Engineering development and logistics sustainment support services for the longbow crew training device suite and conversion of the geospecific database suites

ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT AND LOGISTICS SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE LONGBOW CREW TRAINING DEVICE SUITE AND CONVERSION OF THE GEOSPECIFIC DATABASE SUITES

THE UNITED STATES ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - REDSTONE (ACC-RSA), CCAM-AP-A INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE AN INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY FIRM-FIXED PRICE (FFP) CONTRACT ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS TO ROCKWELL COLLINS SIMULATION & TRAINING SOLUTIONS, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52498-0001, CAGE CODE 00WX8, WITH A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF FIVE ONE-YEAR ORDERING PERIODS.  THE EFFORT IS TO PROCURE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT AND LOGISTICS SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE LONGBOW CREW TRAINING DEVICE SUITE (TDS) AND CONVERSION OF THE GEOSPECIFIC DATABASE SUITES (GDS) UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION OF 10 U.S.C. 2304(C)(1), FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) 6.302-1(A)(2)(II)(A), ENTITLED, "ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE, AND NO OTHER SUPPLIES OR SERVICES WILL SATISFY AGENCY REQUIREMENTS."  THIS EFFORT IS TO SUPPORT BOTH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT (USG) AND THE AGENCY'S FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) PROGRAM.  THIS SPECIFIC SUPPORT IS REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, TUNING, INTEGRATION,  AND MODIFICATION OF LONGBOW CREW TRAINER (LCT) COMPLIANT VIRTUAL GDS, MOVING MODELS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS (MMSE), TRAINING SUPPORT FOR THE LCT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER (OEM) AND LIFE CYCLE CONTRACTOR SUPPORT (LCCS), SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT (SME) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR INTEGRATION AND POST FIELDING PROBLEM RESOLUTION, AND HARDWARE OBSOLESCENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE APACHE PMO LCT EQUIPPED WITH EPX 5000 AND EP 8000 IMAGE GENERATORS (IG) TO THE LCT EP8000/8100 IG CONFIGURATION.  A TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE (TDP) SUITABLE FOR FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION IS NOT AVAILABLE.  THE TDP INFORMATION IS PROPRIETARY TO ROCKWELL COLLINS AND IS USED BY ROCKWELL COLLINS TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE MULTI-SERVICE AIRCRAFT PROGRAMS.  INTERESTED SOURCES ARE ENCOURAGED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES IN WRITING TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, CCAM-AP-A, EMAIL MARIE.T.LAMB.CIV@MAIL.MIL.  ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A PROPOSAL THAT SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY.