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14 -- EXTENDED RANGE CRUISE MISSILE (ERCM) SOL F33657-00-R-0052 DUE 011501 POC Mr. Donald Fisher, Contracting Officer,937-255-9174 x4529 WEB: ERCM-Extended Range Cruise Missile (ERCM), http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixslibr/ERCM/ERCM.asp. E-MAIL: ercm@wpafb.af.mil, ercm@wpafb.af.mil. Background "The CBD announcement constititutes a sources sought notice for the purposes of seeking interested sources able to meet the requirements associated with the acquisition of the Extended Range Cruise Missiles (ERCM). The requirement is for additional subsonic cruise missiles as part of a new production effort beyond the current Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) replenishment program for use on the B-52H. The ERCM must be compatible with the B-52H and Common Strategic Rotary Launcher (CSRL) and be consistent with B-52H internal and external carriage requirements. The ERCM carriage and interface with the carrier aircraft will be the same as the current CALCM eight each missiles on the CSRL and six each missiles on the wing pylons. Minimal changes to existing support equipment and mission planning equipment is a program baseline. The mission and performance requirements for the ERCM are classified. Interested parties must contact Mr Donald Fisher ASC/FBXC 937-255-9174 ext 4529 for access to any classified data (limited to prime contractors only). Copies of the requirements may be provided to those interested parties providing proper evidence of company and personnel security clearances and by establishing their need to know. The program will consist of an EMD phase starting in FY 01 with a two to three year period of performance with an overlapping production phase starting in FY 04 (pending planned funding availability) with initial production deliveries starting in FY 05. As of yet, no funding has been approved for the ERCM program. It is currently anticipated to award a contract for EMD, which will contain firm fixed priced production options. A ten to fifteen year warranty is strongly being investigated. Current maintenance concept is that the ERCM system will not require any maintenance action for 10 years after delivery of the missile. Suggested warranty provisions should be addressed by the interested sources. The capabilities/responsibilities to be addressed by the respondents include the following: (a) engineering and product familiarity, production knowledge, and capabilities to design, develop, test, and fabricate to the ERCM requirements, (b) integration capabilities for all systems and subsystems with the carrier aircraft; (c) subcontract management capabilities; (d) identification of contractor methods of meeting the ERCM technical requirements especially the range, propulsion and guidance system enhancements. Total system (missile) performance responsibility will be a requirement of the contract. Responses to this sources sought notice must include the firm's capabilities, and experience to perform the above described effort. Only responses producing adequate information to this sources sought notice shall be considered for receipt of an RFP. Respondents shall include their assigned Commercial and Government Entity Code (i.e. Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers, a five digit code assigned by the Commander, Defense Logistics Service Center, Attn: DLSC, Battle Creek MI., Reference DOD 5000.12M) with their responses. Respondents should indicate their size particularly if they are a small business, a woman-owned business, or a HUBZone small business concern. Respondents shall provide information as to whether they are considered a small business. For this procurement, the general definition to be used to determine whether the firm is small business is as follows: "" A small business relative to Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 8731. A small business means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominate in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and with affiliates, the number of employees does not exceed 1,500 persons. ""Concern"" mean any business entity organized for profit with a place of business located in the United States and which makes a significant contribution to the U.S. economy through payment of taxes and or use American products, material, and /or labor, etc. ""Concern"" includes, but is not limited to, and individual, partnership, corporation, joint ventures, association, or cooperation. For the purpose of making affiliation finding -- any business entity, whether organized for profit or not, and foreign business entity, ie any entity located outside the United States, shall be included."" The Air Force reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based on responses hereto. Failure of a firm to provide the above data with its responses to this notice may disqualify the firm from further consideration. The information requested herein is for planning purposes only. This information does not constitute a Request for Proposal and may not be construed as a commitment by the Government. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered; however, receipt of responses shall not be acknowledged. All respondents are reminded that the Government must receive all responses within 30 calendar days of publication of this notice. Direct the capabilities packages and any routine communications concerning this acquisition to Don Fisher Contracting Officer, at (937) 255- 9174 ext 4529, ASC/FBXC 2275 D Street, Room 143, Wright- Patterson AFB Oh 45433-7233 or FAX (937)-255-4183. Program information can be found on the ASC Preaward Information Exchange System (PIXS) http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil. Email address for the ERCM program is ercm@wpafb.af.mil. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors for this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreement, and recommendations, to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of the proposals or in the source selection process. ASC's Ombudsman is Mr Steven Plaisted, ASC.SY, Building 572, 1790 10th Street, Room 208, Wright Patterson AFB Oh 45433. Potential offerors are invited to contact Mr Plaisted, with serious concerns only, at (937)255-9095. Potential offerors should use the established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to the use of the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. Interested firms should submit sufficient information, which will permit evaluation of technical capabilities to ASC/FBXC, Mr Don Fisher, Contracting Officer, Building 16, 2275 D Street, room 143, Wright Patterson AFB OH 45433-7233. " Posted 06/19/00 (D-SN466248). (0171)

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