16 -- Personnel Locator Beacon (PLB)

The Human Systems Group, HSG/PSK, intends to solicit, and award a 100% small business set-aside, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract(s) for Engineering Services for the production, testing and delivery of Personnel Locator Beacon (PLB) to integrate with the Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES II/III) kits and BA-22 style parachutes. The PLB is a first alert device used to signal rescue forces that an aircrew member has either ejected or bailed out of an aircraft, and is also used to provide homing or location signals for the rescue team. Requirements are listed in the attached Performance Specification dated 15 March 2006. The Statement of Objectives (SOO) and Contractor Data Requirements List (CDRL) will be provided upon release of the RFP. A quantity of 20 each Production Representative PLB sets is required to be delivered eight (8) months from date of contract award(s). Delivery of Level III reprocurement data will be required. Data will be separately priced. Accelerated delivery will be accpeted. FOB: Destination. Offeror(s) shall provide support during Government conducted independent Operational Assessment (OA) which includes validation and verification testing as well as form, fit, function and integration testing at a designated Government facility for the delivered Production Representative PLB sets. The application of the Lowest-Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) technique will be used to evaluate this procurement as follows: The Government will perform a price evaluation as described in the solicitation on all proposals. Proposals will be ranked from lowest priced offer to highest. A decision on technical acceptability of the lowest priced offer(s) shall be determined. A Performance Confidence Assessment will be conducted on these proposals. Only those Offerors determined to be technically acceptable and received a responsible Performance Confidence Assessment will be considered for award. The Government reserves the right to make one, multiple awards or none based on the quality and quantity of proposals received and/or funding availability for this program. The Government reserves the right to award any, all, or any combination of line items. It is anticipated that the RFP will be released on or about 13 April 2006. Any concerns regarding this acquisition may be directed to the Contracting Officer. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear serious concerns that are not resolved through established channels. If your concerns are not satisfied by the Contracting Officer, interested parties are invited to contact the Ombudsman, Mr. Edward Noack at +1 (555) 000-0000 or e-mail contact@example.gov. Collect calls will not be accepted. See notes 1 and 26. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330 with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. Please identify your business size in your response based upon this standard. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. NOTE: ALL OFFERORS MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRY (CCR) PRIOR TO RECEIVING ANY AWARD. Information concerning CCR requirements may be viewed via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling the CCR Registration Centers at +1 (555) 000-0000. The Contracting Officer is Ms Alice P. Sanders, HSG/PSK, 7980 Lindbergh Landing, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235-5119, +1 (555) 000-0000, Fax +1 (555) 000-0000, e-mail contact@example.gov.