SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- SAFETY VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (SVASM)
- Notice Date
- 11/12/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
- ZIP Code
- 94035-1000
- Solicitation Number
- RFP2-38286
- Response Due
- 12/1/2003
- Archive Date
- 11/12/2004
- Point of Contact
- Natalie R. LeMar, Contract Specialist, Phone (650) 604-3005, Fax (650) 604-3020, Email Natalie.R.LeMar@nasa.gov - Jill Willard, Contracting Officer, Phone (650) 604-3007, Fax (650) 604-3020, Email Jill.Willard-1@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Natalie R. LeMar
(Natalie.R.LeMar@nasa.gov)
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF POTENTIAL QUALIFIED SOURCES RELATIVE TO NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE 541512, SIZE STANDARD: $21M. RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS WILL BE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION DECISIONS. BACKGROUND: NASA, by agreement with the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has operated and managed the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) program since 1976. The ASRS reporting model has become one of the primary tools recognized as a necessary complement to other safety efforts. NASA has operated and managed the Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) since 1999. AvSP deals with the operations systems and research concerning aviation safety data. The ASRS and AvSP requirements are currently combined in NASA contract, NAS2-99091, the Aviation Operations Measuring Systems (AOMS) Contract NAS2-99091, valued at approximately $44M, is currently being performed by Battelle Memorial Institute and will expire on November 8, 2004. To promote competition, the recompete effort for the AOMS will split the requirement into two procurements. This sources sought notice is for the AvSP requirement, which will now be addressed as Safety Vulnerability Analysis and Strategic Management (SVASM). The point of contact for the SVASM requirement is Natalie LeMar, Contract Specialist at Natalie.R.LeMar@nasa.gov. The Contracting Officer is Jill Willard. A separate sources sought will be posted for the ASRS requirement. The point of contact for the ASRS is Gail Woll, at Gail.V.Woll@nasa.gov. Joanne Comstock is the Contracting Officer. REQUIREMENT: NASA/ARC is managing and conducting research and development activities producing technology enabling network-based integration of information sources to allow assessment of National Aviation System (NAS) safety risk. Under SVASM, the Contractor shall provide development of innovative, advanced tools and methodologies that will for the first time be able to convert digitally recorded or textually reported aviation safety data, distributed across operating organizations and archives into information on the operational performance and safety of the aviation system. The objective of SVASM is to demonstrate a common working prototype of network-based integration of information extracted from diverse, distributed sources of data. This prototype will be scalable from integration of data sources within a single operator to NAS-wide operation, and flexible across strategic and tactical timeframes. The transition from prototype to practice will be one of ?opening taps? to current data and scaling computer power to match data volume, as appropriate to the political and proprietary sensitivities of information-sharing among NAS stakeholders. Development of the prototype will be based upon accessing de-identified copies of databases housed at industry-partners? facilities. Sources of information will include: flight-recorded digital data and textual report data from air carriers, radar and datalink data from air traffic facilities, NAS-wide weather information, and other databases (such as the National Aviation Safety Data Analysis Center (NASDAC), extramural surveys of pilot and controller populations, and other legacy databases) identified through structured user-needs assessment. This will result in a Local Area Network (LAN) of computers in the Contractor?s laboratory, each computer mirroring fully de-identified data held by an operating/monitoring organization, and integrated via ?intelligent? middleware. This local network of computers will constitute a prototype of the capability for automated monitoring for potential safety issues in each database, automated gathering of supporting evidence from other databases, automated multi-database response to safety-oriented queries entered into a browser-based interface, and analysis for causal factors and risk assessment among gathered data. The prototype will include a capability to use non-real-time simulation as appropriate to aid causal analysis for formulating the best interventions and to predict system-wide impacts of proposed changes. Consequently, this requirement is structured into five technical areas. Specifically, the contractor shall provide resource capacity in manpower and research facilities sufficient to perform activities in each of the following technical areas: 1. National Safety Data Source Development and Strategic Partnering ? The contractor shall cultivate working partnerships for access to data across the U.S. aviation community. Partnerships are considered essential to the development of a workable prototype capability for integrating information extracted from diverse distributed sources for