SPECIAL NOTICE
K -- Upgrade of avionics systems simulator visualtion/rendering computers - NOCA
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, HQ Air Force Test Center (AFTC) - Edwards, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, California, 93524-1185, United States
- ZIP Code
- 93524-1185
- Solicitation Number
- FA9302-13-F-H006
- Archive Date
- 8/9/2013
- Point of Contact
- Daira Smith, Phone: 6612779559
- E-Mail Address
-
daira.smith@edwards.af.mil
(daira.smith@edwards.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Contract Action (NOCA). Notice of intent to award a sole source procurement for the upgrade of avionics systems simulator visualization/rendering computers. THIS IS A NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION (NOCA) ; THIS IS NOT A SOCLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN REPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE PRUPOSE OF THIS SYNOPSIS IS TO NOTIFY INDUSTRY OF THE USAF INTENT OF CONTRACT ACTION AND POSSIBLY GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER POTENTIALLY QUALIFIED SOURCES AND THEIR SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS (SMALL BUSINESS, LARGE BUSINESS, ETC.) PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF A SOLICITATION, AS ONE DOES NOT EXIST. SUBJECT: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR UPGRADE OF AVIONICS SYSTEMS SIMULATOR VISUALIZATION/RENDERING COMPUTERS. DESCRIPTION: INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT WITH ZEDASOFT, INC. The Air Force, Edwards Air Force Base, CA intends to award a Sole Source purchase order to ZedaSoft, Inc. The Sole Source purchase will be for upgrades of the avionics systems simulator visualization/rendering computers of which ZedaSoft has proprietary rights. Please note that this is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit, in writing, complete information describing their ability to provide the following: •1) Add pre-generated high resolution multi-spectral images at specific coordinates within the virtual imagery database. •2) Add the ability to select different "cockpits" by using a drop down menu selection on the instructor/console display while adding the capability to capture screenshots from the simulator cockpit views. •3) Add/provide/fix the ability to trim the aircraft using the trim switch on the current HOTAS control stick. •4) Upgrade existing computer systems to new Dell 1U computer systems to provide faster execution and headroom for future growth. •5) Integrate the system by travelling to EDW and packing up system for shipment to integration facility for computer replacement and re-integration. •6) Unrack, remove, and replace the original computer systems with the new Dell computer systems which will be configured with the latest simulator software baseline and tested - the visual scene database will also be transferred to the new computer hard drives. •7) After testing the system will be packed and shipped back to Edwards for installation at Test Pilot School (TPS) and configured for acceptance by TPS instructors. Responses may be sent via e-mail to daira.smith@us.af.mil. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Air Force not to open the requirement to open competition, based on response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Air Force. If the office has not received any affirmative written responses by 3:00pm Pacific Time 25 July, 2013, a Sole Source purchase order will be pursued with ZedaSoft, Inc.
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