SOLICITATION NOTICE
69 -- Full Mission Bridge I Upgrades and Full Mission Bridge II
- Notice Date
- 10/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333319
— Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, 12350 Research Parkway, Code 253, Orlando, Florida, 32826-3224
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3224
- Solicitation Number
- N61339-10-R-0007
- Point of Contact
- Gregory Joseph Dougherty, Phone: (407) 380-8419, Roxy R Campos, Phone: (407) 380-4784
- E-Mail Address
-
Gregory.Dougherty@navy.mil, roxy.campos@navy.mil
(Gregory.Dougherty@navy.mil, roxy.campos@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) intends to solicit and negotiate, on a sole source basis, with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Advanced Marine Center located in Washington, DC under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” This acquisition is for the procurement of Full Mission Bridge (FMB) I training device upgrades and an FMB II training device to be located at the Surface Warfare Officer’s School (SWOS) located in Newport, RI. The Conning Officer Virtual Environment (COVE), inclusive of FMB I, FMB II, COVE I, COVE III, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) FMB, and all associated peripherals, utilize the current COVE baseline software suite. The COVE baseline software suite includes the CSC proprietary Virtual Ship (VShip) 2000© Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software architecture plus all modifications, enhancements, components, sub-components, and databases purchased and developed by the Government. Navy specific enhancements and scenarios within the COVE baseline software suite are non-severable from the CSC VShip 2000© proprietary software. The training system hardware design is directly influenced by the COVE baseline software functionality. As CSC retains the proprietary knowledge to VShip 2000©, no other potential competitor could satisfy the requirement to utilize the current COVE baseline software suite in its design. The estimated budget for this requirement is $2,900,000 (exclusive of options), with a projected delivery date of 12 to 18 months. Neither the budget nor schedule for this procurement allow for an alternative software solution, which would require a re-host of the entire COVE environment. NAWC TSD intends to competitively issue a single award Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) type contract in Fiscal Year 2010, which will allow for competing software solutions. This IDV will be advertised under a separate synopsis. Responses to this synopsis must demonstrate the interested party’s ability to provide a solution that supports the current COVE baseline software suite in the absence of a non-exclusive, non-pass through teaming arrangement with CSC. Information received from this synopsis will be used to establish the availability of competition and any potential socio-economic set-aside opportunities. Therefore, responses shall include the interested party’s size status and all applicable socio-economic certifications. This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. All inquiries and concerns must be addressed to the point of contact in this posting. A determination not to compete this requirement is within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in a future acquisition.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVAIR/N61339/N61339-10-R-0007/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Surface Warfare Officer's School (SWOS), Newport, Rhode Island, 02841, United States
- Zip Code: 02841
- Zip Code: 02841
- Record
- SN01989357-W 20091023/091021234757-006c9d2125936f89011894e2222cd27b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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