New Receiver Exciter (REX) for (BMEWS) and (BPP) Sites

The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division is conducting research to identify contractors with ideas on how to design a new Receiver Exciter (REX) for the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) and PAVE Phase Array Warning System (PAWS) (BMEWS/PAVE PAWS) (BPP) sites. The REX redesign effort will be a Form, Fit, Function and Interface (F3I) replacement supporting Government requirements to eliminate obsolescence and provide long term sustainment (10 years minimum) support for BPP sites for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Battle Management Directorate, Strategic Warning & Surveillance Systems Division (HBQ). The BPP radar sensors are ground-based, computer-driven, phased array radars located at Beale Air Force Base, CA; Cape Cod Air Force Station (AFS), MA; Clear AFS, AK; Royal Air Force Fylingdales, United Kingdom; and Thule Air Base, Greenland. All information contained in this Request for Information is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Air Force to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of an acquisition/procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Request for Information, is solely within the discretion of the Government. This synopsis is open to all qualified prime contractors, regardless of size. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is: 334511 Radar systems and equipment manufacturing. If a potential offeror believes a different NAICS code is more applicable to this effort than the one noted here, an alternate NAICS and justification for its use should be noted in their response.