Pre-Solicitation Conference (Industry Day)

GCS-Clarification Question to RFP This question came in this morning. Due to the suspense for Past Performance Volume delivery, NLT tomorrow, 9 Aug, by 3:00 MST, the question and answer are being posted to FBO. Question: 1. In Section L 1.1, the general information instructions say that "The electronic version shall be 2007 Microsoft Office Suite compatible and delivered on a PC-compatible compact disk (CD)..." The Past Performance volume calls for copies of the teaming agreements the prime has with each teammate and the letters from each subcontractor (L3.2.4) providing their consent to release of their past performance information to the prime contractor. Since these documents were signed and scanned into a .pdf format by each contractor per standard office practices, they are not technically in Microsoft Office any longer but are in Adobe software format on the compact disks (although Microsoft Office Suite 2007 can read the .pdf files). Is it acceptable to the Government that the compact discs contain .pdf files? RESPONSE: Technically, the offeror could deliver scanned/signed PDF as an imbedded document in MS Office Word and be compliant.

GCS - Potential Offeror's - Amendment to Final RFP

The Government has posted their responses to all questions for clarification received since release of the Final RFP.  Please utilize those responses.

The Government may post an amendment.  If so, the Amended RFP will be posted as soon as practicable.

GCS - FA8823-12-R-0004, Request for Proposal (RFP), GPS Control Segment (GCS), Memorandum for Contractors, Letter dated 10 Jul 2012

The above referenced letter has been amended as follows:

From:  "The Government will post answers to any questions received via FBO within 3 business days of receipt of question." 

To:  "The Government will post clarifications to any questions received via FBO as soon as practicable."

GCS-Questions and Answers from Potential Offerors were posted today. RFP will be amended and posted to FBO within 2 business days.

Notice to interested parties:  The items listed on FBO under titles such as

"Bidders Library" should be considered out-dated and all current documents

will be released to interested parties on a DVD that will be made available

as of today, 26 June 2012.  Again, all Bidder's Library documents listed on

FBO should be considered out-dated.  All current Bidder's Library

information will be made available on a DVD.   Please read the following

carefully:

"Due to the large volume of GCS Bidders Library content and the limitations

of the FBO website posting capabilities, a master GCS Bidders Library DVD is

being provided.  It contains all of the most current information as well as

any information already posted in the Bidders Library in FBO as of today's

date.  Any additional information required after this date will be posted to

the FBO website under an updated Bidder's Library title. 

Any potential bidders can request a copy of the GCS Bidders Library DVD by

contacting Amy Titcombe, 719-556-0643, or via e-mail at

amy.titcombe@us.af.mil or Capt Jarod Boldt, 719-556-6525, or via e-mail at

jarod.boldt@us.af.mil or Mr. Bruce Klein, 719-556-2855 or via e-mail at

james.klein.1@us.af.mil.  Please provide a date, time, and company name, as

well as company Cage Code, in advance of expected pickup of the DVD.  That

way, we can make sure someone is here to meet you.

Given certain Export Control Release conditions, interested parties can

either pick up the DVD in person at 1050 E. Stewart Ave, Bldg 2025, Peterson

AFB CO 80914 during normal duty hours (Monday through Friday, 0800-1500).

Upon pickup, a document export control release form must be signed by an

authorized company representative.  This form will be made available to you

at the time of pickup.  Please bring a government issued photo ID and Cage

Code so your agreement can be verified.  If coming to the building is

convenient, the interested party may supply the Government with a

pre-addressed, FedEx sleeve in which the DVD can be over-nighted.  The

company must be on the qualified contractors list and have a certification

number to be able to request the DVD.  Provide a copy of your completed,

JCO-approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, and

your Cage Code, with the FedEx sleeve."

This concludes the updated notice.

The Government is revising the release date of the final RFP for GCS from 19 June 2012 to on or about 9 July 2012.

