SPECIAL NOTICE
18 -- GPS III Space Vehicles Production Readiness
- Notice Date
- 6/27/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 336414
— Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, SMC - Space and Missile Systems Center, 483 North Aviation Blvd, El Segundo, California, 90245-2808
- ZIP Code
- 90245-2808
- Solicitation Number
- FA8807-14-R-0008
- Archive Date
- 9/1/2014
- Point of Contact
- Brandon A Sandoval, Phone: 310-653-2546, CASSANDRA L. WAY, Phone: 310-653-3212
- E-Mail Address
-
brandon.sandoval@us.af.mil, CASSANDRA.WAY@US.AF.MIL
(brandon.sandoval@us.af.mil, CASSANDRA.WAY@US.AF.MIL)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is an announcement that the Space and Missile Systems Center, Global Positioning System (GPS) Directorate, is hosting an Industry Day regarding GPS III Production Readiness - Alternate Source to be held Wednesday, 09 July 2014, from 0830 to 1300 PDT at Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA. The Industry Day will be in the Gordon Conference Center, Building 270, 483 N. Aviation Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245. The Air Force intends to create a competitive environment through a two-phase process. Phase 1 intends to award up to two Production Readiness Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contracts in FY15. During this phase, the program office will conduct space vehicle and navigation payload design reviews with demonstrations and qualification of the subsystem boxes within specified schedule and cost constraints. Phase 2 will be a limited competition between the incumbent contractor, Lockheed Martin, and the Production Readiness contractor(s) for up to 22 GPS III Production space vehicles with an award in FY17-18 with the first space vehicle ready for launch 1st Quarter FY23. A Sources Sought Synopsis (FA8807-14-R-0008) was posted on 04 June 2014 to research the market for potential interested sources with the skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required to attain a Government-approved GPS III space vehicle Preliminary Design Review and Critical Design Review in accordance with Military-Standard 1521B(T) along with associated demonstrations and the qualification of subsystem boxes. The purpose of this Industry Day is to provide interested parties an opportunity to better understand the Phase 1 GPS III Production Readiness - Alternate Source with Alternate Navigation Payload along with the technical and integration requirements, auxiliary payloads, potential future requirements growth and GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) interfaces required to support GPS constellation sustainment. Additionally, the Government intends to have one-on-one sessions with only the Prime contractors who responded in accordance with the entire Sources Sought Synopsis (FA8807-14-R-0008) requirements. Please note the Government mandates participation from its Federal Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I), and Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors, during the Industry Day briefings, specifically Aerospace, Canyon Consulting, and Quantech contractors will be present during the one-on-one sessions. The GPS III Production Readiness - Alternate Source Industry Day will be held at the 'For Official Use Only' classification level. Companies attending the Industry Day shall limit their representation to no more than four (4) attendees per company at the Industry Day general briefing and no more than four (4) individuals to include potential subcontractor representation at the one-on-one sessions. Companies planning to participate in the Industry Day activities shall provide the company name, point of contact, title, email address, and phone number along, with the following information for each participant: First, middle and last name, driver's license number, social security number, birth country, birth city and state (if in the US) and citizenship information to Major Brendan Maloney at brendan.maloney@us.af.mil no later than 1700 PDT on Wednesday, 02 July 2014. Attendance at Industry Day and any discussions or release of information is strictly voluntary. This announcement is not a formal solicitation and is not a request for proposal; if applicable, this will be announced at a later date.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFSC/SMCSMSC/FA8807-14-R-0008/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: SMC/GPV, 483 N. Aviation Blvd, El Segundo, California, 90245, United States
- Zip Code: 90245
- Zip Code: 90245
- Record
- SN03408424-W 20140629/140627234339-6e807b8dc5053c75aa6e4aad447b64e9 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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