ASC/YWK, Bldg 11, 2240 B St., Ste 7, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7111

69 -- E-3 AWACS MISSION TRAINING CENTER (MTC) PROGRAM SOL F33657-98-R-0021 POC Contact Program Manager, Capt. Bob Gileza, (937) 255-7388, ext. 226; Contracting officer Paul Weikert, (937) 255-7388, ext 272; contract Negotiator, Lt Jarens Murray, (937) 255-7388, ext. 280 MEMORANDUM FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY P.O. BOX 5999 CHICAGO, IL 60680 FROM: ASC/YWI Building 11 2240 B Street, Suite 7 Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7111 SUBJECT: Synopsis in Commerce Business Daily Information Industry Day Invitation 1. P!! 2. 05XX!! 3. 98!! 4. GPO391030!! 5. 45433-7111!! 6. 69!! 7. ASC/YWI, Building 11, 2240 B Street Suite 7, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7111!! 8. 69-E-3 AWACS Mission Training Center (MTC) Program!! 9. F33657-98-R-0021!! 10. NA!! 11. Contract Program Manager, Capt. Bob Gileza, (937) 255-7388, ext. 226; Contracting Officer Paul Weikert, (937) 255-7388, ext. 272; Contract Negotiator, Lt Jarens Murray, (937) 255- 7388, ext. 280.!! 12. N/A!! 13. N/A!! 14. N/A!! 15. N/A!! 16. N/A!! 17. The Government intends to enter into a service contract for the E-3 AWACS Mission Training Center (MTC) Program through full and open competition to provide a training capability for aircrews using E-3 AWACS systems. The E-3 AWACS MTC program shall provide a Distributed Mission Training (DMT) capability for the E-3 AWACS units in Air Combat Command (ACC) and Air Education and Training Command (AETC) employing a Commercial Training Simulation Services (CTSS) approach, similar to the F-15C Aerial Combat Enhanced Simulation (ACES) contract, awarded Nov 1997. The E-3 AWACS MTC program will provide HQ ACC a simulation service at Tinker AFB OK to support full mission training for all AWACS mission crew operators, including briefing, debriefing, and operations, for a full range of AWACS employment options in a DMT environment. The service will also provide an E-3 MTC at Tyndall AFB FL to support AETC's Undergraduate Controller Training for all AWACS mission crew operators, including briefing, debriefing, and operations, for a full range of training scenarios in either an integrated mode in a DMT environment or a stand-alone mode. The E-3 AWACS MTC contract will allow the Government to buy a service (Trainer time), versus a device or hardware. The contractor shall own all hardware and software, and be responsible for all trainer concurrency and technology upgrades with the current aircraft configuration. Instructors and courseware will be provided by the Air Force. The Air Force does not intend to acquire the hardware or software but merely to buy training capability on a cost per training hour basis. The contractor shall be responsible for system operation instruction; system maintenance; product baseline management; training system modification; and system availability. The contractor shall maintain the training devices concurrent with the changing configuration of the fielded E-3 AWACS aircraft and insert new technology, as it becomes available. The service is expected to be placed on contract in Oct 98 with service commencing in Jun 99, concurrent with the activation of the F-15C MTC at Langley AFB. Your company is invited to participate in Industry Day on 27 May 98 at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. One-on-one meetings will be held the following day. The time, location and agenda for the meeting will be posted on the Air Force Pre-Award Information Exchange System (PIXS). This meeting will focus on system requirements, associated cost, schedule and technical concerns, and acquisition strategy. The results of this meeting will affect significant aspects of both the acquisition strategy and the resultant solicitation/contract. Due to limited space, it is requested that potential contractors send the minimum number of representatives possible. This procurement will utilize an electronic bulletin board for the bidders' library in an effort to streamline the communication process between the Government and industry. All releasable E-3 AWACS MTC information will be posted on the PIXS at http://pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixslibr/AWACSMTC/AWACSMTC.asp. For questions concerning operation of the PIXS system contact the system administrator, Mr. Johnny Harshbarger, at (937) 255-2739. The program title is AWACSMTC. The agenda and location for the 27 May 98 meeting will be published on the PIXS. RSVP for the 27 May 98 meeting is requested NLT 22 May 98. Contact Capt Bob Gileza at (937) 255-7388 ext. 226 or e-mail: gilezarm@asc-yw.wpafb.af.mil. As a minimum, the selected contractor shall be required to hold a Secret facility clearance in order to participate on this program. As stated above, the government intends to contract for the acquisition of training flight hours only, and anticipates adequate price competition will be sufficient to justify price reasonableness. As part of the source selection process, the government will require interested parties to demonstrate their capability in order to assess the realism of the proposed schedule and prospective training utility. An ombudsman has been established for this program. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate concerns during proposal development phase of the acquisition. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman's, Mr. Stephen Plaisted, ASC/SYI, Bldg. 572, 1790 10th Street, Rm. 102.01, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7630; E-mail: stephen.plaisted@ascsy.wpafb.af.mil; phone: (937) 255-9095. (0139)

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