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58 -- COUNTERDRUG SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEMS (CSCS) ACQUISITION EFFORT POC Themoula T. Poirier, Contracting Officer, 617-377-9457; Lou Tetreault, Technical POC, 617-377-7256. The Air Force Electronic Systems Center (ESC) seeks to award a Counterdrug Surveillance and Control (CSCS) contract to provide integrated C2 products, engineering, technical support, and resources to meet a wide range of counterdrug C2 requirements. A broad array of services is required: procurement, studies and analyses, design, development, installation, integration, testing, operator and maintenance training, modification, modernization, upgrade, repair, refurbishment, relocation, operation and maintenance (interim contractor support), documentation and configuration management, and logistics support of several current and future counterdrug C2 systems. These systems are located primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean, and some modification and/or integration of Participating Nation systems may be required. Systems generally fall into three categories: surveillance systems, operations centers, and associated communications systems. The surveillance systems are typically ground-based radars, both fixed and mobile. Operations centers typically include detection and monitoring, weather, intelligence, search and rescue, and operations planning and execution systems, as well as any systems required for interagency or Participating Nation support. These systems are evolving from stove-piped systems toward fully integrated architectures, and require compliance with Air Force and DoD C2 architectures such as the Global Command and Control System (GCCS), Defense Information Interface (DII), and Common Operating Environment (COE). All-sources data fusion, correlation and display is emerging as a key requirement. Communications systems are diverse and include clear and secure voice and data, satellite, radio and land-line communications, multiple data links such as Tactical Digital Information Link (TADIL) A and B, extensive tail circuits, wide area and local networking, and so on. Video and broadcast systems are contemplated. All systems must be compliant with Year 2000 requirements. Some projects require site and/or facility construction, and site configurations in-country must often be tactical, or at least relocatable. The contract is anticipated to be a competitively awarded Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a base year and four (4) one-year options. The potential value of the contract is anticipated to be from $2 million to $30 million per year, with a total maximum value of $150 million over the life of the contract. The Government contemplates fixed-price labor hours, cost reimbursable Contract Line Items, and award fee. The contract may be awarded to one, two or three contractors, each with multiple areas of expertise and capable of performing all work described here. New projects, as identified by the Program Office, may be competed among each of the contractors who were awarded the basic IDIQ contract. This contract requires the ability to respond quickly to address urgent user needs, generally, projects must be completed within 3-18 months, depending upon complexity. Technical solutions must strongly emphasize commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software, preferably with large, established customer bases. Research and development will be minimized and generally limited to identifying and integrating appropriate COTS/GOTS components to meet a specific need. Typically, tasks are generated on an "as-needed" basis and occur in two phases: (1) a study and/or survey, if required, to develop a preliminary design and cost estimate, and (2) implementation, if approved and funded. Tasking, funding and implementation tend to be dynamic due to the complexities of the international environment. The Government intends to issue a draft RFP that will be posted to the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) in April 1997. Interested parties may gain access to HERBB via the World Wide Web (http:www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil). Parties should be prepared to provide the following information in order to log on to HERBB the first time: Full name, Company name, Company address, Phone number, Fax number, E-mail address, CAGE code, Type of business (large, small, small, disadvantaged (SDB), woman-owned, etc.). The Government intends to open a RFP Reference Library at Hanscom AFB and conduct presolicitation conferences. Prospective offerors will be notified via the HERBB when the library opens and the time and locations of the presolicitation conferences. Release of the RFP is anticipated in June 1997. Firms wishing to submit a qualification package should do so within 20 days of this Commerce Business Daily (CBD) publication. Only interested offerors/teams who meet the following screening criteria should respond: (1) possess the technical, management, and financial capabilities and expertise to perform this entire effort, (2) have demonstrated experience in designing, installing, operating and maintaining reliable, cost-effective surveillance systems, command and control operations centers, and communications systems as described above (minimal qualifications for communications offerors include satellite(commercial), radio, and TADIL A and B communications experience), (3) have demonstrated C2 experience in Latin America and the Caribbean, and are familiar with Participating Nation demands such as language, Customs expediting, transportation, travel, frequency management, environmental, and related requirements, (4) have the necessary design, assembly and test facilities or easy access to these facilities, and associated computer support, (5) possess approved industrial security facilities capable of handling SECRET DoD information and equipment, (6) possess SECRET clearance for employees, (7) have a demonstrated quick reaction capability to respond to short-notice user requirements, and (8) demonstrate mature, proactive business and technical management practices to ensure highly effective risk management, problem identification and resolution, communication and coordination with the Government, program planning and control, and responsiveness to Government queries and requests. Note: It is possible that some future projects may require TOP SECRET security clearance and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility, however, no such projects have been identified to date. Qualification packages must be unclassified, address the criteria discussed above and be no longer than 20 pages including any graphics, tables or photographs. Additional marketing literature not to exceed 30 pages may be provided and not count against the 20-page qualification package. Qualification packages will be screened, and only prospective sources meeting the screening criteria in this synopsis will be considered for solicitation. Any offeror initially judged to be unqualified would be provided a copy of the solicitation on request and any offer such a firm might submit would be evaluated without prejudice. Packages should be addressed to ESC/TNK, Attn: Ms Themoula T. Poirier, 51 Schilling Circle, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2802. Telephone responses will not be accepted. This synopsis does not constitute commitment by the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or otherwise pay for the information solicited. An Ombudsman 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 contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman should be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. 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 Colonel Lee H. Hughes at (617)377-5106. See Numbered Note(s): 25. (0045)

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