USAFE Contracting Squadron/LGC, Unit 3115, APO AE 09094-3115

99 -- OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM SOL F61521-97-R-5017 DUE 010698 POC Sheri J. Simmons, Contracting Officer, phone number 011-49-536-6076 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail., sheri.simmons@ramstein.af.mil. The U.S. Air force requires operations and maintenance (O&M) support for communications systems at manned and unmanned sites in Germany and the United Kingdom (NORTHCOMM). The NORTHCOMM requirements consist of systems control, wideband maintenance, and power production. The O&M effort will require the contractor to perform both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of equipment, and have the ability to deploy mobile maintenance teams. Contractors will also be required to provide job control, planning and scheduling, quality control, and material control support. The security requirement for the offeror awarded the contract is U.S. Secret. A 3-month phase-in period is projected beginning 01 Jul 98 (Germany), with basic contract performance in Germany beginning 01 Oct 98. The acquisition is anticipated to use negotiated request for propoal procedures as specified in part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and applicable supplements thereto. It is estimated that the formal Request for Proposal will be released mid November 1997. A firm fixed price contract will be awarded to one responsible offeror, with a satisfactory past performance, who submits a technically acceptable, lowest cost proposal. A pre-proposal conference, site visit, and access to the technical library is tentatively scheduled for 1 through 5 December 1997. The conference will include sites in both countries. Please provide the company name, attendee's names, social security numbers, security clearances, and passport numbers of any individuals planning to attend the pre-proposal conference and/or the site visit, to this office not later than 17 November 1997. Note: A maximum of three (3) representatives per company are authorized to attend the pre-proposal conference and site visit, and it is requested that only U.S. citizens attend. All responsible sources may submit an offer. No verbal request for the solicitation package will be accepted. Interested offerors who wish to participate in this acquisitio may do so by providing your company name, a point of contact, phone number, fax number, and if available e-mail address by 10 November 1997 to Sheri J. Simmons by mail or fax at 011-49-631-353-9145. Numbered Note 26 applies (0274)

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