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18 -- EELV ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY FOLLOW-ON/NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION SOL F04701-98-D-0001 -- F04701-D-98-0002 DUE 081199 POC Melissa Applebaum, Business Manager, Phone (310)336-4212, Email melissa.applebaum@losangeles.af.mil -- Casey Blake, Contracting Officer, Phone (310)336-4855, Email casey.blake@losangeles.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=M&;ProjID=F04701-98-D-0 001 -- F04701-D-98-0002&LocID=901. E-MAIL: Melissa Applebaum, melissa.applebaum@losangeles.af.mil. The United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Program office, intends to release a request for proposal in July 1999, to add launch services for the eleventh satellite of the Navy_s Ultra-High Frequency Follow-on (UHF F/O) Program to one of the two existing EELV Initial Launch Services (ILS) contracts. The eleventh satellite launch service may be awarded to one offeror, may be awarded as a contingency launch service, or not awarded at all. The EELV program is an expendable space launch system that will satisfy the Government portion of the National Mission Model (excluding crew-rated or cargo return missions), reduce overall system recurring costs, and maintain or improve the reliability, operability, and capability of current medium through heavy lift systems (Delta, Atlas, and Titan IV). As a result of a competitive acquisition held last year, the EELV ILS contracts were awarded to Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc. and McDonnell Douglas Commercial Delta, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company on 16 Oct 98. The Government has been contracting with these contractors since 1995 for the development of an EELV system and launch services on a limited source basis. Through competitive down-selections these two firms have proven to be the only two contractors capability of performing the requirements of the EELV Program. A Justification and Approval Document to contract with only these two sources for EELV launch services was approved on 9 Jun 98. See CBD announcements posted 5 Aug 97 (W-212 SN104464) and 30 Dec 97 (W-364 SN154623) for further information on the EELV program. This CBD synopsis is not a formal solicitation. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this synopsis or to otherwise pay for the information solicited herein. See Note 22. Posted 07/21/99 (D-SN357051). (0202)

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