SOURCES SOUGHT
69 -- Tactical Training and Threat/Target Systems (T4S)
- Notice Date
- 2/20/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- N68936 Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Dept. 2 Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Dept. 2 429 E. Bowen Rd - Stop 4015 China Lake, CA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N6893613R0042
- Response Due
- 3/25/2013
- Archive Date
- 3/25/2014
- Point of Contact
- Erin Strand, 760-939-7309
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS) seeks qualified vendors to provide products and modification of tactical training range equipment and systems for the Tactical Training and Threat/Target Systems (T4S) Integrated Product Team (IPT) at China Lake, CA. The primary focus of this notice is to identify interested sources for information and planning purposes only. Potential sources need not show capability in all areas; if there is expertise in some areas, identify and concentrate on those areas. T4S products include 1) embedded software baselines of Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS/P5CTS) Control and Computation Subsystem (CCS), Joint Debriefing System (JDS), Advanced System Operations Console (ASOC), Radar Acquisition Display System (RADS), and Low Activity Pre-Processor (LAPP); 2) fighters Management Information System (MIS) software upgrades; 3) embedded TCTS/P5CTS range instrumentation upgrades; 4) Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) environment modeling and simulation; and 5) threat and target systems modeling and simulation. Because of the interactive nature of the T4S's product and the thrust to emphasize commonality and joint interpretability across all Department of Defense (DoD) ranges, integration plays a key role in the projects executed by this IPT. Therefore, it is critical for the contractor to not only have highly qualified employees, but also have the necessary infrastructure to procure and assume responsibility for major subsystems and components. The contractor shall design, develop, build, augment, install, integrate, and test software simulations and range related software products. The contractor shall also design, develop, build, augment, install, integrate, and test modifications or block upgrades to existing software simulations and existing software assets. These simulations or software products will be installed on existing range equipment, new range equipment, or equipment not installed on a specific range but located at other facilities, such as software support facilities, debrief centers, laboratories, research facilities, or office facilities. These software efforts will require fabrication and installation of new mission and project-specific computer systems, peripherals, commercial software packages and licenses, interfaces, and software storage media that will be integrated into the existing range assets. The contractor shall support LVC models and simulations in an integrated network of over 33 established training sites that provide the most realistic collective joint mission experience possible. The contractor shall provide identification of tasks and milestones to include the layout and scheduling of required engineering design and development, procurement, fabrication, instrumentation, system integration, system operational acceptance testing, and simulator validation. The contractor shall provide plans, which include program objectives, milestones, man loading, costs, product documentation, and reporting requirements. The contractor shall provide detailed analysis of intelligence data on the foreign system to be simulated. The contractor shall provide translation of threat system characteristics, performance, and parameters to simulator design. The contractor shall prepare design, development, and procurement specifications for threat simulator hardware systems, subsystems, components, and software. The contractor shall provide software engineering analysis, design, coding, testing, integration, installation testing, and site acceptance testing to all the ranges requiring the use of Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA), Distributive Interactive Simulation (DIS), and High Level Architecture (HLA). The contractor shall develop range integration applications, such as the TENA software applications, range instrumentation for data collection, processing, and presentation, and communications systems. The contractor shall develop and modify software that is real-time, event-driven, time constrained, and multi-tasking to be used to sense and control external devices; real-time graphical presentation of range operations and exercise event information; software for scientific and technical applications, which include real-time digital signal processing, real-time graphics, real-time radar control, target tracking algorithms, and communication systems; software tools which include drivers, integration and verification, simulators, and data reduction and analysis; software that is distributed processing through shared or dedicated communication channels; and software that corrects and enhances existing code and provides new interfaces. The contractor shall provide full programming capabilities that include software problem report submittal/analysis, software maintenance, upgrade, modernization, loading, and distribution. The contractor shall use the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) processes to identify and implement goal-targeted methods of software acquisition and development; to acquire software intensive systems, including cost and schedule estimates, life cycle management planning, and deliverable documents evaluation; and to analyze the capability of software development organizations, requirements management, software project planning, software project tracking and oversight, software subcontract management, software quality assurance, and software configuration management. The contractor shall conduct detailed analysis of intelligence data on the foreign system to be simulated; translation of threat system characteristics, performance, and parameters to simulator design; and development of specifications for threat simulator hardware systems, subsystems, components, and software. The contractor shall implement a Configuration Management Program. Specific efforts shall include configuration status accounting; Engineering Change Proposals (ECP); Software Trouble Reports (STR); Notice Of Revisions (NOR); Requests For Deviation (RFD); change control management and documentation; and library management, including a provision for off-site libraries, configuration audits, and baseline control and maintenance. The contractor shall implement a Data Management Program. Specific efforts shall include database design, data entry and maintenance, data library maintenance, data revision tracking, status accounting, and classified document control. As part of the data library maintenance, the contractor shall maintain electronic media of all software developed, procured, or licensed; Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) documentation, licenses, and upgrades. The contractor shall provide engineering management support that consists of providing information and training on any new hardware and/or software modification or design. Level of facility clearance required: SECRET. Level of safeguarding required: SECRET. A draft Statement of Work is being developed, but the current task order Performance Work Statement is available upon request by contacting Erin Strand, Contract Specialist, at erin.strand@navy.mil. Tactical Air Range Integration Facility (TARIF), which currently constitutes the majority of T4S work, is being performed by TYBRIN under Contract N68936-10-D-0034. If a contract is awarded for this effort, the Government anticipates a multiple award contract (MAC) using indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ). The expected period of performance will be 5 years. Both cost and fixed price orders are anticipated. Questions and comments are highly encouraged. Upon request, the Government is willing to meet with interested parties, either in person or by conference call, during this market research phase. Submissions of interest and/or statements of capability in the requirement mentioned above should include the following information, taking into consideration that the information submitted may not be used for a procurement action: (1) A reference to the schedule number N68936-13-R-0042 and title (T4S Sources Sought) of this announcement; (2) Company Name and Address; (3) Company's point of contact name, phone, fax, and e-mail; (4) If a U.S. or foreign company; (5) Company Size (Small or Large according to the NAICS and size standard listed below); (6) If your company is a Small Business, specify if your company is or is not each of the following: (a) Small Disadvantaged Business; (b) HubZone Business; (c) Woman-Owned Business; (d) 8(a) Business; (e) Veteran Owned Business; (f) Service-Disabled-Veteran-Owned Small Business; (7) Any teaming arrangements; (8) A brief capabilities statement package (no more than 10 pages in length, double spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability to perform the specific requirements discussed above. Vendors need not demonstrate capability in all areas. Vendors can concentrate on areas of expertise in order to assist in our set-aside decision and approach using the MAC process. (9) An outline of previous projects, specific work previously performed or being performed; and (10) Any other specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted. The objective is to compete this requirement. A decision to set aside all or part of this requirement is dependent on a review of the information submitted in response to this sources sought. In addition to searching the market for qualified vendors, the results of the sources sought will be used to determine if any Small Business Set-Aside opportunities exist using NAICS Code 541519 with a small business size standard of $25.5 million. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. The Government requests that all companies, Large and Small, submit their business size. This announcement is open until 2:00 PM Pacific Time, 25 March 2013. Vendors should appropriately mark any data that is proprietary or has restricted data rights. Responses should be sent to Erin Strand, Contract Specialist, by e-mail at erin.strand@navy.mil, by fax at 760-939-8329, or by mail at Commander, Code 220000D (E. Strand), NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV, 429 E. Bowen Rd “ Stop 4015, China Lake, CA 93555-6108. This sources sought 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.
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