18 -- Operational Control Segment Organizational Level Maintenance

The contract involves a sole-source, Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) modification to an existing agreement with The Boeing Company to provide approximately 70,000 staff hours of development support for the GPS IIF Operational Control System (OCS). These services are focused on implementing the new Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP) and handling Launch and Early Orbit, Anomaly Resolution, and Disposal Operations (LADO). The work also includes comprehensive organizational maintenance support during the final government verification and the transition of AEP and LADO to Initial Operational Capability (IOC). The GPS system itself serves as a critical navigational, time transfer, and nuclear detonation detection system, enabling precise three-dimensional positioning, velocity, and system time determination for users globally. The contract is managed by the Navstar GPS Joint Program Office and is set to run through December 31, 2007. The contracting office is located at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, under the Department of Defense’s Sustainment Mcpnt SSC/PKL office. The associated NAICS code is 334511, relating to search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing. Boeing, based in Huntington Beach, California, has a longstanding role as the provider of GPS IIF Space Vehicles and their Operational Control Segment. The contract specialist overseeing this modification is Felicia N. Brown, reachable by phone and email at the Los Angeles Air Force Base contracting office.