Request for Information Sources Sought Eglin Autotest 10 FEB 26.pdf

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT

ONLY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF

POTENTIAL QUALIFIED SOURCES AND THEIR SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS

(HUBZONE 8(a), 8(a), HUBZONE, SMALL, AND SMALL DISADVANTAGE )

RELATIVE TO NAICS CODE 332993 . RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT

WILL BE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION

DECISIONS; SEE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS BELOW. AFTER REVIEW OF THE

RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WILL BE

PUBLISHED IN THE ENTERPRISE-WIDE AGILE ACQUISITION CONTRACT

(EWAAC) PORTAL. RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ARE NOT

ADEQUATE RESPONSES TO ALSO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY FUTURE

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS WILL HAVE TO

RESPOND TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT.

F-15 Qatar (F-15QA) AFLCMC/WAQK Foreign Military Sales (FMS) System Program Office (SPO) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is seeking sources to provide Digital Electronic Warfare System (DEWS) Autotest Capability Services. The Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, materials, and transportation (if required) to provide this service. A brief description of the performance objective is below:

The scope of this contract will be to provide additional Autotest Capability that leverages previous and on-going development work that will provide increased military effectiveness, cost leverage, and adaptability relative to current mission planning approaches.

The Contractor shall evaluate the DEWS test facility at the 68 EWS to determine if existing Government hardware can accommodate use of Autotest software. If hardware is determined to be insufficient to integrate Autotest software, the Contractor shall provide a detailed recommendation for required hardware updates.

Software Development The Contractor shall develop Autotest software to meet the following requirements:

a. Control the Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator (A2PATS) via external control messages.

b. Ingest output messages from the DEWS System Under Test (SUT).

c. Use existing and Government-requested adjudication logic to determine pass/fail of each simulated threat beam.

d. Produce output reports in accordance with Government-specified content and format.

e. Include a graphical user interface (GUI) to enable test system control, status monitoring and reporting of test results.

Software Delivery, Integration and Test The Contractor shall deliver and integrate Autotest software at the Government-identified DEWS test facility. The Contractor shall also test the Autotest software against the following requirements:

a. Process messages as fast or faster than the DEWS message output rate.

b. Record the lineage of DEWS messages during a test and make them available for inspection.

c. Successfully complete Government Acceptance Testing for accuracy equal to or greater than that achieved with existing manual test procedures.

d. Successfully complete Government Acceptance Testing for speed that represents a significant improvement when compared to the duration of existing manual test procedures.

e. Successfully complete Government Acceptance Testing for stability with run times of not less than eight (8) hours without the need for manual intervention.

**These performance objectives are for example only to allow contractors to have a basic idea of this requirement. A complete Statement of Work will accompany the solicitation in the future with the requirements for this service**

Responses to this notice should include company name, address, point of contact, Cage Code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 332993 and must respond to the following questions:

1. Is your business a large or small business?

2. If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergency business, or a small disadvantaged business?

3. If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and is your firm certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act?

4. Is your firm a certified “HubZone” firm?

5. Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business?

6. Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned and Veteran-Owned?

7. Does your company have experience providing support developing Autotest software?

8. Does your company have experience with Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and

Time Simulator (A2PATS) ?

9. Does your company have experience developing Autotest software that supports A2PATs and System Under Tests (SUTs)?

10. Does your company have experience handling classified information?

11. Does your company have experience working in a classified environment?

12. Please comment on any concerns you may have on the attached Organization Conflict of Interest (OCI) guidance.

This is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. Responses must be received in writing no later than 1200 (12:00 P.M) hrs. Eastern Standard Time (EST.) 24 February 26. Firms responding to this announcement which fail to provide all of the required information cannot be used to help the Government make the acquisition decisions which is the intent of this sources sought.

This notice is to help the F-15QA AFLCMC/WAQK in determining potential sources only. No solicitation is currently available. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request to be considered for a contract award. If a solicitation is issued, it will be posted on the EWACC Portal (http://www.ewaacportal.com/) and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. A response to this sources sought synopsis is NOT a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation.

Contracting Office Address Primary Point of Contact Secondary Point of Contact 2725 C Street, Bldg 553 Ms. Lena M. Hakim Ms. Antwonett Richie Wright-Patterson AFB , OH 45433 Contracting Officer Contracting Specialist Email: lena.hakim@us.af.mil Email: antwonett.richie@us.af.mil Phone: +1 385-634-1999 Phone: +1 385-635-5064