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

J -- FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FMS) STIMULATOR/SIMULATOR POC Mr. John Abisamra, Contracting Officer, 781-377-9024; Captain David Huber, Contract Specialist, 781-377-7574 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, david.huber@hanscom.af.mil. NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION (NOCA): This CBD announcement constitutes a NOCA of a proposed contract modification for the acquisition of a Smiths Industries FMS Stimulator/Simulator for the Reconfigurable Avionics Testbed (RCAT). The Global Air Traffic Operations/Mobility Command and Control Systems Program Office, Electronics Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, proposes to modify contract F19628-00-C-0032 (the procurement of a Flight Management System) to add an FMS Stimulator/Simulator during the second or third calendar quarter of 2000 to Smiths Industries. The contract modification will be awarded pursuant to the authority of FAR 6.302-1 {(10 U.S.C.) 2304(c)(1)}-only one responsible source can satisfy agency requirements. The Air Force anticipates the issuance of a contract modification for one personal computer (PC) based Smiths Industries FMS Stimulator/Simulator system (part number 175563-01-01 for the hardware and part number 553058-01-01 for the software) to provide necessary flight parameter stimuli to a recently acquired Smiths Industries FMS currently being installed in the RCAT located at the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts. The proposed contract action is for a PC based FMS Stimulator/Simulator system which the Air Force intends to solicit and negotiate with one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to provide an FMS Stimulator/Simulator system that: a)provides the same functionality as the Smiths Industries system and b)integrates into the existing FMS. Submit statement of qualifications, along with supporting documentation to: ESC/GAK, 75 Vandenberg Drive, Bldg. 1630, Hanscom AFB MA 01731-2103, Attn: Capt. David Huber, or via electronic transmission to: david.huber@hanscom.af.mil. Responses must be received no later than 15 calendar days after the date of this publication and should not exceed ten (10) pages on 8.5 X 11 inch paper with type no smaller than 10 pitch. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all responses to this notice received within 15 calendar days after the release of the notice will be considered by the Government. The Government anticipates award of the contract modification on or about 5 July 2000. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors during the proposal and proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Ombudsmen do not participate in the evaluation of responses, source selection, or formulation of acquisition strategy. Interested parties are invited to call the Electronic Systems Center's Ombudsman, Colonel Joseph Magnone (781) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should be contacted only with issuesor problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. This synopsis does not constitute a request for proposal, it does not restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach, nor should it be construed as a commitment by the Government. Request you direct any questions to Mr. John Abisamra or Captain David Huber. Note 22 applies. Posted 06/21/00 (D-SN466865). (0173)

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