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Contract Opportunity

Place of Performance:

The Antenna Suite identified for uninstall, pack, ship, and demolition pad are located at:

• (1) Vandenburg Space Force Base (SFB), CA to the Mission Integrated Facility (MIF) location at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), UT


• (2) F.E. Warren (FEW) AFB, WY to FEW AFB, WY for the Integrated Control Center (ICC) and Sites 1.


• (1) Hill AFB, UT Strategic Missile Integration Complex -B (SMIC-B) to FEW AFB, WY for Site 2

The Antenna Suite identified for install pad, unpack, and reinstall equipment are located at:

• (1) MIF – located at Hill AFB, UT


• (3) Launch Centers (LC) Sites 1, 2 and ICC located at FEW AFB, WY

This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement.

The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), Integration Directorate, AFNWC/NC is issuing a sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirements listed below:

Responsible for the transfer of all identified MIF, Site 1, Site 2, and ICC equipment. Provide engineering, logistics, program management, and management support to establish a 100% Government owned, operationally functional systems. This includes all actions and items, contained herein to include, but not limited to:

• Uninstalling, packing, shipping, and demolishing at the losing sites and then re- installing, setting up, and ensuring a fully functional and compliant Antenna Suite and associated equipment at gaining sites. The MIF, Site 1, Site 2, and ICC are defined respectively as the test facility and launch centers with associated antenna infrastructure.
  
  
  
  • Identify any additional required facility improvements and requirements to support the operations of the identified equipment.
  
  
  
  


• Uninstall operationally functioning equipment and associated components.


• Pack equipment in containers suitable for shipping.
  
  
  
  • Identify sources to ensure the security of transferred items with pre- and post-transfer inspections (tamper labels or better)
  
  
  
  


• Ship packed equipment to designated location.
  
  
  
  • Continuous monitoring, secureness, and 100% accountability of all shipped equipment and materials at all times.
  
  
  
  


• Identify and procure required consumable items.


• Demolish, remove debris, and return site to grade at the uninstall location.


• Construct a concrete Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Antenna Pad according to specifications.

• Excavate the Very Low Frequency (VLF) at the uninstall location and re-install as per the TDP.


• Re-install equipment to operational status at the MIF, Site 1, Site 2, and ICC.


• Develop Technical Data Package (TDP) for the removal and replacement of the VLF and UHF Antennas and associated equipment to include shelter, concrete pad construction and mounting instructions.


• Operational function test of equipment is required to ensure successful installation.

All interested sources shall provide a company brochure or list of capabilities, product literature, organization name, address, a point of contact, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, business size, taxpayer identification number, DUNS number, and CAGE Code.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

Submission Instructions:

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by November 20, 2023, 5:00 pm eastern standard time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Jessica Adair (Jessica.Adair@us.af.mil)

If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: Jessica Adair via email (Jessica.Adair@us.af.mil).

Contact Information

Contracting Office Address

AFNWC/PZH

17 Grenier St, Street Bldg. 1102

Hanscom AFB, MA 01731

Primary Point of Contact

• Jessica Adair, Jessica.Adair@us.af.mil


• Tracee Long, tracee.long@us.af.mil

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