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SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. The Directorate of Contracting, Test Range and Specialized Contracting Division at the Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93524 is conducting preliminary planning market research to obtain information from potential and eligible contractors for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. For detailed requirement, see attached Statement of Work (SOW). BACKGROUND: The 772 TS operates and maintains the Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF), located within the Avionics Test and Integration Complex (ATIC), 412th Electronic Warfare Group (EWG), 412th Test Wing (TW), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Edwards AFB CA. The BAF is host to numerous electronic warfare (EW) Test and Evaluation (T&E) capabilities, including radio frequency (RF) threat signal simulators, Communication, Navigation and Identification (CNI) simulators, and avionics systems stimulators. Under the current concept of operations, a System Under Test (SUT) can be placed inside the BAF chamber, which provides a controlled and secure test environment, and then stimulated with multiple signals found in the electromagnetic environment that the test article could experience in flight. The 772 TS requires continuous improvement in test methodologies and development specific to CEESIM and NEWEG systems in order to maintain its posture as the Center of Excellence (COE) for EW T&E. The 772 TS is dedicated to meeting test program challenges in risk management, cost savings, and improved capabilities by providing the expertise and facilities needed to field both hardware and software intensive EW test and support systems. These efforts are primarily funded through 3600 I&M funds from Air Force Test and Evaluation (AFTE) Test Investment Program and Planning (TIPP) and Department of Defense (DoD) Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP) but may also include 3400 Operations and Maintenance funds specifically for training on developed capabilities. The CENDUP effort will support the research and development (R&D) and procurement of capability enhancements to the BAF test environment specific to the CEESIM and NEWEG threat simulators, mainly focused, but not limited to the RF generation components of the systems. The CENDUP effort is an acquisition approach in which requirements, design implementation, test, and delivery may be done incrementally. Each incremental release adds to the overall system capability. The CENDUP contract will be cons…

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