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D -- AUTOMATED MESSAGE HANDLING SYSTEM (AMHS) CONTRACT CEILING INCREASE POC Ann Marie Espinola, Contract Specialist (781) 271-4820; Kathleen A. Munroe, Contracting Officer (781) 271-3989 WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, espinolaa@icgw.hanscom.af.mil. Notice of Contract Action (NOCA). The Government intends to increase the ceiling of the Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) Contract F19628-90-D-0029 with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Corporation, of Fairfax, VA by a total of $8 million. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1 entitled "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements". Authorization to do so is contained under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, but rather a notice of a contract ceiling increase to provide continued coverage and completion of deployments of AMHS for DoD intelligence users and software maintenance support. The current contract ordering period expires 30 September 1999 and the period of performance expires 30 September 2000. This ceiling increase is deemed necessary as the original implementation dates for the Automated Digital Network (AUTODIN) follow-on have now slipped. Therefore the current AMHS functionality must continue to maintain continuity of vital message handling services supporting national-level intelligence requirements until the AMHS can be integrated with the AUTODIN follow-on. The Government has determined that a new competitive solicitation for the AMHS ceiling increase would incur substantial duplication of costs in relation to technical and configuration knowledge of the AMHS which would not be recovered through competition as well as the loss of critical uninterrupted software maintenance. Award of the contract ceiling increase will be made in 4QTR FY98. Despite the Air Force=C6s intent to solicit only the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Corporation, any firms that believe they can meet the above AMHS requirements may identify their interest and capability by responding to either of the phone numbers listed above or writing to the POCs at ESC/IYK 50 Griffiss St, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1625 within (15) days of the notice. Responses to this synopsis shall be limited to 10 pages no less than 10 pitch type, double spaced and one inch margins. Additional information may be obtained from the POC/ Contracting Officer listed above. All qualified sources will be considered by the Government. See Notes 22 and 26. (0085)

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