R -- MEASUREMENT AND SIGNATURE INTELLIGENCE

Notice Date

October 11, 2000

Contracting Office

ASC/PKWRB Bldg 1 Area C 1940 Allbrook Drive Suite 3 Wright-Patterson AFB Oh, 45433-5309

ZIP Code

45433-5309

Solicitation Number

F33600-00-R-0043

Response Due

October 31, 2000

Point of Contact

Program Manager Ms Melanie Metcalf, Contract Negotiator, Lance L. James,,Ms Melanie Metcalf (937)257-6098, Lance L. James, (937) 257-5666 ext4550

E-Mail Address

melanie.metcalf@wpafb.af.mil, lance.james@wpafb.af.mil (melanie.metcalf@wpafb.af.mil, lance.james@wpafb.af.mil)

Description

Background " This is a Notice of Contract Action. Ref: Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)SOL F33600-00-R-0043. Sources Sought Synopsis published in the Commerce Business Daily; (CBD) on 20 Sept 99 to inform all prospective offerors that the solicitation would ONLY be published electronically via the ASC PreAward Information Exchange System (PIXS) at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (http:// www/pixs/ wpafb af.mil). The Government currently intends to release the Request For Proposal (RFP) on PIXS on or about 31 Oct 200. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE SENT. The Government intends to use a split proposal format. Mission Capabilities and Past Performance volumes shall be due 14 days after release of the RFP. Government technical representatives shall review the Mission Capabilities volume for completeness. Dialogue on mission capabilities will be held until submitall of the Cost Volume, which will occur no later than 42 calendar days after release of the RFP. The National Air Intelligence Center, MASINT Exploitation Division (NAIC/DXD) itends to issue a multiple award contract, with a four-year basic contract with two 2-year award term extensions possible. Based upon the evaluation of the respondees' proposals, the Government shall have the absolute right to award one, more than one, or no contract. The contract will provide a quick reaction capability in the development, upgrading, modification, integration and maintenance of present and future modeling and analysis techniques in support of MASINT sensor data exploitation. In addition, it will provide capabillity in the manipulation, integration, exploitation, and analysis of MASINT collected by various remote sensing systems. MASINT supports warfighting, acquisition, and national customers. MASINT includes but is not limited to Electro-Optical Intelligence (EOINT), Infrared Intelligence (IRINT), and Radar Intelligence (RADINT). It is contemplated that the contractor must maintain a facility within a twenty-five(25) mile radius of NAIC in order to permit rapid and economical exchange of technical information and to allow for immediate contractor support at the government facillity during time of crisis. It is also contemplated that some of the contractor personnel will be located at the NAIC government facility on Wright-Patterson AFB OH and that the remaining contractor personnel will be required to work at the unclassified and secret levels but may often be required to work at the government facility at higher classification levels as directed by the government. The number of contractor personnel required to work at either the contractor facility or the NAIC government facillity is subject to change as government requrements change. Potential sources must provide in their response to this announcement the following information: (1) Evidence of previous experience in all areas or a majority of areas included in MASINT as detailed above, (2) Evidence of previous experience in processing and analysis of MASINT data, (3) Evidence of previous experience in design, development, and maintenance of processing and analysis software in Fortran, C, C++ programming languages on UNIX, NT, and PC based platforms and workstations, (4) Evidence of general knowledge in the sciences and technologies of physics, electro-optics, signal processing, communications theory, electromagnetics, electronics, scientific programming, meteorolgy, avionics, mathematics, geophysics, and system networking, (5) Evidence of the ability to obtain TOP SECRET/SCI personnel and a facility in accordance with Industrial Security Manual (DoD 5220.22M) by contract award All responses will be evaluated against the criteria listed in this announcement. Limit responses to 15 pages or less. Foreign participation on this contract is not authorized. Sources are requested to submit their responses within 30 days after publication of this announcement. All respondents shall indicate whether they are large or small business in relation to SIC Code 8711, size standard $20M gross revenue average over the last three years. The Government reserves the option to set this acquisition aside for small business. The only purpose of the Ombusdsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman, Mr Stephen Plaisted, (937) 255-9095, with serious concerns only. Direct all request for solicitations and routine communications concerning this acquisition to Mr Lance L. James, Contract Negotiator, ASC/PKWRB, Bldg 1, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, (937)257-5666 ext 4550."

Web Link

MASINT-Measurement and Signature Intelligence (http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixslibr/MASINT/MASINT.asp)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001013/RSOL009.HTM (D-285 SN5040X6)