Software Programming Services for Area Equivalent Model (AEM) Update

Added: Mar 02, 2017 4:58 pm The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA is seeking to purchase software programming services to update a legacy, supplemental software tool, the Area Equivalent Model (AEM), to work with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT). This work will update the AEM to interface with the AEDT and its databases and update the AEM documentation. These services will include software engineering and technical writing. The original AEM software tool was generated by ATAC, and the AEM update builds upon the detailed work completed as part of the original AEM coding. Only ATAC has access to the coding. The period of performance will be March 31, 2017 through September 22, 2017. The Government intends to award a Purchase Order on a sole source basis under FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b) to ATAC Corporation. The NAICS Code is 541511; the Small Business size standard is $27.5.

Notice: Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firms' capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within seven (7) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after seven (7) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered nonresponsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted.