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| Attachment 7 - PWS, Section L and Section M Correlation Matrix | ||||||
| PWS Requirements | PWS | Section L | Section L | Section M | ||
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| EMPIRE SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT | 3.a | |||||
| TDA Runtime Performance & Interfacing EnhancementsTasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, efforts needed to assist TDA developers with enhancing the execution runtime of their particular TDAs when using the EMPIRE software suite. Typically this class of support might include, but not be limited to, API enhancements/adaptations; modifications to EMPIRE's internal structures and self contained interfaces; and advice on improved means of interfacing the subject TDA with EMPIRE. | 3.a.i | 5.3.6 | Describe your experience in enhancing and maintaining the execution runtimes of routines and programs that are called by external programs, such as Tactical Decision Aid (TDA) software. Describe your experience in area of application performance enhancements, to include but not limited to hardware and software optimization techniques. Include problems, successes and lessons learned. | Sub 1.f | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s success in enhancing the execution runtimes of software components in response to calling programs, such as Tactical Decision Aids (TDAs). The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience in the use of hardware, software, and other solutions to provide maximum application performance levels. | |
| TDA Verification & Validation Support | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, efforts needed to verify and validate the performance of the task sponsor identified TDA to ensure the accuracy of the TDA's analytical results. Typical tasks may include participation in field measurement campaigns, to include test planning, range scheduling, test execution, etc., statistical data analysis & reduction of field measurements, comparison of field measurements to TDA generated analysis results, comparisons of TDA-generated results to those produced by standalone EMPIRE or standalone propagation models, TDA software design reviews as described in the Joint Accreditation Support Activity’s (JASA) Accreditation Support Plans (ASP). For more information on DoD’s modeling & simulation verification, validation and accreditation processes, see https://www.dmso.mil/public/transition/vva/. For more information on JASA, see http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~jasa/. Support tasks in this category may also include developing and presenting technical papers at professional conferences (IEEE, AOC, etc.). | 3.a.ii | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | |
| Propagation Model Updates | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to efforts needed to update the existing component propagation models contained in EMPIRE | 3.a.iii | 5.3.1 | Describe your approach to interfacing various electromagnetic propagation models (written in C, C++, Fortran, Java and MATLAB) through a common interface to be accessed by mission planning software and tactical decision aids (TDAs). Included in this approach should be a plan for integrating propagation model upgrades into the common interface. | Sub 1.a | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience and success in providing a common interface to various electromagnetic propagation models that may be written in a variety of computer languages. The Government will also evaluate the ability of the offeror to support developers using their common interface. | |
| a. Integrate & test new versions of EMPIRE’s component propagation models. | 5.3.1 | Describe your approach to interfacing various electromagnetic propagation models (written in C, C++, Fortran, Java and MATLAB) through a common interface to be accessed by mission planning software and tactical decision aids (TDAs). Included in this approach should be a plan for integrating propagation model upgrades into the common interface. | Sub 1.a | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience and success in providing a common interface to various electromagnetic propagation models that may be written in a variety of computer languages. The Government will also evaluate the ability of the offeror to support developers using their common interface. | ||
| b.Work with the component model developers to resolve any errors discovered during unit, integration, regression or functional testing, & ensure critical corrections to the models are implemented in EMPIRE. | 5.3.2 | Describe your experiences in taking over responsibility and operational control of other people's software, including situations where documentation was poor to non-existent. Include problems, successes, and lessons learned. | Sub 1.b | The Government will evaluate the offeror's success in taking over responsibility and operational control of software systems, especially software libraries designed by others. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s process for deconstructing and documenting software operations on software lacking existing documentation. The Government will evaluate the contractor’s ability to perform software analysis and documentation in a variety of commonly used languages. | ||
| 5.3.4 | Describe your experiences for fixing software defects. Describe your method for discovering software defects. Include problems, successes, and lessons learned. | Sub 1.d | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s success in fixing software defects. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s process for determining software defects and their ability to correct software defects. | |||
| 5.3.5 | Describe your experience in providing quick turn-around, software support to other software developers. | Sub 1.e | The Government will evaluate the offeror's experience in providing quick turn-around, software support to other software developers. The Government will also evaluate the ability of the offeror to support TDA developers using their common interface | |||
| c. Revise &/or update EMPIRE’s model recommendation rule set to reflect any changes brought about by the propagation model updates. | ||||||
