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J -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COBRA DANE RADAR SYSTEM SOL F08650-00-R-0335 DUE 081700 POC Robert Stuart, Contracting Officer, Phone 321-494-5189, Fax 321-494-5403, Email robert.stuart@patrick.af.mil -- Zoe Sargent, Contracting Officer, Phone 321-494-4556, Fax 321-494-5403, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=M&ProjID=F08650-00-R-0 335&LocID=862. E-MAIL: Robert Stuart, robert.stuart@patrick.af.mil. Solicitation issue date of 18 Jul 2000 and proposal due date of 17 Aug 2000 are tentative. Draft versions of solicitation documents (such as the Statement of Work) will be released incrementally on the Electronic Posting System (EPS) as developed. **************************************************************** Services are required to provide Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the COBRA DANE Radar System. A previous notice for sources sought for this requirement was posted 10 Jan 2000 under reference number F41621-00-S-0002. COBRA DANE is a ground-based, computer-driven phased array radar system located at Eareckson Air Station on the island of Shemya, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The radar_s primary mission is intelligence data collection in support of arms control and treaty verification of foreign strategic missile tests. It also provides other intelligence sensors with precision inter-range vectors as needed. A secondary mission provides routine and tasked orbital debris and satellite tracking information to Cheyenne Mountain Air Station in Colorado Springs, CO. The offeror will have responsibility for all aspects of Operation and Maintenance Support as follows: a) System engineering for sustaining and enhancing radar operations, b) Configuration management, c) Hardware and software modification and development, d) Organizational maintenance, e) Operations to assure system availability to respond to all data collection periods of interest, twenty-four (24) hours a day, 365 days a year may be necessary, f) Supply and specialized maintenance support, g) Fully integrated logistics support. The offeror must have in-depth knowledge of phased array technology, L-Band transmitter, receiver, digital signal processing, and computer hardware. This system, designated AN/FPS-108, is a one-of-a-kind radar system with critical performance characteristics and mission availability requirements. The offeror must have sufficient experience with the more advanced radar systems and personnel skilled in O&M of such systems. Offerors must have access to or have organically, facilities to design, develop, and fabricate new and replacement parts and assemblies. This will include mechanical, electrical, and electronic items. Offerors must have expertise with high power helix-type Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) technology as the system is powered by 96 TWTs powering 15,360 individual elements. The offerors must also have experience with digital PIN-diode Phase Shifter and Time Delay operations, maintenance and repair, as both forms of beam steering are utilized. Capabilities must be available to perform reverse engineering to fabricate special or obsolete components and assemblies and have capability for industrial certification in welding/soldering etc. Offerors must have expertise to develop and modify Ada software programs under VMS operating system, using the DEC Ada programming environment on VAX 6000-500 series mainframes or equivalent. Detailed knowledge of intelligence data collection and space surveillance radar algorithms, data analysis to determine system performance and data processing is essential. Offerors must provide communications personnel to operate all interior and exterior communications systems. This encompasses a 256kb data link and operations of the Tactical Intelligence Broadcasting System (TIBS) as well as a link to Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and other DoD communication assets within and outside the facility. Operators must be well-versed in DoD communication procedures and must be able to have a minimum of a Secret security clearance. For the actual performance of this contract, at least two technicians are required to have TS/SCI clearances for a collateral island support responsibility. A crypto account must also be maintained. Offerors must have a proven logistics capability and should demonstrate the ability to support the COBRA DANE program with parts, supplies, and equipment. Government property: successful offerors will be provided all available Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE), Precision Measuring Equipment (PME) and spares at the COBRA DANE facility, and the current O&M contractor_s account. Successful offerors must perform organizational (on-line equipment) and intermediate (off-line equipment) level preventive and corrective maintenance. Offerors must serve as the technological interface with other government contractors and user agencies to resolve technical deficiencies and carry out system improvements with both user and contractor personnel. A site visit for potential offerors is tentatively scheduled for 23-26 May 2000. Personnel must arrive at Anchorage, Alaska one day prior to the site visit for early departure from Elmendorf AFB. Transportation from Elmendorf will depart Tuesday and return Friday. Parties wishing to participate in the site visit must notify the Contracting Officer, Robert Stuart by email or fax (at the above listed number or address) no later than 9 May 2000 and obtain a detailed visit information package. General visitor information is available at theEareckson AS web site, http://www.elmendorf.af.mil/Units/Eareckson/EARHOME.HTM. Send name, job title, social security number, gender, security clearance, and company name, telephone number and email address with your response. A reference library will be available on site to all interested parties. A bidder_s library will also be established in the continental United States. The Statement of Work will provide a listing with location of government furnished information. The period of performance is anticipated to be five (5) years. Contract award is anticipated December 2000. This synopsis does not constitute an IFB or RFP and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice. The government will not otherwise pay for either the information solicited or any required travel expenses. This acquisition is unrestricted. The applicable SIC code is 4899 and the size standard is $11M. A cost-plus-award-fee type contact is anticipated. Solicitation issue date of 30 Jun 2000 and proposal due date of 4 Aug 2000 are tentative. Draft versions of solicitation documents (such as the Statement of Work) will be released incrementally as developed. Requests for the solicitation must be faxed to (407) 494-5403 or emailed to robert.stuart@patrick.af.mil or mailed to the address above. All requests must include an email address. Phone requests will not be accepted. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the 45th Space Wing. Posted 07/05/00 (D-SN471543). (0187)

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