ID04190075_-_PDSS_RFI.pdf

Federal Acquisition Service Assisted Acquisition Services Division

Southeast Sunbelt Region

This is a Request for Information (RFI) Only:

Project Name: Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) Program Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS)

GSA Order ID#: ID04190075

NAICS: 541512, Computer Systems Design Services

This is a Request for Information Only. Any responses are not considered to be offers and will in no way commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in preparation of any submission to the RFI or to contract for services.

This notice is to advise the public that GSA is performing an Assisted Acquisition on behalf of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) and is searching for potential sources capable of performing requirements set forth in this RFI.

The intent of this RFI is to gauge industry interest and capabilities to perform the services as described below.

Contract Type Anticipated: GSA is contemplating a solicitation for a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract with a minor Time-and-Materials (T&M) portion.

Competition Strategy: The results of this RFI will assist GSA in determining if a set-aside is feasible, to determine which, if any, socioeconomic program to use for this acquisition, and to determine if there are existing contract vehicles (GSA Schedule, GWAC, Multiple Award Contract, etc.) that could be utilized for solicitation. NOTE: GSA’s involvement does not restrict the acquisition to the use of GSA schedules. Any contracts available for Federal Government use may be used to conduct this acquisition based on the results of this market research.

Background: The U.S. Army PEO STRI Product Manager for Medical Simulation (PdM MedSim) has a requirement to maintain lifecycle support of all software and maintain concurrency by integrating new technologies on all training systems/devices and future training systems/devices associated with the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) Program of Record (POR).

A standardized family of training simulators, the MSTCs are comprised of the Virtual Patient System (VPS), Instruction Support System Turn Key Integration (ISS/TKI), Medical Training Evaluation System (MTES), the Medical Training Command and Control (MT-C2), TC3 exportable (TC3X), and TC3 SIM systems. The MSTC maximizes the use of enabling technology and supports training devices for both classroom and full tactical combat casualty care training capabilities. The MSTC provides a standardized design and training methodology which maximizes a reconfigurable, modifiable, and sustainable training capabilities to fully meet contemporary and future operational environment training requirements. The MSTC provides training on the three main combat trauma injuries: upper airway compromise, collapsed lung, and hemorrhage which supports 68W biennial recertification and CLS training.

The MT-C2 System is a control center allowing remote training platform management within the MSTCs. During a training event, Soldiers perform tasks on training devices inside scalable and adjustable scenarios within the simulated environments. The MT-C2 System enables training environment manipulation, medical scenario integration, mannequin control, audio video (AV) surveillance and recording. The MT-C2 System provides the capability to manipulate the environments in which scenarios take place in order to maximize the positive impact and training experience of each fluid training event within the training experience.

This contract will provide support to the following 21 MTSC sites: Ft. Lewis – WA, Ft. Drum – NY, Ft. Riley – KS, Ft. Bliss – TX, Vilseck – Germany, Ft. Carson – CO, Ft. Campbell – KY, Ft.

Stewart – GA, Ft. Bragg – NC, Camp Shelby – MS, Ft. McCoy – WI, Ft. Dix – NJ, Ft. Wainwright

– AK, Schofield Barracks – HI, Camp Dodge – IA, Camp Ripley – MN, Camp Atterbury – IN, Ft.

Indian Town Gap – PA, Ft. Benning – GA. Ft. Hood, and Camp Humphreys.

In addition, four (4) new MSTC sites will be established at locations within the CONUS starting FY20, and will be outfitted with the MT-C2.

Description of Services:

Hardware/Software Integration and Test Lab.

The Contractor will be responsible for the design, development and operation/maintenance of a hardware/software integration and test lab at a contractor provided facility. This lab shall be reconfigurable to support the applicable requirements below. This lab should closely replicate the MSTC functionality. The secondary purpose for this lab will be for the Government to conduct demonstrations. The lab shall be within five miles of the Med Sim program office loacated at the Naval Support Activity Facility in Orlando, Florida.

Program Management.

The contractor shall provide overall program management and administrative support to ensure the requirements of the contract are successfully accomplished.

Integrated Product Team.

The Contractor shall collaborate with the Government to define, document, implement, and maintain an Integrated Product Team (IPT) structure for the duration of the contract.

Product Line Synchronization.

The contractor shall synchronize, maintain data, and other pertinent information for the system within the construct of the Live Training Transformation (LT2) tools and processes.

Software Support.

The contractor shall actively support the system by implementing appropriate processes to support training at the MSTCs. The support shall range from reporting of problems and issues and providing assistance in verifying and/or installing software changes as issued via the LT2 repository.

Cybersecurity.

