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70 -- COMMON AIRCRAFT PORTABLE REPROGRAMMING EQUIPMENT (CAPRE) SOL F41608-99-R-26517 DUE 081699 POC The Point of Contact is Ines Astran, LDKAB, Phone: 210-925-6380, FAX: 210-925-0412, E-MAIL: ines.astran@kelly.af.mil E-MAIL: Send your E-Mail request to the POC, ines.astran@kelly.af.mil. Common Aircraft Portable Reprogramming Equipment (CAPRE) NSN 6625-01-456-9083DQ, estimated quantity is 1,620 each. (See description in the CAPRE0001 DATED 9 Jul 99). The Air Force is seeking 3 year Basic Requirements contract with two options for the CAPRE, one 2 year option and one 1 year option. This is a 100% Set Aside for Small Business in accordance with FAR 19- 502.2, as a competitive commercial FAR Part 12 acquisition. Evaluation will be in accordance with FAR 15.101.1 using the Performance Price Tradeoff procedures. The evaluation factors will be weighted accordingly: 1. Technical -- Pass/Fail. 2. Performance (rated more heavily than price) 3. Price. The CAPRE is a ruggedized laptop computer which is Mission Critical Support Equipment used in the reprogramming of numerous avionics LRUs and supports multiple aircraft. Approved sources: NONE. Offerors are required to submit three bid samples for government evaluation. The Bid Samples will be returned to the contractor in as is condition after testing is completed. Bid sample testing will be IAW the purchase description (PD is http://www.kelly-afb.org/links/proc/solicitations/capre0001.pdf) and will be performed by Southwest Research Institute. Bid samples may be damaged during testing. The Government will not reimburse the contractor for the Bid Samples submitted. Southwest Research Institute and the government will perform limited software capability testing for USB functionality and Digital Computer System Manager Software compatibility. Points of contact are Ines Astran, buyer, LDKAB, Phone: 210-925-6380, FAX: 210-925-0412, E-MAIL: ines.astran@kelly.af.mil or Sandra Hill, PCO, LDKAB, Phone: 210-925-6380, FAX: 210-925-0412, E- MAIL: Sandra.Hill@kelly.af.mil All potential offerors should contact the buyer/PCO identified in this notice for additional information and/or to communicate concerns, if any, concerning this acquisition. If your concerns are not satisfied by the contracting officer, an Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of an 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 confidentially 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 SA-ALC Acquisition Ombudsman at AC 210-925-5133 or send E-Mail to: ombudsman@www.kelly-afb.org. Posted 07/13/99 (D-SN353442). (0194)

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