SOLICITATION NOTICE
18 -- Industry Day, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), Mark IVB follow-on system sustainment acquisition
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- 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
- Reference-Number-40
- Response Due
- 4/9/2004
- Point of Contact
- Capt Richard Marsh, Contract Manager, Phone (719) 556-2795, - Capt Shawn Beauchamp, Contract Manager, Phone (719) 556-3230,
- E-Mail Address
-
richard.marsh@cisf.af.mil, shawn.beauchamp@cisf.af.mil
- Description
- INDUSTRY DAY: Sponsored by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Detachment 11, Defense Meteorlogical Satellite Program (DMSP), Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO will host an Industry Day forum on the Mark IVB follow-on system sustainment acquisition. This event is scheduled for Friday, 16 Apr 04 from 8:00 am to 11:00 am at the Aerospace Building in Dining Room A & B. The address is: 2350 East El Segundo Blvd, 90245-4691. The purpose of this Industry Day is to provide interested parties and potential offerors an opportunity to receive information on the Mark IVB system sustainment acquisition and provide feedback. Specifically, the forum will focus on presenting the Air Force?s vision for the procurement. The classification for the briefing is ?UNCLASSIFIED.? Attendance will be limited to five (5) personnel per company/team. All notifications of attendance, list of names attending and phone numbers, and any questions regarding this announcement must be made, by e-mail, by Friday, 09 Apr 04 to Capt Richard A. Marsh at richard.marsh@cisf.af.mil. A courtesy copy of the e-mail should also be sent to Capt Shawn S. Beauchamp shawn.beauchamp@cisf.af.mil. The Mark IVB System is a meteorological data ingest, processing and dissemination system. Meteorological data is obtained (i.e., ingested) from U.S. domestic (i.e., Department of Commerce) and foreign meteorological satellites, both polar orbiting and geostationary. Once processed by the Mark IVB, this data is made available to analysts and forecasters located worldwide (i.e., not associated with the Mark IVB). The Mark IVB systems are installed in six operational locations worldwide. Operating sites are located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, Kadena AB, Japan, Andersen AB, Guam, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Lajes AB, Azores and Sembach AB, Germany. While the Mark IVB was originally designed as a stand-alone, self-contained meteorological ingest and processing system, where analysis and forecasting was accomplished on site, it has evolved into a network-centric enterprise system where analysis and forecasting is accomplished off site. As a key component of the Joint METSAT Imagery Software and Terminals (JMIST) system, the Mark IVB provides high-resolution METSAT data to authorized users worldwide on a near-real time, 24/7 basis. These remote users employ one of two Mark IVB software applications (Generic Imagery Dissemination System and PC Forecaster) and network connections to access, download, display and manipulate the Mark IVB meteorological data. The Mark IVB server software operates in a real time UNIX environment. The maintainer and client software applications operate in the Windows XP environment. The meteorological data is first ingested and processed by the RF segment of the Mark IVB, it is then sent to the data server where it is reformatted into a Mark IVB unique format and mounted on the data server for dissemination to authorized users. The maintainer application contains a variety of system configuration, satellite ingest scheduling, maintenance and analytical tools. A future upgrade to the system will replace the Unix server with a Windows server, making the entire Mark IVB Windows-based. The Mark IVB automatically collects Geostationary and Polar meteorological data directly from satellites without reliance on other means of communications. The data streams consist of visual and infrared imagery and mission sensor data. The Mark IVB also has the capability to generate satellite pass schedules, error messages and log status and audit events. The vast majority of the Mark IVB system is comprised of Commercial Off-the-Shelf hardware and government-owned software and must be continually upgraded to meet evolving mission requirements due to new satellite launches and forecasting techniques, and to avoid technical obsolescence. The majority of the Mark IVB sustainment effort is software maintenance, with about a 90% ? 10% split between software and hardware sustainment. Interested parties, who believe they have the capability of performing as prime contractors in support of this effort, are invited to submit a statement of technical capabilities, which includes the following information: Personnel/Size Standard - (1) Company name, mailing address, points of contact and telephone numbers, (2) Business size classification, Large, Small, or Other. Experience ? (1) Specific work previously performed or being performed relevant to the specific task areas of this effort. Small Business companies with the capability to perform this requirement are encouraged to participate. The small business size standard for this requirement is NAICS 541710. Interested offerors must submit Statement of Capabilities (SOC), which clearly illustrate expertise in the following areas: (1) Electromagnetic signal processing of the microwave spectra (L, S and X-Band), including Meteorological Satellite mission sensors (microwave and infrared), (2) Digital electronics, (3) Radio Frequency Interference, (4) Antenna and tracking system design including radio frequency link analysis, (5) Control systems, (6) Automated Data Processing Equipment, (7) System, hardware and software engineering, production, integration, installation and test, (8) Computer Network Technology and Operations, (9) Technical support (hardware and software), (10) Computer network security, including certification and accreditation and (11) Ability to begin the supportability analysis immediately after contract is awarded. The SOC must also illustrate the offerors working familiarity with: (1) Satellite and Orbital physics and (2) Terrestrial weather forecasting. E-mail your SOC statements to Capt Marsh no later than 14 May 04, which should be limited to twenty-five (25) pages excluding resumes. If you are interested only in subcontracting opportunities, please indicate clearly in your submission. This announcement is for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government. Verbal responses will not be accepted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Kadena AB, Japan; Andersen AB, Guam; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; Lajes AB, Azores; Sembach AB, Germany and two systems at Lockheed Martin, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (one developmental and one for training).
- Record
- SN00555013-W 20040328/040326212246 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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