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D -- DEPOT MAINTENANCE SYSTEM INTEGRATION/DEVELOPMENT SERVICES POC Contact Tina Moll at (937) 255-0447 or Sue L. Tormey, (Contracting Officer) at (937) 255-0445. No Solicitation Is Available At This Time COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY: FEBRUARY 1997 SECTION: SPECIAL NOTICES, Issue No. PSA- LENGTH: 496 words SOURCES SOUGHT -DEPOT MAINTENANCE SYSTEM D -- DRAFT RFP FOR INDUSTRY COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A DEPOT MAINTENANCE SYSTEM EFFORT FOR SELECTED DoD SITES. The Joint Logistics System Center (JLSC) Depot Maintenance Program Office is using a streamlined approach to select a contractor for the Depot Maintenance System (DM System). The DM System is to become the single, integrated automated information system that provides depots with the information needed. The DM System consists of PEOPLE (expertise), PROCESSES (management methodology), and TOOLS (software applications/hardware). The DM System will be used to support overhaul, repair, manufacturing, and remanufacturing processes at the Service's maintenance depots. The Program Office has already deployed a suite of commercial off-the shelf (COTS) and Government off-the-shelf (GOTS) software applications that address major end item management, reparables management, and specialized support. Because of this there are currently several individual contractors supporting these applications. There are also several contractors tasked to integrate/interface these systems with existing legacy systems. Therefore the Government is now acting as the overall system's integrator to form the seamless DM System. The intent for future efforts under this program is to transfer the overall integration responsibility to one contractor. This contractor will be responsible for deploying the DM System to all depots, sustaining the software applications already deployed and their interfaces, and continuing to evolve the DM System to total compliance with the Defense Information Infrastructure/Common Operating Environment (DII/COE). The DM System is not expected to be a single standard system or necessarily identical to the system deployed at the DM System IOS (NADEP Jacksonville). The contractor will be encouraged to use their technicalexpertise to provide the functionality required and to tailor the system to best integrate with each service's existing legacy systems and specific business needs. The "core" DM System will maximize use of the software applications already deployed by the DM Program office. We envision the DM System will be a 10-year, $400M+ effort encompassing Department of Defense (DoD) depots nationwide. One objective of the DM System acquisition strategy is to reduce proposal costs for industry (early in the process) by identifying only those sources deemed "best qualified" for the DM System acquisition and to reduce Government resources required to evaluate a large number of offerors, therefore the DM System acquisition will consist of two phases. In the first phase, the Government intends to do an assessment of the qualifications and capabilities of interested sources to identify highly qualified firms to continue in the streamlined acquisition for the DM System. The second phase will entail a source selection focusingon the specific integration and management approach proposed for the DM System as well as demonstrated abilities. It is expected that offerors, within the past five years, must have delivered a major information system costing $25M or more (excluding deployment/operation costs) that demonstrated evolutionary design, test and development, legacy migration, interoperability strategies, commercially available information technologies, and sustainment of large information systems. Contract award is estimated to occur as early in fiscal year 1998 as practical. The DM System Program team plans to conduct its first Industry Day Conference in the near future. The objective of the conference is to involve industry early in the acquisition by describing the DM System effort and outlining our acquisition approach. Your comments, suggestions, and thoughts on how this acquisition can be improved will assist us in ensuring the DM System comments are clearly articulated to industry. The exact date, time and place for the conference will be posted to the JLSC World Wide Web (WWW) Home Page linked to the Acquisition Strategy Home Page as soon as they are finalized. DM System information is available on the JLSC WWW Home Page at http://www.jlsc.wpafb.af.mil/acquisition/index.htm The DM System Program team will be utilizing the Acquisition Strategy World Wide Web Home Page extensively throughout the acquisition process. It is highly recommended that interested sources review the Acquisition Strategy WWW Home Page at least weekly. Vendors interested in participating in this acquisition should notify the DM System Program Office through the Acquisition Strategy WWW Home Page. Please identify your company name, address, and whether your company is a large, small, or 8(a) firm in relation to the SIC Code 7379, size standard $18M. Reference Note 26. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman with serious concerns only: Mr. Daniel L. Kugel, ASC/SY, Bldg 52, 2475 K Street, Suite 1, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7642, E-mail: kugeldl@sy.wpafb.mil, Phone: DSN: 785-3855, Commercial: (937) 255-3855 (0043)

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