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A -- JOINT AIRBORNE SIGINT PROGRAM OFFICE (JASPO) HIGH BAND SUBSYSTEM (HBSS) SOL F33657-97-R-4505 DUE 071497 POC Capt Al Helm, (937)255-4625/Contracting Officer, Steven W. Case, (937) 255-3245 The Joint Airborne SIGINT Program Office (JASPO), ASC/RAKP intends to issue RFP No. F33657-97-R-4505 for the purpose of design, development, integration and test of one High Band Subsystem (HBSS) Demonstration Unit (DU), a segment of the Joint Signals Intelligence (SIGNT) Avionics Family (JSAF) program. Anticipated RFP release date is 30 May 1997. In accordance with recent Joint Requirements Oversight Committee and Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Steering Committee decisions, the objective of the HBSS effort is to provide an advanced SIGINT capability complying with the Joint Airborne SIGINT Architecture (JASA)/JASA Standards Handbook for application to one Air Force platform type. The HBSS will be a suite of modules configured to perform the SIGINT collection mission with specified operational capabilities over a broad frequency range. To meet program goals, the period of performance for this effort is 41 months (based on a 1 November 1997 award). Projected funding for this effort is limited to $29.6 million. The Government plans to award a sole source follow-on contract for 16 production units to the HBSS DU developer. Much of the architecture, technology and functionality to be pursued in this effort was prototyped in the High Band Prototype (HBP) program. A spare HBP system integration unit can be made available after July 1998. In response to A Market Survey posted in the CBD 12 Mar 97, (CITE: W-071 SN 0414467), several sources were deemed qualified to meet the published requirements. These qualified sources reviewed available requirements documents and have provided responses to the DRAFT RFP. The following potential contractors, identified here for the purposes of providing subcontracting opportunities, will receive the formal solicitation: Hughes Aircraft Sensor and Communications Systems, Los Angeles CA; Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Data, Development and Dissemination, Littleton CO; Raytheon E-Systems Garland Division, Dallas TX; Sanders, A Lockheed-Martin Company, Surveillance Systems Division, Nashua NH, and TRW Systems Integration Group, Sunnyvale CA. Other responsible sources may request a copy of the solicitation by writing to the above address with attention to ASC/RAKP, Capt Al Helm or Steven W. Case, or by facsimile machine via FAX machine number (937) 656-4309 with attention to ASC/RAKP, Capt Al Helm or Steven W. Case, and may submit a proposal which will be considered. Portions of the solicitation are classified at the TS/SCI level. The solicitation will only be sent to those sources that meet the Government's security requirements including appropriate personnel/facility clearance(s) and storage capability to the TS/SCI level. To receive a copy of the solicitation, offerors must pass SCI security clearances to SSO ASC//CVS//Wright-Patterson AFB, OH ATTENTION: Ron Rice (Mr. Rice can be reached at (937)255-4080). Specify in the clearance request; Point of Contact: Capt. Al Helm, Organization: ASC/RAKP, Purpose: "Receive RFP F33657-97-R-4505". Direct all routine communication concerning this acquisition to Steven W. Case, Contracting Officer, ASC/RAKP, 2640 Loop Road West, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7106 at (937)255-3245. 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 proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Mr. Michael S. Coalson, ASC/SYI at (937)255-9279, e-mail coalsoms@sy.wpafb.af.mil. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. (0135)

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