| d. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand how to properly utilize the updated propagation model. Descriptions of model updates, enhancements, results of unit, integration, regression & functional testing as well as changes to the component model’s documentation suite shall be incorporated into the EMPIRE documentation suite. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| e. Demonstrate successful implementation of the updated propagation models for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| Propagation Model Integration | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to efforts needed to add existing propagation models, algorithms & supporting data sources to the EMPIRE suite as identified by the task sponsor. | 3.a.iv | 5.3.1 | Describe your approach to interfacing various electromagnetic propagation models (written in C, C++, Fortran, Java and MATLAB) through a common interface to be accessed by mission planning software and tactical decision aids (TDAs). Included in this approach should be a plan for integrating propagation model upgrades into the common interface. | Sub 1.a | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience and success in providing a common interface to various electromagnetic propagation models that may be written in a variety of computer languages. The Government will also evaluate the ability of the offeror to support developers using their common interface. | |
| a. Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the newly added propagation models & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, and report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand how to properly utilize the newly added propagation model. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the newly integrated propagation model for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| EMPIRE Defect Repairs | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to efforts needed to correct defects in the EMPIRE software as identified by the task sponsor | 3.a.v | 5.3.4 | Describe your experiences for fixing software defects. Describe your method for discovering software defects. Include problems, successes, and lessons learned. | Sub 1.d | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s success in fixing software defects. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s process for determining software defects and their ability to correct software defects. | |
| a. Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the identified defects & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.4 | Describe your experiences for fixing software defects. Describe your method for discovering software defects. Include problems, successes, and lessons learned. | Sub 1.d | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s success in fixing software defects. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s process for determining software defects and their ability to correct software defects. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, & report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand the implications of the defect & to properly utilize the repaired capability. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the “repairs” for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| Antenna Modeling Support | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, modeling assorted antennas & related components for use in EMPIRE; the generation of antenna pattern data delivered in a task sponsor defined format; the documentation of the processes used to generate antenna pattern data; the interfacing/integration of antenna modeling libraries & data generation tools such as the Antenna Integrated Resource Environment (AIRE) with EMPIRE; the enhancement of AIRE to include new antenna classes (types), or other efforts that affect how EMPIRE handles antennas | 3.a.vi | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability to conduct Antenna Modeling Research. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability to develop Antenna Modeling tool and the accompanying algorithms. | ||||
| a. Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the tasked antenna modeling capability & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, & report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand & properly utilize the antenna modeling capability capability. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the antenna modeling capabilities for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| Development of Specially Structured EMPIRE Versions | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to efforts needed to produce specially formatted & structured version of EMPIRE to meet task sponsor needs. For example, this might be the development of a version of EMPIRE that might be releasable to foreign nations, or to the commercial market, or the development of a services oriented architecture (SOA) version of EMPIRE. | 3.a.vii | 5.3.7 | Describe your experience and process for development of specially formatted and structured versions of pre-existing software. Include problems, successes and lessons learned. | Sub 1.g | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s success in creating specially formatted and structured versions of existing software. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability to make tailored software for users with varying technical requirements and abilities. | |
| d. Demonstrate successful integration of the commercial capabilities for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| Meteorological & Oceanographic (MetOc) Modeling | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, phenomenology investigation, software development, & testing, integration of existing capabilities to use meteorological & oceanographic models, algorithms, & data in the computation of electromagnetic propagation effects. These efforts might include enhancement of the capability in EMPIRE to directly read data from DoD MetOc data sources using the Joint MetOc broker language (JMBL), or modifying the climatological capabilities in EMPIRE to recover ducting condition information, or implementing the capability to read data directly from MetOc soundings or the IBS-N real-time intelligence broadcast system. Other tasks may include implementing the ability to handle large MetOc datasets or allow for various interpolations between data points. | 3.a.ix | |||||