This Partnering Industry Day announcement is for the following Pre-Solicitation/Request for Proposals (RFP) at SMC:

RFP # FA8823-12-R-0004, GCS 

Event Description:

A Partnering Industry Day will be conducted at Peterson Air Force Base on 16 April 2012.  This general session will be held from 1330 - 1630 for the strict purpose of discussing and answering questions regarding the Public-Private Partnership portion of the SMC GPS GCS sustainment contract only. All questions and answers will be provided in an open forum only. Any questions not fully answered during the conference, will be posted to FedBizOpps after the conference. Also, all attendees and interested parties will be posted to FedBizOpps. Specifically, this conference is designed to have any potential PRIME BIDDERS ONLY meet with the representatives from Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC). PRIME BIDDERS are requested to attend because OO-ALC will only partner with the prime contractor in this effort and not with any potential sub-contractors. This is because OO-ALC has been designated as the government's organic depot candidate for the GCS software maintenance portion of this new contract action.

Location:

Consolidated Integrated Support Facility (CISF), Building 2025, 2nd floor Space Room, 1050 East Stewart Avenue Peterson AFB, C0 80914-2902

Greeters:

Ms. Josie Pesek and 2Lt Jon Hartwig will be at the West Gate entrance Visitor Control Center from 1230 until 1330 to provide directions to the CISF Building 2025 if needed.

Participants:

Participants must be US citizens or legal residents and must submit visit requests.  Submit visit requests and an alphabetized listing (by last name); include full name, SSN, cell phone (to be reached at the event), email, company name, # vehicles for company attendees, and driver names of all attendees via e-mail NLT 4:00pm MST on 12 April 2012 to Josie Pesek at Josie.Pesek@Peterson.af.mil 719-556-7138. Participants must have driver's license, proof of car insurance and proof of vehicle registration to drive inside Peterson Air Force Base.

Points of contact are as follows:

SMC/GPL with Mr. Bruce Klein at Bruce.Klein@peterson.af.mil 719-556-2855 or 2Lt Jon Hartwig Jonathan.Hartwig@peterson.af.mil 719-556-2086

Information must be provided in advance (NLT 4:00 MST, 12 April 2012) in order to ensure access to the Partnering Industry Day site and assure adequate seating for the attendees.  Because of space limitations, the number of participants per potential prime bidder will be restricted to three (3).  SMC will not provide any cost reimbursement for attendance.  

Disclaimers and Notes:

This announcement is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a program or contractual solicitation. SMC is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of submissions of the information received, or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this request.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this announcement.

Participants in review and evaluation of responses may include: The Government; Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) (such as The Aerospace Corp, Lincoln Laboratory, or MITRE); Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Government support contractors; all are bound by appropriate non-disclosure requirements. Regarding this Request for Information, no contact is allowed with these organizations except as may be arranged in advance with the point of contact (POC) listed below.

Points of Contact (POCs):

SMC/PKL: Mr. Richard Cournoyer, Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Phone: 719-556-9332, Email: Richard.Cournoyer@peterson.af.mil or Amy Titcombe, Contracting Specialist, Phone: 719-556-0643, Email:  Amy.Titcombe@peterson.af.mil

Contracting Office's Address:

SMC/PKL

1050 East Stewart Avenue, Building 2025

Peterson AFB, CO 80914-2902

We apologize for the "Source Selection Sensitive" markings on the draft PWS.  As this is in the market research stage, those markings should not have appeared.  Please ignore the markings. 

23 Jan 2012:  Attached please find the updated "draft" PWS as well as attachments for the Bidder's Library for GCS.  Any questions, please contact amy.titcombe@us.af.mil or richard.cournoyer@us.af.mil.

We apologize for the "Source Selection Sensitive" markings on the draft PWS.  As this is in the market research stage, those markings should not have appeared.  Please ignore the markings. 

Synopsis:   The primary mission of the Global Positioning System (GPS) is to provide precise, continuous, all-weather, three-dimensional position, velocity, and time (PVT) to properly equip air, land, sea, and space based users. Civil applications include intercontinental in-route navigation (sea and air), vehicle monitoring, oceanic and coastal navigation, harbor operations, resource exploration, hydrographic and geophysical surveying, position reporting and monitoring, coordinating search operations and cell phone timing.  The GPS satellite's secondary payload, the Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) Detection System (NDS), is a source of NUDET data for United States (US) military operations and treaty enforcement.

