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17 -- JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEM (JPALS) LOCAL AREA DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (LDGPS) SOL F19628-99-R-0007 POC Captain Cecilia M. Kipp, Contracts Manager, (781) 377-9308; Ms. Barbara B. Lawrence, PCO, (781) 377-9304 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, kippc@hanscom.af.mil. This CBD announcement constitutes a Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) of a proposed Request for Proposal. The Global Air Traffic Operations, Mobility Command and Control (GATO MC2) Program Office, Navigation & Landing Systems Division (ESC/GAL), will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) on/about 22 February 1999 on the HERBB to develop the next generation precision approach and landing system for the Department of Defense. The contractor(s) will support the development of the JPALS LDGPS technical architecture and the reduction of key military LDGPS technical risks. The contractor(s) will be required to build and test prototype JPALS ground and airborne equipment and to perform studies, analyses, and simulations to evaluate the performance of prototype JPALS equipment. The objectives of the JPALS LDGPS Demonstration System contract are: (1) Support the development of standards and specifications that define the JPALS LDGPS technical architecture. The JPALS LDGPS technical architecture will be modeled after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) to capitalize on R&D performed to date and to ensure interoperability between military and civilian operations; (2) Mitigate technical risks to JPALS associated with the use of LDGPS in military landing environments through modeling and simulations, analyses, and test. Technical risks identified in the JPALS Single Acquisition Management Plan (SAMP) are Guidance Quality, Vulnerability, Deployability, and Interoperability; (3) Develop a prototype tactical LDGPS ground station modeled after a prototype Special Category (SCAT) I or LAAS ground station; and (4) Embed airborne JPALS LDGPS requirements into existing GPS or multi-mode receiver avionics via the use of GPS Receiver Applications Module (GRAM) and other required modifications to the selected avionics; and (5) Prototype the avionics data link, either embedded in the GPS or multi-mode receiver or through a separate data link receiver, and any other necessary aircraftequipment (e.g., antennas and antenna electronics). All documents will be posted to the HERBB as soon as possible. A Source List of Potential Contractors will be released at the same time as the RFP on the HERBB. There will be a Pre-solicitation Conference held on Friday, 12 February 1999 in Room F2180 (Conference Room) at MIT Lincoln Laboratories on Hanscom AFB, MA from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. For directions visit their website at: http://www.ll.mit.edu. The Point of Contact at Hanscom will be Michelle Rippetoe at (781) 377-8813 or Captain Louis Littleton at (781) 377-9066. Visitor requests should be faxed to (781) 377-9139 or (781) 377-3075 (ATTN: Captain Louis Littleton c/o Michelle Rippetoe) or sent via e-mail to rippetoem@hanscom.af.mil NO LATER THAN Monday, 8 February 1999. Specific questions regarding this acquisition can be sent to Ms. Barbara Lawrence via fax to (781) 377-9304 or e-mail to lawrenceb@hanscom.af.mil NO LATER THAN Monday, 8 February 1999 so they can be answered at the Pre-solicitation Conference. Watch the Hanscom Electronic Requirements Bulletin Board (HERBB) at http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil/, under "Biz Opportunities", and Joint Precision Approach and Landing System. Please note that HERBB will be the primary source of information for the JPALS acquisition. Interested parties should check for updates frequently and subscribe to the HERBB update service for JPALS. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from interested firms during this phase of the 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 official. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of responses, source selection, or formulation of acquisition strategy. The Electronic Systems Center's Ombudsman is Col Lee Hughes, ESC/CX, (781) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should be contacted only with issues or problems that have been brought previously to the attention of the program manager and/or contracting officer and could not be resolved satisfactorily at that level. Please direct any questions on this NOCA to Ms. Barbara Lawrence, Contracting Officer, 781-377-9304, or Captain Cecilia M. Kipp, Contracts Manager, 781-377-9308. See Note 26. Posted 02/02/99 (D-SN293728). (0033)

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