Aeronautical System Center, Weapons, Air Base And Range Office, Contracting Division (ASC/VXK), 314 West Choctowhatchee Avenue, Suite 104, Eglin AFB Fl 32542-5717

45 -- BARE BSE COLD WEATHER PACKAGE (BBCWP) POC Mr. Jeffrey D. Cox, Contracting Officer, at (850) 882-4685, ext 316, FAX number 850-882-9381 E-MAIL: Jeffrey D. Cox, Contracting Officer, coxjd@eglin.af.mil. Market Survey/Request for Information. The Aeronautical Systems Center, Weapons, Air Base and Range Product Support Office, Contracting Division (ASC/WMOK), in support of the Air Base Systems Division (ASC/WMO), at Eglin AFB, FL seeks sources and information related to a program to establish cold weather (+25 F to -25 F) and an extreme cold weather (-25 F to -65 F) packages to replace current Harvest Eagle and Harvest Falcon bare base cold weather kits. Components of the cold weather and extreme cold weather packages will consist of (1) Fuel fired (JP-8) facility heaters for lightly insulated (R = 2 to 6) tents and tensioned fabric structures ranging in size from 650 square feet to 8,400 square feet, and (2) Water treatment and distribution system freeze protection for a water system consisting of water purification units, water storage bladders ranging in size from 3,000 to 20,000 gallon capacity, and above ground pumps, hoses and pipes ranging in size from 2" to 6" in diameter. All components must be air transportable aboard USAF C-130 aircraft. Maximum desired component size and weight is 8.5' by 7.0' by 8.0' high and 10,000 pounds. Maximum allowable component size and weight is 20.0' by 8.0' by 8.0' high and 25,000 pounds. Questions concerning this market survey/request for information should be directed to ASC/WMOK, Building 40, Attn: Mr. Jeffrey D. Cox, Contracting Officer, 314 W. Choctawhatchee Ave, Suite 104, Eglin AFB FL 32542-5717. This market survey/request for information is for planning purposes only, and shall not be construed as a Request For Proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any follow-on acquisitions. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey/request for information or otherwise pay for the information solicited. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of responses to this market survey/request for information and the Government use of this information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part any industry input as a result of this market survey/request for information. This market survey/request for information does not constitute the solicitation of any proposals and authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract has not been authorized. Information provided may be used by the United States Air Force in developing its acquisition approach and its Statement of Objectives (SOO). Technical documentation concerning this program will be posted in the future on the Eglin AFB Contracting Opportunities Internet Web Page at http://eglinpk.eglin.af.mil/OPS/RFP.HTM or provided upon special request. Information collected from this market survey/request for information may be released to industry as updates to program documentation during the RFP stage; therefore, it is required that the data received must be received with unlimited rights to the Government. Firms responding to this synopsis should state if they are a large, small, or small disadvantaged business. The appropriate SIC code is 3433 with a size standard of 500 employees. An ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors, when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns, before resorting to the use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman Col. Richard Moriyama, Department of the Air Force, AFDTC/CDS, 101 West D Ave, Suite 123, Eglin AFB FL 32542-5495, telephone (850) 882-4160, for serious concerns only. For routine communications concerning this acquisition, potential offerors are invited to contact Mr. Jeffrey D. Cox, Contracting Officer, at (850) 882-4685, ext 316, email address coxjd@eglin.af.mil, for contractual information or Mr. Byron L. "Chip" Wolfe (850) 882-4684, ext 318, email address wolfe@eglin.af.mil for programmatic information. Collect calls will not be accepted.***** Posted 07/16/98 (W-SN224404). (0197)

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