IA02 FAR-Part13-5 Brand name or equal_7Aug_all signed_Redacted.pdf

Program/Equipment: Software for W9124J-20-R-0020

Version – March 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

• Web-based constructive simulation for emergency management training

• Tailorable scenarios to test decision-making processes and validate response plans

• Multi-faceted disaster selection: natural disasters; pandemics; terrorist attacks; active shooter; and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear scenarios

• Customized organizational resources simulating personnel, assets, and capabilities

• Integrates authoritative models and simulated disaster effects

• Flexibility to modify scenario organizational structure and simulated effects during an exercises

• Command and Control, Common Operating Picture, and GIS data integration and stimulation

• Web-based master scenario events list (MSEL) tool

• Enables distributed exercise development

• Enables role based exercise development and execution

• Manages multiple exercises concurrently

• Aligns injects to training objectives and critical tasks

• Provides automated delivery of injects via text, email and system messaging

• Allows for dynamic changes to control exercise complexity

• Collects observations of training audience actions (AAR, Lessons Learned)

• Documents evaluations and lessons learned

• Web-based distributed table-top and staff training tool

• Tailored scenarios to test decision-making processes and validate response plans

• Utilizes an integrated ESRI viewer and worldwide databases and models

• Media Emulation Software (MES) Capabilities that include:

- Videos stream smoothly

- Ability to upload/view photos

- Ability to post text stories

- Ability to upload audio files

- Ability to post social media content to Facebook-like application

- Ability to post social media content to Twitter-like application

- Ability to post social media content to YouTube-like application

- Ability to post social media content to Blogger-like application -Government agency pages look/feel/function comparably to real world pages

- Mainstream media pages look/feel/function comparably to real world pages

- Ability to post viewer comments

- Links/information can be cross-posted

- Intuitive/understandable content management interface

- Note-taking feature for Observer Controllers

- Appropriate “government content” banner appears on log-in page

- Users can opt to receive notifications when new content is added

- Permissions correct for users and various content managers

c. The above are essential characteristics for the software are essential to the agency’s need for the support services. These characteristics will be published with the RFP to ensure that an offeror knows the characteristics that any equal software will need to meet to satisfy the agency needs.

Program/Equipment: Software for W9124J-20-R-0020

Version – March 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: The Contracting Officer shall publish the notices required by FAR 5.201. The Contracting officer will publish the characteristics that any equal software will need to be have for acceptability the request for proposals.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: The requirement for the software and the characteristics that will need to be meet by any equal software will be published with the RFP.

8. Market Research:

a. In accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 205.205-71, DFARS 206.302-1(d), and DFARS Procedures, Guidance and Information (PGI) 206.302-1(d), a request for information (RFI) was posted to https://beta.sam.gov/ from 216 April 2020 – 30 April 2020. Eight Responses were received with three of the eight appearing to be capable (customer review).

Vendor Cage Size Appears Technically Capable (Yes/No, Why)

AGR

6ZVJ1

HUBZone SB

No indication of Exercise M&S capability required for this project, The inter-scope group

1PRK7

SDVO-SB

M&S capability and experience required for this project, Bubo Learning Design

7PHX7

HUBZone SB

M&S capability and project

FITT Scientific

71FE7

SDVO-SB

M&S capability and experience required for this project

5 ARMADA 44N33 SDVO-SB Yes

North Star

7VHF3

WOSB, EDWOSB

Yes

7 Applied Training Solutions 50AU7 SDVO-SB Yes

Pabulum

4RMA2

8(a)

M&S capability and project