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A -- CENTRAL THEATER PROCESSING PROGRAM (CTPP) (TALON SHIELD/ATTACK AND LAUNCH EARLY REPORTING TO THEATER (ALERT)) SOL F04701-95-R-0004 DUE 092295 POC Capt Robert C. Walk, Contract Negotiator,(310)363-2186; Linda S. Barnard,Contracting Officer,(310)363-6689. HQ Space and Missile Systems Center, Central Theater Processing Program (CTPP) intends to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) on or about 18 Aug 95. Refer to the Sources Sought Synopsis in the Commerce Business Daily dated 05 Dec 1994. The CTPP acquisition is the follow-on acquisition for Talon Shield/ALERT and will be a full and open competition. The period of performance of the proposed contract is a 1 year basic O&M effort commencing on or about 1 Nov 95 with four option years to continue the O&M services called for in the RFP and a 3 year basic engineering analysis and development effort with 2 one year options. The estimated total period of performance is 60 months. The CTPP effort will be cost-plus-award-fee (CPAF) with a unique acquisition approach. The available funding will be provided to potential offerors as the contract price, offerors will bid labor rates, labor mix, indirect costs, and the number of hours they will provide to accomplish the effort within the available funding. A Statement Of Objectives (SOO) and a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) will be provided offerors in the Request For Proposal (RFP) in sufficient detail so that offerors can understand, and propose to, the scope of the effort the government is seeking. No technical approach will be solicited. Offerors will make oral presentations, followed by a question and answer session both of which will be video taped by the government, to enable the Source Selection Evaluation Team (SSET) and Source Selection Authority (SSA) to make an evaluation of the offerors capabilities. Offerors will be allowed two calendar days to update only their cost volume after their oral presentation and question and answer session. As the oral presentation and question and answer session constitute discussions, the submission of an updated cost volume will constitute a limited best and final offer. Potential prime sources, singularly or teamed, require experience in all of the following areas: A) N-Source Fusion, B) National Systems, C) Situational Data Correlation, D) Real-Time Ground Processing System, E) Large Scale Ada Development, F) Large Scale C Development, G) Theater Dissemination Networks, H) X/MOTIF Programming, I) DSP Data Processing, J) N-Satellite Data Fusion, K) Multi-Processing Environment, L) SGI Networks, and M) Logistics. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. The successful offeror must possess a Top Secret /SCI Facility clearance prior to contract award. Potential Offerors requesting inclusion on the Bidder's Mailing List must specify their interest as a prime or subcontractor to the Contracting Officer in writing. Those previously responding to be included in the CTPP Bidders Mailing List need not respond. No fax responses will be accepted. The government has established a technical library wherein interested firms may review documents for the CTPP acquisition. The technical library will be open from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm PDT, Monday through Friday. These times will accommodate three 2-hour blocks of time: 8:00-10:00 am, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, and 1:00-3:00 pm for offeror appointments. Visits to this technical library will be by appointment only and will be restricted to three reviewers per firm, per visit, due to space limitations. As a minimum, all reviewers must have a Secret clearance and WNINTEL access. Some additional material is classified at the TS/SCI level. Access to this material must be coordinated separately with Mr. Rod Robertson, (310) 363- 1266 at SMC/MTDG. For appointments, or more information on the library, contact Mr. Rafael Martinez at (310) 363-0309 or Mr. Adan Covarrubias at (310) 363-2233 from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm PDT, Monday through Friday. Send library visit requests and clearance information to Ms. Gerelene Martin at FAX (310) 363-0265, voice (310) 363-5385 at least two days in advance of your appointment. Written requests for a hard copy of the RFP are to be addressed to HQ Space and Missile Systems Center at the address provided above. Phone contact is Capt Robert C. Walk, MTKT, (310) 363-2186, or Ms LeAnne Pavlica, (310) 363-2219. (0214)

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