The United States Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground, 21005 - Announcement of Government's intent to solicit for Custom Computer Programming Services (541511) in support of the Airborne Command and Control.

The Government is issuing solicitation W15P7T-12-R-C912 for Custom Computer Programming Services (541511) in support of the Airborne Command and Control as a total small business set-aside per FAR Subpart 19.5 -- Set-Asides for Small Business on or about 07 February 2012. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 541511, for which the small business size standard is an average of not more than $25 million in annual receipts as defined in 13 C.F.R. 121.104.

The anticipated award will be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Term type Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, consisting of one (1) thirty-six (36) month ordering period for Software Engineering & Project Management Contractor Support Services (CSS) for the Software Engineering Center (SEC) Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Software Directorate (ISR) Avionics, Countermeasures & Sensors Division (ACS) Aviation Integration & Systems Support Branch (AI&S2) Airborne Command and Control (C2).

The following types of services will be required: program management/administrative support, software development, software engineering environment (SEE) support, software engineering, software assurance, verification and validation (V&V), data bus engineering support, test support, fielding support, prototyping & fabrication support, website support, process improvement support, computer based training (CBT), software product line (SPL), condition based maintenance (CBM+), and demonstration.

Government facilities will be provided for this effort at the Communications-Electronics Command-Life Cycle Management Command (CECOM-LCMC) SEC facility at Building 6006, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD 21005. The contractor in support of this requirement shall utilize these facilities as the primary locations for management, systems & software engineering and software maintenance work.

The contractor shall provide support to include training, sustainment, and upgrades needed at Continental United States (CONUS) locations on a temporary duty (TDY) basis as required. CONUS locations include, but are not limited to, any Army installation within the continental United States.

Interested Offerors must: 1) Have an adequate accounting system for determining costs applicable to a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract; 2) Have the financial ability to sustain this effort for 30-60 days under a cost-reimbursement type contract of this size; 3) Have the ability to comply with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations of Subcontracting, where at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the small business concern.

As a preponderance of these services is Professional Engineering Services, the Service Contract Act is not applicable.

The incumbent contractor for this effort, operating under contract W15P7T-06-D-E403/task order 0030, is:

Mantech Sensor Technologies, Inc.
4696 Millennium Drive
Belcamp, MD 21017-1555

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