SOLICITATION NOTICE
L -- Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), Flight Software Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)
- Notice Date
- 1/31/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, SMC - Space and Missiles System Center, 2420 Vela Way, Suite 1467, El Segundo, CA, 90245-4659
- ZIP Code
- 90245-4659
- Solicitation Number
- F04701-02-R-0003
- Response Due
- 4/1/2002
- Point of Contact
- Jo Ann Takayama, Contracting Officer, Phone (310)336-4216, - Major Robert Menard, Deputy Chief of DMSP Contracts, Phone (310) 336-4265,
- E-Mail Address
-
joann.takayama@losangeles.af.mil, robert.menard@losangeles.af.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) System Program Office (SPO) anticipates releasing a draft request for proposal on or about 6 Feb 02 with the formal release about 1 Mar 02, for the DMSP Flight Software Independent Verification and Validation (IV). Documents will be posted on DMSP WWW (http://www.losangeles.af.mil/smc/ci/ivv/ivv.htm). This acquisition will be competed among firms that qualify as small businesses, NAICS 541710, having the interest, capabilities, or the ability to acquire the needed capabilities. The incumbent contractor is Integral Systems, Inc. This contemplated effort provides for: 1) IV of flight software for on-orbit phase for satellite attitude control, housekeeping, and commanding, 2) Utilization of government owned equipment for the Real Time Interactive DMSP Simulator (RIDS), to simulate the operation of spacecraft including monitoring and reporting of state of health of the RIDS to a government contractor, 3) Verification of flight software code, ensuring agreement and correctness between the code and the specifications for the code, 4) Validation of the flight software code, which includes running the code through all operational conditions and some anomalous conditions by simulation on the RIDS, 5) Certification of flight worthiness of the flight software by ensuring that all the flight software is compatible and correctly operates from lift-off to handover, and will be evidenced by the Contractor declaring the flight software to be flight worthy and free of defects, and 6) Technical support for operational on-flight operations. This support includes assisting teams of experts in early orbit operations resolution of on-orbit anomalies. A cost-plus fixed fee type contract is anticipated with annual options. The length of this effort is estimated to be a 1-year basic with 9, annual options (Jul 02 through Dec12). This proposed acquisition was originally published on 6 Apr 01. Any information, questions, and/or concerns should be communicated to the Contracting Officer, Ms Jo Ann Takayama at 310/336-4216 or joann.takayama@losangeles.af.mil. This notice does not constitute and IFB or RFP. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. You are advised that an Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from potential offerors during the down-selection phase of the acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the system program director or the contracting officer, but to assist in communicating offeror concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality regarding the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. The Acting Ombudsman, Mr William E. Orzech, can be reached at (310) 363-0886. Notes 1 and 26.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/USAF/AFSC/SMCSMSC/F04701-02-R-0003/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: At contractor's facility.
- Record
- SN00048922-F 20020328/020326214354 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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