Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO/DCT, 1725 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 809, Arlington, VA 22202

R -- BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT FOR THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION SOL HQ0006-99-R-0002 POC Point of Contact: Mr. Marc Lesser, (703) 604-4242, CBD Reference Number BMDO 99-04 The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) is seeking information on potential sources for services in support of technical and administrative functions required for the overall headquarters-level planning, programming, program development, implementation, and oversight of test and evaluation (T&E) (test planning, test resources, and test evaluation) activities. The T&E support required includes: a) T&E policy, oversight, management, planning, and assessment supporting BMD system verification; b) coordination of all BMD test programs through participation and/or facilitation of various T&E Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), the BMDO T&E Working Group, the BMD Operational Test and Evaluation Council, the BMD T&E Steering Group and other T&E focused groups; c) coordination, oversight, and analyses of BMD test resources to include test facilities, ranges, targets, mobile test assets, and special effects testing; d) development, research, analyses and/or review of T&E documentation; and e) review, analyses, oversight and track development of T&E tools such as M&S, HWIL, testbeds, target and threat simulators, etc. A cost reimbursable award fee level-of-effort contract is contemplated covering a base period of 2 years, with 3 one year option periods totaling a maximum of five years. Between 65,000 and 130,000 man-hours of effort are required for each year. Planned contract award is May 1999. Small businesses, as defined in Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 8731 "Commercial Physical and Biological Research -- Space Vehicles and Guided Missiles, their Propulsion Units, their Propulsion Units Parts, and their Auxiliary Equipment and Parts," (SIC Size 1,000 employees) are invited to submit to the contracting office, as early as possible, but not later than 20 days after this notice, evidence of their capability to perform the contract in order that a set-aside determination can be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.5. Capability statements should specifically address the contractor's demonstrated capabilities in the areas identified above to include potential teaming partners. Additionally, the statements shall specifically identify and answer the following four (4) critical areas: 1) Provide capability statement and corporate experience; 2) Describe the basic methods of testing used in verifying system requirements; 3) Describe the relationships between these basic test methods; and 4) Describe the test documentation required for Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) milestone decisions. The successful Contractor will be required to have personnel and facility clearances to the level of SECRET and personnel serving as multinational support must be clearable to the level of SECRET NATO. An Organizational Conflict of Interest Clause will be part of the resultant contract. Send written capability statements (limit to 10 pages or less) and solicitation requests, referencing solicitation HQ0006-99-R-0002, to Ms. Sherri Nosar, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO/DCTD, 1725 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 809, Arlington, VA 22202-4102, or electronically to sherri.nosar@bmdo.osd.mil. (Electronic submissions shall be in PC based software readable by Microsoft WORD Version 7.0.) No contracts will be awarded as a result of these submissions. This is a request for information and potential sources only. If adequate response is not received, in accordance with FAR 19.502-2(a), from responsible small business concerns offering the best capabilities, the solicitation will be issued without further notice to all interested parties who respond to this synopsis for full-and-open competition. Therefore, all large and small businesses interested should indicate their status and send solicitation requests, referencing HQ0006-99-R-0002, to Ms. Sherri Nosar. The Government has posted a draft Statement of Work for this effort, and will post any future information concerning solicitation HQ0006-99-R-0002, to the BMDO Acquisition Reporting Bulletin located at http://www.acq.osd.mil/bmdo/barbb/barbb.htm, under the title "Test and Evaluation Services." For questions regarding this announcement, contact Ms. Sherri Nosar at (703) 604-4452. Posted 12/02/98 (I-SN276398). (0336)

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