The GPS Control Segment (GCS) Sustainment Contract will provide sustainment functions for the GPS Control Segment (CS) which includes the Master Control Station (MCS), the Alternate Master Control Station (AMCS), a Telecommunications Simulator Test Station (TSTS), a Consolidated Test Environment (CTE), four Ground Antennas (GA) and six Monitor Stations (MS).  The MCS and AMCS consist of the following software systems:  Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP) and the GPS Information Network (GIN).  Additionally, there is a training system for AEP called the Positional Training Emulator (PTE).  Finally, there are system simulators for AEP.  This contract action will provide continued maintenance, specialized engineering support and expertise to replace an expiring GPS IIF Operational Control Segment (OCS) sustainment contract. The incumbent contractor is The Boeing Company.

This Pre-Solicitation Conference Announcement is for the following Request for Proposals (RFP) at SMC:

RFP # FA8823-12-R-0004

Small Business Reference Number:  SMC 12-004

NAICS Code:  517919 All Other Telecommunication. The U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing specialized telecommunications services, such as satellite tracking, communications telemetry, and radar station operation.  This industry also includes establishments primarily engaged in providing satellite terminal stations and associated facilities connected with one or more terrestrial systems and capable of transmitting telecommunications to, and receiving telecommunications from, satellite systems.  Establishments providing Internet services or voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services via client-supplied telecommunications connections are also included in this industry; size standard $25M.

Event Description:  A Pre-Solicitation Conference will be conducted at Peterson Air Force Base on 20 January 2012.  This general session will be held from 0800 - 1200 for the purpose of discussing and answering questions regarding the SMC GPS GCS sustainment contract. All questions and answers will be provided in an open forum only. We do not anticipate any one-on-one meetings.  Any questions not fully answered during the conference, will be posted to FedBizOpps after the conference. Also, all attendees and interested parties will be posted to FedBizOpps.

Pre-Solicitation Conference Location:  Consolidated Integrated Support Facility (CISF), Building 2025, 2nd floor Space Room, 1050 East Stewart Avenue Peterson AFB, C0 80914.

Greeters:   Ms. Josie Pesek and 2Lt Jon Hartwig will be at the West Gate entrance Visitor Control Center from 0730 until 0800 to provide directions to the CISF Building 2025, if needed.

Pre-Solicitation Conference Participants:  Participants must be US citizens or legal residents and must submit visit requests.  Submit visit requests and an alphabetized listing (by last name); include full name, SSN, cell phone (to be reached at the event), email, company name, # vehicles for company attendees, and driver names of all attendees via e-mail NLT 4:00pm MST on 16 January 2012 to Josie Pesek at Josie.Pesek@Peterson.af.mil 719-556-7138. Participants must have driver's license, proof of car insurance and proof of vehicle registration to drive inside Peterson Air Force Base.

Points of contact are as follows:   SMC/GPL with Mr. Bruce Klein at Bruce.Klein@peterson.af.mil 719-556-2855 or 2Lt Jon Hartwig Jonathan.Hartwig@peterson.af.mil 719-556-2086

Information must be provided in advance in order to ensure access to the Pre-Solicitation Conference site and assure adequate seating for the Pre-Solicitation Conference attendees.  Because of space limitations, the number of participants per organization will be restricted to 3 per potential offeror.  Attendance at Pre-Solicitation Conference will be voluntary.  SMC will not provide any cost reimbursement for Pre-Solicitation Conference attendance.  Participation by small and small disadvantaged businesses is encouraged.  Please attend only if your business is a potential offeror.

Question Submittal:  Potential offerors are requested to submit questions/comments to the appropriate contracting officer by COB 16 January 2012. Questions should be submitted to the following contracting officer:

Mr. Richard Cournoyer, Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Phone: 719-556-9332, Email: Richard.Cournoyer@peterson.af.mil or Amy Titcombe, Contracting Specialist, Phone: 719-556-0643, Email:  Amy.Titcombe@peterson.af.mil

Questions provided in advance will be addressed on the day the Pre-Solicitation Conference is held.  Questions that are initiated during the Pre-Solicitation Conference may be addressed at the conference, deferred or answered on FedBizOpps after the conclusion of the conference.

NOTE:  Attached is the DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) for GPS Control Segment Sustainment (GCS).  Please note this document is a "draft" and only has the High-Level Objectives and Tasks.

