89 Contracting Squadron, 1419 Menoher Drive, Andrews AFB, MD 20331-6500

J -- MYSTIC STAR SYSTEM Contact Stacy MacKay (301)981-2308, No Collect Calls Will Be Accepted. MYSTIC STAR SPECIAL AIR MISSION (SAM) NETWORK CONTROL STATION (NCS) AND FOUR REMOTE SWITCHING UNITS (RSUs) LOGISTIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. This is a Sources Sought Synopsis to determine if there are private sector offerors interested and capable of providing Mystic Star System logistic and technical support to the Air Force. The Mystic Star System provides secured and unsecured data and voice communications for Air Force One and VIP Aircraft through a HF and satellite worldwide network. The Mystic Star contractor provides all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to provide logistic and technical support to the Mystic Star System. The logistic support (end item and printed circuit card repair) may require test jigs and models for modification and repair. The Air Force requires worldwide technical and logistic support of the RSUs as well as service to support a wide range of areas including engineering support, system fault isolation, system level end-to-end expertise and software/firmware maintenance. Required technical services consist of the following five general areas: 1) Depot Logistic Support for the repair and/or replacement of commercial off the shelf (COTS) and non-COTS (Mystic Star unique) line replaceable units (LRUs), assemblies, subassemblies, bit and piece repairable removed from the NCS or RSU; 2) Technical and Operational Support with two on-site contract personnel, responsible for providing maintenance and operational support to the Air Force to include training of AF personnel; 3) On-Site Systems Engineering Support includes modification analysis and required documentation to support modifications and required interfacing to COTS and non-COTS equipment; 4) Worldwide Emergency Technical Support to cover technical problems encountered on the Mystic Star system beyond AF capabilities; 5) Maintenance and Upgrade for Software/Firmware Support provides for model computer code and firmware maintenance, error correction, and development upgrades to the Mystic Star Communications Management System and associated pre-and post-processors. The protocol converter, network interface equipment and various other communication components are critical to the operation of the system and are proprietary hardware and firmware belonging to the incumbent contractor. The ability to repair or replace these items as needed is essential to the performance of this contract. The Government does not have Level III drawings or rights to the technical data to provide to potential suppliers. Additionally the contractor must provide support for hetergeneous computer systems hardware, software, and operating systems to include, but not limited to, 1960s Hewlett Packard and 1970s Digital Equipment Corporation Systems. Contractor personnel must have a Top Secret clearance. At this time the government has no firm requiement for this acquisition and will use the information obtained from this notice to evaluate the capabilities of the marketplace. All interested parties should provide, at no cost to the government, full descriptive literature, limited to 10 pages, demonstrating their abilities to provide the above notice. To be considered capable, parties must demonstrate the following: 1) complete knowledge of the Mystic Star Communication System and peculiarities and ability to respond promptly to any question pertaining to the system; 2) past performance as pertains to relevant experience in all of the above five general areas; 3) corporate capabilities in the areas of communication engineering, software engineering, logistic and depot support, field service engineering support and logistic support procurement; 4) how the offeror will address the proprietary issues; 5) how the offeror will address antiquated systems; 6) the ability to be fully functional upon award. All of the literature provided in response to this synopsis will become the property of the Government and will not be returned. The requested information must be provided to the 89 Contracting Squadron, 1419 Menoher Drive, Andrews AFB, MD 20331, Attention: Stacy MacKay, not later than 8 Mar 95. (048)

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