SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- AIR SPACE PRECISION ENGAGEMENT RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING (ASPERE)
- Notice Date
- 9/1/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York, 13441-4514
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- E-2-1253_ASPERE
- Point of Contact
- Ashley Busa, Phone: 315-330-4457
- E-Mail Address
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Ashley.Busa@rl.af.mil
(Ashley.Busa@rl.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- A - AIR SPACE PRECISION ENGAGEMENT RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING (ASPERE) Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Solicitation Number: E-2-1253_ ASPERE Contracting Office Address Department of the Air Force, Air Force Material Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate 525 Brooks Road, Rome, NY 13441-4514 Description Contracting Office Address: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Material Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY 13441-4114. Point of Contact: Janis Norelli, Small Business Specialist, Phone (315) 330-3311, FAX (315) 330-2784. Capable sources are sought to perform software research and development for the RIE Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome Research Site, Rome NY (AFRL Rome). AFRL Rome has a requirement to conduct software development and system support for the Air Space Precision Engagement Research Engineering (ASPERE). ASPERE supports Air Force efforts in providing Air Force, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community (IC), other Federal Agencies, and Coalition partners with a software toolkit that provides a general data visualization and analysis infrastructure for the analysis of temporal, spatial, entity, and association information, report generation, incident reporting, workflow, and query/search. Web-Enabled Temporal Analysis System (WebTAS), Combined Information Data Network Exchange (CIDNE), and International Distributed Uniform Reporting Environment (INDURE) make up the primary software applications in the ASPERE toolset. The flexible toolset architecture provides access to multiple data sources, data mining, information fusion, and collaboration tools that facilitate trend, link, pattern, and distributed analysis to support activity prediction and customer unique capabilities like Strategic Worldwide Integration Capability (SWIC), Common Analytical Work Station (CAWS) and Master Air Attach Plan (MAAP) Toolkit. This effort will perform engineering and technical tasks and operations and maintenance support for current and new users of the ASPERE software toolset. Technical enhancements are needed to correct any identified shortcomings in the toolset and to provide additional capabilities, features, processes, and documentation. The enhancements will extend ASPERE toolset functions and provide more effective and efficient capabilities to meet the needs of the users. Due to real world events, rapid software releases are required to maximize our technological capabilities at current and future deployed sites, worldwide. Installation support will be needed to install the ASPERE toolset software and hardware, and train users at multiple sites throughout the world. For example, sites such as CENTCOM, which involve contingency operations and quick response to warfighter needs will require this installation support. Operations and maintenance actions will be needed to provide continued system support to current customer sites and to the new sites after system installation. In the course of performance, the contractor will interface with various DoD and Government agencies through visits and electronic means, and technical visits that will take place at various sites, worldwide. The contractor will also provide technical support to the Air Force Research Lab/Information and Intelligence Exploitation Division to assist in the analysis, design, development, integration, testing, and evaluation. Anticipated deliverables include software, hardware, and technical documentation. An indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee (completion) type contract is contemplated with a scoped ordering period of 60 months. Taking into consideration the real world events currently unfolding, we presently contemplate the maximum ordering amount to be approximately $593,000,000.00 for this 60 month ordering period. The prime contractor and their subcontractors for this contract must have at least four hundred (400) Top Secret SCI security clearances; foreign allied participation at the prime contractor level shall not be permitted for this effort. The successful contractor may receive and/or generate technical data subject to export control in the performance of the contract. Therefore, prospective offerors must provide a completed and approved DD Form 2345 which certifies the offeror is on the Certified Contractors Access List (CCAL) or the offeror is seeking application to CCAL. The successful offeror must have a completed and approved DD Form 2345 prior to award. For further information on CCAL, contact the Defense Logistic Information Service at 1-877-352-2255 or on the web at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/. In reference to the ASPERE effort, information can be obtained by contacting Government Program Manager, Mr Michael Welch, at (315) 330-7758, who will forward a copy of the ASPERE Read Library. Data contained within the read library is subject to export control restrictions. Access to ASPERE toolset Source Code is available at AFRL/RIEB, Rome, NY location only. Please contact Mr. Welch five (5) business days in advance to arrange a time to review the code. Prior to access being granted, respondents must submit a copy of an approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, (may be obtained at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/default.asp) along with a letter from the Data Custodian designated on that form, authorizing access by whomever will be reviewing the library or source code, to the Government Program Manager at the Air Force Research Laboratory/RIEB, 525 Brooks Road, Rome, New York 13441-4505, or fax to his attention at (315) 330-3913. Responses to this sources sought are requested from small businesses and will be used for market research purposes and possible set-aside. Should the determination be made to select this as a small business set-aside, another notice will be posted reflecting such. Request large businesses also respond to Ashley Busa, Contract Specialist, only to express their interest in submitting a proposal, should this acquisition not be a small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541712 and the size standard for small business is 500 employees. Respondents to this announcement should indicate whether they are a small business, 8(a) concern, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business, or