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99 -- LAUNCH AND NETWORK CONTROL EQUIPMENT (LANCE) SYSTEM SOL NRO000-98-R-4755 DUE 020698 POC Contract Negotiator, Ms. Debra Hopson, 310-416-7453 or Contracting Officer, Ms. Barbara Pedersen, 310-416-7757 WEB: LANCE RFP Home Page, http://www.lance-rfp.com. E-MAIL: Debra Hopson or Barbara Pedersen, hopsond@vampire.laafb.af.mil or pederseb@vampire.laafb.af.mil.. The Office of Space Launch (OSL) will be issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for acquisition of the development, integration, installation, test and delivery of the Launch and Network Control Equipment (LANCE) System to Falcon Air Force Base (FAFB), Colorado, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California and Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), Florida. The LANCE System is required to provide launch support and Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) interface services to satellite vehicles assigned by the OSL. The successful contractor shall design, develop, install, integrate, test and activate a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) system that will provide a launch data processing and AFSCN command and control interface capability at FAFB; and create a standardized telemetry processing at VAFB and CCAS (contract option), which satisfies the Statement of Requirements (SOR). The successful contractor shall also provide sustaining engineering and maintenance support for all delivered systems and initial training of Government and contractor personnel for LANCE operations. The successful contractor will be required to perform Top Secret effort required in the performance of the contract and provide evidence of appropriate Top Secret personnel clearances, ability to obtain Special Background Investigations (SBIs), Top Secret facility clearance and Secret facility safeguarding capability or provide evidence of the ability to meet the security requirements. A cost-plus-award fee (CPAF) type contract is contemplated. The period of performance is scheduled for 11 May 98 through 30 Sep 01. Cost proposals submitted in response to the RFP will be required to use Mainstay Software Corporation's Proposal Pricing and Analysis System (PPAS). Offerors may contact Dan Walkovitz at (303) 220-8780 for software and training. Non-Government personnel will be used to assist in the acquisition process. The Government will be utilizing the Acquisition Information Management Support (AIMS) group from Scitor Corporation to facilitate the source selection process. Formal Source Selection Procedures will be used. Award is scheduled for May 1998. Information regarding the LANCE System is available on the Internet at: http://www.lance-rfp.com. Written request for information may be sent to: SAF/SL-9, ATTN: Debra Hopson or Barbara Pedersen, 2420 Vela Way, Suite 1467-A5, El Segundo, CA 90245-4659. E-mail may be sent to hopsond@vampire.laafb.af.mil or pederseb@vampire.laafb.af.mil. Faxes may be sent to (310) 416-7811. The RFP release date is 09 January 1998. RFP will be released via the Internet. No hard copies will be issued. To assist the Government in planning for source selection resources, potential offerors are requested to notify this office NLT 20 January 1998 if they plan to submit a proposal. Past performance volumes due 23 January 1998. Proposals due 06 February 1998. This is not a solicitation for proposals. (0337)

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