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A -- DISCOVERER II: GLOBAL PRECISION SURVEILLANCE PROTOTYPE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (PHASE I), INDUSTRY DAY SOL F04701-98-R-0045 POC Point of Contact: For registration information: Mr. Rob Kassel, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, (703) 696-2293, e-mail: rkassel@snap.org. For other information: Ms. Christine Kaiser, Discoverer II Joint Program Office, (703) 526-1701, e-mail: ckaiser@snap.org Contracting Officer: Mr. Ron Roussard, (703) 526-1732, e-mail: rpoussard@jpo.org WEB: click here to download more information, www.laafb.mil/special_interest/disc2/d2.html.. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, rpoussard@jpo.org. The Discoverer II Joint Program (Technical POC: Lt Col Allen Netzer, Contractual POC: Mr. Ron Poussard, Discoverer II JPO) will host a day-long, unclassified review of the Discoverer II Draft Request for Proposal (F04701-98-R-0045) for interested representatives of government and industry, on 5 Nov 1998, at the Xerox Document University Training & Conference Center, Route 7 & Route 659, Leesburg, VA (approx 15 miles west of Dulles International Airport). This announcement augments the previous Discoverer II Program Briefing to Industry special notice issued on 29 May 98, and the Discoverer II draft request for proposal special notice issued on 29 Sep 98. The Discoverer II Program is an Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) joint initiative to develop and demonstrate an affordable space-based radar (SBR) with Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging capabilities that will revolutionize reconnaissance, surveillance and precision geolocation support to the tactical warfighter. The URL is www.laafb.mil/special_interest/disc2/d2.html. The Discoverer II Joint Program Office (JPO) is planning to solicit proposals for Phase I of the Discoverer II demonstration program. This acquisition will be conducted in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations and supplements. The SIC Code is 8731 -- Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles with the size standard of 1,000 employees. The intent of hosting an Industry Day conference is to inform industry of refinements in Government acquisition planning related to the Discoverer II demonstration program, and to afford industry a final opportunity to provide comments on the draft solicitation prior to the planned release of the final solicitation in mid-to-late Nov 98. Organizations wishing their representatives to attend the Industry Day conference should submit attendance requests, via e-mail, to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Attn: Mr. Rob Kassel, email: rkassel@snap.org. Prospective prime/system integrator offerors will be limited to a maximum of 10 representatives each. All others will be limited to a maximum of 5 representatives. Registration application must be received NLT 29 Oct 98. Registrations will be confirmed via e-mail NLT 2 Nov 98. Each individual must submit the following information: last name, first name, business title, organization, full street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address. Each organization should specify a single point of contact for Industry Day registration issues. A conference registration fee of $60.00 per individual must be paid at the conference registration site. No group/organization checks will be accepted. Each individual will make checks payable to DARPA/Gene Hannold. Accommodations are the attendees' responsibility. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or Contracting Officer, but communicates Contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call the Ombusmand, Mr. Leslie Bordelon, at (310) 363-3818. See Note(s) 26.*** Posted 10/16/98 (W-SN262803). (0289)

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