historically black college or university (HBCU) or minority institution (MI) (as defined by the clause at DFARS 252.226-7000). As discussed at FAR 19.502-2(b)(1) and (2), in making small business set-asides, there must be a reasonable expectation that offers will be obtained from at least two responsible small business concerns and award will be made at fair market prices. In addition, for R&D work, a reasonable expectation of obtaining from small businesses the best scientific and technological sources consistent with the demands of the proposed acquisition for the best mix of cost, performances, and schedules. Therefore, respondents should provide a statement of capabilities and information demonstrating management and technical experience on similar acquisitions and resources necessary to successfully compete for this award. This information will assist the Air Force in making a set-aside decision. Provide information on at least three (3) contracts for similar work within the past five (5) years. Include complete references, contract titles, dollar values, points of contact and telephone numbers. The Government will evaluate relevant experience information based on (1) information provided by the Offeror, (2) information obtained from the references provided by the respondent, and/or (3) data independently obtained from other Government and commercial sources. Respondents must demonstrate knowledge/expertise in the following areas: web-based software technology, browser-based access, web publishing, data visualization, database mining, disparate data sources, multi-source data integration, ad-hoc/user defined querying, trend and pattern detection, distributed networking, near real-time situation alerting, data links, multi-intelligence fusion, geolocation, tracking, cross security domain technology, software frameworks and application programming interfaces (Inversion of Control, non-modifiable frameworks), collaboration technology, prediction of upcoming events, Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the DoDIIS, AF Network Integration Center (AFNIC) and NATO certification, accreditation and life cycle management process for software development and fielding. In addition to the statement of capabilities, please provide answers to the following questions: (1) Does your company intend to submit a proposal in response to the upcoming solicitation as a prime contractor? (2) How many people does your company employ? (3) Will you need to hire additional personnel to perform this effort? If so, in what areas? (4) Is your company's cost accounting system approved by the DCAA or DCMA? If not, how would your company financially administer a cost-reimbursement type contract? (5) Are there any other factors concerning your company's ability to perform the upcoming effort that the Air Force should consider? (6) Is your company a foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and do you contemplate the use of foreign national employees on this effort? (7) Explain how your company will fill the TS/SCI positions. (8) What is your company's Certified Contractor Access List (CCAL) number? The Draft Request for Proposal is expected to be posted for review and commented by potential offerors 1st Quarter of the Government Fiscal Year 2012. The formal solicitation is expected to be released within the 2nd Quarter of the Government Fiscal Year 2012. When it is issued, the entire solicitation will be issued on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at http:www.fedbizopps.gov. All prospective offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of all other information pertaining to this solicitation. Any questions concerning this Sources Sought Notice may be directed to the Contract Specialist, Ashley Busa at 315-330-4457, Ashley.Busa@rl.af.mil or the Contracting Officer, Kelly L. Conniff at 315-330-4073, Kelly.Conniff@rl.af.mil. All submissions must be addressed to Janis Norelli, AFRL/RIB, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514 and must be received by 3:00 P.M., EST on 19 September 2011. Responses must reference the solicitation number, and contain the respondent's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, email address, mailing address and FAX number. While the Small Business Specialist, Janis Norelli, is the focal point for receipt of the statement of capabilities, technical questions should be directed to the Government Program Manager for this indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity effort, Michael A. Welch at (315) 330-7758, email: Michael.Welch@rl.af.mil, the Government Program Manager. Contractual questions should be directed to the Contract Specialist at (315) 330-4457, e-mail Ashley.Busa@rl.af.mil In accordance with AFFARS 5301.91, an Ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. Before consulting with an Ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the Contracting Officer, Kelly L. Conniff, (315) 330-4073, Kelly.Conniff@rl.af.mil, for resolution. AFFARS Clause 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (AUG 2005) will be incorporated into the resultant contract. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the Ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The Ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. Consulting an Ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). If resolution cannot be made by the Contracting Officer, concerned parties may contact the following AFRL Ombudsman: Barbara Gehrs, Building 15, Room 225, 1864 4th Street, Wright Patterson AFB OH 45433-7130; FAX (937) 255-5036; COM (937) 904-4407. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the AFRL level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force Ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. The Ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. Do not contact the Ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. Original Point of Contact Ashley Busa at (315) 330-4457, Contract Specialist, Fax (315) 330-1608, Email Ashley.Busa@rl.af.mil Due to limitations of the FedBizOpps website, the Government is unable to post both the Sources Sought and Pre-Solicitation Notices using the same Solicitation Number. Therefore, the Government is posting the Sources Sought Notice at Solicitation Number "E-2-1253_ ASPERE", which will contain only the Sources Sought Notice and all modifications thereto. The Pre-Solicitation Notice, Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), if applicable, Request for Proposal and any additional updates will be posted to Solicitation Number to be determined at a later date. All prospective offerors are instructed to continue to routinely monitor and register under Solicitation Number "E-2-1253_ ASPERE". At the time of the posting of the Pre-solicitation Notice, this Sources Sought Notice will be modified to identify the Pre-Solicitation number.
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