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A -- NETWORK INTEGRATION CONTRACT FOR THE SATELLETE AND LAUNCH CONTROL SYSTEMS PROGRAM OFFICE SOL F04701-95-R-0015 POC Contacts: Ms. Sharon Cobb, (310) 363-2233 or Lt Jason Preisser, (310) 363-6571. Contracting Officer: Mrs. Carol L. Bivens, (310) 363-6556. This notice is issued in advance of a Request for (roposal (RFP) for the purpose of obtaining qualified sources. The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Satellite and Launch Control Systems Program Office require{ tasks to be performed in the area of systems engineering and integration of the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). This requirement was originally identifiedPby SMC/CW in an industry briefing on 6 Dec 94 concerning future development, sustainment, and integration efforts for the AFSCN. At the industry briefing SMC/cW announced that its acquisition strategy for upgrading and improving the AFSCN will involve five separate contracts, one each for CCS sustainment, CCS development, Range qnd Communications sustainment, Range and Communications development, and Network integration. The following synopsis is only for the Network Integration Contract. the activities will include analysis of Air Force Space Command and other user's documented network requirements, defining the AFSCN's future architecture, network planning to include roadmaps for development plans, network integration to include the control of interfaces between the AFSCN and external satellite agencies andPthe updating of the AFSCN A-Spec, site integration at the nine globally located Remote Tracking Stations and the two control nodes located at Onizuka Air St Falcon Air Force Base which requires the real-time facilitation of modifications installed by the development directorates, and establishment of conf9guration management policy. The estimated period of performance is five years based on a one year contract with a series of four one-year options. The type of contra3t contemplated is cost plus. The tasks involved will require the contractor to provide quick response and to have close connection with the Satellite and Launch Control Systems Program Office (SMC/CW) and its other supporting contractors, as well as other AFSCN organizations and their supporting contractors located at or near`Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA., and Falcon Air Force Base, CO. The Network Integration Contract (NIC) is considered a new start contract without any incumbents. All Inter3sted qualified sources, large and small, are invited to submit an unclassified Statement of Capabilities (SOC), that includes the level of subcontractingPcontemplated and your role as a prime or subcontractor, not to exceed ten pages in length within fifteen days of publication of this synopsis. Standard brochuresl if directly applicable, are acceptable and do not count against the ten page limit (please include three self-addressed envelopes which are at least 11'' X 13'' inPdimension, suitable for mailing sizable documents). The SOC must clearly demonstrate the source's ability to cover substantially all of the following areas: 1) experience in performing tasks in areas similar to those tasks described above on-time and within budget, 2) good commercial practices for the administration, contr?l, and performance of contractual requirements, and 3) relevant recent satellite control activities similar to those tasks described above. Due to the highly c7mplex nature of the contract effort and the large number of skills required to perform the various tasks, prime-subcontractor and teaming arrangements are ewcouraged. SMC/CW anticipates use of an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) provision which will preclude the awarded contractor for the NIC from competing for qny future AFSCN contracts to include the Range and Comm Development Contract. The OCI provision will contain three exemptions: 1) A contractor can be awarded bothPa development and/or a sustainment contract and the integration contract, if the contractor can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Air Force that the separate P and distinct parts of the company exist with completely separate business/profit centers, 2) A contractor who already has one of the existing AFSCN prime contracts or is a subcontractor on one of the current prime contractors will not be excluded merely because of this precondition for bidding for and being awarded either d3velopment, sustainment, or the integration contract, 3) A contractor can participate as a lower level vendor or subcontractor with a very specialized role in either revelopment or sustainment contract and still be awarded the AFSCN integration contract as long as the level of vendor involvement or specialized support is so minor :hat the contractor's involvement does not have any influence or impact on the development of AFSCN requirements or assignment of work amongst the various associate contract. Companies bidding on this contract must be U.S. based, and personnel supporting this contract must have a Secret clearance. Several contractor personnel are requir3d to have a recent favorable Special Background Investigation. The contractor will be required to establish, at contract award, facilities in the local area of`Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA., Onizuka Air Station, CA., and Falcon Air Force Base, CO. One of the three facilities must be have a Top Secret facility clearqnce. The contractor will be required to provide representatives at the RTSs and control nodes to facilitate the installation and checkout of modifications. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Program Director or Contracting Officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommenrations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman roes not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Mr. Leslie L. Bordelon at (310) 363-3818. p Eligibility for participating in this acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice. A draft RFP is anticipated to be issued for industry commentPin July 1995. The final RFP is anticipated for release in September 1995 with receipt of proposals made within 30 days. The anticipated date of contract award is March 1996. Information herein is based on the best information available at the time of publication is subject to revision, and is not binding upon the Government. The Government will not recognize any costs associated with submission of the SOC. Send SOC submittals (one original and two copies) to Mrs. Carol L. Bivens/CWKD, 155 Discoverer Blvd., Suite 1380, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-4692, along with a copy of the SOC cover letter to SMC/BC, 155 Discoverer BLVD., Suite 2017, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-4692. (0065)

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