Rome Laboratory/PK, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY 13441-4514

A -- CONSISTENT OPERATIONAL PICTURE VIA DISTRIBUTED FUSION SOL F30602-97-R-0078 POC Lt Greg Spencer, Contract Specialist, AC (315) 330-3327, Michael Hinman, Program Manager, AC (315) 330-3175 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail, spencerg@pintail.pk.rl.af.mil. During this twenty-four month effort the contractor will develop a fusion architecture that will provide a consistent operational picture of the battlefield for use by all command levels and network participants. The contract objectives are to; (1) Identify candidate distributed data fusion architectures and algorithms applicable to engineering DoD and service operations, (2) Establish criteria for selecting locally developed information (targets, events, etc.) that is relevant to other systems and platforms as to not saturate communications links, (3) Develop a detailed Consistent Operational Picture Via Distributed Fusion (COPVDF) architecture design that will provide a consistent operational picture of the battlefield for use by all command levels, (4) Establish a working prototype distributed fusion software environment at Rome Laboratory that permits the assessment of distributed capabilities and algorithms. A secret clearance will be required for performance. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contracting Officer, Arnold J. Kloven, Jr., 315-330-4767. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at 315-330-7746. 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. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. Foreign participation is excluded at the prime contractor level. The RFP will be released no sooner than fifteen (15) days after this Commerce Business Daily notice. See Numbered Note 26. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Lt Greg Spencer, reference the code I-7-4724-L, and contain the respondent's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP which shall be considered." (0076)

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