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16 -- AN/ALE 50-V TOWED DECOY ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES (ECM) SYSTEM POC Tina James (513) 255-0262, ext 3843/Thomas Biebl,Contracting Officer, (513) 255-0262, ext 3842. The Electronic Combat Development Systems Manager (ASC/LN) is seeking sources to produce up to 490F-16 AN/ALE-50-V1V Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) systems and associated Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy (AAED) decoy rounds. Initial procurement will be for up to 490 AN/ALE-50V(2) F-16 systems. The basic and option quantities for the AAED rounds total up to 6000 for platforms meeting Milestone III requirements. The F-16 AN/ALE-50-V1V(2) is a platform specific application of the generic Navy AN/ALE-50V Towed Decoy System. The ALE-50 version for the B-1 will meet Milestone III in 1997. . Options for the B-1 AN/ALE-50 version, and other potential platforms, will be included in any contract resulting from this sources sought announcement. The Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phases of the F-16 AN/ALE-50-V1V(2), contracted with Lockheed, Fort Worth and the AN/ALE-50 and AAED, contracted with E-Systems Goleta Division (ESGD), Goleta, CA, are nearly concluded. EMD for the B-1 ALE-50 version is ongoing with ESGD. Reprocurement data is not available at this time for any of the AN/ALE-50V versions, subsystems or components. It is anticipated that a one year production contract with annual options will be awarded in late CY 96 with the first deliveries in late CY 97 or early CY 98 in order to meet aircraft capabilities requirements. All components and subsystems of the system must be delivered concurrently for full system capability with the exception of the AAED decoy rounds. The production contractor may be required to submit a Production Price Commitment Curve (PPCC). The government may procure all systems from this contractor as long as the prices for each option or lot meet or are less than the prices submitted in the PPCC. If the contractor exceeds the PPCC a competitive procurement may be initiated for all future systems, subsystems and/or components as well as AAED decoy rounds. Platform system and AAED decoy round descriptions are available from the ASC PIXS system. The PIXS can be accessed via a modem at (513) 476-7217, through Telnet address 129.48.120.143 or through URL address www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil. Contact Mr. Mike Peck, ASC/CYX, at (513) 255-2739, for questions concerning accessing PIXS or the process for downloading documents. Questions or comments concerning the systems descriptions or technical information should be addressed to Lt. Rod Little at E-Mail littlerr@rerw.wpafb.af.mil. or FAX (513) 255-7610 by the close of business 30 days after initial publication of this announcement. All questions and comments will be published anonymously along with a government response in the PIXS. Questions or comments received after 30 days, or received not in accordance with the above procedures, will not be formally responded to by the government. Interested contractors must submit the following information for evaluation to the government in response to this Commerce Business Daily announcement. 1. Information on their capabilities to produce complete F-16 AN/ALE-50-V1V(2) ECM Systems and AAED decoy rounds. The intent is to award one contract to a contractor responsible for production of the complete system. 2. Information validating their ability to produce F-16 AN/ALE-50-V1V(2) Systems and AAED decoy rounds to meet the schedule outlined above. 3. Past experience in system engineering and system integration of systems of similar complexity. 4. Description of existing ECM Towed Decoy development and manufacturing experience, to include number of EW contracts worked as a prime or subcontractor during the past 10 years. (Minimum qualifications for this effort require experience in the design, development, integration, manufacture and test of electronic warfare towed decoy systems.) 5. Qualifications of lead management and engineering personnel (to include pertinent information relevant to the tasks outlined above) projected to work on this contract. 6. Organizational structure, with emphasis on how this project fits into the company's overall Electronic Warfare development and production process. 7. Information on existing plant, laboratory, and test facilities needed to accomplish this program. The description should also include the contractor's capability to provide for the security of classified and unclassified hardware and storage/handling of documentation up to the SECRET level. Minimum personnel security clearance requirements for this effort are SECRET. Any deficiencies in capability and a proposed fix to those deficiencies shall be provided. All respondents shall indicate whether they are large, small, or small disadvantaged businesses in relation to SIC Code 3728, size standard 1000 employees. The Government reserves the right to set this action aside for small business. 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 concern. Potential offerors are invited to contact the ASC Ombudsman, Col. Michael J. Corcoran, ASC/IG, Bldg. 14, 1865 Fourth St., Suite 12, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7126, at (513) 255-0600, with serious concerns only. Routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to the point of contact listed below. Interested offerors are requested to submit an unclassified response within 30 calendar days after publication of this notice to ASC/LNA Bldg. 28, 2145 Monahan Way, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7017, Attn: Mr. Thomas Biebl, at (513) 255-0262 (ext 3842). THIS ACQUISITION IS NOT OPEN TO FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS AS A PRIME. (0103)

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