COMMANDER, USA WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, STEWS-NRA-C, WSMR NEW MEXICO 88002-5201

R -- OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF TARGET CONTROL SYSTEM SOL 106&&&-9704-0004 POC Joan Devlin, Procurement Analyst, at (505) 678-3707. (Site Code DAAD07) This is a sources sought synopsis seeking potential 8(a) contractors for operations and maintenance of target control systems and equipment. The contractor shall be characterized by an institutionalization of its processes via policies, standards, and organizational structures. The contractor shall have a documented history of successfully adapting and implementing its policies into project specific processes and procedures. The contractor is expected to demonstrate past performance in the following areas: Operating and maintaining large scale hardware and software systems in a test and evaluation environment; Real-time decision making in a test and evaluation environment; Installation, operation and and maintenance of radio frequency transceivers and antennas; Installation, operation and maintenance of solar cell panels and gel cell battery technologies; Configuration management of large scale hardware and software systems in accordance with military standard MIL-STD-973; Software maintenance of largescale hardware and software systems in accordance with military standard MIL-STD 498; Quality assurance of large scale hardware and software systems in accordance wih the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 9001 quality assurance standard; Modification of high performance, real-time graphics display software; Modification of navigation, guidance, and control software for remotely controlled target vehicles; Modification of large scale six degree of freedom simulation software for remotely controlled target vehicles; Operating and maintaining high performance realtime graphics display systems; Developing computer generated, test and evaluation mission scenarios for remotely controlled target vehicles; Interfacing with test and evaluation participants (program representatives, flight safety personnel, Air Force officers, etc.), in support of test and evaluation missions; Interfacing with other technical organizations to identify, track and resolve intergroup issues; System administration of modern computer systems; Network administration of TCP/IP networks; Installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Ethernet networks; Troubleshooting of large scale, complex, heterogeneous, networked software and hardware systems. It is highly desired that the contractor demonstrate a software process maturity equivalent to level 3 of the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model for Software, Version 1.1. No solicitation document exists. A solicitation may be issued at a later date, based upon information received as a result of this announcement. This synopsis is for information purposes only; it is not a request for proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this aannouncement. Responses must be submitted not later than 30 calendar days after the publication of this announcement. (0107)

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