Strategic & Nuclear Deterrence C2, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100

J -- DEEP STARE, REPLACEMENT OF GEODSS CAMERAS AND MOUNT CONTROL DUE 040199 POC Lt Ted Conklin, Deep STARE Program Mgr, (781) 377-5428, Mr. Timothy Frank, Contracting Officer, (781) 377-2999 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, conklint@hanscom.af.mil, frankt@hanscom.af.mil. Sources Sought Synopsis. This is not a solicitation but rather a market survey to determine potential sources for the Deep STARE program. The United States Air Force, Electronic Systems Center, Strategic and Nuclear Deterrence Command and Control (SND C2) system program office, is seeking a qualified contractor to design, develop, integrate, test, and install replacement cameras for the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) system. Replacement of the cameras is required since a source of supply for the existing tube-based cameras no longer exists, and the current supply will be exhausted by the beginning of 2002. This program is time-constrained. The Deep STARE contractor will be required to begin delivering the items mentioned below to prevent site downtime due to Ebsicon exhaustion. Cameras are required for nine GEODSS telescopes, located at the following three sites: Diego Garcia, BIOT; Maui, HI; and White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), Socorro, NM. The Deep STARE contractor will be required to (1) design and develop the replacement cameras; (2) design and develop any required modifications to other GEODSS hardware required to field a new camera, such as the sensor controller/image processor; (3) replace the telescope/mount modular precision angular control system (MPACS); (4) modify the GEODSS software to adapt it to the new camera and MPACS; (5) test the modification to ensure system performance requirements are attained; (6) produce modification kits for each site/telescope; (7) install the modification kits at each site; and (8) provide initial spares, support equipment, training, technical orders, and technical data. Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) or modified COTS solutions are preferred. Specific performance requirements/goals for the replacement camera and other program documentation will be posted on the World Wide Web at http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil. Prospective offerors will be subject to the following screening criteria: (a) secret security classification; (b) experience with designing, integrating, and testing optical sensors/detectors, control systems, software, and image processing algorithms for space surveillance systems; (c) working knowledge of GEODSS and the Air Force's space surveillance mission; and (d) demonstrated technical and management processes sufficient to accomplish the above efforts. Interested firms meeting the above criteria must submit a statement of qualification along with supporting documentation to ESC/NDWS, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100 Attn: Lt Ted Conklin. Responses must be received no later than 30 calendar days after the date of this notice. The statement must explicitly address the firm's ability to meet the above criteria and should not be longer than 20 pages including any graphics, tables, or photographs. Firms who submit qualification packages in response to this notice are requested to identify prior contracts (by contract number and issuing office) and Government points of contact (preferably the buyer or contracting officer) where they have provided the same or similar types of effort. Any offeror initially judged to be unqualified will be provided a copy of the solicitation upon request, and any offer such a firm may submit will be evaluated without prejudice. This synopsis does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or otherwise pay for information solicited. All small business and disadvantaged sources should identify themselves. The Deep STARE Program Manager is Lt Ted Conklin, ESC/NDWS, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100, (781) 377-5428, fax (781) 377-6657, email conklint@hanscom.af.mil. The contracting officer for this program is Mr. Timothy M. Frank, ESC/NDK, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100, (781) 377-2999, fax (781) 377-2444, email frankt@hanscom.af.mil. Posted 03/02/99 (D-SN303906). (0061)

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