Global Air Traffic Operations/Mobility Command and Control, 75 Vandenberg Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2103

58 -- AIR FORCE TERMINAL INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES REPLACEMENT (AFTERPS-R) PROGRAM SOL F19628-00-R-0004 POC Mr. David H. Hawkins, Contracting Officer, ESC/GAK, (781) 377-9220, or Capt Chris Barker, Contract Manager, ESC/GAK, (781) 377-9011 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, Mr. David H. Hawkins Contracting Officer, David.Hawkins@hanscom.af.mil or Capt Chris Barker, Contract Manager, Christopher.Barker@hanscom.af.mil. This CBD announcement constitutes a Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) of a proposed Request for Proposal (RFP). The Global Air Traffic Operations, Mobility Command and Control System (GATO MC2) Program Office will issue a RFP on/about 29 November 1999 on the HERBB. This requirement is to replace the present obsolete Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS) software tool. Interested contractors should see the Hanscom Air Force Base acquisition web site for additional information (www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil, Current Business Opportunities, AFTERPS-R). AFTERPS-R will be a software-based product that assists the user in developing instrument procedures and conducting obstacle evaluations for instrument operations. Instrument Procedures are an essential element to support aircraft operations. This state of the art system will enable rapid design and increase the accuracy of instrument procedures using United States Air Force (USAF), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) criteria. It will also provide an audit trail for each procedure developed. AFTERPS-R will significantly reduce instrument procedure development and validation time, human error, increase design accuracy and reliability, and provide an open architecture that can accommodate a distributed structure. AFTERPS-R will provide the instrument procedures electronically to National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). These criteria will be accomplished in accordance with the Requirements Correlation Matrix (RCM). Our acquisition approach is to award a single contract under Full and Open Competition in accordance with FAR Part 15 using an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the minimum order being Engineering Management Development (EMD) FPIF, which includes 5 licenses for test and evaluation. The production Best Estimated Quantity (BEQ) is 255 licenses with a maximum of 320 licenses. A joint Contractor-Government Test Team will be established during EMD to perform incremental and acceptance tests. The Contractor will train the USAF testers and trainers, approximately 6 to 12 Government personnel. The Contractor will also train approximately 339 Government personnel at Contractor facilities in the United States; non-U.S. facilities will be considered. Interested Contractors desiring to do business with the Air Force shall be registered in the DoD Central Contracting Reporting System. 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 Steven H. Sheldon, ESC/CO, (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 ESC/GAK, 75 Vandenberg Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2103; Attn.: Mr. David H. Hawkins Contracting Officer (Tel: 781-377-9220; e-mail: David.Hawkins@hanscom.af.mil) or Capt Chris Barker, Contract Manager, ESC/GAK, (781-377-9011; e-mail: Christopher.Barker@hanscom.af.mil). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The Government anticipates Request for Proposal release on or about 29 November 1999 with contract award March 2000. This NOCA does not constitute a Request for Proposal, and it does not restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach, nor should it be construed as a commitment by the Government. An Acquisition Ombudsman, Colonel Steven H. Sheldon, Director, Commander's Staff, has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during proposal development. You should only contact the Ombudsman with issues or problems you cannot satisfactorily resolve with the program manager and/or contracting officer. The Ombudsman role is to hear concerns, issues, and recommendations and communicate these to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality if desired. The Ombudsman does not evaluate proposals or participate in source selection. You can contact the Ombudsman at (781) 377-5106. See Note 26. Posted 11/16/99 (D-SN401094). (0320)

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