continuous evaluation of system performance and safety. The contractor shall facilitate working partnerships with individual airline companies, the various labor unions, major suppliers, and manufacturers in the aviation industry. The Contractor shall operate supporting elements, including the Aviation Performance Measuring System (APMS; http://avsp.larc.nasa.gov/new_asmm.html ; which has developed networking and tools for radar data). The contractor shall conduct other research under the expressed requirements of these components within the context of SVASM. The contractor shall provide and maintain systems and tools for test and evaluation at partner facilities, and develop and advance these systems through implementation of tools developed in other elements. NOTE: The contractor?s experience and associations should not be such as might be perceived by members of the aviation community as constituting a potential conflict of interest. 2. Vulnerability Discovery from Distributed Safety Databases ? The contractor shall develop automated tools to monitor each database for potential safety issues and automated tools to analyze disparate data drawn from multiple sources, enhancing discovery, identification, and evaluation of safety risks. Research with each data source will further the science of flight, radar, survey, and textual report data to facilitate vulnerability detection. Research across data sources will advance the ability to draw conclusions about causal relationships among phenomena identified through monitoring or query. 3. Secure Aviation Network (SAN) ? The contractor shall develop secure, intelligent networking to support efficient and flexible integration of information extracted from heterogeneous and distributed data resources. Architecture will be scalable to operational implementation for a system-wide application or for application within an air carrier or air traffic control system. 4. Intelligent Middleware for Automated Vulnerability Analysis and Management ? The contractor shall develop sophisticated advanced software (middleware) capable of automated gathering of supporting evidence from other databases of issues identified in any given database, and automated analysis in response to safety-oriented queries entered into a browser-based interface. Middleware will enable the cross-data source functions developed in the Vulnerability Discovery element. 5. Technical Integration ? The contractor shall coordinate performance of teams accomplishing the four elements above, to ensure timely development of core products enabling prototype development and testing. Due to the need for collaboration and utilization of the prototype lab between the Contractor and the Government technical personnel, the Contractor?s facility will have to be proximate to NASA ARC (within 30 minutes). Additional Information Information on the Aviation Safety and Security Program is available at http://avsp.larc.nasa.gov/ NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) contemplates a performance based cost-reimbursement incentive type contract with a basic period of performance for two years and three one-year options. Requirements will be requested via Contract Task Orders (CTOs) against the basic contract. Interested sources should provide their capabilities and qualifications to perform the above requirement, in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time, December 1, 2003. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement under Full and Open Competition Procedures. Interested Offerors having the required specialized capabilities/qualifications to meet or exceed the requirement are asked to submit a capability/qualification statement of 15 PAGES or less. Your response should include the following: 1) Company name, address, point of contact, phone, fax, e-mail, and website (if applicable) 2) Size of business, i.e. large, small, small disadvantaged, HUB Zone, 8(a), or woman-owned for NAISC code 541512, size standard $21M 3) Company capability in the five (5) technical areas: a. National Safety Data Source Development and Strategic Partnering, b. Vulnerability Discovery from Distributed Safety Databases, c. Secure Aviation Network (SAN), d. Intelligent Middleware for Automated Vulnerability Analysis and Management, and e. Technical Integration. (Indicate capabilities that are within the firm and those to be subcontracted) 4) A list of relevant work performed in the past five (5) years, contract type, contract number, technical description, dollar amount, period of performance, customer reference name and phone number. Please include relevant work in collaboration with the aviation community and work that facilitates working partnerships with individual airline companies, unions, major suppliers and manufacturers within the aviation industry. All questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or fax). Telephone questions will not be accepted. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or other documents relating to this procurement. This synopsis is for information purposes and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for any information solicited. Respondents will not be notified about the outcome of the Government?s review of any solicited information. Failure to respond to this synopsis does not mean that a firm cannot respond to a solicitation at a later date.
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