Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile - Extended Randge (JASSM-ER) Group 1 Integration - NOCA

Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) - Armament Directorate (EB), Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) Program Office intends to issue a contract award under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 to Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control/Integrated Systems, located at 5600 West Sand Lake Road, Orlando FL 32819. This acquisition will be a 5 year C-Type contract, using a combination of Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) CLINs. The appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this acquisition is 336414, Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. This NOCA neither constitutes a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Invitation for Bid (IFB), nor does it restrict the government to any specific acquisition approach. The scope of this contract integrates multiple follow-on efforts into a single integrated program to ensure the engineering changes will be aligned, phased, and integrated at a system level. The weapon's electronics, hardware, and operational flight software changes must be holistically approached to leverage design, engineering, and test activities. The scope of Group 1 includes all All-Up Round (AUR) level systems engineering and programmatic activities to align and phase the work necessary to design, develop, integrate, test, and verify component and subsystem design changes to the JASSM-ER baseline electronics, hardware, firmware, and operational flight software; to include all mechanical, electrical, and logical interconnections. Group 1 shall also include preparation for final AUR integration, system-level ground and flight testing, and qualification. This effort shall concurrently mature a new Missile Control Unit (MCU), new wings and chine, and the JAGR-M receiver, and necessary hardware and infrastructure to support Group 1 production cut in. No Government owned technical data package exists to provide to other companies. Therefore, the Government is unable to provide Government property/Government special tooling/special test equipment/technical data packages to any prospective new source. Fulfilment of the supplies/services listed above requires substantial initial investment and an extended period of preparation for manufacture. This NOCA is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment to a contract by the Government. Contracting POC is Ms. Cynthia C. Smith at 205 West D Avenue, Suite 632, Building 350, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6853 or at Cynthia.Smith.19@us.af.mil. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program manager or contracting officer but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman but rather to the Contracting points of contract identified above. The Ombudsman is Lt Col Kenneth Decker, AFLCMC/AQ, 1790 10th St., Bldg. 572, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, (937) 255-5512.