REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL for GROUND-BASED ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEEP SPACE SURVEILLANCE (GEODSS)
Added: Apr 24, 2013 2:51 pm
Department of the Air Force, 21 CONS/LGCZB Operations and Maintenance Specialized Flight, 135 Dover St, Suite 1055, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-1117.Description: This is a Sources Sought Notice only. This is not a request for proposal but a survey to locate potential sources that would be responsible for operations & maintenance and support to the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) at various World Wide Locations.The draft Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued in the future and will include a draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). A best value source selection is anticipated as the method of contractor selection. The 21st Contracting Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base (PAFB) Colorado seeks potential sources to provide 16-hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week operations for geographically separated units meeting mission requirements and other specified lesser requirements in support of the 21st Space Wing, Operations Group. The contractor shall be responsible for the operations and maintenance of the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) optical sites located at Socorro New Mexico, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and Maui Hawaii. The mission for GEODSS is to detect, track, and identify all tasked space objects within its area of coverage. GEODSS provides metric data to the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB CA.Additionally, GEODDSS provides Space Object Identification to the USSTRATCOM Joint Intelligence Center at Offutt AFB, Neb. The subsequent contract will include a projected sixty-day phase-in period. The Government anticipates a contract performance period of a basic period with four (4) option periods. Contract type has not yet been determined; however, the current contract type is Firm-Fixed Price and cost-reimbursable logistics CLINs. The revised North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code proposed for the requirement is now 517919. Additional information, as it becomes available, will be posted as well as amendments to this announcement. All amendments will be available for viewing on FedBizOps (FBO) at http://www.fbo.gov.It is the responsibility of the interested parties to review the site frequently for any updates and amendments to any and all documents. All potential offerors are reminded, in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration (CCR), lack of registration in the CCR will make an offeror ineligible for contract award. This synopsis also contains the following clause: 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman. As prescribed in 5301.9103, insert the following clause: OMBUDSMAN (Nov 2012)(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsmen, AFSPC/A7K, 150 Vandenberg Street, Peterson AFB CO 80914, (P) 719-554-5300, (F) 719-554-5299, A7K.wf@us.af.mil. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2397, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)This Sources Sought Notice is issued for the purpose of market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. All businesses capable of providing these services are invited to respond. Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this sources sought synopsis is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this sources sought synopsis. The government requests interested parties submit a brief description of their company's business size, business status (i.e., small business, disadvantaged, HUB zone, woman-owned), anticipated teaming arrangements, and a description of capabilities and similar services offered to the Government or to commercial customers. Include contract magnitude and points of contact (POC) for each example provided (name of the POC, address, e-mail, telephone number, fax number, and the company's web page, if applicable). Please limit your response to not more than 5 single-sided pages (maximum). Each submission should include one electronic (virus scanned) copy sent via e-mail to the POCs listed under Original Point of Contact. Electronic submissions are preferred. Paper copies are optional. Hard copy submissions to this notice should be sent to: 21CONS/LGCZB, ATTN: David Medina or Amy Hallam, 135 Dover Street, Suite 1055, Peterson AFB, CO 80914-1117. E-mail or hard copy replies to this announcement are due no later than 01 Jun 13 It is the Government's intention to conduct an Industry Day for all interested parties on or about 2nd Quarter FY14 at Peterson AFB. Exact date, time and base location are yet to be determined. Request interested parties desiring to participate in the Industry Day so designate their attendance desire with their information submittal. Original Point of Contact: David Medina, Contracting Officer, Phone (719) 556-1599, Fax (719) 556-7396, E-mail: david.medina.12@us.af.mil or Amy Hallam , Contract Specialist, Phone (719) 556-4269, Fax (719) 556-1597 Email: amy.hallam.1@us.af.mil. Place of PerformanceØ Socorro New MexicoØ Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean TerritoryØ Maui Hawaii
FA2517-13-R-8001 Department of the Air Force Space Command
4/24/13, 2:51 PM