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18 -- SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEMS (SBIRS) SOL F04701-95-C-0017/18 POC Contract Negotiator, Melissa Applebaum (310)363-5671; A. Neal Booher, Capt., USAF, Contracting Officer (310)363-5757. HQ Space and Missile Systems Center, SMC/MTKS,intends to release a Call for Improvements (CFI) on or about 29 April 1996 for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) program. This effort provides for the acquisition of the High Component System and the continuing system of systems engineering of SBIRS. This acquisition is the final phase of a progressive competition/down-selection. The Pre-Engineering and Manufacturing Development (Pre-EMD) phase is currently providing the requirements analysis and allocation, system definition, design, risk mitigation, planning and costing required for initiation of the EMD phase. This acquisition for EMD will consist of design, manufacture, test, delivery, deployment and integration of high component space and ground elements resulting from Pre-EMD system trades. Two Pre-EMD contracts were awarded on 4 August 1995 to teams led by Lockheed Martin Company,Sunnyvale, CA (F04701-95-C-0017) and Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (F04701-95-C-0018). All responsible offerors must possess the qualifications set forth in the CBD announcement dated 3 Feb 95, be responsive to the CFI, and demonstrate completion of a SBIRS design satisfying all requirements of the SBIRS Technical Requirements Document (TRD). The TRD is available in the SBIRS technical library. For appointments or more information on the library, contact Mr. Brad Eastman at (310) 363-5772 from 0700 to 1530 PST. It is the Government's expectation that only the current contractor teams participating in the Pre-EMD phase will be ''responsible offerors'' for the EMD phase, however, all proposals received meeting these requirements will be considered. The contract period of performance will be for ten years. Final contract line items will be structured to meet the Government's funding profile. It is anticipated that the EMD contract line items will include priced options for Mission Control Station Backup, Relocatable Terminals, Logistics Equipment and Services, Operations and Support Costs, and Technical Intelligence Offline Processing. Requests for a copy of the CFI should be submitted no later than 25 April to the attention of SMC/MTKS, 185 Discoverer Blvd., Suite 2512, Los Angeles AFB, CA with a copy to SMC/BC, 155 Discoverer Blvd., Suite 2017, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-4695. (0102)

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