SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) 2003
- Notice Date
- 9/3/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Defense Information Systems Agency, Acquisition Directorate, DITCO-NCR, 5111 Leesburg Pike Skyline 5, Suite 900A, Falls Church, VA, 22041-3206
- ZIP Code
- 22041-3206
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-JWID2003
- Point of Contact
- Constance Fortune, Contract Specialist, Phone (703)681-0242, Fax (703)681-1211,
- E-Mail Address
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fortunec@ncr.disa.mil
- Description
- 1. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice to industry seeking vendors interested in participating in the Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) 2003. The Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 2003 (JWID 03) scheduled for 2-27 June 2003. The new focus for JWID is solely on coalition interoperability. Combatant Commands, Services and Agencies (C/S/As) are invited to submit coalition interoperability trial (CIT) proposals for JWID 03 by 30 September 2002. CIT proposals from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and national participants outside the United States must be received by 14 October 2002. Department of Defense (DOD) industry partners must work through a C/S/A sponsor to submit CITs. Complete details On JWID 03, to include the format and submission instructions For CITs, can be found at http://www.jwid.js.mil. 2. JWID is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's annual event that enables the US combatant commands and international community to investigate command, control, communications, and computers (C4) solutions that focus on relevant and timely objectives for enhancing coalition interoperability. The intent is to demonstrate C4 Capabilities in CITs during JWID that can then be moved into operational use in the near term. 3. United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) is the host combatant command for JWID 03. Coalition participation includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and NATO to include several constituent nations. In addition, USPACOM will invite Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand to participate as Coalition Task Force (CTF) members. 4. JWID is conducted in a simulated operational environment to provide context for warfighter validation Of C4 solutions. Each CIT will receive a comprehensive assessment. Depending on the CIT, the assessment may include a warfighter, technical, and/or a security assessment. JWID is conducted over a worldwide secure network enabling trials classified secret releasable to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and NATO. A key objective of JWID 03 is to investigate how to provide multiple levels of security on the network given that Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand will participate in JWID as members of the CTF. Industry partners provide funding for and run the CITs in coordination with their DOD sponsor. 5. C/S/As and multinational partners will propose CITs to address one or more of the JWID 03 objectives listed in paragraph 6. By submitting a trial proposal, the submitter commits to fully resource the CIT (funding, personnel, training, hardware, software, etc.) for JWID 03. Given the new focus of JWID, DOD industry partners must submit trials in concert with a DOD sponsor. CIT proposals must be provided in a specific format as detailed on the JWID web site. The JWID Senior Management Group (SMG), in concert with the coalition partners, will select specific CIT proposals for execution by 22 November 2002 given projected availability of resources, how well the CIT dovetails with the objectives, and additional considerations as specified on the JWID web site. 6. The Joint Staff J-6, in coordination with USPACOM, gathered and prioritized coalition interoperability objectives for JWID 03 from the Unified Commands (via United States Joint Forces Command), NATO, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The overall goal is to use JWID to help define standard material and non-material solutions for coalition information sharing problems and issues. A short summary of the six specific JWID 03 objectives follows. The JWID web site contains more information about the objectives. a. Objective 1: Provide solutions to improve information sharing between nations given requirements for multiple levels of security and different combinations of access specifications among nations. Explanation: Operating a single coalition network used by many nations presents a unique set of information protection and dissemination problems. There must be an automated, straightforward mechanism to associate the specifications for access or release with the information itself. The mechanism must provide for multiple domains of information sharing. The mechanism must also enable nations to easily change the information sharing specification at any time up to and including adding and deleting all access to another nations. The specification of access must also allow the owner to specify access given based on the classification of the data. The information must also be protected while it is in transit from origin to destination given the specification for access. This general requirement for information protection can/should be applied to any method of information sharing to include (but is not limited to) e-mail (with attachments), collaborative tools, file transfer, and web site access. Any proposed trial that satisfies all or a part of the requirements in this objective will be considered for inclusion. b. Objective 2: Provide solutions for sharing information between logistics systems of different nations in support of planning and execution of operations. Explanation: As coalition operations become more intertwined, it will become more important to synchronize logistics operations. Information on logistics can also part of situational awareness feeds to other nations (related to objective 4). c. Objective 3: Provide real time/near real time language translations tools to enable more effective coalition operations. Explanation: Provide a real time/near real time multi-language text translation for chat, e-mail, and documents (including e-mail attachments). Investigate opportunities for real time translation of voice communications over the computer network (voice over IP) and