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A -- ELECTRO-OPTICAL (E-O) WARFARE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS EFFORT POC Gregory Griffith, Contract Negotiator, AFRL/SNKE, (937) 255-5311 or Nancy F.I. Stormer, Contracting Officer, AFRL/SNKE, (937) 255-5311 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract negotiator, griffigg@aa.wpafb.af.mil. Electro-Optical (E-O) Warfare Technical Analysis Effort (Research and Development)-SNK-98-01 -- The Sensors Directorate's Electro-Optic Sensor Technology Division, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/SNJ) is contemplating the award of a 60 month technical program for Electro-Optical and Infrared Countermeasure (EO/IRCM) development and analysis using the Electro-Optical Warfare Branch's in-house facilities. This contract requires technical and engineering effort for operation, maintenance, and research and development using the Dynamic Infrared Missile Evaluator (DIME), Electro-Optical Signature Analysis System (EOSAS), and Tower facilities, which are all part of the DIME Laboratory within Building 620 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Delivery Orders shall be issued on an annual basis for the effort described in the following paragraphs. Other delivery orders will be issued from time to time to address urgent needs such as the emergence of unique technical problems or to handle time critical workloads. Additional engineering effort to assess system modifications, perform modifications, the analysis and solution of unique or time critical problems, and attend test efforts remote to the DIME Laboratory will be required. These increases in effort would be handled by delivery orders requiring the same types of work and experience described above, with the addition of technicians familiar with test equipment and hardware fabrication. More detailed information and a copy of the initial annual delivery order shall be provided in the Statement of Work in the Request for Proposal (RFP). Technical effort for the DIME facility shall include the operation and maintenance of the instrumentation, control and data processing equipment, and the analysis and vulnerability assessment of missile systems within the DIME Laboratory. These efforts shall include: 1) Periodic verification of simulator performance; 2) Demonstration to Air Force personnel of modified equipment operation; 3) Design and development of electro-optical (E-O) hardware to meet unique test situations; 4) Testing of missile hardware to determine system vulnerabilities; 5) Modeling and Simulation of missile hardware to facilitate IRCM development; and, 6) Derive and test of countermeasure concepts from simulation and missile analysis results. Determination of test hardware limitations that would prevent or terminate a test effort shall be brought to the attention of government personnel. This information shall include a proposed technical solution to the problem (i.e. hardware improvements/modifications or changes in methods of operation). The DIME baseline effort shall require a full time senior electronics engineer and an aerodynamicist with high order language (Fortran, C, C++, etc.) familiarity. Experience shall include knowledge of electro-optics, modeling, simulation and simulators, infrared countermeasures (IRCM), lasers and laser range testing, detection systems, missiles, and analog/digital circuits. Technical effort for the EOSAS facility shall include the operation and maintenance of the instrumentation, control and data processing equipment, and an image processing system. The effort shall also include the operation of the Imaging Threat Investigative Suite (ITIS). ITIS is in development and includes/will include an imaging missile simulation platform, hardware in-the-loop setup for test of actual hardware or surrogates, and a field system for hardware test and data gathering. Determination of hardware limitations that would prevent or terminate a test effort shall be brought to the attention of government personnel. The EOSAS facility provides the capability for electro-optical signature analysis, and creation of visible and infrared images for use with the proposed scene projection system to be added to the DIME 6-DOF motion simulator. The EOSAS baseline effort shall require a full time senior engineer and an electronics engineer, both with programming experience. Experience shall include knowledge of signature analysis concepts, EO/IRCM, image processing techniques, understanding of atmospherics, the human visual system, sensors (in particular imaging sensors/seekers), and display devices. It shall also be necessary to provide engineering effort for the Tower facilities which are part of the DIME Laboratory. This effort shall not be required until FY00 or 01. Experience is the same as that required for the DIME facility defined above. Baseline effort for the Tower facilities shall require a full time senior engineer and an electronics engineer. Performance of the baseline effort is expected to be 100% on site at Wright-Patterson AFB, excluding attendance at conferences and meetings necessary to Laboratory activities. Performance of additional delivery orders may require the use of the contractor's facility from time to time. Top Secret facilities as well as personnel cleared for Top Secret, are required for this program. "Notice to foreign and foreign-owned firms: Such firms are asked to immediately notify the contracting point of contact cited below upon deciding to respond to this announcement. Foreign contractors should be aware that restrictions apply which could preclude their participation in this acquisition. A foreign offeror will not be eligible as a prime contractor for this program. A thirty-minute tour of the DIME Laboratory located on the second floor of Building 620 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base shall be available to interested contractors who have submitted a statement of capabilities or statement of interest in response to this announcement. The tour will be held on 25 Mar 98 beginning at 9:00 AM. Group numbers shall be limited to approximately 10 individuals with no more than two from any single organization. If more than 10 individuals request a tour, there will be either a concurrent tour(s) or another tour immediately following the first. It is important to indicate interest in the tour along with submission of the statement of capabilities/interest in order for AFRL/SNJW to make the necessary preparations. A visit request mustbe submitted to the following office by FAX in order to participate in the tours: AFRL/SNJW, (937) 255-1993, Attn: Mr. Mark Nosek. Questions or requests for additional information on the tours should be directed to Dr. George Vogel, (937) 255-7102, Extension 3710, or Mr. Mark Nosek, (937) 255-4174, Extension 4020. Firms responding should indicate whether they are, or are not, a small business, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, a woman-owned business, a historically black college or university, or minority institution. For this item the general definition to be used to determine whether your firm is a small business is as follows: "A small business concern is a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on government contracts and the total number of employees does not exceed 500 persons." SIC Code 8731 applies. "Concern," as used in this synopsis, means any business entity organized for profit(even if its ownership is in the hands of a nonprofit entity) with a place of business located in the United States and which makes a significant contribution to the U.S. economy through payment of taxes and/or use of American products, material and/or labor, etc. "Concern" includes but is not limited to an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, or cooperative. For the purpose of making affiliation findings, any business entity, whether organized for profit or not, and any foreign business entity, i.e., any entity located outside the United States, shall be included." The Air Force reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto. Small business respondents should provide a statement of capabilities to assist the Air Force in making a set-aside decision. Large businesses are only required to submit a statement of interest to receive a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP). All respondents shall include in any request their assigned Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. Responses should be sent to: ATTN: Greg Griffith, AFRL/SNKE Bldg 7, 2530 C Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7607. Non-technical assistance may be secured by calling the above individual at 937-255-5311. Mr. Griffith may also be reached via fax at 937-656-7233 or e-mail at griffigg@aa.wpafb.mil. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his 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. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, Stephen J. Plaisted, at 937-255-9095 or DSN 785-9095 with serious concerns only. Closing date for submission of responses is thirty (30) calendar days from the publication of this notice. Firms should reference AAK-98-01 in their responses. RFP release for this program is projected in May 1998. See Numbered Notes 25 and 26. (0037)

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