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58 -- AIR SOVEREIGNTY OPERATIONS CENTER PROGRAM POC Glenn Townsend, Program Manager, 617-271-8344; Christine Baron, Contracting Officer, 617-271-7903; Robert Phenecie, Contracts Specialist, 617-271-2055. Reference Air Sovereignty Operations Center CBD Announcement, dated 7 Nov 96, issue number PSA 1770, located on page 26. The following synopsis replaces the 7 Nov 96 ASOC NOCA in its entirety: ''The Directorate of International Programs of the Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC's) Electronic Systems Center (ESC) plans to issue a solicitation to select a contractor for the Air Sovereignty Operations Center (ASOC) Program. The ASOC Program is a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania. The basic contract will provide for delivery of an ASOC to the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania. The ASOC contract will include options for five (5) additional ASOCs. The ASOC program will provide the Data Processing and Display Equipment (DPDE) and software necessary to establish a military operations center that will support the peacetime mission of air sovereignty. The ASOC, when used in conjunction with national air defense assets, will provide the capability to exercise sovereign control of national airspace. ESC plans to issue the solicitation 27 Nov 96 and receive Offeror's proposals 13 Jan 97. The ASOC Solicitation will be issued electronically on the Hanscom Electronic Requirements Bulletin Board (HERBB) www.hanscom.af.mil. Hard copies of the Request for Proposal will not be available. Since the contract will require access to NATO Confidential classified data, a copy of the appropriate DD Form 254 (Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification) will be available on the HERBB. Contractors will need several NATO Confidential documents prior to preparing their ASOC proposals. To receive these NATO classified documents, please FAX your request to ESC/IAK, Ms Christine Baron (617-271-7903 (FAX 617-271-3756 or 7873)). Contractors are asked to verify on their written, faxed request, that they are a US Contractor, have the necessary NATO Confidential Clearance, the authorized ability to safeguard NATO documents, and the approved procedures to handle these documents. Contractors will be ''NATO-briefed'', and certify to that briefing, before the NATO documents are forwarded to them. Contractors are asked to identify a Point of Contact, in their written NATO document request, for receipt of classified information. An Ombudsman, Dr. Philip Panzarella, has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal 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. Interested parties are invited to call Dr. Panzarella at 617-377-5527. (0320)

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