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A -- MARKET SURVEY FOR THE MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) SOL F05604-95-C9011 POC Kim M. Reeder 505/846-0077, Contracting Officer Capt Jay Hopkins, Project Officer. MARKET SURVEY FOR THE MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) SOL F05604-95-C-9011 POC Kim M Reeder 505/846-0077, Contracting Officer, Capt Jay Hopkins, Project Officer. Phillips Laboratory is conducting a market survey to identify all qualified sources who are capable of immediate performance of on-going research projects, currently being performed by Rockwell Power Systems. The current contract is a joint effort between Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) for Operations and Maintenance (AFSPC) and Research and Development efforts (PL) at the MSSS. This market survey is strictly for the R&D CLINs on the contract. The contractor will be required to augment several continuing task orders on the existing contract by providing additional program management, integration, test and configuration management for the Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS), and support to visiting experimenters at the Maui site. The AEOS integration includes providing review support to the development of the AEOS subsystems identification and control of interfaces between internal AEOS subsystems and external connections to AEOS, maintaining the Master Interface Status Matrix and Interface Status Records, coordinating the completion of all AEOS ICDs and performing interface design audits to ensure that hardware and software interfaces comply with the authenticated ICDs. It also includes the planning and management of the installation, integration and test schedules for the AEOS subsystems, providing specialty engineering support during the AEOS integration, and definition of integrated system tests to validate AEOS system performance requirements. A supplemental agreement to the existing contract is planned on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR Subpart 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii). The contemplated effort is for 225,250 additional hours within the term of the current contract. If a new contract is awarded, it will be priced as a Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) level of effort contract. The security classification is expected to be Top Secret. Continued contract coverage is required to perform on-going research projects. Potential offerors must provide unclassified information indicating their capability to begin performance immediately upon contract award to meet program targets and schedules. The AEOS integration efforts are currently in process and will continue through FY97. Foreign firms are advised they will no be allowed to participate as the prime contractor. Interested contractors must indicate whether they qualify as a small business under SIC code 8731, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. Firms responding shall reference the above contract number and indicate whether they are or are not a small business, a small disadvantaged business, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, a woman owned business, a historically black college or university, a minority institution,, an 8(a) firm, an intra-governmental organization, a large business, or an education/nonprofit organization. Based on responses to this market survey, the Air Force reserves the right to set aside this requirement for small business, 8(a), or historically black colleges and universities or minority institutions. The capability information shall be limited to 15 pages, shall include a mailing address and a telephone number, and shall indicate whether the respondent contemplates using foreign nationals or whether they are a foreign owned business. Mail responses to Kim M Reeder, 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117-5773. Replies to this market survey must be received within 20 calendar days after date of publication of this survey. As a result of analyzing the responses to this market survey, the contracting officer may determine that a solicitation will be issued to those prospective sources who, in the sole judgment of this purchasing activity, have the potential of successfully fulfilling the requirements. All responses from responsible sources will be considered. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to address concerns during the proposal development phase of the acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before contacting the Ombudsman. For serious concerns only, potential offerors are invited to contact the PL Ombudsman, Col James D. Ledbetter, PL Vice Commander at 505/846-4964, or at 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117-5776. (0165)

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