Directorate of R&D Contracting, Attn: WL/AAKR, WPAFB, OH 45433-7607

A -- COHERENT DIGITAL EXCITER TECHNIQUE EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION SOL RFP F33615-96-R-1089 POC Contact Ms. Betty Runion, Contract Negotiator (513) 255-5311. Notice of Contract Action for Coherent Digital Exciter (CoDE) Techniques Evaluation. This Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) supersedes the previous NOCA published in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) on 01 February 1996. Offerors responding to the previous NOCA need not respond to this NOCA. Small Businesses, however, are reminded that they must submit a qualification statement along with their response. The previous reponses will be retained and considered in the RFP RDSCP process. The Wright Laboratory, Avionics Directorate, Electronic Warfare Division, is contemplating the award of a 18 month (technical) program for the effectiveness evaluation of a multiple channel, digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) based electronic attack (EA) subsystem architectures. The CoDE subsystem to be evaluated will be government furnished equipment (GFE). The program approach is to identify acceptable test assets, plan and perform testing, and perform statistical analysis on measures of effectiveness (MOE) to determine operational enhancements afforded by the CoDE subsystem. Firms are sought having experience in coherent countermeasures, coherent EA effectiveness planning and evaluation, advanced DRFM architecture design, DRFM evaluation, and test planning procedures. The government's estimated budget profile for this program is as follows: FY96, $1,000, FY97, $200,000, FY98, $99,000. All contractor personnel working on this effort are required to have security clearances to at least SECRET level. The contractor must be able to meet all TEMPEST requirements for use of ADP equipment. It is anticipated that the tests, test results and final report from this contract will be classified. Research and Development Streamlined Contracting Procedures (RDSCP) apply to this acquisition in accordance with DFARS 235.70. A standard request for proposals (RFP) will not be issued. The complete solicitation, scheduled for release on or about 14 May 1996, will appear in a subsequent edition of the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). As such, respondents to this notice must include complete address information to the office indicated below in order to receive any supplemental packages/amendments. Firms responding should indicate whether they are, or are not, a small business, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, a woman-owned business, a historically black college or university, or a minority institution. For this item, the general definition to use to determine whether your firm is small is as follows: ''A small business concern is a concern that is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on government contracts and with its affiliates, and the number of employees does not exceed 500 persons.'' SIC Code 8731 applies. ''Concern means any business entity organization for profit with a place of business in the United States, its possessions, Puerto Rico, or the Trust to an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, or corporation.'' The Air Force reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon the responses hereto. Small business respondents should provide a statement of capabilities to assist the Air Force in making a set-aside decision. All respondents shall include in any request their assigned Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. Responses should be sent to: ATTN: Ms. Betty Runion, WL/AAKR, Building 7, 2530 C Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7607. Non-technical assistance may be secured by calling the above individual at (513) 255-5311. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from the potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his or 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, Attn: Col Michael J. Corcoran, ASC/IG, Bldg 14, 1865 Fourth Street, Stc 12, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7216, E-mail: corcoranmj@asc.wpafb.af.mil, DSN 785-0600, Commercial (513) 255-0600 with serious concerns only. Direct all routine communication concerning this acquisition to Ms. Betty Runion, Buyer, and Ms. Vicky Fry, Contracting Officer, WL/AAKR, Building 7, 2530 C Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7607. Closing date for submission of response is 30 calendar days from the publication of this notice. Firms should reference F33615-96-R-1089 in their responses. This program will not be republicized prior to solicitation. (0089)

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