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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 01, 2013 FBO #4299
SOURCES SOUGHT

R -- SEEK EAGLE MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND TOOLS SUPPORT (SEMATS)

Notice Date

8/30/2013
 

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, AFLCMC/PK - Eglin, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 433, Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542-6864, United States
 

ZIP Code

32542-6864
 

Solicitation Number

13SEMATS
 

Archive Date

10/9/2013
 

Point of Contact

Lisa Younghanse, Phone: 8508820177, Mary "Nina" Hallmon, Phone: 8508820337
 

E-Mail Address

lisa.younghanse@us.af.mil, mary.hallmon@eglin.af.mil
(lisa.younghanse@us.af.mil, mary.hallmon@eglin.af.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

AIR FORCE SEEK EAGLE MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND TOOLS SUPPORT (SEMATS) AT EGLIN AFB FL. Sources are sought for Air Force SEEK EAGLE MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND TOOLS SUPPORT (SEMATS). The Air Force Test Center (AFTC) 96th Test Wing is designated as the lead engineering and analysis organization for nuclear and non-nuclear technical support. As described in AFI 63-104, the United States Air Force (USAF) created the SEEK EAGLE program as the Air Force standard process for aircraft stores certification, and designated the AFSEO as the cognizant engineering agency. The mission of the AFSEO is to "Ensure new war-fighter capabilities through the application and transfer of aircraft-store compatibility expertise". Compatibility expertise includes providing manpower and engineering tools, data, rationale, and mission planning software applications necessary to safely load, carry, and employ legacy and developmental stores (weapons, tanks, pods, etc.). The majority of this expertise is focused on fleet aircraft with externally carried weapon systems. Newer aircraft capabilities include an expanded capability to carry weapon systems both internally and externally and also include unmanned and "smart" technologies. As these technologies mature and war-fighting capabilities increase, the number of potential weapon configurations on any given aircraft grows exponentially. Combined with legacy and upgraded legacy weapons, addressing aircraft-store compatibility issues becomes more of a concern because carriage and employment of these weapon systems can significantly reduce safe airspeeds and maneuvering capabilities requiring modified weapon delivery tactics. To understand the overall effects on aircraft performance and weapon employment characteristics, extensive modeling and simulation, test and analyses, both ground and flight, are required to assure safety-of-flight for the aircrew. Expert skills and technological developments are needed for future aircraft stores integration to provide maximum operational capability for all aircraft. The dynamic nature of the SEEK EAGLE program demands the availability of a workforce with flexibility and experience committed to accomplishing current tasks and also working toward the development of tools to meet tomorrow's challenges in aircraft and technical support. AFSEO must augment its organic highly technical workforce with contracted skills and expertise to support the full spectrum of the AFSEO missions. The anticipated skills and expertise required for this support consists primarily of professional engineers, mathematicians, project managers, technicians and software developers/programmers, but also includes administrative and functional support. The contractor shall provide technical support for specific tasks as assigned, in addition to ensuring adequate resources are dedicated to satisfy the requirements of the activities and tasks as assigned. The Contractor is required to obtain materials, equipment, and supplies as needed to complete the tasks. The Contractor is responsible to maintain security clearances required to support the AFSEO mission up to and including Special Access Programs. The contractor may be required to travel within the Unites States and to international locations as mission requirements dictate. The contractor may be required to provide full time contractor support at CONUS locations other than Eglin AFB. In support of the AFSEO missions, the contractor will perform functions in the following areas: (1) Customer Requirements Development; (2) Project Management to Include Project Planning; (3) Compatibility Aircraft Stores Engineering and Analysis; (4) New Weapon and/or aircraft and Mission Planning Support with an emphasis on Safe Escape and Ballistics; (5) Technical Data/Configuration Management (Maintenance of Technical Data Libraries, Mass and Physical Properties Measurement, verified Store Technical and Mass Property (STAMP), and Technical Order Distribution); (6) Multi-Disciplinary Computational Technologies (includes Computer Aided Modeling and Stores Integration and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)); (7) Software and Capability developmental support to include: Enterprise Next-Generation Technology Program Support (High Performance Computing (HPC) Software Development, Capability Development, Software and Process Tool Development, and Software Processes); and (8) Organizational Support (includes Information Technology Computer Administration, Training, Continuous Process Improvement, Budget Analysis, Logistics Support, Software Management and Subcontract Management/Teaming). Interested sources who believe they can meet these requirements should provide a statement of capabilities that provides the following information related to their demonstrated experience and capabilities: (a) Contract information and/or program information describing your experience in the past three years relative to the objectives and tasks identified above. (b) Demonstrated capability in each area in the functions identified above, if applicable. All interested organizations are encouraged to submit capabilities packages addressing the specific criteria identified above. The packages will be reviewed according to these criteria. Organizations which provide information which does not demonstrate their capabilities specifically associated with the criteria identified in paragraph (b) may be evaluated as not being capable of performing the required services. It is the policy of the Government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. The resulting evaluation of all organizations providing capabilities packages will be considered in determining the acquisition strategy, specifically in determining for which (if any) small-business concerns this acquisition will be set-aside in accordance with FAR 19.5. The contract type anticipated by the Government is to be determined (TBD). The anticipated period of performance is five years. The proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541712, with a small business standard size of 1500 employees. In the response, interested sources should identify company name, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone, Federal CAGE Code, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, facsimile numbers, and type and business size indicating whether you are a small or large business for the purposes of the assigned NAICS. Limit your response to this market survey to a maximum of thirty (30) pages to be received NLT 2:00 PM., Central Time on 24 September 2013. Submissions can be e-mailed to mary.hallmon@eglin.af.mil. Note: In accordance with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, a small business firm must be able to perform at least 50% of the total requirement by employees within its own company. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address the concerns of offerors or potential offerors. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the Program Manager or Contracting Officer, but communicates Contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman, but rather to the Contracting points of contact identified below. The Ombudsman is Colonel Evan C. Dertien, AFTC/CV, at 1 S. Rosamond Blvd, Edwards AFB, CA 32542; his phone number is 661-277-2810. Collect Calls will not be accepted. For further information, contact the Contract Specialist, Mary Hallmon, AFTC/PZZC, 850-882-0337. This sources sought synopsis is for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. No costs will be paid for any charges incurred in responding to this synopsis. Information submitted should be addressed to: AFTC/PZZC Attn: Mary Hallmon 102 West D Ave, Bldg 11 Eglin AFB, FL 32542
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AAC/13SEMATS/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542, United States

Zip Code: 32542
 

Record

SN03170500-W 20130901/130830235539-453b474f38a5361c4e70978263a260f9 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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