Rome Laboratory/PK, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY 13441-4514

A -- IRD TASK ORDER AGREEMENT SOL F30602-97-R-0318 POC Joseph Louis Facciolo, Contract Specialist, AC (315) 330-4981; Arlington F. Harrer, Program Manager, AC (315) 330-4420 IRD TASK ORDER AGREEMENT SOL F30602-98-R-0318, Joseph Louis Facciolo, POC, Contract Specialist, A/C (315) 330-4981; Arlington F. Harrer, Laboratory Program Manager, A/C (315) 330-4420. This is a thirty-six (36) month effort to provide engineering and technical support for accomplishing intelligence data handling, reconnaissance exploitation, electronic warfare, mapping and charting, and lectronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4515. Appointments for access may be made by contacting Arlington F. Harrer, A/C (315) 330-4420 at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance. The library contains technical data subject to export control. Prior to review, potential offerors must submit a copy of an approved DD Form 2345, "Military Critical Technical Data Agreement", along with a letter from the Data Custodian designated on that form, authorizing access by whomever will be reviewing the library, to ATTN: Arlington Harrer, Rome Laboratory/IRDD, 75 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY 13441-4115, or faxed to his/her attention at 315-330-2529. Source selection will be based on offerors proposal to the umbrella Statement of Work. A sample task will not be included with the RFP. The solicitation is NOT classified. Request for Proposal will be available electronically on the World Wide Web. Go to the Rome Laboratory Home Page at the following Internet address: http://www.rl.af.mil. Select "Business Opportunities," then select "Local Business Opportunities." An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contracting Specialist, Joseph L. Facciolo, 315-330-4981. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at 315-330-7746. 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. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Joseph Facciolo, reference the Code I-8-4301, and contain the respondent's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP which shall be considered. (0217)

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