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16 -- AIRCRAFT LAUNCHER INTERFACE COMPUTER (ALIC) UPGRADE SOL F08635-00-D-0085 DUE 062900 POC Jennifer Farmer, Contract Specialist, Phone (850)882-9391 ext 5045, Fax (850)882-9381, Email farmerj@eglin.af.mil -- Elaine Fryback, Contracting Officer, Phone (850)882-9391, Fax (850)882-3130, Email fryback@eglin.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=F08635-00-D-0 085&LocID=1182. E-MAIL: Jennifer Farmer, farmerj@eglin.af.mil. The Lethal SEAD System Program Office (AAC/WMS) intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, Raytheon Company, 1151 East Hermans Road, PO Box 11337, Tucson, AZ 58734-1337. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1, Raytheon is the only known source that can meet the Government's minimum requirement to acquire an upgrade to the Aircraft Launcher Interface Computer (ALIC). The ALIC provides the basic interface between the F-16 aircraft and the HARM and responds to pilot inputs through the F-16 core avionics. The contract will contain Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time and Material (T&M) and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) components. This acquisition includes (1) ALIC software upgrade, (2) ALIC hardware upgrade, (3) ALIC Automated Test Equipment (AATE) software upgrade, (4) AATE hardware upgrade, (5) ground/flight test support T&M option, (6) engineering support T&M option and (7) production upgrade kit IDIQ. The overall period of performance is 5 years. The Government will negotiate on a sole-source basis with Raytheon in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 within forty-five (45) days after the publication of this notice. A determination not to open the requirement to competition based on responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the contracting officer. This synopsis, along with a previously published sources sought synopsis (Reference Number F08635-00-R-0006) on 31 Aug 99, may represent the only notice of this action. Direct all inquiries and routine communication to Ms. Elaine H. Fryback, Contracting Officer, in writing via facsimile at (850) 882-3226. The Air Armament Center(AAC) has appointed an Acquisition Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of an AAC 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. (You should only contact the Ombudsman with issues or concerns that you cannot satisfactorily resolve with the program manager and/or contracting officer.) When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality 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 contact the AAC Acquisition Ombudsman: Dr. Mario J. Caluda, 101 West D Avenue, Suite 123, Eglin AFB, FL 32425-5495, email: mario.caluda@eglin.af.mil, Phone: (850) 882-5558. See Note 22 and 26. Posted 05/15/00 (D-SN454795). (0136)

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