AFDTC-OL/PKZB, 872 Dezonia Road, Holloman AFB, NM 88330-7714

M -- O&M FOR NAATS/AAMTC SOL F08635-97-DRFP-PKZ05 POC Contracting Officer, Elizabeth A. Gordon, 505-475-1245 E-MAIL: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Contracting Officer, bgordon@mailgate.46tg.af.mil. The 586th Flight Test Squadron of the 46th Test Group at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, intends to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) on or about 6 August 1997 and a Request for Proposal (RFP) on or about 26 September 1997 for the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the North Area Avionics Test Site (NAATS) / Air-to-Air Missile Test Complex (AAMTC) at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. A presolicitation conference at Holloman AFB is planned on or about the week of 25 August 1997. All information concerning the presolicitation conference will be in the draft RFP. The NAATS/AAMTC provide test and evaluation capability for DoD and other Government agencies. Requirements include the operation and maintenance of the test facilities, complete responsibility for operational and administrative security, planning and execution of test support activities, applicable janitorial/custodial maintenance including environmental compliance, and aircraft liaison. Testing will be accomplished at Holloman AFB and the adjacentWhite Sands Missile Range. The overall contract type will be Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) with a basic two-year contract and four one-year options. Foreign participation is excluded. The SIC Code is 8744 with a small business size standard of $5M average annual gross receipts. Full and open competition is anticipated; however, the Government reserves the right to make this acquisition a small business set-aside or an 8(a) set-aside based upon responses to this notice. Requests for draft RFP F08635-97-DRFP-PKZ05 must be made in writing to Ms Elizabeth A. Gordon, 46 TG/XP, 872 DeZonia Road, Holloman AFB NM 88330-7714. Please include your size status (small business, large business, etc.), in your written request. Technical questions should be referred to the Program Manager, Maj. Joe Myers, 586 FLTS/DON at (505) 475-1276. Collect calls will not be accepted. Colonel Stephen J. Dunning, (904) 882-4160 or e-mail address: dunning@eglin.af.mil@pmdf@umgm">dunning@eglin.af.mil@pmdf@umgm">dunning@eglin.af.mil@pmdf@umgm, has been appointed as ombudsman by the AFDTC Commander to hear offeror's or potential offeror's confidential concerns, if any, regarding this acquisition. The ombudsman's purpose is not to replace the technical staff or contracting officer but to serve as an honest broker and communicate any contractor concerns, issues, and disagreements to the appropriate Government personnel. The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. The ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the Contracting Officer and could be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Numbered Note Number 26. ***** (0192)

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