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A -- AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING SOL F30602-99-R-0178 POC Bonnie Goetz, Contract Specialist, Phone (315) 330-2008, Fax (315) 330-8080, Email goetzb@rl.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=F30602-99-R-0 178&LocID=1142. E-MAIL: Bonnie Goetz, goetzb@rl.af.mil. Points of contact: Bonnie L. Goetz, Contract Specialist, e-mail: goetzb@rl.af.mil; Dennis Jones, Program Manager, e-mail: jonesd@rl.af.mil; Melvin Manor, Alternate Program Manager, e-mail: manorm@rl.af.mil. Rome Research Site intends to issue an unrestricted solicitation seeking full and open competition which will result in a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract. Solicitation Number F30602-99-R-0178, entitled, " AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING (AFIRE), POC, Bonnie L. Goetz, Contract Specialist, 315-330-2008; Dennis Jones, Program Manager, 315-330-4489. This will be a (60) month effort to provide system engineering and integration management to support the Air Force (AF) Intelligence mission in the National Capitol Region (NCR), and to develop a program plan to respond to GPRA and ITMRA requirements. The scope of which is to maintain and develop DoD Intelligence capabilities for the Unified and Specified Commands (and subordinate units), the U.S. Intelligence Community and AFRL. Technical activities will include, but not be limited to: requirements definition/analysis, systems engineering, integration management, quality control, familiarization, integration/interoperability testing, security, system operation/administration and system testing. Operate and administer the AF Intelligence Networks in the NCR. The RFP will be released no sooner than 99AUG31. Foreign participation is excluded at the prime contractor level. Top Secret and SCI clearances will be required for performance. Source Selection criteria will be set in Section M of the solicitation. This solicitation is not classified. The Request for Proposal will be available electronically on the World Wide Web at the Electronic Posting System: http://www.eps.gov. Select "EPS for Vendors". At Agency, USAF, click on "Offices". At Office, Air Force Materiel Command, click on "Locations". At Location, AFRL, Rome Research Site, Rome, NY, click on "Posted Dates". A read library containing technical information relating to this acquisition is available for review by potential offerors at Air Force Research Laboratory/IFEB, Bldg. 240, 32 Brooks Road, Rome, NY 13441-4114. Appointments for access may be made by contacting Dennis Jones or Melvin Manor, 315-330-4489 or 315-330-3304 at least 2 (two) business days in advance. The library contains technical data subject to export control. Prior to review, potential offerors must submit a copy of an approved DD Form 2345, "Military Critical Technical Data Agreement", along with a letter from the Data Custodian designated on that form, authorizing access by whomever will be reviewing the library, to ATTN: Dennis Jones, Air Force Research Laboratory/IFEB, Bldg. 240, 32 Brooks Road, Rome, NY 13441-4114, or faxed to his/her attention at 315-330-3913. The successful contractor may receive and/or generate technical data subject to export control in the performance of the contract. Therefore, prospective offerors must provide a completed and approved DD Form 2345 which certifies the offeror is on the Certified Contractors Access List (CCAL) or the offeror is seeking application to CCAL. The successful offeror must have a completed and approved DD Form 2345 prior to award. For further information on CCAL, contact the Defense Logistic Service Center at 1-800-352-3572. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contracting Officer, Arnold J. Kloven, Jr., 315-330-4767. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Deputy Chief, Contracting Division, at 315-330-7747. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Numbered Note 26. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP which shall be considered. Posted 08/06/99 (D-SN364359). (0218)

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