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D -- MATERIEL SYSTEMS GROUP OMNIBUS SOL F19628-97-R-0337 DUE 063097 POC For copy,, For additional information contact R. Tillman/Msg/Pkb/ (937)257-3571 NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. All information is draft and all dates are tentative at this time. The Electronic Systems Center (ESC) and the Materiel Systems Group (MSG) will use SAF/AQ Lightning Bolt Inititatives to acquire the skills and services necessary to support the MSG through the year 2004. This acquisition is the MSG OMNIBUS (as referred to in the aggregate) with a scope covering the broad spectrum of support required by the MSG to achieve the USAF goal of information dominance through acquiring, developing, maintaining, reengineering, and providing technical services for information systems. Presently, the MSG manages over 45 contracts. These contracts enable the MSG to conduct business in a wide array of business and technical environments. The MSG OMNIBUS will consolidate the contracting needs of the MSG, thereby reducing the contract management overhead as well as providing greater corporate visibility into contract scope and opportunities. The MSG OMNIBUS Acquisition will consist of two separate, distinct and independent competitive award sets. The two award sets will be the Technical OMNIBUS Contract (TOC) and the Support OMNIBUS Contract (SOC). Initial planning is underway to solicit and issue multiple awards for each OMNIBUS award set and to consider small business and 8A companies as part of both acquisition strategies. The scope of the TOC includes the following sustainment, maintenance and related activities necessary to support the many, diverse, information systems managed by the MSG: integration, hardware & software maintenance, proof of concept, programming, prototyping, modifications, enhancements, reverse engineering, system analysis and engineering, IV&V testing, process modeling, studies and analysis, report generation, reengineering support, software documentation, configuration management, and training. The scope of the Technical OMNIBUS DOES NOT INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SYSTEMS. The scope of the SOC includes the following support related areas: configuration management, technical writing, graphics support, administrative support, cost and budget analysis, acquisition support, business area consultants, studies, report generation, training, business process identification/modeling/improvement, schedule generation and analysis. The total procurement action for the TOC is estimated at $315M for the seven year period of performance. The total procurement action for the SOC is estimated at $175M for the seven year period of performance. Initial planning is underway to solicit and issue multiple awards to prime, large contractors, a small business, and an 8(a) business. Both OMNIBUS contract set acquisitions will be Full and Open Competition (F&OC) to obtain Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts with combinations of labor-hour and fixed price CLINs, with some cost reimbursable provisions for items such as travel. The OMNIBUS contract sets will have individual CLINs to provide required services via task orders. OMNIBUS contracts will be awarded in the 4th quarter of FY97. The Air Force is seeking best qualified sources for the OMNIBUS acquisition. In order to limit contractor expense for proposal preparation and related costs, and to reduce the government resources necessary to perform source selection, the OMNIBUS acquisiiton will use a Qualification Screening process to determine the ''best qualified'' sources. These ''best qualified'' sources will be invited to help the government develop the final Request for Proposals (RFPs). Each OMNIBUS contract set acquisition will have its own qualification criteria which will require interested sources to submit a qualification package. Each OMNIBUS contract set acquisition will include ''Past Performance'' verification as part of the Qualification Screening. This Qualification Screening will apply to prime contractors as well as small businesses. Formal Source Selection will follow the Qualification Screening process. MSG OMNIBUS information is available on the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) at http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil/tbbs/R54/RFP54.htm. Information is also available on the OMNIBUS World Wide Web Home Page at: http://www.afmc.wpafb.af.mil/organizations/MSG/projects/OMNIBUS/ The MSG OMNIBUS Program team will be utilizing HERBB and the OMNIBUS World Wide Web Home Page extensively during the acquisition process. It is highly recommended that interested sources review HERBB and the OMNIBUS World Wide Web Home Page at least weekly. World Wide Web Home Page at least weekly. Vendors interested in participating in this acquisition should notify the OMNIBUS Technical and Support Contracts Program Office through the OMNIBUS World Wide Web Home Page. Please identify your company name, address, and if your company is a large, small, or 8(a) firm. The MSG Contracting points of contact for this acquisition are Pat Kittles, MSG/PK, Comm (937) 257-3439, email kittles@wpgate1.wpafb.af.mil; and Richard Tillman, MSG/PK, Comm (937) 257-3571, email tillmar@wpgate1.wpafb.af.mil. tillmar@wpgate1.wpafb.af.mil The MSG OMNIBUS Program team plans to conduct its first Industry Day Conference in the near future. The objective of the conference is to involve industry early in the acquisition by describing the OMNIBUS Technical and Support Contracts effort and outlining our acquisition approach. Your comments, suggestions, and thoughts on how this acquisition can be improved will assist us in ensuring the MSG OMNIBUS requirements are clearly articulated to industry. The exact date, time, and place for the conference will be posted to the OMNIBUS World Wide Web Home Page as soon as they are finalized. The approximate issue/response date will be 30 May 97. (0305)

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