throughout the United States with the use of government-owned computers. The current contractors have the capability to provide training and documentation required to operate the models, consultation services, and continuous technical assistance via telephone during normal workdays and on-site, as required. In order to be considered as a potential source, interested parties must submit clear, concise, and complete capability statements to the contracting officer noted above not later than fifteen (15) days after the date of this announcement. As a minimum, interested parties must detail the following capabilities: - Describe your experience in providing existing hardware, software and associated operations and support parametric cost estimating models to the government. List each of your government customers and which of your models they use. Provide a government point of contact. Describe your resources to support Air Force wide usage. - Provide your past performance and appropriate metrices of and/or ability to maintain your hardware, software and operations and support parametric models. - Describe your proven ability and current capability to -- staff and operate a support office to address technical assistance issues -- conduct training and provide associated documentation -- staff and conduct calibration research. Include in your plan an approach to ensure experienced personnel are in place and familiar with your models and describe how each model can be applied to estimate systems acquired by the government. The potential sources should also indicate their size status in relation to SIC code 7379, $18.0M. In responding to the above, interested sources need not obtain actual employment commitments from proposed staff personnel. Interested sources should address all questions/comments to the contracting officer. Sources are requested NOT to solicit or contact Galorath Associates, Inc or Lockheed Martin PRICE Systems for information regarding this synopsis. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to the use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, Col Michael J. Corcoran, ASC/IG, Bldg 14, 1865 Fourth St., Ste 12, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7303, at (513) 255-0600, with serious concerns only. Direct all routine communication concerning this acquisition to Ms Barbara Fisher, ASC/CDSK, Bldg 22N, 2690 C St, Rm N-222, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7407, at (513) 255-6816. (0059)

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