CSO AOI 0002 MQ-9 S1000D Technical Data Conversion and Viewer.pdf

MQ-9 AREA OF INTEREST (AOI) 002

MQ-9 Technical Order S1000D Conversion and Fielding Support

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1. AoI Background: The MQ-9 system requires S1000D-formatted Technical Data in order to support the fielding and sustainment of capabilities. This AOI is to support the conversion of

MQ-9 system source data (to include aircraft, ground control station, flight manual, weapons delivery manual and any and all associated commercial off the shelf (COTS) manuals required by the MQ-9 Systems Program Office) into S1000D (Issue 4.1), and enable the viewing of the

S1000D-compliant data in a S1000D viewer. Published data will be accessible via a vendor-provided tool suite as an Interactive Electronic Technical Publication (IETP) that is compliant with S1000D issue 4.1, MIL-STD-3048 and program established Business Rules.

2. AOI OBJECTIVES

2.1. This AoI for MQ-9 Technical Order S1000D Conversion and Fielding Support requires;

2.1.1. Conversion support for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) source data to current-issue S1000D and United States Air Force (USAF) compliant technical data in support of all levels of Operations and Maintenance

2.1.2. Converted data to be provided in a digital format in accordance with USAF standards as outlined in T.O. 00-5-1 and T.O. 00-5-3.

2.1.3. Converted data to be capable of being stored and managed in Electronic Technical

Information Management System

2.1.4. Converted data to be developed in Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETM) format

2.1.5. Converted data to be viewable in a vendor-provided (AFNet/SIPRNet-accredited)

S1000D-compliant data viewer

2.1.6. S1000D-compliant viewer to leverage Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM+) strategies in accordance with DoDI 4151.22

3. PHASE I – QUAD CHART/SOLUTION BRIEF

3.1. Submission Requirements: Phase I submissions must be sent via e-mail submission by 11:59

P.M. (ET) on 15 April 2020, with subject line stating “MQ-9 Area Of Interest (AoI) 002: MQ-9

Technical Order S1000D Conversion and Fielding Support” to loren.fekete@us.af.mil. Phase 1 submissions received after the specified due date and time will be discarded and not be evaluated by the Government. The Phase I submissions shall include both the Quad Charts and

Solution Briefs in accordance with guidelines presented in CSO-AFLCMC-WIIK-2020-001.

4. EVALUATION OF PHASE I – SOLUTION BRIEFS

4.1. The Phase I submission shall be evaluated against the published MQ-9 CSO evaluation criteria.

The general MQ-9 CSO Phase I evaluation criteria shall be used to evaluate and rate the proposed Phase I submission. If a Phase I submission does not meet the first or second evaluation criterion, the submission will not be further considered for Phase II. Upon conclusion of this round of Solution Brief evaluations, the Government may down-select offerors to further develop and submit a detailed Request for Prototype Proposal.

5. PHASE II – REQUEST FOR PROTOTYPE PROPOSAL (RPP)

MQ-9 AREA OF INTEREST (AOI) 002

MQ-9 Technical Order S1000D Conversion and Fielding Support

5.1. Upon conclusion of evaluation of Phase I submissions, the Government will down-select and invite no more than three (3) AoI participants to further develop and submit a detailed technical and price proposals. Proposal submission shall follow guidelines presented in CSO-

AFLCMC-WIIK-2020-001. Additional evaluation criteria will be provided as part of the RPP.

6. AOI OPEN PERIOD

6.1. This AoI shall close at 11:59 P.M. (ET); 15 April 2020.

7. POINTS OF CONTACT

7.1. AoI questions can be sent to:

Program Manager: Jamieson Pierce; jamieson.pierce.1.ctr@us.af.mil

Contracting Officer: Brandon Stout; brandon.stout.5@us.af.mil

Contract Specialist: John Gray; john.gray.35@us.af.mil