70 -- IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

Notice Date

March 29, 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

F30602-01-Q-0338

Response Due

April 19, 2001

Point of Contact

Shirley Zakala, Contract Specialist, Fax (315) 330-2555, Email

E-Mail Address

Shirley Zakala (zakalas@rl.af.mil)

Description

The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, Rome NY intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source purchase order under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 with PHASE ONE TECHNOLOGY CORP, DEER PARK, NY for 1 each CORECO IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, P/N CAB-001. The compact system must be able to collect, process and store vast quantities of data and perform advanced signal processing computations to allow the imaging of target while performing complex clutter rejection processes. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotes. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received (quote with product specifications) will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contract Specialist, Shirley M. Zakala, zakalas@rl.af.mil or Fax 315/330-2555. 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 Lerum, Chief, Contracting Division, at lerum@rl.af.mil when requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposal or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have not been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. This procurement shall be awarded under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP).

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010402/70SOL009.HTM (D-088 SN50H749)