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A -- DASG60-99-00_____, AIRBORNE TEST & MEASUREMENT SUPPORT SOL DASG60-99-00____ POC Wayne Koger, Contract Specialist, (256) 955-3001, Donald C. Reesman, Contracting Officer, (256) 955-3000 The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's (USASMDC's) Sensors Directorate has a requirement for 11,884 level-of-effort (LOE) hours to continue Airborne Test & Measurement Support (ATMS) work until a competitive follow-on to current Contract DASG60-95-C-0028 can be awarded. Currently, an ATMS contract follow-on competition is underway, but unanticipated delays in contract award have resulted in all available hours under the current contract being expended. Between depletion of the hours available under the current contract and the award of the follow-on, several critical flight tests are scheduled that require ATMS services to provide critical optical test data and intercept verification data necessary to meet demonstration validation program requirements. Pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, USASMDC plans to award a contract modification to existing Contract DASG60-95-C-0028 on a sole source basis to the incumbent ATMS contractor, Aeromet, Incorporated, P.O. Box 701767, Tulsa, OK 74170-1767. The additional hours will be surge option hours to be exercised as necessary. This action will provide the continued availability of highly specialized services relating to operation of the High Altitude Observatory (HALO) and Infrared Instrumentation System (IRIS). The HALO and IRIS instrumentation are installed on a contractor-leased and substantially modified Gulfstream IIb aircraft which conducts airborne optical measurements on targets of interest to the Ballistic Missile defense Organization (BMDO), USASMDC, Program Executive Office Missile Defense (PEOMD), and other government agencies. Three optical platforms are maintained aboard HALO, providing optical data collection coverage in the ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), and infrared (IR) wave bands. The ATMS effort involves the utilization of highly specialized and one-of-a-kind sensor systems to collect data required by program/project offices to support the design, development, and testing of their systems. The basic activities performed by the contractor include the conduct of all tasks necessary to provide effective airborne meteorological and optical test support to any requesting government project/program. These activities include pre-mission planning; optical sensor requirements and configuration definition; aircraft operations, maintenance, and modifications; instrument/sensor/systems hardware configuration, maintenance, integration; logistical support; sensor/system and aircraft operations during the data collection mission; data assessment, reduction and verification; and data analysis, interpretation, presentation and reporting. Aeromet, as the current ATMS contractor, is prepared to provide the required continuity pending the completion of the current competition and is the only organization, in light of time requirement considerations, with the technical experience and equipment to bridge performance between the current and follow-on ATMS efforts. Award to any source other than Aeromet would result in an unacceptable delay and increased risk to the testing schedules of critical defense programs. A TOP SECRET facility clearance is required for this effort. Written responses must cite the synopsis number for this notice and be submitted to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, ATTN: SMDC-CM-AK/Mr. O. Wayne Koger, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801. See Note 22. Posted 07/30/99 (I-SN361167). (0211)

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