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A -- GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) III ARCHITECTURE STUDIES SOL F04701-00-R-8031 DUE 081000 POC Vonda Drake, Contracting Officer, Phone 310-363-1669, Email vonda.drake@losangeles.af.mil -- Tanya Schoon, Secondary POC, Phone (310)363-1741, Email Tanya.Schoon@losangeles.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www2.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=F04701-00-R-8031&LocID=901. E-MAIL: Vonda Drake, vonda.drake@losangeles.af.mil. The USAF Space and Missile Systems Center, NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Joint Program Office (GPS JPO) intends to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to award up to two contracts for GPS III Architecture Studies. The RFP will be released on or about 11 August 2000. Interested parties should respond to this notice not later than 15 days from the date of this notice. Those previously responding need not respond again. The contracting office address is SMC/CZK, 2435 Vela Way, Suite 1613, El Segundo, CA 90245-5500. This is an unrestricted acquisition and will be conducted under full and open competition. Foreign firms are advised that they will not be allowed to participate as the prime contractor on this acquisition. The GPS III Architecture Studies make up the first phase in a multi-phased acquisition approach for GPS III. The second phase of the program (program definition/risk reduction (PD/RR)) will be a full and open competition and a separate synopsis will be issued. The objective of the GPS III program is to deliver flexible and best-value solutions that will satisfy the currently defined but evolving military and civilian needs for a space-based navigation, timing and nuclear detonation detection system. This initial acquisition phase will examine possible system architectures that refine and validate the system requirements trade space. The architecture studies will be used to develop/mature requirements and concepts to enter into program definition/risk reduction (PD/RR), engineering and manufacturing development (EMD), and production fielding of GPS space, control, and user capabilities. The contractors shall identify, evaluate, and propose innovative and flexible architectural solutions to validate and cost program objectives. Offerors must be able to effectively address all areas of the current GPS system including space, control segment and user equipment. Offerors must be cleared to handle up to and including Top Secret- SCI. Efforts should be made to include small and disadvantaged service-disabled veteran and emerging technology companies to form a complete survey of the most promising technologies for GPS III. The period of performance will be 12 months under a firm-fixed-price contract. This acquisition may involve data that are subject to export control laws and regulations. A foreign disclosure review of the technical data has not yet been accomplished. If the review determines that data are subject to export controls, only contractors who are registered and certified with the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC) shall be provided copies of the solicitation or other data subject to foreign disclosure restrictions. Contact the Defense Logistics Services Center, 74 Washington Avenue N., Battle Creek, Michigan 40917-3084 (1-800-353-3572) for further information on the certification process. You must submit a copy of your approved DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement, with your request for the solicitation. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from potential offerors. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The Ombudsman will communicate certain offeror issues, disagreements, and recommendations on this acquisition into the proper channels. The Ombudsman's role is not to diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer, but to advocate an offeror's concern on a non-attribution basis. The Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern when requested by the offeror. The Ombudsman will not participate in the evaluation of proposals or the source selection decision process for this acquisition. The Ombudsman is Mr. Leslie Bordelon, Phone Number, 310-363-3818. See numbered Note 26. Posted 07/26/00 (D-SN478955). (0208)

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