| a.Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the MetOc capabilities & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, & report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand & properly utilize the MetOc capability. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the MetOc modeling capabilities for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| Geo-Environmental Modeling | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, phenomenology investigation, software development, & testing, integration of existing capabilities to use geo-environmental models, algorithms, & data sources within EMPIRE. Such tasks may involve, but not be limited to enhancement & updating dielectric constant databases & modeling capabilities, studying the effects of mixed resolution digital terrain data on EM propagation modeling results, studying & modeling the effects of natural & man-made obscurants / aerosols, (i.e. snow, sleet, rain, smoke, fog, foliage, etc.) on RF signal propagation, development of the capability to model natural & man-made radio frequency noise, in a variety of operationally relevant setting from rural to urban environments, and studying & implementing the capabilities to model the effects of the Earth’s magnetic fields on Electromagnetic propagation | 3.a.x | |||||
| a.Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the geo-environmental capabilities & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, & report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand & properly utilize the geo-environmental capabilities. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the geo-environmental modeling capabilities for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION MODELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT | 3.b | |||||
| Antenna Modeling Capability Development | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to development of new antenna modeling tools and analytical algorithms, as well as developing & documenting new procedures (using new and/or existing antenna modeling tools like EIGER, NEC-4, Feko, etc) to generate antenna patterns for specific type of antennas. | 3.b.i | 5.4.3 | Describe your experience in conducting research on Antenna Modeling and the development of antenna modeling tools & accompanying algorithms. | Sub 2.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability to conduct Antenna Modeling Research. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability to develop Antenna Modeling tool and the accompanying algorithms. | |
| a. Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the tasked antenna modeling capability & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, & report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand & properly utilize the antenna modeling capability capability. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the antenna modeling capabilities for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| Electromagnetic Propagation Algorithms, Models & Data Sources Development | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, electromagnetic propagation phenomenology investigation, the implementation of new electromagnetic propagation models, algorithms, & data sources covering the extremely low to extremely high frequency range (3 Hz to 300 GHz). | 3.b.ii | 5.4.1 | Describe your understanding of the factors involved in modeling electromagnetic propagation . Describe the tradeoffs between performance and accuracy when implementing an electromagnetic propagation algorithm. | Sub 2.a | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s understanding of the factors involved in electromagnetic propagation. The Government will evaluate the key considerations the offeror identified that need to be taken into account in modeling different bands of the RF spectrum. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s understanding of the factors that, when used, provide higher accuracy at the expense of run time. | |
| 5.4.2 | Describe your experience in providing research in the field of electromagnetic propagation, speed enhancements of electromagnetic propagation algorithms, and the development of software suites of electromagnetic propagation models. | Sub 2.b | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability and technical knowledge in performing electromagnetic propagation research. The Government will also evaluate the offeror’s experience in enhancing electromagnetic propagation algorithms in both speed and accuracy. | |||
| 5.4.8 | Describe your experience in documenting research and development for utilization in software development. Include any relevant past experience with development of documentation that is instructive to the user and developer, and is appropriate to the material being covered. | Sub 2.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror's plan or process for documenting software development with an emphasis on consistent and timely documentation that is instructive to the user as well as the developer, and of a level of detail appropriate to the material. | |||
| a. Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the newly added propagation models & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. The contractor shall | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand how to properly utilize the newly added propagation model. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the newly integrated propagation model for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| a. Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the newly developed analysis algorithm or performance metric capability & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, & report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand & properly utilize the newly developed analysis algorithm or performance metric capability. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the newly developed analysis algorithm or performance metric capability for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| Specialized Hardware & Software Development | ||||||
| Development of hardware & software-based processing acceleration techniques to include the use of commercial video graphics cards, graphics processing units (GPUs) such as the NVIDIA TESLA™ family, specialized digital signal processing chips & circuit cards, field programmable gate arrays, array processors, & computer clusters built using commercial gaming engines such as the SONY PS-2/PS-3™ family, coprocessor card’s such as Aegia’s “PhysX”™, ClearSpeed’s “Advance”™ series or other related combinations of hardware & software | 3.b.iv | 5.4.5 | Describe your experience with the research and development of specialized computing solutions. Include information on experience with software and hardware research and development, with an emphasis on computing process acceleration solutions. | Sub 2.e | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience for researching specialized computing needs. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process for developing computing solutions which increase processing efficiency and result in reduced processing times. | |
