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18 -- EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (EELV) PROGRAM - RISK REDUCTION EFFORT POC Point of Contact: Joyce Mullenbach, Contract Negotiator (310) 363- 6744/Major Clifford O. Bratten, Contracting Officer (310) 363-0799. The United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) on or about 1 Mar 95 for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) system acquisition. (SMC anticipates issuing the formal Request for Proposal on or about 3 Apr 95). The EELV system will support the National Mission Model (excluding crew-rated or cargo return missions), reduce overall system recurring costs, and maintain or improve the reliability, operability, and capability of current medium through heavy lift systems (i.e., Titan II, Delta, Atlas, and Titan IV). The EELV system includes, but is not limited to, launch vehicles, facilities, support equipment, and payload integration in support of the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Departments of Transportation and Commerce. The EELV program will begin with a Risk Reduction Phase which will last approximately 15 months. Following a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) tailored to address the evolved aspects of the contractor's EELV concept (instead of a full PDR for a newly-developed system) an approximately eight-year Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase will begin. The EMD Phase will be divided into two parts. The first part will be approximately 13 months in duration and conclude with a Critical Design Review (CDR) tailored to address the evolved aspects of the contractor's EELV concept. The second part of EMD will last approximately 7 years and will include launch vehicle system demonstrations. For the Risk Reduction Phase, the government plans to award four contracts, each to a separate contractor, based upon full and open competition. For the EMD Phase, the government intends to limit competition to the four Risk Reduction Phase contractors, with two of these four contractors being selected to perform the first part of the EMD Phase. At the conclusion of the CDR, the government intends to select a single contractor to perform the second part of the EMD Phase. This single contractor will also perform the EELV production program. Competition for the final part of EMD will be limited to the two contractors that performed the first part of EMD. To be eligible for award as a prime contractor under the initial Risk Reduction Phase, offerors must have the capability at Risk Reduction contract award to accomplish the EMD Phase. Also, as a general basis for award, offerors must have cleared personnel and access to storage and processing facilities at the Top Secret and Specially Compartmentalized Information level. Requests for the DRFP should be submitted to SMC/ XRVK, Attn: Joyce Mullenbach, 2435 Vela Way, Suite 1613, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-5500. This notice is not a formal solicitation. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this synopsis or to otherwise pay for any information submitted in response to the DRFP. (0047)

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