18 -- ADVANCED POLAR PROGRAM INDUSTRY INTERCHANGE MEETINGS

Notice Date

June 22, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, SMC -- Space & Missiles System Center, 2420 Vela Way, Suite 2420, El Segundo, CA, 90245-4659

ZIP Code

90245-4659

Description

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. The MILSATCOM Joint Program Office plans to hold a series of interchange meetings to assist the government in formulating the Advanced Polar system requirements and acquisition strategy. Industry is invited to participate in development of the Operational Requirements Document (ORD), Technical Requirements Document, and Payload/Terminal Interface Control Document. Industry participation also is invited in developing the acquisition strategy, including the Request for Proposal (RFP). A full and open competition is anticipated for the design, development and production of an Advanced Polar system, with the RFP release contemplated for July 2003. The Advanced Polar system will have capabilities compatible with the MILSATCOM Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system and will have seamless connectivity with the AEHF system. The interchange meetings will occur periodically between July 2001 and July 2003. Participants in the initial interchange meeting will be notified of future meetings. At the initial meeting, the government will present the results of concept studies and the program strategy, and will discuss the process and schedule for the requirements development and industry input. Individual meetings will be scheduled with interested participants between 10-12 July 2001 at The Aerospace Corporation, 2350 East El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, CA. Industry representatives should call Lt George Wood, SMC/MCX, at (310) 336-4867, to schedule their company?s meeting. Meetings must be scheduled no later than 1 July 2001. Visit requests must be received by 05 July 01 by Ms Dianna Poe, Aerospace Corporation, P.O. Box 92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009, (310) 336-5038 or facsimile (310) 336-6983. This request is for information and planning purposes only, in accordance with FAR clause 52.215-3. It is not a RFP, and does not commit the Government to pay for preparation costs. Respondents are advised that no contract will be awarded on the basis of a response to this RFI or any follow-up information subsequently requested or submitted. This information will be used to support the acquisition of the Advanced Polar system; this acquisition is subject to review or cancellation at any time. An announcement will be made in the Commerce Business Daily before any RFP is issued. See Note 26.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010626/SPMSC001.HTM (D-173 SN50P888)