AFDTC/PKZA, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 428, Eglin AFB FL 32542

R -- SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SERVICES, EGLIN AFB, FL POC Mike Petrilak, Contract Specialist, 904-882-3377/78, Marilyn L. Koser, Contracting Officer, 904-882-3377/78. The Air Force Development Test Center, 16th Test Squadron (16 TS), Eglin AFB, FL (EAFB) is contemplating the award of a sole source Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract for one year with one one-year options to ITT Avionics Division, 100 Kingsland Road, Clifton, NJ 07014-1993 . Sustaining Engineering Services will consist of recurring efforts in support of B-52 electronic combat (EC) operational test requirements. Efforts will directly support the hardware and software maintenance, operation and technical capabilities of the AN/ALQ-172 mockup and associated support equipment located in the B-52 Laboratory Facility. Specific tasks include periodic and preventive maintenance of the hardware, software and associated support equipment; necessary operational checks of the AN/ALQ-172 system and the associated special test equipment (STE); on-site troubleshooting and anomaly resolution of the AN/ALQ-172 system, associated STE and data collection and reduction equipment; systems operations training; data reduction and analysis; foreign material exploitation (FME); and provide an interface with ITT for access to their engineering database of detailed technical history, design qualifications, test data, and research information. Period of performance is from the date of contract award through 30 September 1998 with a one-year option. One full-time on-site engineer will be required for this contract. All contractor personnel must be United States citizens and must possess and maintain a Secret security clearance. Contractor must have a prior and detailed working knowledge of the design, operation and maintenance of the AN/ALQ-172, the 16 TS test laboratory requirements, B-52 special test equipment, special B-52 instrumentation and data reduction software, B-52 aircraft systems, and their interfaces with the B-52 AN/ALQ-172 system. The contractor must be familiar with the technical theory and application of VAX architecture and programming, Versa Modular European (VME) based computer systems, X-windows programming and applications, ETHERNET local area networks, and Military Standard 1553B data bus operations. Prospective offerors should have a working knowledge of EC principles and equipment to include radar receiver and transmitter systems, advanced digital signal processing and transmission line, antenna and electromagnetic wave theory. This acquisition will be pursued on a sole source basis because ITT retains the engineering database required to perform the efforts required. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Air Force. Interested parties must submit a capabilities package which addresses all requirements listed in this announcement no later than 5:00 p.m. CST, 11 APR 97. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Numbered Notes 22, 25, and 26 apply!!!!! (0076)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0061 19970319\R-0007.SOL)