ASC/YPK, Monahan Hall, Bldg. 12, 1981 Monahan Way, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7205

J -- COMBINED LIFE-TIME SUPPPORT (CLTS) FOR THE MODULAR MISSION COMPUTER (MMC), COLOR MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DISPLAY (CMFD), AND RELATED COMPONENTS FOR THE F-16 C/D, BLOCK 40/42 AND 50/52 AIRCRAFT SOL n/a POC Amy England, Contract Negotiator, (937) 656-6050/Joe Leising, Contracting Officer, (937) 656-6036 The F-16 System Program Office (SPO), ASC/YPKKB, intends to issue an RFP to provide Combined Life-Time Support (CLTS) for select avionics systems on the F-16, including the Modular Mission Computer (MMC) and Color Multifunctional Display (CMFD), for a basic period of one year with four one-year options. The support has applicability to Block 40/42 and Block 50/52 F-16 aircraft. The contractor will be responsible for providing total logistics support and will ultimately have total system performance responsibility for these systems. This CLTS effort will be transparent to the end users and include: integrated, shared materiel management; contractor depot level repair and returns; contractor diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS) management; and contractor configuration management. The contractor will be responsible for accomplishing fleet-wide reliability measurements to ensure repairs and configuration changes continually meet performance requirements. Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems is the intended source pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1). Direct all requests concerning this acquisition to Amy England, Contract Negotiator, or Joe Leising, Contracting Officer, ASC/YPKKB, 1981 Monahan Way, Bldg 12, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7205 at (937) 656-6050/6036. 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 concerns 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 use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, (Mr. Stephen J. Plaisted, ASC/SYI, Bldg 572, 1790 Tenth Street, Room 208, WPAFB OH 45433-7630, at (937) 255-9095) with serious concerns only. Routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to thepoints of contact listed in item 11 above. Posted 01/15/99 (W-SN288371). (0015)

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