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58 -- TACTICAL AUTOMATED SECURITY SYSTEM (TASS) PRODUCTION PROGRAM PHASE II, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION POC Angela Luter, Contract Manager, 617-377-6606; Kent W. Kinal, Contracting Officer, 617-377-6607. Reference CBD announcements dated 8 September 1995 and 16 October 1996, Same Subject. This notice is to inform industry that the Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) documents (including the Specification, Statement of Objectives, Sections M and L, a Risk Matrix and an Engineering Data Package) is currently posted on the Hanscom Electronic Request for Proposal Bulletin Board (HERBB) at http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil. The draft Statement of Work and the Contract Line Item (CLIN) descriptions will be posted on HERBB no later than 05 May 97. The HERBB is the official RFP medium. Additionally, a hard copy of the draft RFP documents is available for review at the Phillips Laboratory Library located at Hanscom AFB, MA. Procedures for using the library may be obtained from Michael Evans at (617) 377-6165. The Air Force anticipates a competitive acquisition for a production contract for the Tactical Automated Security System (TASS). The TASS components are made up of a combination of developed hardware/software and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Equipment. The TASS Production Phase II program will consist of the acquisition, delivery, and integration of TASS hardware and software, first article test, packaging, training and logistics support. In addition, TASS upgrades will be implemented to incorporate technology enhancements that will provide added capabilities. The Government plans to issue two solicitations (one full and open and one small business set-aside) for the TASS Production Phase II program. Responses to this announcement are voluntary and the Government is neither negotiating nor calling for offers at this time. Respondents are encouraged to evaluate and challenge any element of the draft RFP. The Government reserves the right to incorporate suggested changes into the planned solicitation without identifying the submitter or obtaining approval. 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. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of the proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Lee Hughes at (617)377-5106. The Ombudsman should only 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, or issues that require contractor confidentiality. See Numbered Note(s): 12. (0122)

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