A -- SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION SUPPORT FOR THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN OBSERVATION SATELLITE PROGRAM OFFICE

Notice Date

September 1, 2000

Contracting Office

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, 1725 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 809, Arlington, VA 22202

ZIP Code

22202

Solicitation Number

Reference BMDO 00-12

Point of Contact

POC: Karen H. Reuter, Contracting Officer (703) 604-4270; Karen.Reuter@bmdo.osd.mil

E-Mail Address

Contracting Officer (Karen.Reuter@bmdo.osd.mil)

Description

The synopsis originally published in the Commerce Business Daily (posted in the CBDNet) on July 7, 2000 is modified as follows: Any prospective prime contractor desiring to participate in a pre-solicitation one-on-one exchanges and engage in communication of their technical approach or alternate ways to refine the Government's requirement based on draft requirements documents posted to the BMDO Extranet may contact Ms. Karen H. Reuter at (703) 604-4270 or email at Karen.Reuter@bmdo.osd.mil to arrange a meeting with BMDO contracting officials. PRE-SOLICIATION ONE-ON-ONE EXCHANGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO PRIME CONTRACTORS AND THEIR PROSPECTIVE SUBCONTRACTORS OR TEAMS AND SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO HOURS. One-on-one exchanges will relate to the Statement of Work and draft Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements. Potential offerors are encouraged to bring written questions to the exchange and provide these to the Government attendees at the start of the meeting. No marketing information is desired. BMDO plans to hold pre-solicitation one-on-one exchanges on September 6-7, 2000 and requests for presentations will not be accepted after close of business on September 5, 2000. The steps following pre-solicitation one-on-one exchanges are as follows: 1. Ten days after RFP release Offerors will be required to submit non-cost capability information only, consisting of a corporate experience summary; technical expertise summary; and a technical plan summary. 2. The Government evaluation team will conduct an initial evaluation of the non-cost proposal and conduct face-to-face exchanges with Offerors within approximately one week following receipt of the capability information by the Government. 3. Immediately following these exchanges, Offerors determined to be lacking a reasonable probability of award (based on the initial evaluation/exchanges) will be informed of their low probability of award. All offerors will be advised of the "capability weaknesses" without discussion of their relative standing or evaluation factor score. An offeror's withdrawal from the competition at this point is voluntary. 4. All Offerors who elect to remain in the competition will be asked to submit the Offer information (Cost Proposal, Business Proposal, Technical information and past performance information), although this does not preclude Offerors with low probability of award from submitting Offer information. 5. Following the receipt of Offer information, the Government will complete its evaluation. 6. The Government plans to award without discussions; however, it reserves the right to hold discussions if it is advantageous to the Government. This streamlined source selection process is intended to increase the opportunity of award without discussion and reduce bid and proposal costs for Offerors with a low probability of award. The Government expects to award the contract in December 2000. Note that the BMDO Acquisition Reporting Bulletin Board (BARBB) http://www.acq.osd.mil/bmdo/barbb/barbb.htm will be used only to post announcements regarding this competitive procurement under the title "RAMOS SE&I." To download the RFP and attachments, interested offerors will be required to access the BMDO Extranet using a login and password. BMDO Extranet accounts may be obtained by contacting the BMDO Extranet Help Desk at 703 604-0355 and specifying the RFP number and providing name, telephone number and e-mail address. The URL for the BMDO Contracts Information Competitive Procurement File Cabinet is https://bmdonet1.bmdo.osd.mil/cpcabin.nsf. You can use any browser such as Netscape or MS Internet Explorer; however, the browser must be able to handle 128 bit encryption. RFP requests, referencing Solicitation HQ0006-00-R-0008 Reference Number BMDO 00-12 should be emailed to the addressee above or faxed to (703) 604-2557.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000906/ASOL003.HTM (W-245 SN492573)