The Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) Joint Program Office(JPO) intends to award a sole-source, Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) modification to contract F04701-96-C-0025 to provide approxi- mately 81,300 staff hours of development support activities for Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF Operational Control System OCS) to be delivered under the new Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP) and Launch/Early Orbit, Anomaly Resolution and Disposal Operations (LADO) activities. This includes developmental activities of fixing software problem Reports (PRs) and Watch Items (WITs) which lead to new software versions to be delivered. Transition activities such as rehearsal preparations, scenario based testing and database Verification exercises will also be included. These supported activities will take place between the end of the system test/ Formal Qualification Test (FQT), throughout the transition, and up to the Initial Operational Capability (IOC). GPS is a navigational radio positioning, time transfer, and Nuclear Detonation(NUDET) Detection System. The radio posi- tioning and time transfer system provides a signal environment, which enables GPS users to precisely determine threedimensional position, velocity, and system time. The period of performance Will be from 1 Oct 2006 to 30 Sep 2008. See note 22. NAICS 334511 – Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, size standard 750 employees. The Government has been contracting with The Boeing Company, 5301 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 to provide GPS IIF Space Vehicles and its Operational Control Segment. Responses to this synopsis should be submitted via email in electronic form in MS Word 2000 or newer format or PDF format to
[email protected] with a follow-up signature hard copy of the submission to: SMC/GPK Attn: Felicia N. Brown, 483 N. Aviation Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245-2808. All responses are due no later than 26 May 2006 and must conform to 8.5 x 11-inch pages, with font no smaller than 12-point, with a maximum of 20 pages. Oral communications are not acceptable. All responsible sources may submit a statement of capabilities (SOC)which will be considered. Proprietary information must be expressly identified in the SOC. The SOC must include the following information: 1) Company name, mailing address, points of contact and telephone numbers; 2) Business size classification (large, small, or other) 3) Experience in GPS Satellites or similar technologies 4) Ability to satisfy the government’s performance and schedule requirements described above 5) The facilities to work at the appropriate security level(SAP). Any information submitted in response to this synopsis is strictly voluntary. The Government does not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information or reimburse expenses incurred by parties for responses to this Special Notice.