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A -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS (MSSS) TRANSFER TO AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY & USER'S DAY DUE 020999 POC Barbara Steinbock, 505-846-2246, DET 8 AFRL/PKDB REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) -- MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) TRANSFER TO AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY & USER'S DAY -- POC: Ms Barbara Steinbock, Procurement Contracting Officer, 505-846-2246/ Technical POC: Dr Concetto Giuliano, 505-846-1683/Maj Joe Bishop, 808-874-1591. RFI includes all commercial and academic institutions. BACKGROUND: The MSSS is a Space Surveillance network atop Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii, that provides Space Object Identification (SOI) (to include visual imagery, photometric and radiometric signatures), and metric positional data to the Space Control Center and the Combined Intelligence Center. The existing facilities at the MSSS include a 0.6 meter Laser Beam Director, 0.8 meter Beam Director/Tracker, 1.2 meter twin telescopes, 1.6 meter telescope, and 3.7 meter Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS). AEOS is a major upgrade to the site that includes a Radiometer, Long-Wave Infrared Imager, Visible Imager, and Adaptive Optics System. AEOS is scheduled to be complete in early FY00. AEOS will optimize MSSS research and development capabilities, as well as improve the quality of space images taken from the ground. All of the assets listed above except the 0.6 meter Laser Beam Director and 3.67 meter AEOS, (owned by Air Force Research Laboratory- AFRL) belong to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). In September 1998, it was determined that MSSS could be best utilized if owned and operated by the AFRL because of the sites unique capabilities for selected Department of Defense and other national RDT&E activities. The transition of the MSSS assets will occur by 01 October 2000 in conjunction with the recompetition of the MSSS site Operations & Maintenance and Research & Development contract. An Integrated Product Team (IPT) has been formed to research transition activities, future business operations, and the long-term technical and business strategy for the MSSS. REQUIREMENTS: 1) USER's DAY: AFRL will host a user's day at Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico on 09 Feb 99, in builiding 201 from 0800 -- 1700 to review the MSSS site capabilities and other programmatic discussions. 2) Presentations: The AFRL is requesting oral presentations and/or written assessments on how best to use the MSSS assets to move toward a self-sustaining site by fiscal year 2005. Analysis should include the nature of the business, direction of the marketplace, and intensity of the competition to determine the best business strategy for MSSS. Offerors should also look at the strategic business/technological opportunities and threats. Potential customers include the Space and Technology community, 14th Air Force, Services RDT&E needs, NASA, other federal agencies, academia, and commercial users. Special attention should be paid to identifying AF S&T programs that can be supported by the MSSS (other AF: Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation), and relationships with academia, industry and the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC). Offerors should also look at potential growth factors and core competencies necessary for MSSS operations. PREPARATION: Offerors should be aware that this is a RFI for market research and that no funding will be provided from the AFRL for this effort. Oral presentations are encouraged and should range from one to three hours. Oral presentations will be held at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico on 10 -- 11 February 99 or upon mutual agreement of the parties at another location. Pictel capability is possible. Written responses should be submitted on standard 8 x 11 inch paper with a 12 pitch font, and should not exceed 20 written pages. Call Ms Irma Aragon at 505-846-5044 to schedule User's Day attendance and oral presentations. Subsequent background documents are also available upon request. Posted 12/03/98 (W-SN276758). (0337)

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