The Contractor shall integrate Cybersecurity (CS) into their programmatic processes, document decisions, specify and track CS requirements, document assessment efforts, identify possible solutions, and maintain operational systems security in accordance with (IAW) DoDI 8500.01, DoDI 8510.01, DoDM 8570.01, CNSSI 1253, and NIST SP 800-53, DoDI 8582.01, AR 25-2. The contractor shall secure all DoD information on Non-DoD information systems in accordance with DoDI 8582.01.

PDSS/Post Production Software Support (PPSS) Help Desk.

The contractor shall implement and sustain a PDSS/PPSS Help Desk within the constructs of the LT2 tools and processes. The Help Desk shall act as the point of entry for problem identification and support.

Obsolescence Management/Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS).

The contractor shall establish an Obsolescence Management/DMSMS program. The DMSMS program shall include an on-going review and identification of actual and potential obsolescence issues including, but not limited to, obsolescence of components, assemblies, sub-assemblies, piece parts and material through the systems life cycle.

System Engineering.

The contractor shall provide an overall system engineering approach for the PDSS activities necessary to maintain the allocated baseline and to sustain complete and functional systems.

System engineering includes all planning, organizing, and control to ensure that the operational needs and requirements are delineated as functional requirements.

Hardware and Software Integration.

The contractor shall perform all activities to integrate and assemble the hardware and software to maintain and sustain fully functional systems, with all support systems, that performs and operates in accordance with the system specification and contractor generated specifications.

Configuration Management.

The contractor shall implement an internal configuration management system for identification, control, configuration status accounting, and auditing of all configuration documentation, and software representing or comprising the product.

Test and Verification.

The contractor shall conduct all tests and evaluations to ensure contract compliance. The test efforts shall consist of a logical sequence of system level hardware and software tests to include a complete system re-initialization.

Training Courses.

The contractor shall update and conduct training to provide all necessary training to the target audiences as requested by the Government when system changes occur.

Training and Training Products.

The contractor shall sustain and provide system operation and maintenance familiarization training in conjunction with the PDSS activities.

Technical Publications.

The contractor shall maintain and sustain the operations and maintenance instructions/manuals that accurately depict the products through the various PDSS activities.

Technical Studies/Analyses.

Studies shall be performed to determine new training requirements based on the impact of changes in the design/changes of military equipment and tactics, impact of new technologies.

Feasibility and Cost Benefit Analyses.

Studies shall be performed to determine the technical feasibility of proposed solution to fulfill training requirements; to perform trade-off analyses and determinations; and to perform cost benefit analyses (efficiency and effectiveness).

Development of Prototypes.

The contractor shall develop prototype systems for evaluation of proof of concept and feasibility.

These prototypes will support specific requirement sets furnished by the Government and may include both hardware and software development.

Government Furnished Information (GFI).

The Government will provide all GFI in support of the execution of this program.

Clearance Requirements: Unclassified

Period of Performance: Base Year with four option periods of 1 year each.

Detailed Submission and Instructions for Responding to RFI:

Firms interested in responding to this RFI shall, at a minimum, submit:

1. Name of Company and Point of Contact with Contact Information

2. DUNS & CAGE Numbers

3. Current small business size status and, if anticipating to perform as a Joint Venture or Contractor Teaming Arrangement (CTA) or GSA Schedule CTA, please include information that describes the nature of the arrangement.

4. Details concerning contracts currently held to include GSA Schedule(s), Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC), and any other existing contracting vehicles that may possibly be used to award this effort. Please only describe your firm’s involvement if you believe this effort would be in scope and the contract would still be a valid ordering vehicle. Also, suggestions for Special Item Numbers (SIN) are welcomed.

5. Comments concerning the NAICS planned for use as indicated above.

6. Contractor Statement indicating a level of interest and experience performing same or similar requirements set forth within this RFI. Of particular interest is the establishment and management of a physical hardware/software lab, LT2 experience, and DoD Cybersecurity implementation.

7. Capabilities Statement providing sufficient information to ensure the Government can determine what acquisition vehicle (Schedule, GWAC, Open Market, etc) may have enough capable contractor involvement to warrant solicitation and/or set-aside.

8. Questions & Comments to the scope described within this RFI. There is no page limit for comments.

9. Limitations: Page Limit: No more than 5 single-sided pages (8 1/2” X 11, no less than 10-point Font). Graphs and Spreadsheets must be no larger than 8 1/2” X 11” when printed, and also does not count against the page limit. A Cover Page is allowed and will not count against page limit.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: All interested firms may respond to this RFI via e-mail to timothy.randall@gsa.gov (Contract Specialist) and Rodney.Lewis@gsa.gov (Senior Contracting Officer) by Tuesday, May 28, 2019 1:00 PM Eastern Time.

DISCLAIMER: Instructions for submitting a quote may be provided if/when a formal RFQ is issued. This is a Request for Information only and no statements provided herein shall be construed to constitute a formal solicitation. Additionally, if a formal RFQ is issued, potential offerors are advised to review the requirement in whole as changes are likely to occur.