Electronic Systems Center/AVK, Contracting Division, Command & Control Systems, 20 Schilling Circle, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2816

23 -- AN/TPS-75 RADAR SYSTEM SHELTER REPLACEMENT (RSSR) ACQUISITION EFFORT POC Pauline S. French, Contract Specialist, 617-377-7387, frenchp@hanscom.af.mil; Kent W. Kinal, Contracting Officer, 617-377- 6607, kinalk@hanscom.af.mil. SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS for the acquisition of a Shelter that houses the AN/TPS-75 radar system. The AN/TPS-75 radar system is a three-dimensional (3-D) radar set that is transportable by Air, Land or Sea. Specifically: truck, helicopter, cargo aircraft and dolly sets (M-832). The Government is contemplating an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for a production run of a minimum of two (2) and an approximate total of 40 to 75 shelters. Estimated quantities are approximately 5 to 15 shelters per year over a four to five year period. The shelters will be based on a design similar to the current S-280C/G construction, but designed to accommodate the Radar System Shelter Replacement (RSSR) dimensions and the weight requirements. The shelters are intended to be a direct replacement for the existing shelters currently housing the AN/TPS-75 radar system without changes to: the interface with or layout of the system equipment, internal and external shelter dimensions, the current maintenance concept. The exterior dimensions will be 84 inches high, by 87 inches wide, by 177 inches long. The interior dimensions will be 74.5 inches high, by 81.5 inches wide, by 168.0 inches long. The tare weight will not exceed 2000 pounds and the payload will not be less than 8500 pounds. The unmodified shelter will have 60dB of Electro-Magnetic Interference shielding effectiveness. A reprocurement drawing package will be required. Complete testing of the first shelter will be accomplished and test results submitted to the Government. The second shelter will have cutouts and equipment attachment points installed, compatible with the AN/TPS-75 system, for a Government accomplished equipment integration test. The contractor will be expected to provide product level drawings with the second shelter. Final reprocurement drawings, updated to include changes from the testing, are required. Offerors will be required to provide, as part of the source selection, outline drawings of the shelter showing the sizes and location of structural members including tolerances. The drawings will include cross-sections of joint section of walls, ceiling, floor, and end panels including the size and thickness of corner frame members, if any. The contractor will provide a detailed analysis and description of how their proposed design will accommodate the RSSR payload requirements. RSSR program information will be available on the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) at (617) 377-1487 and the Hanscom AFB World Wide Web Home Page at: http://WWW:herbb.hanscom.af.mil. A MODEM and commercially available communications software are all that is needed to access HERBB. The Government is seeking contractors who: (1) must have, at time of proposal submittal, a shelter manufacturing capability, (2) have produced shelters for the DOD in the last five years, (3) has experience in producing one of the DOD Standard Family of Tactical Shelters, (4) has prior experience in shelter foam and beam, or like, construction methods, and (5) has prior Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) shielding techniques and qualification for shelters experience. Interested contractors are requested to submit a letter of interest no later than 30 days after publication of this announcement to ESC/AVK, 20 Schilling Circle, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2816: Attention Pauline S. French. Contractors qualifications are requested. Sources are requested to furnish customer information on shelter related contracts to include: (1) Contract number(s), (2) Contract name(s), (3) Contract value(s), (4) Performance period(s), and (5) Point(s) of contact as an attachment to the submittal. Respondents are requested to indicate whether they are large, small, or small disadvantaged businesses, whether they are woman-owned and, whether they are foreign or domestically owned and controlled. Responses shall not exceed 10 pages. 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, Dr. Panzarella at (617) 377-5527, 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 offeror 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 and could not be satisfactorily resolved, or issues that require contractor confidentiality. See Numbered Note(s): 26. (0270)

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