55th Contracting Squadron/LGCXV, 901 SAC Blvd Ste 1E16 Offutt AFB NE 68113-5640

R -- SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SERVICES POC Gerald Chamberlen, Contracting Officer, 402/294-6393. The Government intends to negotiate a contract on a sole source basis with AIL Systems, Inc., Technical Services Operations, 44147 20th Street West, Lancaster, CA 93534, to provide Sustaining Engineering Services in support of the AN/ALQ-161A test line located in the Reprogrammable Electronic Warfare Systems Test (REWST) Facility, 513 Engineering and Test Squadron (513 ETS), Offutt AFB NE. Tasks consist of responses to recurring and nonrecurring engineering tasks in support of B-1B electronic combat (EC) operational test requirements. Planned taskings will directly support the maintenance, operation and technical capabilities of the AN/ALQ-161A mockup and associated support equipment located in and/or supporting the REWST Facility to include the transportable test line (TTL). Period of performance is from 1 Oct 96, or date of award if subsequent thereto, through 30 Sep 97 with options for four additional years. All contractor personnel must be United States citizens and possess secret security clearances prior to contract performance. Contractor must have a prior and detailed working knowledge of the design, operation and maintenance of the AN/ALQ-161A, the REWST Facility, AIL B-1B special test equipment, AIL B-1B instrumentation and data reduction software, B-1B aircraft systems and their simulations in the REWST Facility, and the ASQ-181 controls and displays. The contractor must be familiar with the technical theory and application of VAX architecture and programming, Versa Modular Europeon (VME) based computer systems, X-windows programming and applications, ETHERNET local area networks, and Military Standard 1553B data bus operations. Prospective offerors shall have a working knowledge of EC principles and equipment to include radar receiver and transmitter systems, advanced digital signal processing and transmission line, antenna and electromagnetic wave theory. Interested parties shall submit a capabilities package which addresses all requirements listed in this announcement. Submission in response to this requirement shall be received by the contracting officer within 15 days from date of publication of this notice. Note 22 applies. (0158)

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