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J -- AWACS INTEGRATION TEST SUPPORT (AITS) CONTRACT SOL NA DUE 030399 POC Major Gail Fisher, USAF; Katherine A. Morris, Contracting Officer, (781)377-8357 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, fisherg@hanscom.af.mil. Electronic Systems Center intends to solicit and negotiate an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Integration Test Support (AITS) contract with the Boeing Company, Boeing Information, Space & Defense Systems, Seattle, WA. Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, this contract would continue to provide similar services performed over the past five and one-half years under the AWACS Development and Production Test (ADAPT) contract. This effort will be a services type contract to provide maintenance, maintain airworthiness and configuration control for the AWACS JE-3C testbed aircraft, also referred to as Test System 3 (TS-3). Maintenance and configuration control will also be required for the AWACS ground laboratories, which support software development and system integration. Technical order (T.O.) and data storage facilities will also be required. This effort, like ADAPT, will also provide flight deck and mission crews to operate TS-3, as well as the manpower required to perform mission system maintenance for the labs, and mission system and air vehicle maintenance for TS-3. Other efforts may involve personnel for conducting ground and lab testing, data handling, reduction and analysis, and engineering services for special projects, as required. Performance of contractual requirements necessitates capabilities and experience in the development, system engineering, integration and testing of the AWACS systems. The needed system engineering capability requires a through knowledge of the interfacing between functional groups and components, detailed operational and system knowledge of all AWACS mission and flight systems. Facilities are required to be established in order to house, for access on a continuing basis, TS-3 aircraft, the avionics integration and software development lab, and associated data and T.O.s. Facilities are required for the test airplane to operate from and recover to. These facilities will include a 10,000 plus foot runway, hangar capable of housing the aircraft and a "Texas Tower" to maintain the radome and support equipment (aerospace ground equipment (AGE), etc.) for the aircraft. All personnel working on/operating the aircraft, labs, and associated data must have at least a secret clearance. To prevent program delays all requirements must be in place by contract award not later than 30 September 1999. When awarded, this contract action will provide for one year task ordering periods of performance, exercised on a yearly basis, spanning an overall period of five years. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation, and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. All qualification packages received within thirty days after date of publication of this synopsis, however, will be evaluated for consideration by the Government. Information received will be used for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Notes 22 and 26. Posted 02/01/99 (D-SN293216). (0032)

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