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58 -- AIR SOVEREIGNTY OPERATIONS CENTER PROGRAM POC Glen Townsend, Program Manager, 617-271-8344; Christine E. Baron, Contracting Officer, 617-271-7903; Robert Phenecie, Contract Specialist, 617-271-2055. The Air Force is using a streamlined approach to select a contractor for The Air Sovereignty Operations Center (ASOC) Program. The ASOC Program will build and deliver a centralized air surveillance system for three Central European Nations based on non-developmental items (NDI). The ASOC program will provide military airspace management centers capable of (1) interoperating with NATO operation centers (2) interoperating with similarly-equipped neighboring nations (3) establishing and displaying an integrated, real-time national air picture using a variety of source data, including primary and secondary radar plot data, radar track data, flight plan data, and other airspace management information, (4) interfacing with national airspace management systems. Contract award will be based on a Source Selection using Full and Open Competition. Contract award is estimated to occur in the second quarter of fiscal year 1997. Contract options are planned for eleven additional countries. Sources are sought for a single systems integrating contractor. Offerors will be required to demonstrate their proposed NDI systems as part of the source selection activity. Offerors must have significant prior experience in the air surveillance and NATO command and control arenas. Offerors must have either developed the proposed NDI baseline software as the prime contractor or have clear, demonstrable (prior to source selection), unrestricted data rights to the NDI source code and related documentation, installation training manuals, operations manuals, etc. Contractors are asked to submit a letter of interest no later than 15 days after publication of this announcement. As an attachment to the letter of interest, contractors are asked to provide a completed requirements matrix, using the matrix form that will be posted on the Hanscom Electronic Requirement Bulletin Board (HERBB) www.hanscom.af.mil, the matrix will be posted Not Later Than 16 Aug 96. Draft acquisition documents will also be available on the HERBB on 16 Aug 96 for comments/questions. Submit comments/questions by posting them on the HERBB, no later than 10 Sep 96. Company representatives can make an appointment to meet with the Government by calling Ms. Nicole Joyale at (617)271-8527. During the appointment, contractors are encouraged to highlight any requirements in the Draft Technical Requirements Document (TRD), that will require changes to current NDI. Appointments with the Government will be from 26 Aug to 10 Sep 96. Additionally, offerors are invited to attend a Pre-Solicitation Conference at MITRE S, Room 1S100 on 17 Sep 96. Attendance to the Pre-Solicitation Conference will be limited to two representatives per company. Please call Ms. Nicole Joyale no later than 13 Sep 96 if you plan to attend the conference, and to get any further details. Although it is the Governments intent to focus on highly qualified firms, any offeror initially judged to be unqualified will be provided a copy of the solicitation upon their request and the offer from that firm will be evaluated without prejudice. Interested parties shall notify ESC/IAK, ATTN: Christine E. Baron, 50 Griffiss Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1618 within 15 days of this announcement. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the development phase of the acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director, 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 proposals or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems previously brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting officer which could not be satisfactorily resolved, or issues that require contractor confidentiality. Interested parties are invited to call Dr. Panzarella at (617) 271-5527. See Numbered Note(s): 26. (0225)

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