Air Force Operational Test

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• Air Force Operational Test Evaluation Center

• Joan Fulkerson
• Acting Director of Small Business Programs

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Points of Contact

• NEW SMALL BUSINESS DIRECTOR Merl Stroder
• Shari Barnet, Deputy Director of Contracting,
  [phone], shari.barnet_at_afotec.af.mil
• Paulette Windley, Contracting Officer, (505)
  845-1955, paulette.windley_at_afotec.af.mil

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AFOTECs Mission

• AFOTEC tests and evaluates new weapon
  systems in realistic battlespace environments to
  provide decision makers a range of accurate,
  balanced, and timely assessments of
  effectiveness, suitability and mission capability.

• From concept development to system fielding,
  AFOTEC maintains an operational focus ensuring
  our Airmen and joint partners have effective
  weapon systems required to win tomorrow's
  battles.

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AFOTECs Personnel and Organization

• AFOTEC employs approximately 1,000 military
  and civilian personnel at its headquarters and
  five detachments located at Edwards AFB, Calif.,
  Peterson AFB, Colo., Eglin AFB, Fla., Nellis AFB,
  Nev., and Kirtland AFB, N.M., and more than 15
  operating locations around the world. Test
  teams conduct tests at selected sites collect,
  analyze and evaluate the data and prepare formal
  reports. The teams are managed by AFOTEC and
  include personnel from the operating and
  supporting commands who will eventually employ
  these systems.

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TE Support Contract

• Provide advisory and assistance services (FAR
  2.1) in broad range of engineering, technical,
  and analytical test activities for
• HQ AFOTEC
• Detachments
• Operating locations
• Support or improve
• Organizational policy development
• Decision-making
• Management and administration
• Program and/or project management and
  administration
• RD activities

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Service Areas

• Systems knowledge air, space, cyberspace
• TE process knowledge
• Test design
• Test planning
• Test reporting
• Test data analysis
• Test capability activities
• Includes Modeling and Simulation
• Technical, scientific, and analytical studies
• Core competencies engineering, analytical,
  information assurance evaluation, CBRNE, etc. as
  listed on the Market Research Questionnaire

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Anticipated Strategy

• Performance-based services acquisition
• Contract type indefinite delivery/indefinite
  quantity
• Multiple awards
• TBD number of contract awards
• Period of performance 5 years
• Estimated value -- 300M shared ceiling

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Anticipated Strategy

• To receive a contract award the offeror must be
  able to meet all OTES PWS requirements, except
  those set aside for small business, if any
• NAICS code 541330
• Incumbents are ARINC, Northrop-Grumman, SAIC,
  Teledyne-Brown Engineering
• Use FOIA to obtain copies of existing services
  contract
• Large business awards will require aggressive
  sub-contracting plans
• 20 to 30 of total technical dollars to small
  business team partners

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Planning Milestones

• Acquisition Strategy Panel
• Draft RFP
• Issue final RFP
• Receive proposals
• Award contract

• Aug 09
• Sep 09
• Oct 09
• Nov/Dec 09
• June/July 10