DMCA_Sources_Sought.pdf

22 September 2016

SOURCES SOUGHT CAPABILITIES ANNOUNCEMENT

Data Mining, Capture and Access (DMCA) in Support of USSTRATCOM and Supported

Commands’ Decision Support Capabilities

A. INTRODUCTION

1. This is a Sources Sought Synopsis being conducted pursuant to FAR Part 10, Market Research. This is for planning purposes only and there is no solicitation available at this time.

2. This is an initial step in the planning process for the Data Mining, Capture and Access (DMCA) in Support of USSTRATCOM and Supported Commands’ Decision Support Capabilities contract.

3. The 55th Contracting Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, seeks potential sources to provide visually fused situational awareness display presentation services supporting NIPRNET, SIPRNET, Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS) and closed net network centric operations.

4. The North American Industrial Classification Systems (NAICS) is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services, which has a small business size standard of $27.5M.

B. REQUIREMENTS

1. Objective: The Contractor shall provide visually fused situational awareness display presentation services supporting NIPRNET, SIPRNET, Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS) and closed net network centric operations. These services will seek out web-enabled data sources with active end points and, through translation services, aggregate disparate data sources into a common view with the use of web services following Net Enabled Command and Control (NECC), Net-Centric Enterprise Solution for Interoperability (NESI) and Technical Implementation Architecture (TIA) compliance standards and the ability to obtain awareness of past, on-going and future National Technical Means (NTM) capability to satisfy collection requirements against assigned and defined targets.

The Government requires Contractor support for beneficial use of the existing Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Microsoft enterprise environment to include MS Office, Structured Query Language (SQL), Internet Explorer (IE), and SharePoint. Contractors should be familiar with current visualization technologies (Google, ArcGIS, etc.); Mozilla Firefox, as well as existing interface integration across USSTRATCOM classified and unclassified networks. Contractor support will build upon existing web pages, SharePoint pages, and databases that support Operational, Campaign, and Strategic Assessments. Contractor support will enhance knowledge management tasks with practical and functional web pages, SharePoint pages, and databases linked to existing data sources. The Contractor experience in Agile processes and methodologies would be beneficial. Experience in SharePoint 2013, .Net, SQL database administration, Java and C#, technical computers and networks, and information assurance is required.

As an expansion, the Government desires the Contractor to support continued sustainment of the Commander’s Decision Support Visualization Initiative. This ongoing capability addresses specific executive level collaboration requirements involving tasked scorecard event information, as well as visualization of the event itself. Intent is to continue to support global POTUS/ MAJCOM level collaboration requirements using existing SIPRNet level data source capabilities.

2. Period of Performance: It is anticipated that the contract period will be a base period of one year (15 December 2016 thru 14 June 2022) and four one-year option periods plus a six-month extension of services.

3. Security: The Contractor shall provide personnel with clearances commensurate with the DD 254, Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification.

C. INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS:

1. All businesses capable of providing these services are invited to respond. Any information provided to the Government as a result of this Sources Sought Synopsis is voluntary and the Government will not pay for any information submitted. Respondents are requested to submit capability packages electronically, as described below.

i. Capability packages shall be one electronic copy. Capability package files should be in MS Office format (Word, Excel or PowerPoint) or Adobe pdf format and should not exceed 5 MB on one email, to pass through the Offutt LAN. All packages should contain UNCLASSIFIED material only.

ii. Capability packages should not exceed 20 pages, each single side counting one page, 8.5 x 11 inch, with one-inch margins and font no smaller than 10 point Times New Roman. Capability packages must be received no later than 1500/3:00 pm (Central) on Monday, 26 September 2016.

iii. Capability package responses shall be sent via email to sarah.bible@us.af.mil.

2. Respondents must include the following information within their statement of capability packages:

i. Company Information: Your company’s name, address, a point of contact with e-mail address and telephone number, Federal Cage Code, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS), business size and security clearance level. Your company must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM). To register, go to https://www.sam.gov.

ii. Small Business: Small business respondents to this announcement should indicate whether the respondent is a small business, 8(a) concern, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned mailto:sarah.bible@us.af.mil https://www.sam.gov/ small business, or historically black college or university (HBCU) or minority institution (MI) (as defined by the clause at FAR 52.226-2).

D. CAPABILITY PACKAGE AND EVALUATION: The Government will identify competitive firms by evaluating the capabilities packages using the following evaluation criteria. Potential offers should be specific in referring to capabilities in the technical areas stated below. The following is considered mandatory in meeting the requirements of the Data Mining, Capture and Access (DMCA) in Support of USSTRATCOM and Supported Commands’ Decision Support Capabilities contract.

1. Shall possess an active Top Secret (TS) security clearance at time of contract award, and must be eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.

2. Demonstrate past experience developing frameworks to integrate both data and tools.

3. Demonstrate ability to enable geo-visualization of data in a User-Defined Operating

Picture (UDOP) and integrate user collaboration options, such as sharable data feeds, conferencing and chat capabilities.

4. Demonstrate experience and ability to integrate: Data Catalog Services, Data Access and Dissemination Services, Data Translation Services and UDOP Services.

5. Demonstrate experience creating training/socialization materials.

E. GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY: This Sources Sought Notice is for commercial services IAW FAR Part 13. This Sources Sought should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. Any information submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought is strictly voluntary and any offer submitted by such a firm will be evaluated without prejudice.

F. Questions on this synopsis shall be submitted via email to only the contract specialist.

Discussions will not be conducted telephonically. CONTACT: Sarah Bible, Contract Specialist, sarah.bible@us.af.mil.

mailto:sarah.bible@us.af.mil.