U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, ATTN: CSSD-CM-CN, PO Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801/106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1990

A -- PAYLOAD LAUNCH VEHICLE (PLV) PROGRAM SOL DASG60-97-C-0090 POC Debra Parker, Contract Specialist, CSSD-CM-CN/Linda N. Bentley, Contracting Officer, CSSD-CM-CN/(205)955-1187 PAYLOAD LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM (PLV). The government currently has contract DASG60-86-C-0014 with Lockheed Martin Corporation, 1111 Lockheed Way, Sunnyvale, California 94088-3504 for Payload Launch Vehicles (PLV) and integrated launch services to insert Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicles (EKV) into a point in space in a series of National Missile Defense (NMD) strategic missile flight tests. The government plans to award a follow-on contract for the acquisition of four (4) additional PLVs and spare parts which are flight qualified and ready for integration and testing with EKVs, with subsequent shipment to Kwajalein Missile Range (KMR) for flight tests. Lockheed Martin has designed, developed, and fabricated PLVs together with specially designed mission launch and control equipment (MLC) and flight control software. The Lockheed Martin PLV is used to conduct NMD EKV research and development flight tests. These research and development and research items are specifically designed for integration into the PLV.Accordingly, the government has determined that award of this effort to other than Lockheed Martin would result in substantial duplication of costs to the government and would cause substantial delays in BMDO directed NMD integrated flight test schedules. This effort will consist of the fabrication, integration and test of four PLVs to the point they are ready for EKV integration in the EKV Systems Test Area (ESTA). A TOP SECRET facility clearance is required. See Note 22. The proposed effort will not be open to foreign participation. As permitted by Note 22, interested firms may submit their written qualifications to this office, ATTN: Ms. Debbie Parker, and should reference DASG60-97-C-0090. All notices of interest should be submitted within fifteen (l5) days of the publication of this notice. Any requests relative to this requirement shall include the requester's nine-digit zip code number. (0224)

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