| Meteorological & Oceanographic Modeling | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, phenomenology investigation, software development, & testing, integration of new capabilities to use meteorological & oceanographic data in the computation of electromagnetic propagation effects. These efforts might include developing new models, algorithms or data set to recover information on elevated ducts from existing metoc data sources, or implementing a new capability to read data directly from MetOc soundings or the IBS-N real-time intelligence broadcast system. Other tasks may include implementing a new capability to handle large MetOc datasets or allow for various interpolations between data points | 3.b.v | 5.4.4 | Describe your modeling & simulation experience with Meteorological & Oceanographic and geo-environmental phenomenon as related to electromagnetic propagation. Include experience with Meteorological software development and the transformation of Meteorological, Oceanographic and geo-environmental research into software capabilities. | Sub 2.d | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s modeling & simulation experience with Meteorological & Oceanographic and geo-environmental phenomenon as related to electromagnetic propagation. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience with respect to the transition of Meteorological, Oceanographic, and geo-environmental research into software capabilities. | |
| a. Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the MetOc capabilities & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, & report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand & properly utilize the MetOc capability. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the MetOc modeling capabilities for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios | ||||||
| Geo-Environmental Modeling | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, phenomenology investigation, software development, implementation, testing & integration support leading to the fielding of new or improved capabilities in EMPIRE. Such tasks may involve, but not be limited to development of dielectric constant databases & modeling capabilities, studying the effects of mixed resolution digital terrain data on EM propagation modeling results, studying & modeling the effects of natural & man-made obscurants / aerosols, (i.e. snow, sleet, rain, smoke, fog, foliage, etc.) on RF signal propagation, development of the capability to model natural & man-made radio frequency noise, in a variety of operationally relevant setting from rural to urban environments, and studying & implementing the capabilities to model the effects of the Earth’s magnetic fields on Electromagnetic propagation | 3.b.vi | 5.4.4 | Describe your modeling & simulation experience with Meteorological & Oceanographic and geo-environmental phenomenon as related to electromagnetic propagation. Include experience with Meteorological software development and the transformation of Meteorological, Oceanographic and geo-environmental research into software capabilities. | Sub 2.d | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s modeling & simulation experience with Meteorological & Oceanographic and geo-environmental phenomenon as related to electromagnetic propagation. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience with respect to the transition of Meteorological, Oceanographic, and geo-environmental research into software capabilities. | |
| a. Produce unit, integration, regression and / or functional test cases for the geo-environmental capabilities & add them to the EMPIRE test case suite. | 5.3.8 | Describe your experience, the approaches and techniques utilized in performing verification and validation (V&V) of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of V&V efforts. | Sub 1.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience, approach and techniques in performing verification and validation support of electromagnetic propagation models. | ||
| b. Execute these test cases, & report findings in a technical memorandum to be added to the EMPIRE software test report (STR). | ||||||
| c. Update the EMPIRE software user’s manual (SUM) with information needed by TDA developers & users to understand & properly utilize the geo-environmental capabilities. | 5.3.3 | Describe your plan and process for documenting software maintenance, upgrades and patches. Include experiences and processes for configuration control of software and software documentation. | Sub 1.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s plan and process in documenting software maintenance, patches and upgrades. The government will evaluate the offeror’s process for maintaining onfiguration control on software and software documentation, especially in regards to configuration control of upgrades or modifications. | ||
| d. Demonstrate successful implementation of the geo-envornmental modeling capabilities for no more than two (2) contractor-selected / government approved test scenarios. | ||||||
| TDA Verification & Validation Support | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, efforts needed to verify and validate the performance of the task sponsor identified TDA to ensure the accuracy of the TDA's analytical results. Typical tasks may include participation in field measurement campaigns, to include test planning, range scheduling, test execution, etc., statistical data analysis & reduction of field measurements, comparison of field measurements to TDA generated analysis results, comparisons of TDA-generated results to those produced by standalone EMPIRE or standalone propagation models, TDA software design reviews as described in the Joint Accreditation Support Activity’s (JASA) Accreditation Support Plans (ASP). For more information on DoD’s modeling & simulation verification, validation and accreditation processes, see https://www.dmso.mil/public/transition/vva/. For more information on JASA, see http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~jasa/. Support tasks in this category may also include developing and presenting technical papers at professional conferences (IEEE, AOC, etc.). | 3.b.vii | 5.4.6 | Describe your experience, approaches and techniques utilized in completing peer reviews and other technical validation of electromagnetic propagation models. Describe your experiences & capabilities in conducting field measurement campaigns in support of your validation efforts. | Sub 2.f | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience in the area of completing peer reviews and validation for research and development findings. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s approach for obtaining peer reviews on research and development. | |
