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58 -- TACTICAL AUTOMATED SECURITY SYSTEM (TASS) PRODUCTION PHASE II PROGRAM SOL F1962897R0037 & 0052 POC Ms. Angie Luter, Contract Manager, 617-377-6606; Mr. Kent W. Kinal, Contracting Officer, 617-377-6607. Notice of Contract Action for the TASS Production Phase II Program. The TASS is a portable modular system with building blocks of various electronic security components. 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, F19628-97-R-0037, and one small business set-aside, F19628-97-R-0052) for the TASS Production Phase II program on or about 30 May 1997. The RFP closing date is 30 days after issuance of the solicitation. The Government intends to award three (3) contracts (one full and open and two small business set-asides). However the Government reserves the right to award no contract at all, depending on the quality of proposals submitted and the availability of funds. All RFP documents will be released electronically on the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) at the Hanscom AFB World Wide Web Home Page at: http://WWW.herbb.hanscom.af.mil/. The documents to be released on HERBB will include drawings FOR INFORMATION ONLY. A MODEM and commercially available communications software are all that is needed to access HERBB. Offerors are advised that until RFP release, all documents are subject to change. 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, ESC/CX, Director, Commander's Staff 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): 2, 26. (0135)

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