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13 -- FMU-152/B JOINT PROGRAMMABLE FUZE POC Contact Captain Tom Miller, Contracts Manager, (904) 882-8787, ext 3087, or Lt. Col. Richard S. Lewis, Contracting Officer, (904) 882- 8787, ext 3202. The Weapons Projects Program Office at Eglin AFB FL plans to acquire an additional quantity of approximately 250 FMU-152/B Joint Programmable Fuzes. The FMU-152/B is an advanced fuze systems which will provide safing, in-flight cockpit selection, and multifunction and multidelay arming and fuzing functions with hardened target penetration capability for Air Force and Navy use in a variety of warheads and missions. The FMU-152/B fuze system included a fuze with an out-of-line safe and arm (S&A) feature, a FZU-55/B turbine/alternator power supply, associated power and interconnect cables, and a fuze retainer. The production of the FMU-152/B fuze system requires a substantial initial investment and an extended period of preproduction before manufacture. The FMU-152/B will support the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) program as well as existing inventory weapon systems. The Technical Data Package (TDP) for the FMU-152/B will not be available until approximately September 1997. The delivery of the fuzes will be required in August through September 1998. The Air Force plans to procure the additional 250 fuzes under an existing option on the FMU-152/B Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) contract with Motorola, Scottsdale AZ on a sole source basis IAW FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii), ''Only One Responsible Source''. This synopsis is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Interested firms with the ability to demonstrate, through testing, a fuze system capability which meets the FMU-152/B system specification requirements, meet minimum acceptable operational performance requirements, the ability to produce FMU-152/B fuzes, and meet the required delivery schedule may respond with a statement of capability IAW Numbered Note 25. Responses will be evaluated based upon knowledge of the FMU-152/B fuze system and the capability to produce and deliver qualified fuzes within the required delivery schedule. Only those firms responding, who in the judgment of the Contracting Officer are capable of meeting these requirements will be solicited. Responses to this synopsis should be received within 15 days of the publication date of this synopsis. Firms responding to this notice must indicate whether they are a small or small disadvantaged business IAW FAR 25.219-1 and DoD FAR 252.219-7000. The Air Force reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based on the responses submitted. Responding firms must have a secret level security clearance, and be export controlled certified, IAW DoD 5230.25. Export control certification may be obtained through the Defense Logistics Service Center, Battle Creek MI 49016-3412, telephone number 1-800-352-3572. 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 use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, Colonel Kinney, ASC/SK, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 318, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6865 at (904) 882-9051 with serious concerns only for contracting questions or submission of a qualification package, contact Captain Tom Miller, Contracts Manager, (904) 882-8787, ext 3087, or Lt. Col. Richard Lewis, (904) 882-8787, ext 3202. For technical information on this synopsis, contact Mr. Joe Renshaw, Program Manager, (904) 882-8787, ext 3109. Collect calls will not be accepted. Note 25 (0155)

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