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A -- NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION FOR THE JOINT SIMULATION SYSTEM (JSIMS) ACQUISITION EFFORT SOL F19628-96-R-0032 POC Capt Brad Bissette, Buyer, 617-377-6632, BissetteB@radium-vs1,hanscom af.mil; or Stephen M. Meehan, Contracting Officer, 617-377-7391, MeehanS@radium-vs1.hanscom.af.mil. The Government's Joint Simulation System (JSIMS), Request for Proposal (RFP) will be released on or around 19 July 1996. JSIMS will be a readily available, operationally valid synthetic environment for the Unified Combatant Commands, Services, and other Joint organizations to: jointly train, educate, develop doctrine and tactics, formulate and assess operational plans, assess warfighting situations, and define operational requirements. The RFP will be available on the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) at (617) 377-1487 or 617-274-6453 and on the World Wide Web at URL: http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil. If you encounter problems downloading the documents contact Capt Brad Bissette at 617-377-6632. A modem and commercially available communications/internet software are all that are needed to access HERBB. A paper copy will be available for review at the JSIMS JPO library, 12249 Science Drive - Suite 260, Orlando, FL 32826-2900. Procedures for using the library may be obtained from Donna Gloria at (407) 384-5526. The Executive Summary (Volume I), Technical Proposal (Volume II) and Contract Documentation (Volume IV) of the RFP response will be required to be submitted no later than 45 days from the date the RFP is posted on HERBB. The exact date, time and location for receipt of proposal Volumes I, II and IV will be included in the RFP. Cost Documentation (Volume III) of the RFP will be formally requested by the Government after the due date of the other volumes. 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 not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of the proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Dr. Philip P. Panzarella at (617)377-5106. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Numbered Note(s): 26. (0183)

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