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A -- SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND EVALUATIONS, SYSTEM ANALYSIS WORLDWIDE (SEESAW) SOL F30602-97-R-0017 POC Alice J Colasanti, Contract Specialist, Rome Laboratory/PKRZ, (315)330-2491; Paul Gwyther, Laboratory Program Manager, Rome Laboratory/IRDO, (315)330-2389. This is a sixty (60) month effort to provide system engineering to Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) and the US Intelligence Community worldwide. Generation of technical documentation detailing plans, analysis, integration evaluations, system/network performance analysis and testing for existing systems and of new systems. In the course of performance, engineering personnel will interface with various agencies in the Washington DC area, through visits and electronic means and visit various DoDIIS and US Intelligence Community sites worldwide. Understanding of the Government Performance Improvement Act of 1993 is required. NOTE: This effort will not perform system development. This will be an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with work to be performed on a task-by-task basis. Tasks under this contract may be classified. SCI security clearance is required for performance. The Solicitation is not classified. The successful contractor may receive and/or generate technical data subject to export control in the performance of the contract. Therefore, prospective offerors must provide a completed and approved DD Form 2345 which certifies the offeror is on the Certified Contractors Access List (CCAL) or the offeror is seeking application to CCAL. The successful offeror must have a completed and approved DD Form 2345 prior to award. For further information on CCAL, contact the Defense Logistic Service Center at 1-800-352-3572. The RFP will be released no sooner than 97JAN20. Foreign participation is excluded at the Prime Contractor level. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contract Specialist, Alice J Colasanti, (315)330-2491. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at 315-330-7746. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Numbered Note 26 -- No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Alice J Colasanti, reference code I-7-4378-Z, and contain the respondent's FAX Number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP which shall be considered. (0339)

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