the audio portion of desktop video teleconferencing via collaborative planning tools. Translate as many languages as possible with one tool as opposed to using different tools to translate different languages for the same general application. Specifically interested in those languages used by the JWID '03 participants. Translation tools should also have military and technical terms in their dictionary/database. d. Objective 4: Provide methods to share situational awareness information with nations using coalition networks. Explanation: This objective centers on defining what situational awareness data needs to be shared with other nations and how that exchange will take place. The question of what to exchange (content) is determined by the needs of the warfighter. Must use existing interface standards that define the format, content, and exchange mechanisms for shared data to the greatest extent possible. Solutions must support each nation's disclosure and release policy. Possible information to exchange would include friendly and hostile order of battle, targeting information, safe areas for marshalling, weather data, imagery, map data, other intelligence information, etc. Information exchange should support planning and execution of operations. At a higher level, this issue concerns effective information dissemination and knowledge management. This includes problems of integration, translation, or conversion of data in one format to another; identification of producers and consumers of information; and how to transmit the information securely from end to end while supporting national disclosure/release policy. e. Objective 5: Define a minimum set of capabilities and procedures required to establish a coalition network vulnerability assessment capability. Explanation: Security must be incorporated into the network as it is being built. A network must also constantly be updated to remain protected from emerging threats. There is a need to identify a standard set of capabilities that a given tool suite must support with respect to vulnerability assessment. Trials in JWID '03 should investigate use of information assurance network situational awareness tools to detect and defend against computer network attacks in real time (e.g. hacking attempts, unauthorized access attempts, etc.). There is also a need to define related processes for identifying and fixing vulnerabilities in the network and to develop related procedures to disseminate vulnerability warnings with related fix actions to member nations. There should also be tools and/or methods to use in validating that fix actions were actually accomplished. This objective is concerned with defining the minimum set of capabilities that a tool (or tool suite) should provide, not with picking a specific tool suite to use. f. Objective 6: Determine and validate core network services solutions for implementation on the operational coalition networks. Explanation: The intent of this objective is to define required capabilities that each nation must provide with respect to the provision and operation of network services between all nations. This objective also includes defining standards for network services between nations. A basic set of core services has been defined for the CWAN for JWID based on previous work. The purpose of this objective is to identify possible additional core services and investigate standards for existing services in more detail. Possible areas to examine include (but are not limited to): a network situational awareness tool/suite; distributed collaborative planning tools; messaging protocols (e.g. X.400 or X.500); integrating Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) into the network; and bandwidth management tools. Issues related to bandwidth management will become more important as bandwidth-intensive tools are used more often (e.g. imagery dissemination, voice over IP and collaborative planning to include desktop video functions). This work will help to bring together existing solutions for operational coalition networks to support work in converging on a single standard. 7. Subject to changes, the following milestones are to be used for planning purposes: a. Coalition Interoperability Trial proposals due 30 Sep. b. Initial planning conference 18-22 Nov 02 @ Virginia Beach, VA. c. Mid-term planning conference 3-7 Feb 03 @ Virginia Beach, VA. d. Final planning conference 24-28 Mar 03 @ Virginia Beach, VA. e. JWID 03 execution period 2-27 Jun 03. (1). CIT set up 2-6 Jun 03. (2). Rehearsal 9-13 Jun 03. (3). CIT assessment 16-27 Jun 03. 8. Administrative requirements: a. All information submitted for CIT proposals will be considered and handled as non-proprietary. b. Unclassified and classified networks will be used. US CIT participants will require a minimum of DOD SECRET clearance to participate in JWID 03. The principal network that CITs will use will be at a combined SECRET-releasable security level. c. Military personnel, as opposed to industry or civilian personnel, will operate the CIT during assessments. CITs must provide required training at each JWID 03 site where their CIT is located. JWID funds will not be provided for training. d. CITs will be required to provide on-site technical and operational representation throughout all JWID 03 planning conferences and execution phases. JWID funds will not be used. 9. Please direct questions concerning JWID 2003 to the JWID JMO Point of Contact, LCDR Mike Ward, (757)-225-2153 (DSN 575) or e-mail: mike.ward@langley.af.mil. Vendors may submit CIT proposals immediately for this effort. Please refer to the JWID website www.jwid.js.mil for specific information about CIT proposal submissions. 10. Events of the past year have highlighted the need for coalition nations to exchange information. With its new single focus on coalition interoperability, JWID will play a large part in improving coalition information sharing. 11. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government will not offer any compensation, monetary or otherwise, for the written submission of information. The Contractor assumes all liability of costs, to include, but not be limited to, preparation of the CIT proposal. No contract award shall be made as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. Industry participation in JWID 03 is at no cost to the Government.
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