System Description:  Depot level software maintenance and support to include fixes to operational problem reports (PRs), software deliveries, and incorporation of MAJCOM/COCOM priorities for the GPS CS and the GIN.  This maintenance and support also provides a test environment (Consolidated Test Environment (CTE), Telecommunications Simulator Test Station (TSTS), and GPS Support Facility (GSF)) up to a 24/7 schedule, as required, to test new software releases and system upgrades.  (38% of Total Requirement)

Organizational level hardware and software maintenance support at the MCS, AMCS, and GIN only; sustainment program management/support; information assurance security; maintenance of an electronic document library and infrastructure support functions for the GPS CS and GIN.  (32% of Total Requirement)

The labor and materials required to develop, procure, fabricate, integrate, test and install all hardware and software, as necessary, to complete modifications to fielded GPS CS and GIN.  (8% of Total Requirement)

Software and hardware maintenance, including the installation and testing of all upgrades on a 24/7 schedule, as required, for the GSF.  The GSF provides an environment for crew recurring and positional certification training, integration of new software releases and software maintenance updates into the operational baseline, completion of Level 1 software maintenance activities, and associated configuration management/control of these tasks.  Also provides maintenance for the Monitor Station Receiver Element (MSRE).   (7% of Total Requirement)

Technical Order Management Agency (TOMA) support functions to include configuration management for and incorporate changes, publish and distribute GPS CS, United States Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) Detection System (USNDS), and GIN Technical Orders (TO).  Also provide configuration management for and incorporate changes, publish and distribute GPS CS and GIN engineering drawings as source data for the TOs.  Changes to the drawings and TOs will be driven by user requests, administrative corrections, hardware modifications, and depot level driven changes.    (4.5% of Total Requirement)

Sustaining engineering support to include reliability/maintainability/availability (RMA) data analysis, system performance measurement analysis (SPMA), obsolescence analysis, equipment/system specific technical assessments, and recurring information assurance (IA) support for the GPS CS, GIN, and test assets/support facilities under contractor control and responsibility.    (5% of Total Requirement)

Depot hardware maintenance support for the GPS CS and GIN.  This support includes performing Emergency Depot Level Maintenance (EDLM), Urgent Depot Level Maintenance (UDLM), and Technical Assistance (TA) for the GPS CS, GPS communications network, and GIN.  It also includes annual Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) at the all the GA and MS locations.  (3% of Total Requirement)

The necessary program management, supplier/subcontract management, and contracts and pricing for the procurement of hardware spares for the fielded GPS CS and GIN.  (.3% of Total Requirement)

The necessary program management, supplier/subcontract management, and contracts and pricing for the preparation of proposals for modifications to the fielded GPS CS and GIN.  (.2% of Total Requirement)

Place of Contract Performance:  Schriever Air Force Base, CO; Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL with maintenance activities performed at the remote sites of Ascension Island, Diego Garcia, Hawaii and Kwajalein.

Programmatics:  An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall 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. Interested parties are invited to call James H. Gill at 310-653-1789.

Disclaimers and Notes:  This announcement is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a program or contractual solicitation. SMC is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of submissions of the information received, or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this request.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this announcement.

Participants in review and evaluation of responses may include: The Government; Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) (such as The Aerospace Corp, Lincoln Laboratory, or MITRE); Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Government support contractors; all are bound by appropriate non-disclosure requirements. Regarding this Request for Information, no contact is allowed with these organizations except as may be arranged in advance with the point of contact (POC) listed below.

Points of Contact (POCs):

SMC/PKL: Mr. Richard Cournoyer, Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Phone: 719-556-9332, Email: Richard.Cournoyer@peterson.af.mil or Amy Titcombe, Contracting Specialist, Phone: 719-556-0643, Email:  Amy.Titcombe@peterson.af.mil

Contracting Offices Address:

SMC/PKL

1050 East Stewart Avenue, Building 2025

Peterson AFB, CO 80914-2902

Synopsis:   The primary mission of the Global Positioning System (GPS) is to provide precise, continuous, all-weather, three-dimensional position, velocity, and time (PVT) to properly equip air, land, sea, and space based users. Civil applications include intercontinental in-route navigation (sea and air), vehicle monitoring, oceanic and coastal navigation, harbor operations, resource exploration, hydrographic and geophysical surveying, position reporting and monitoring, coordinating search operations and cell phone timing.  The GPS satellite's secondary payload, the Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) Detection System (NDS), is a source of NUDET data for United States (US) military operations and treaty enforcement.

