U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, ATTN: SMDC-CM-CN, PO Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801/106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1990

A -- U.S. ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL (USAKA) KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE (KMR) LOGISTICS AND TECHNICAL RANGE SUPPORT POC Beverly R. Fowler, Contract Specialist/Linda N. Bentley, Contracting Officer, SMDC-CM-CN, (256)955-1187 U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA/Kwajalein Missile Range (KMR)) Logistics and Technical Range Support Request for Information: The US Army Space and Missile Defense Command requests information on an offeror that recognizes and can perform the following effort (inclusive). This is an advance notice for planning purposes only and is not a solicitation for proposals. Letters requesting to be added to a potential bidders list for an RFP are not requested at this time. The offeror shall be responsible for providing the logistic and base support services at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA), including but not limited to, operating a K through grade 12 school system, a hospital, an airport, marina, retail facilities, warehousing and supply function, shipping and receiving function, food services, automotive maintenance, information management, fire protection, community services, recreation services and to operate, maintain, and modify the systems that comprise the Kwajalein Missile Range (KMR), to include support for all existing systems. KMR is a Government-owned, Contractor-Operated Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB), pursuant to Army Regulations 70-49 and 70-69; a United States Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Test Range, pursuant to the ABM Treaty Agreement; and a Defense Site, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association, Public Law 99-239, with the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The primary missions of USAKA are to support the developmental and operational testing of strategic defensive and offensive ballistic missile systems, Ballistic Missile Defense discrimination research, and to conduct space surveillance functions for the Department of Defense. Other government agencies supported by USAKA include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Energy (DOE), and the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA). The USAKA is located in the Kwajalein Atoll, RMI. The Atoll is located approximately 9 degrees north latitude and 167 degrees east longitude. The USAKA is comprised of technical and support facilities located on eleven, low-lying tropical islands leased from the RMI through the U.S. State Department. The technical programs conducted at USAKA require precision operations by highly skilled and specially trained technical personnel. These personnel are predominantly civilian and must be assigned to and retained at USAKA on a voluntary basis. To allow the MRTFB activity users and tenants to attract and retain the highly skilled personnel required for the conduct of technical operations at USAKA, it is necessary to provide logistic and base support comparable to that which would be available to a scientific and technically oriented civilian community in the United States. The USAKA population has averaged approximately 3,000 for the past several years. The instrumentation includes highly sophisticated one-of-a-kind radars, all with deeply embedded computer controls, as well as optics and telemetry data acquisition systems. Several of the radars are used as testbeds for experimenting with new radar techniques for improving metric and signature measurements in support of the KMR mission. These radar systems are continually being modified to maintain the state-of-the-art capability required by the complex missions supported by KMR. The mission and modification requirements at KMR fluctuate due to varying national priorities and test efforts. The missions supported at KMR include multi-million dollar singular events which require the efforts of extremely competent technical personnel. Many KMR systems have been designed, built and documented with the expectation that the operations and maintenance team will be composed of highly qualified engineers and technicians. The built-in test equipment, diagnostics, and detailed trouble shooting information for these systems is less than would be provided for production equipment. Interested offerors should submit documentation supporting their capabilities to the U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, ATTN: SMDC-CM-CN/Carol Benton or Beverly Fowler, 106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 within 30 days after this announcement is published. Documentation should also include the offeror's opinion relative to operating both the logistics and technical functions under one management system. All responses to this notice must cite notice number DASG60-99-0001. Offerors responding should indicate whether they are small, small disadvantaged (size standard of 1,000 employees), or large business. A Top Secret facility clearance will be required. Foreign and Allied participants are excluded from participation. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Posted 01/12/99 (I-SN287178). (0012)

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