A -- SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND EVALUATIONS, SYSTEM ANALYSIS WORLDWIDE 2 (SEESAW 2)

Notice Date

January 30, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL -- Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

ZIP Code

13441-4514

Solicitation Number

F30602-00-R-0077

Point of Contact

Kathleen Woodard, Contract Specialist, Phone (315) 330-7529, Fax (315) 330-8118, Email woodardk@rl.af.mil

E-Mail Address

Kathleen Woodard (woodardk@rl.af.mil)

Description

Kathleen A. Woodard, Contract Specialist, Air Force Research Laboratory/IFKF, 315, 330-7529, email: woodardk@rl.af.mil; Dennis O. Jones, Laboratory Program Manager, AFRL/IFEB, 315, 330-4489, email: jonesd@rl.af.mil; Melvin G. Manor, Jr., Laboratory Program Manager, AFRL/IFEB, 315, 330-3304, email: manorm@rl.af.mil. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome Research Site, Information Directorate (AFRL/IF) is republishing it solicitation for a sixty (60) month effort focused on supporting Air Force mission to maintain and improve DoD Intelligence capabilities. This effort will provide system engineering, software engineering, integration management and configuration management support to Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) and the US Intelligence Community worldwide. The approach is to provide analysis, design, development, integration management, system and network administration/operation and testing to support the maintenance and evaluation of existing systems and to new development systems, and the generation of technical documentation detailing the above activities. In the course of performance, personnel will interface with various agencies in the Washington DC area through visits and electronic means, and technical visits will take place at various DoDIIS and U.S. Intelligence Community sites worldwide. Personnel will also provide technical support to AFRL/IFE to assist in the analysis, design, development, integration, testing and evaluation of DoDIIS Migration Systems and provide support to US Intelligence Community activities. A Draft RFP was posted 15Aug, 2000. Since posting there have been a several changes. The most important is the "Sample Order." This "Sample Order" is representative of most work that will be required under this effort. A technical library relating to the umbrella contract of this acquisition is available for review by potential offerors at the following URL: http://www.eps.gov. Any questions relating to the technical library web page should be communicated to Mr. Melvin G. Manor, Jr. 315-330-3304. 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. Foreign participation is excluded at the prime contractor level. Top Secret (Facilities and Safeguarding)/SCI clearances will be required for performance. 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 Scope or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contract Specialist, Kathleen A. Woodard, Phone 315-330-7529. 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 Lt. Col. Reid S. Lerum, Chief, Contracting Division, at 315-330-7746. 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. The entire solicitation will be issued on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps), http://www.eps.gov (select "Vendors", at Agency, USAF, click on "Offices", at Office, "Air Force Materiel Command", click on "Locations", at Locations, "AFRL, Rome Research Site, Rome NY", click on "Posted Dates". The FedBizOpps offers a registration service that will send an e-mail notification when a change is made to this announcement. To register, click on the "Register to Receive Notification" button at the end of this announcement in FedBizOpps. This service is provided for convenience only and does not serve as a guarantee of notification. In addition to this registration, any prospective offerors interested in submitting a proposal for this solicitation must register by e-mail directly with the Contract Specialist at Kathleen A. Woodard in order to be placed on the List of Interested Parties. Include your company name, address, telephone number and point of contact, fax number, e-mail address and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. The Contract Specialist will post this list on FedBizOpps along with the solicitation to facilitate subcontracting and teaming opportunities only. Offerors registering their name either on FedBizOpps or with the Contract Specialist should not conclude that they will receive a paper copy of the solicitation in the mail. Paper copies will not be available. The solicitation and any amendments thereto will only be available by downloading the documents from the FedBizOpps. All prospective offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation. Refer to the web link in this notice for any milestone updates. When it is issued the solicitation will be posted to the Rome Research Site business Opportunities page at the web link contained in this notice. See Number Note 26. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Kathleen A. Woodard, AFRL/IFKF, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514, reference code E-0-1398-F, and contain the respondent's FAX number, Email address and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP, which shall be considered.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010201/ASOL001.HTM (D-030 SN50C2Q3)