50 CONS/LGCXF, 66 Falcon Parkway, Ste 49, Falcon AFB, CO 80912-6649

D -- SPACE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE Contact Raylene Hillhouse, Contracting Officer (719) 567-3840 or Beth Wood, Contract Specialist (719) 567-2316. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal; it is a presolicitation notice to give information on the Space Operations and Maintenance (SOM) acquisition. Comments from industry are encouraged. A sources sought synopsis was publicized in a previous CBD announcement on 11 April 1996. The Draft solicitation contains information that is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. Updated information will be provided in the Final Request for Proposal on or about 13 Sep 1996. The 50th Space Wing is seeking qualified contractors to provide services required for satellite operations, operations support, maintenance and training for the 50th Space Wing and other users of the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) under the cognizance of Air Force Space Command. The purpose of this announcement is to solicit offerors who can provide: superior ground and space systems operations through the AFSCN in support of the Department of Defense (DoD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United Kingdom and other Government agencies. The Contract support will occur principally, but not solely, at Onizuka Air Station, California; Falcon Air Force Base, Colorado; and Camp Parks Communications Annex, Pleasanton, California. The operational space aspect includes: mission planning, real time command and control, orbit management, training, analysis, testing, rehearsal evaluation and other aspects of space systems command and control for geosynchronous to low earth orbit vehicles. This support is of vital interest to the nation and requires continuous support. The support to operations provided under this proposed contract includes: the simulation development and sustainment; Level I software and database maintenance support for the Milstar Mission Control Segment (MCS); Level I software and organizational hardware support for the Command and Control System (CCS), Space Weather terminals, Global Positioning System (GPS) Master Control Station; and Level I and II database development and maintenance. The Security requirement for this contract is TS/SCI. The government will conduct a site tour after the release of the Final Request for Proposal on or about 16 Sep 96. The site visit will include organizations at Onizuka AS, CA; Camp Parks Communications Annex, Pleasanton, CA; Falcon AFB, CO; and the back up GPS facility at Gaithersburg, MD. Site visit requests must be submitted in writing to Raylene Hillhouse, 66 Falcon Parkway, Ste 49, Falcon AFB, CO 80912-6649 not later than 15 August 1996. A Security Clearance of Secret is required for the site-tour. The Government will have a Bidder's Library located at Falcon Air Force Base, Bldg #T-66. This library should be available to all offerors as of 15 June 1996. Please contact A1C Rivers at (719) 567-3071 to schedule appointments for access to the library. If reproduction is desired, offerors must provide their own copiers as a Government copier will not be available for use. The Government will utilize Headquarters Air Force Space Command's Competition Advocate's Electronic Bulletin Board to release information pertinent to this acquisition. If you do not have connectivity to this bulletin board, please contact Sally Claunch at (719) 554-5325. The Government has the following tentative milestones for this acquisition: (a) Release of Final RFP 13 Sep 1996 (b) Pre-Proposal Conference 24 Sep 96 (c) Proposals due 21 Oct 96 (d) Award Contract 1 Apr 97 (e) Site-tour 16-21 Sep 1996 (f) Phase-In 1 Jul 97 - 30 Sep 97. Requests for the Draft solicitation should be forwarded in writing to Raylene Hillhouse, 66 Falcon Parkway, Ste 49, Falcon AFB, CO 80912-6649 or by FAX at (719) 567-3809 not later than 30 May 1996. Requests by telephone will not be accepted. (128)

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