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L -- CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR 24 URITS SOL Reference-Number-F08635-99-C-0060 DUE 081500 POC Patrick McKeown, Contract Specialist, Phone 850-882-9391x5040, Fax 850-882-3226, Email patrick.mckeown@eglin.af.mil -- Michele Mitchell, Contracting Officer, Phone 850-882-9391x5039, Fax 850-882-3130, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=Reference-Number-F08635-99-C-0060&LocID=1182. E-MAIL: Patrick McKeown, patrick.mckeown@eglin.af.mil. The Range Instrumentation Systems Program Office Integrated Product Team (IPT), Air Armament Center (AAC), Eglin AFB, Florida, plans to contract on a sole source basis with Metric Systems Corporation, 645 Anchors Street, Fort Walton Beach, FL, 32548-3888. The planned sole source contract is to provide the full complement of Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) of the previously delivered USAFE Air Combat Training Pods (UAPs) and USAFE Debriefing Stations (UDS) at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Specifically, CLS will increase from 8 to 24 UAPs and 1 to 3 UDSs currently being leased under the previously awarded USAFE Rangeless Interim Training System (URITS) -- Southwest Asia (SWA) contract F08635-99-C-0060. The increase in CLS capability (i.e. spares, support equipment, personnel) need to be in place at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia NLT 25 September 2000. Metric Systems Corporation is the only qualified source to perform this effort. Metric Systems Corporation is uniquely capable of performing this task since they own both the UAPs and UDSs, have proprietary rights to all the critical pod hardware and software, and currently perform the CLS function at PSAB. The anticipated contract type is Firm Fixed Price (FFP). Information associated with this program is classified up to, and including, SECRET/NOFORN. The Standard Industrial Classification for this sole source acquisition is 3663 (750 personnel). Direct any questions concerning this acquisition to Major Michele R.M. Mitchell, Contracting Officer, (850) 882-9391, X5039 and Major William Rones, Program Manager, (850) 882-9391, X5068, for technical matters. Contract award is planned for no later than September 2000. This is not a request for proposal. A sole source solicitation will be issued on or about 15 August 00. Interested parties may contact Capt Patrick McKeown, Contract Specialist at (850) 882-9391 X5040. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors duringthe proposal development phase of this 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. 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. Matters of a routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman but rather to the Contracting Officer, Contract Specialist, or the Program Manager identified above. For any other concerns, interested parties may call the AAC Ombudsman, Dr. Mario J. Caluda at (850) 882-5558. See Notes 22 and 26. Posted 07/13/00 (D-SN474548). (0195)

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