AFDTC-OL/PKZB, 872 Dezonia Road, Holloman AFB, NM 88330-7714

M -- O&M FOR RATSCAT SOL F08635-99-DRFP-PKZ01 DUE 122898 POC Contract Officer, Elizabeth A. Gordon, 505-475-1245, Contract Specialist, Marco Pochy, 505-679-3305 The Radar Target Scatter (RATSCAT) Division, a facility at the 46th Test Group, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, intends to compete the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contract for the RATSCAT Division. RATSCAT is the premier DoD outdoor, ground-plane Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurement range. The RATSCAT Division consists of two separate facilities, Mainsite, and the RATSCAT Advanced Measurements System (RAMS) facility, located approximately 30 miles north west of Mainsite. Both facilities are physically located on White Sands Missile Range. To facilitate the acquisition strategy for this procurement, your company is invited to participate in a program office/industry team effort. One-on-one meetings with interested companies will be scheduled during the week of 13 Oct 98. These meetings will be limited to three hours and will take place at Holloman AFB NM, time and place to be specified at the time of the individual request. Topics to be discussed at these meetings include the requirement, associated risks, contracting strategies, line item structure, source selection criteria, organizational conflict of interest, financial arrangements and schedule. Marketing presentations are highly discouraged. The results of the meeting will affect significant aspects of the acquisition strategy and the resultant solicitation/contract. Due to schedule constraints, it is unlikely that significant revisions to the acquisition strategy or solicitation document will be considered after these meetings. Prospective offerors should make every effort to participate. We request representation only from potential prime contractors, and it is limited to three individuals per firm. Representatives must be authorized to speak authoritatively for their company concerning all the issues mentioned above. Requests for a date and time shall be made to the Program Manager, Mr. Clay A. Blevins, 46 TG/TGRP via fax (505) 679-3316 or e-mail cblevins@mailgate.46tg.af.mil by 7 October 1998. We plan to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP)on or about 28 December, 1998, and a Request for Proposal (RFP) on or about 28 April, 1999. After issuance of the draft RFP, a presolicitation conference/site visit at Holloman AFB is planned about 6 January 1999. All information concerning the presolicitation conference will be in the draft RFP. The RATSCAT facility provides test and evaluation capability for DoD, other Government agencies and commercial entities. Operations include management and administration, performance of test operations, facility operations, engineering services, RCS scale model design and fabrication, safety support, environmental compliance, security administration, logistics support, training and technical support. Maintenance includes preventive and corrective maintenance of real property and real property installed equipment, ADPE, heavy equipment and vehicles. The overall contract type will be Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) with a basic three-year contract and five one-year options. For the option years, a separate line item will be included for RAMS only operations. Foreign participation is excluded. The SIC Code is 8744 with a small business size standard of $5M average annual gross receipts. Full and open competition is anticipated; however, the Government reserves the right to make this acquisition a small business set-aside or an 8(a) set-aside based upon responses to this notice. Requests for draft RFP F08635-99-DRFP-PKZ01 must be made in writing to Mr. Marco Pochy, 46 TG/XP, 872 DeZonia Road, Holloman AFB NM 88330-7714. Please include your size status (small business, large business, etc.), in your written request. Technical questions should be referred to the Program Manager, Mr. Blevins, 46 TG/TGRP at (505) 679-3307. Collect calls will not be accepted. Colonel Richard A. Moriyama, (850) 882-4160 or e-mail address: moriyama@eglin.af.mil, has been appointed as ombudsman by the AFDTC Commander to hear offeror's or potential offeror's confidential concerns, if any, regarding this acquisition. The ombudsman's purpose is not to replace the technical staff or contracting officer but to serve as an honest broker and communicate any contractor concerns, issues, and disagreements to the appropriate Government personnel. 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 Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Numbered Note Number 26. Posted 09/24/98 (W-SN254097). (0267)

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