R -- SEEKER/SENSOR CAPTIVE FLIGHT TEST (CFT) AND SIGNATURE = DATA COLLECTION

Notice Date

May 24, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AAC -- = Air Armament Center, AAC/PK 205 West D Avenue, Suite 433, Eglin AFB, = FL, 32542-6864

ZIP Code

32542-6864

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-PKZA-LT-0101

Response Due

May 31, 2001

Point of Contact

Lafayette Turner, Contract Specialist, Phone (850)882-4141 = ext. 4152, Fax (850)882-5757, Email turnerl@eglin.af.mil -- Vicky = Dawson, Contracting Officer, Phone (850)882-4141 ext. 4635, Fax = (850)882-5757, Email dawsonv@eglin.af.mil

Description

The Air Armament Center, Joint Munitions Test and Evaluation = Program Office, Project CHICKEN LITTLE (CL), Eglin AFB FL intends to = conduct seeker/sensor captive flight test (CFT), signature data = collection and other related field data collection activities during = the period of July 2001 through June 2002. These tests will typically = be conducted at Eglin AFB Fl, Yuma Proving Ground Az, Camp Grayling Mi, = Fort Greeley Ak and could address other locations. These test events = will utilize foreign and domestic, classified and unclassified, ground = mobile vehicles including relocatable surface-to-surface and = surface-to-air missile systems, and other air defense units as test = items in a static and dynamic environment intended to gather weapon = system performance, seeker/sensor system performance, and signature = data collection for analysis and algorithm development. =20 This is an invitation to government and industry for participation = in these testing activities. Participants must provide all necessary = aerial platforms, hardware/software systems including seeker/sensor = instrumentation, and all personnel to accomplish the complete set of = data collection missions. Offerors will be responsible for providing = all necessary insurance for personnel and hardware, hold harmless = agreements, etc., to conduct activities on a US Government = installation. It is CL policy that data collected and retained during = this event will be protected as propriety and securely stored at the = appropriate classification level(s) and will be included in the = on_going CL data-basing activity. Data will not be = released/disseminated without consent of the owner/sponsor of the = hardware. Participants will be invited to sign a Statement of Capability (SOC) = with CL. This SOC will define the basis for participation and identify = specific requirements to be mutually satisfied with the Government. = Costs for identified participants as a result of this solicitation will = be allocated to each participant based on the individual level of = activity and resource requirements for their participation. Offerors = will be required to have established security clearances for all = involved personnel at the time of SOC signature. An initial planning meeting will be held at 08:30hrs, 12/13 June 2001 = at Litton/TASC, 1992 Lewis Turner Boulevard, Fort Walton Beach FL. The = points of contact at Eglin AFB FL are Mary Ward, (850) 882-8412 ext. = 328, or Fred Reichstetter (Litton/TASC, Inc., a division of Northrup = Grumman), (850) 882-8412 ext. 305. The Eglin AFB DSN prefix is 872. = Interested participants are encouraged to attend the planning meeting = with qualified individual(s) representing your organizations potential = interests. All attendees are requested to send security clearances to = Susan Deonarine, Litton/TASC, 850-863-8000; Fax, 850-864-4777. Since = this is not a request for a formal contract award, there will be no = Request for Proposal (RFP), nor will any binding selection criteria be = prepared. Participation under the SOC is not subject to the Contracts = Dispute Act of 1978 and not subject to arbitration or dispute. This = synopsis is for information and planning purposes only. It does not = constitute an RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the = Government.

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