AMC Contracting Flight, AMC CONF/LGCF, 102 E Martin St, Rm 216, Scott AFB IL 62225-5015

R -- AIR FORCE COMBAT CLIMATOLOGY CENTER UPGRADE DUE 031497 POC Lt Ray Dunham, Headquarters Air Weather Service, 618-256-4741 Ext 417 WEB: AMC Contracting Flight Business Opportunities Page, http://amclg.safb.af.mil/public/. E-MAIL: Contact Lt Ray Dunham via E-mail or 618-256-4741 Ext 417, DUNHAMR@hqaws.safb.af.mil. The Air Force Combat Climatology Center (AFCCC) is assigned to Air Weather Service (AWS), an Air Force Field Operating Agency, currently located at two locations, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois and the Federal Building, Asheville, North Carolina. The AFCCC mission is to collect, save, and apply high quality historical and climatological atmospheric and space environmental data to generate tailored environmental products in support of all facets of worldwide military operations and planning. Data is collected at Asheville from many different sources in many different formats, converted into useful databases, and transmitted to Scott AFB. Requirements include providing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and technical services support of the UNISYS 2200 (Asheville only) and IBM ES/9000 mainframe, Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) systems (Scott only), servers, workstations, operating system and Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software, subsystems, supporting peripherals, storage devices, communications (including Local Area Networks (LANs)), uninterruptible power system (UPS), and motor generator located at both Scott AFB and Asheville. These items are being replaced and upgraded as part of the AFCCC-Replacement (AFCCC-R) project under a separate contract with Hughes Systems, Inc. These replacements will operate in parallel with the existing AFCCC items to ensure continuity of support and an orderly transition to the replacement items. Additionally, the AFCCC/Scott AFB is moving to Asheville beginning in 3FY97 and ending in 4FY98. Upon completion of this relocation, the two existing geographically separated units will combine at a single location -- Asheville. The AFCCC Services & Support (S&S) requirements include Basic Work Elements of hardware, software, and communications maintenance. Separate Task Orders for future upgrades to the AFCCC S&S are required to meet the dynamic mission support requirements of AFCCC customers. Following initial integration of newly developed/purchased hardware and software, operational procedures will need to be supported. Qualified personnel, technical services, equipment, spares, material, and tools for quality hardware, software, and communications maintenance must be provided. The Contractor shall also provide hardware, software, and communications maintenance and technical services support of the government-owned/leased equipment (GOE). HQ AWS is seeking only those sources which have pre-competed contracts against which HQ AWS can write orders. For response, please include the following: 1. A white paper depicting past experience in the Service and Support arena. 2. The precompeted contract vehicle through which HQ AWS can reach your company. 3. The length of time required to process orders using the proposed contract vehicle. 4. The subcontractors available to perform work. (0043)

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