US ARMY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, ATTN: AMSIO-ACS, ROCK ISLAND, IL. 61299-6000

13 -- MISSION SUPPORT SERVICES POC CONTACT THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST: Julie Seaba (309)782-3317, Contracting Officer: Janice Isenberg (309)782-782-3620 Special attention must be given when addressing requests for solicitations and bids/offers. Failure to properly address requests for solicitations in accordance with this CBD notice will result in non-receipt of the solicitation package. Failure to properly address bids/offers in accordance to solicitation instructions may result in a late bid which cannot be considered. Written, fax, or electronic requests for solicitation packages are accepted. No telephone requests will be honored. Requests for copies of this solicitation should include your commercial and government entity (CAGE, a CAGE code has been assigned to you) along with your name, address, data fax number, and solicitation number. The fax number for requests is (309)782-4803. Electronic requests may be accepted through the Automated Acquisition Information System (AAIS). All IOC solicitations are available for viewing/downloading, in addition to procurement history, via the AAIS. The AAIS is accessible electronically 24 hours a day via modem at (309)782-7648. Terminal emulation should be VT100, no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. Once connected, enter 'aais' at the 'LOGIN' prompt. At the 'PASSWORD' prompt depress the 'ENTER' key. Information obtained through AAIS is also available on the Internet. Prospective customers may now access the IOC home page at http://www-ioc.army.mil/. The current method of accessing data through AAIS will remain in place until further notice. At which time access using modems and login will be discontinued. The Industrial Operations Command in conjunction with the US Army War Reserve Support Command (AWR SPT CMD) is seeking sources interested in contracting for a wide range of mission support services. These services may include risk analysis, cost estimating and cost realism studies, acquisition planning and stategy development, source selection activies, best value analysis, decision analysis, modeling and simulation, and various management studies. Interested parties must demonstrate a knowledge of Federal Government programs, operational concepts and management procedures with emphasis on activities over the entire acquisition cycle. These activities require the contractor be free from even perceived conflicts of interests. A competing contractor, any officer, employee, representative, agent, or consultant shall not be a primary or principal business activity of competing sectors of the engineering or logisitcs services industries and will be required to so certify. Some tasks in support of the AWR activities have a potential for conflict if interest which is greater than ordinary, involve access to Government plans and industry properietary information and require a neutral technical resource to facilitate the effective and efficient implementation of the contract. The AWR mission support contractor will have access to proprietary, source-selection sensitive, or otherwise restricted information, as necessary. Because of this close confidential relationship, the AWR needs to ensure that the mission support contractor cannot benefit commercially from this contract either directly through subsequent procurement actions or indirectly through knowledge gained as a result of this contract. In order to mitigate these concerns, the AWR Spt Cmd intends to contract with an impartial organization that can evaluate various commercial operations without bias. In addition, the AWR will impose strong Conflict of Interest (COI) restrictions on the AWR mission support contractor.These COI restrictions include the prohibition of the winning offeror, its parent, any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or successors in interest, consultants, and subcontractors from participating (in any capacity) in any AWR procurements, other than those activities in direct support of the AWR mission support contractor, throughout the duration of the AWR mission support contract (including options) plus one year up to a five year period beyond completion of each task. Interested parties should contact Ms. Julie Seaba, Department of the Army, Headquarters, U.S. Army Industrial Operations Command, Rock Island, Illinois 61299-6000, Attn: AMSIO-ACC-BB, 309 782-3317, E-mail jseaba@ria-emh2.army.mil by 28 Feb 97. (0044)

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