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58 -- JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK SYSTEM (JOINT STARS) FOLLOW-ON TEST SUPPORT (FOTS) SOL F19628-96-R-0004 POC Major Mark S. Erickson, Point of Contract, 617-377-6724; Major Jacques Hammann, Contracting Officer, 617-377-6679. The Joint STARS Joint Program Office intends to solicit, on a non-competitive basis, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Melbourne Systems Division, 2000 NASA Boulevard West, Melbourne, FL 32904-2322, for a Follow-On Test Support (FOTS) contract to ensure a production representative test capability of the Joint STARS system exists during the April 1996 to April 2001 timeframe. The system utilizes a modified Joint STARS Boeing 707-300 series aircraft to be provided by the Air Force. The purpose of this contract will be to (1) Provide scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance for the Joint STARS E-8C aircraft to be delivered under the Joint STARS Follow-On Full Scale Development (FOFSD) program, contract F19628-90-C-0197, (2) Provide maintenance of Joint STARS Prime Mission Equipment (PME) including software necessary for test support, (3) Operate, maintain, and modify the Software Maintenance Subsystem (SWM) facilities, (4) Provide support for flights of the E-8C aircraft for crew proficiency, test support, system performance and functional check-out and demonstration, (5) Perform studies, analysis, evaluation, demonstration, test, and incorporation of possible system improvements, (6) Participation in system demonstrations and exercises, and (7) Refurbish and upgrade the Joint STARS radar subsystem from pre-production to production configuration. The Joint STARS system will be based at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, FL to permit close proximity to Government personnel and to support on-going Joint STARS program development activities. The E-8C system is currently under development by Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Melbourne Systems Division. Statutory authority is 10 USC 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source. The Government anticipates the release of the RFP in 1st Qtr, FY96. Scheduled contract start date is 3rd Qtr, FY96. Firms interested in subcontracting work should contact the prime contractor. (0326)

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