The GPS Control Segment (GCS) Sustainment Contract will provide sustainment functions for the GPS Control Segment (CS) which includes the Master Control Station (MCS), the Alternate Master Control Station (AMCS), a Telecommunications Simulator Test Station (TSTS), a Consolidated Test Environment (CTE), four Ground Antennas (GA) and six Monitor Stations (MS).  The MCS and AMCS consist of the following software systems:  Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP) and the GPS Information Network (GIN).  Additionally, there is a training system for AEP called the Positional Training Emulator (PTE).  Finally, there are system simulators for AEP.  This contract action will provide continued maintenance, specialized engineering support and expertise to replace an expiring GPS IIF Operational Control Segment (OCS) sustainment contract. The incumbent contractor is The Boeing Company.

This Pre-Solicitation Conference Announcement is for the following Request for Proposals (RFP) at SMC:

RFP # FA8823-12-R-0004

Small Business Reference Number:  SMC 12-004

NAICS Code:  517919 All Other Telecommunication. The U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing specialized telecommunications services, such as satellite tracking, communications telemetry, and radar station operation.  This industry also includes establishments primarily engaged in providing satellite terminal stations and associated facilities connected with one or more terrestrial systems and capable of transmitting telecommunications to, and receiving telecommunications from, satellite systems.  Establishments providing Internet services or voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services via client-supplied telecommunications connections are also included in this industry; size standard $25M.

Event Description:  A Pre-Solicitation Conference will be conducted at Peterson Air Force Base on 20 January 2012.  This general session will be held from 0800 - 1200 for the purpose of discussing and answering questions regarding the SMC GPS GCS sustainment contract. All questions and answers will be provided in an open forum only. We do not anticipate any one-on-one meetings.  Any questions not fully answered during the conference, will be posted to FedBizOpps after the conference. Also, all attendees and interested parties will be posted to FedBizOpps.

Pre-Solicitation Conference Location:  Consolidated Integrated Support Facility (CISF), Building 2025, 2nd floor Space Room, 1050 East Stewart Avenue Peterson AFB, C0 80914.

Greeters:   Ms. Josie Pesek and 2Lt Jon Hartwig will be at the West Gate entrance Visitor Control Center from 0730 until 0800 to provide directions to the CISF Building 2025, if needed.

Pre-Solicitation Conference Participants:  Participants must be US citizens or legal residents and must submit visit requests.  Submit visit requests and an alphabetized listing (by last name); include full name, SSN, cell phone (to be reached at the event), email, company name, # vehicles for company attendees, and driver names of all attendees via e-mail NLT 4:00pm MST on 16 January 2012 to Josie Pesek at Josie.Pesek@Peterson.af.mil 719-556-7138. Participants must have driver's license, proof of car insurance and proof of vehicle registration to drive inside Peterson Air Force Base.

Points of contact are as follows:   SMC/GPL with Mr. Bruce Klein at Bruce.Klein@peterson.af.mil 719-556-2855 or 2Lt Jon Hartwig Jonathan.Hartwig@peterson.af.mil 719-556-2086

Information must be provided in advance in order to ensure access to the Pre-Solicitation Conference site and assure adequate seating for the Pre-Solicitation Conference attendees.  Because of space limitations, the number of participants per organization will be restricted to 3 per potential offeror.  Attendance at Pre-Solicitation Conference will be voluntary.  SMC will not provide any cost reimbursement for Pre-Solicitation Conference attendance.  Participation by small and small disadvantaged businesses is encouraged.

Question Submittal:  Potential offerors are requested to submit questions/comments to the appropriate contracting officer by COB 16 January 2012. Questions should be submitted to the following contracting officer:

Mr. Richard Cournoyer, Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Phone: 719-556-9332, Email: Richard.Cournoyer@peterson.af.mil or Amy Titcombe, Contracting Specialist, Phone: 719-556-0643, Email:  Amy.Titcombe@peterson.af.mil

Questions provided in advance will be addressed on the day the Pre-Solicitation Conference is held.  Questions that are initiated during the Pre-Solicitation Conference may be addressed at the conference, deferred or answered on FedBizOpps after the conclusion of the conference.

NOTE:  Attached is the DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) for GPS Control Segment Sustainment (GCS).  Please note this document is a "draft" and only has the High-Level Objectives and Tasks.

System Description:  Depot level software maintenance and support to include fixes to operational problem reports (PRs), software deliveries, and incorporation of MAJCOM/COCOM priorities for the GPS CS and the GIN.  This maintenance and support also provides a test environment (Consolidated Test Environment (CTE), Telecommunications Simulator Test Station (TSTS), and GPS Support Facility (GSF)) up to a 24/7 schedule, as required, to test new software releases and system upgrades.  (38% of Total Requirement)

Organizational level hardware and software maintenance support at the MCS, AMCS, and GIN only; sustainment program management/support; information assurance security; maintenance of an electronic document library and infrastructure support functions for the GPS CS and GIN.  (32% of Total Requirement)

The labor and materials required to develop, procure, fabricate, integrate, test and install all hardware and software, as necessary, to complete modifications to fielded GPS CS and GIN.  (8% of Total Requirement)

Software and hardware maintenance, including the installation and testing of all upgrades on a 24/7 schedule, as required, for the GSF.  The GSF provides an environment for crew recurring and positional certification training, integration of new software releases and software maintenance updates into the operational baseline, completion of Level 1 software maintenance activities, and associated configuration management/control of these tasks.  Also provides maintenance for the Monitor Station Receiver Element (MSRE).   (7% of Total Requirement)

Technical Order Management Agency (TOMA) support functions to include configuration management for and incorporate changes, publish and distribute GPS CS, United States Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) Detection System (USNDS), and GIN Technical Orders (TO).  Also provide configuration management for and incorporate changes, publish and distribute GPS CS and GIN engineering drawings as source data for the TOs.  Changes to the drawings and TOs will be driven by user requests, administrative corrections, hardware modifications, and depot level driven changes.    (4.5% of Total Requirement)

Sustaining engineering support to include reliability/maintainability/availability (RMA) data analysis, system performance measurement analysis (SPMA), obsolescence analysis, equipment/system specific technical assessments, and recurring information assurance (IA) support for the GPS CS, GIN, and test assets/support facilities under contractor control and responsibility.    (5% of Total Requirement)

Depot hardware maintenance support for the GPS CS and GIN.  This support includes performing Emergency Depot Level Maintenance (EDLM), Urgent Depot Level Maintenance (UDLM), and Technical Assistance (TA) for the GPS CS, GPS communications network, and GIN.  It also includes annual Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) at the all the GA and MS locations.  (3% of Total Requirement)

The necessary program management, supplier/subcontract management, and contracts and pricing for the procurement of hardware spares for the fielded GPS CS and GIN.  (.3% of Total Requirement)

The necessary program management, supplier/subcontract management, and contracts and pricing for the preparation of proposals for modifications to the fielded GPS CS and GIN.  (.2% of Total Requirement)

Place of Contract Performance:  Schriever Air Force Base, CO; Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL with maintenance activities performed at the remote sites of Ascension Island, Diego Garcia, Hawaii and Kwajalein.

Programmatics:  An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall 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. Interested parties are invited to call James H. Gill at 310-653-1789.

Disclaimers and Notes:  This announcement is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a program or contractual solicitation. SMC is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of submissions of the information received, or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this request.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this announcement.

Participants in review and evaluation of responses may include: The Government; Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) (such as The Aerospace Corp, Lincoln Laboratory, or MITRE); Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Government support contractors; all are bound by appropriate non-disclosure requirements. Regarding this Request for Information, no contact is allowed with these organizations except as may be arranged in advance with the point of contact (POC) listed below.

Points of Contact (POCs):

SMC/PKL: Mr. Richard Cournoyer, Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Phone: 719-556-9332, Email: Richard.Cournoyer@peterson.af.mil or Amy Titcombe, Contracting Specialist, Phone: 719-556-0643, Email:  Amy.Titcombe@peterson.af.mil

Contracting Offices Address:

SMC/PKL

1050 East Stewart Avenue, Building 2025

Peterson AFB, CO 80914-2902