| Commercial Capabilities Integration | ||||||
| Tasks in this category generally will include, but not be limited to, efforts needed to integrate selected commercially available EM propagation & related products that have an existing API. Such products may include “Wireless InSite”, “XFDTD”, & “XGTD” amongst others | 3.b.viii | 5.4.7 | Describe your technology transfer experience with the transfer of capabilities from research and development to operational software. Include information about experience with the integration of commercial tools and academic research into software which is pre-existing or in development | Sub 2.g | ||
| PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | 3.c | |||||
| Overall program management requirements for the base contract and all task orders will be specified in a “program management” task. Task specific requirements will be identified in the individual task orders. In all cases monthly status reporting for the basic contract and all task orders will be consolidated in to a single monthly status report. | 5.5.1 | Describe your experience in performing other contracts that required extensive dealings with a variety of government organizations and services to coordinate plans and product production. Describe your role as prime or subcontractor and identify the problems, solutions, and successes you developed. | Sub 3.a | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience in performing other contracts that required extensive dealings with a variety of government organizations and services to coordinate plans and product production. The Government will evaluate the offeror's experience in performing tasks similar to those in the PWS, either as a prime contractor or subcontractor. The offeror will be evaluated on the problems encountered and solved and the successes achieved in providing these services. | ||
| 5.5.2 | Describe your process and provide a plan for obtaining source code for propagation models of interest from other agencies. Document your contacts that you have worked with in obtaining propagation models. Describe your approach to obtaining access to government-owned propagation model or algorithmic source code that may not be readily available thru the task sponsor. Both the description of past experience and your approach should not depend on the reliance of the Government. | Sub 3.b | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s process and plan for obtaining source code for propagation models of interest from other agencies. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s experience in obtaining government-owned propagation models. If the offeror has no prior experience, the Government will evaluate the offeror’s approach to obtaining government-owned models. | |||
| 5.5.3 | Provide a process description and overview of your quality control methods for software release, research paper release and software configuration control. | Sub 3.c | The Government will evaluate the offeror's process for quality control of software releases and research paper release. The Government will also evaluate the offeror’s method for software configuration control. | |||
| 5.5.4 | Provide a Staffing Plan that addresses your acquisition and retention methods for skilled personnel, including retention during times of limited tasking. Include in this plan the extent and nature of personnel that will be provided by teaming partners, or subcontractors, if any. Describe the arrangements that will ensure that these personnel are continuously available for the taskings they are assigned. Provide a Training Plan for skilled personnel. Describe your process for introducing new personnel to the project, to include training plans and ramp-up time lines. | Sub 3.d | The Government will evaluate the offeror's personnel management practices to ensure that there will be sufficient flexibility and redundancy in provided personnel to assure task coverage. The Government will assess the quantity of proposed personnel in terms of expected workload and likelihood that personnel will incur repetitive overtime taskings. The Government will evaluate the offeror's process for introducing new personnel to the project, to include training plans and ramp-up time lines. | |||
| 5.5.5 | Provide a Transition Plan that describes your approach for beginning work on this contract and the efforts you will take to ensure a smooth transition. | Sub 3.f | The offeror will be evaluated on their ability to transition to EMPIRE work in a timely fashion. The Government will evaluate the offeror's Transition Plan. | |||
| 5.5.6 | Demonstrate your ability to provide personnel that can satisfy the Contract Security Specifications established in DD Form 254 at time of contract award. | Sub 3.h | The Government will evaluate the offeror's ability to provide personnel that can satisfy the Contract Security Specifications established in DD Form 254 at time of contract award. | |||
| 5.5.7 | Describe your processes to ensure no foreign nationals gain access to the EMPIRE or related software, or work on any classified portions of its development. | Sub 3.i | The Government will evaluate the offeror’s control measures that they plan to use to ensure that no foreign nationals gain access to the EMPIRE and related software; and that they will not work on the development of any EMPIRE tasking. | |||
| 5.5.8 | Describe the offeror's management approach for directing, controlling, and accounting for expenditures. These include: (1) Ensuring that reliable cost estimates are provided (through use of an adequate cost estimating system) for tasks, (2) The use of cost reduction initiatives and efficient application of resources to the work, and (3) Submitting accurate invoices that correctly identify the work performed and billed. | Sub 3.j | The Government will evaluate the offeror's management approach for directing, controlling, and accounting for expenditures. These include: (1) Ensuring that reliable cost estimates are provided (through use of an adequate cost estimating system) for tasks, (2) The use of cost reduction initiatives and efficient application of resources to the work, and (3) Submitting accurate invoices that correctly identify the work performed and billed. Proposals will be evaluated for a sound method for invoicing, including, when necessary, a process to make timely correction to incorrect invoices; and a good process to track payments against submitted invoices. |
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