Software Engineering Department Support Services

DISCLAIMER: This is a DRAFT Solicitation to obtain industry input/questions. The information provided in this notice is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. This notice DOES NOT constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is NOT a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure subject services. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this notification. Any information submitted by respondents is strictly voluntary. No basis for a claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this announcement.

The purpose of this announcement is to provide the DRAFT Solicitation for Software Engineering Department Services procurement for industry input/questions. 

This procurement is a FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The solicitation number is N00421-20-R-0127. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330 – Engineering Services. The Product Service Code (PSC) for this requirement is R425 – Support – Professional: Engineering/Technical. Any resultant solicitation will be released on the Beta SAM website at https://beta.sam.gov/

Please review the DRAFT Solicitation and provide feedback with specific comments. Comments on the DRAFT Solicitation are welcomed and should be emailed to laura.daron@navy.mil and lacee.mckinney@navy.mil.  Responses must include the following information: Company Name; Company Address; Company Business Size; and Point-of-Contact (POC) name, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address. The subject line should read "N00421-20-R-0127 (S/W Engineering)". The Government will not provide a response to the comments. However, the comments are Industry’s opportunity to highlight areas of the DRAFT Solicitation that may need clarity.  Comments will be considered and reflected in the Final Solicitation, if applicable.  No phone calls will be accepted. 

Industry’s review and feedback provided on the solicitation in its entirety is highly desirable and appreciated. 

Software Engineering support is required for direct software systems engineering support throughout the life cycle of a weapon system from concept development through disposal, and applied to Naval Aircraft weapons as well as support systems for U.S. domestic military programs and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs. The prospective contract will provide highly focused and specialized software engineering and technical support services, within the acquisition, development, deployment and sustainment phases of a weapon system, across a wide range of Naval Air Programs for aircraft systems and subsystems. The prospective contract will additionally include support for the development of operational systems and integration, as well as the ability of that software to be inter-operable with other Navy platforms. Representative samples of the contractor support requirements include: Software Systems Engineering, Systems/Subsystems Software Integration, Software Development, Software Test, Software Acquisition, Laboratory Engineering and Integration, Avionics/Software/Air Vehicle Technology Insertion, Platform Simulation, Configuration Management, and Program Performance Assessment and Analysis/Planning during the Acquisition and Sustainment phases in support of the PEOs, and NAVAIR PMA activities.

The Government kindly requests all comments and questions to be submitted by 1:00 pm EDT on 28 May 2020.