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A -- SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOL MNK-97-0001 POC Contact John Hawk, Contract Specialist, at (904) 882-4294 ext 3414, or Lorna Tedder, Contracting Officer, at (904) 882-4296, ext 3399. SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS: This Synopsis Modifies a modification to a previous notice published on 29 OCT 96 as follows. Sources are sought to provide Advisory and Assistance Services in the areas of phenomenological modeling and advanced hardware-in-the-loop test hardware development. Highly qualified scientists and engineers in several very specialized areas are required to accomplish the performance and schedule goals levied on Wright Laboratory, Armament Directorate, Munition Seeker and Evaluation Technology Branch (WL/MNGI) by the Ballistic Missile Defense Office (BMDO) and other sponsoring organizations. This requires an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation design, development, validation, and utilization to support test development of guided munition system/subsystem primarily consistent with BMDO and Air Force missions. The draft Statement-of-Work for this effort is accessible for review on the Eglin AFB Contracting Opportunities Homepage at http://eglinpk.eglin.af.mil. Interested sources are encouraged to submit their comments and suggestions to the identified POC therein accordingly. WL/MNGI has a requirement to maintain this effort for five years. Prospective sources should provide evidence of their experience in the form of the past experience in support of similar efforts, technical reports, journal publications, presentations at technical meetings and have a minimum clearance of up to the SECRET level. This effort is considered to be the Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) portion of the follow-on effort to Wright Laboratories Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Assistance (SETA) contract for the Kinetic-Kill-Vehicle Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator (HILS) facility, identified as Work Unit III under Contract Number F08630-91-C-0001. Firms having applicable interest, capability, and background should submit particulars in accordance with Numbered Note 25 to WL/MNK, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810, Attn: John Hawk. Responses are due within 15 days from date of synopsis publication. Numbered Note 26 applies to this acquisition. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to a future contract action. Firms responding to this synopsis should state whether they are or are not a small business concern or a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in FAR 52.219-1 and FAR 52.219-2, respectively. The Air Force reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based on responses hereto. For the purpose of this action the size standard is 1000 employees (SIC 8731). This requirement may be pursued sole source if the Air Force determines that only one source is capable of satisfying the requirements. 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 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 Eglin's ASC Ombudsman, Colonel Timothy R. Kinney at (904) 882-9051 with serious concerns only. For further information concerning technical aspects, contact the Program Manager, 1LT Tom Bergin at (904) 882-4446 ext 2242 or E-Mail bergin@eglin.af.mil. For questions of a contractual nature and overall general information, contact John Hawk at (904) 882-4294 ext 3414 or E-Mail hawk@eglin.af.mil. The telefax number is (904) 882-9599. (0305)

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