Electronic Systems Center, ESC/TGK, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2120

17 -- PROCUREMENT FOR GROUND CONTROLLED APPROACH (GCA -- 2000) RADAR SYSTEM SOL F19628-97-R-0049 DUE 072597 POC Capt Rob Dumo, Contract Negotiator, 617-377-2530; Mr. David H. Hawkins, Contracting Officer, 617-377-5353. Electronic Systems Center (ESC) of the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract with the option to purchase four (4) Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) -- 2000 radar systems to ITT-Gilfillan Defense and Electronics, 7821 Orion Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7713 by August 1997. The authority for negotiations is 10 U.S.C. 2304 c(2) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-2, Unusual and Compelling Urgency. This acquisition will provide the primary capability to meet Air Mobility Command's (AMC) deployable air traffic control and landing system Global Reach mission by providing an instrument approach capability to 200 feet ceiling and 1/2 mile visibility during austere/adverse weather conditions. To meet this requirement, AMC currently requires a rapidly deployable Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)/Precision Approach Radar (PAR) system to support large-scale twenty-four (24) hour operations. This system also needs to include the following components: an operations shelter layout that incorporates communication equipment, radar controls, and displays, a Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) antenna, and a fiber optic interface between the sensor subsystem and operations subsystem. In addition, the system must be capable of being deployed on a single C-130, set-up in under three hours, capable of providing precision approach guidance to multiple runways and changing between them in one minute or less, and deployable/operable with as few as two controller personnel and 1 maintainer. It must also be capable of deployment within twelve (12) hours of initial notification. The contractor must be able to deliver all four systems fifteen (15) months after contract award. However, if a firm believes it is capable of performing the Government's requirements, they may identify their interest to the Government. Interested firms are requested to submit a statement of their qualifications, along with supporting documentation to ESC/TGK, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom, AFB MA 01731-2120, Attention: Captain Robert Dumo. Responses must be received no later than ten (10) days after the date of this publication, and shall not exceed ten (10) pages. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate the offeror's 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 selection process. Interested parties may contact Colonel Lee H. Hughes, Director, Commander's Staff, ESC/CX, 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. See Numbered Note(s): 25. (0177)

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