SOLICITATION NOTICE
35 -- Joint Terminal Attack Controller Training and Rehearsal (JTAC TRS) Engineering and Design Support
- Notice Date
- 10/27/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Minerals Management Service GovWorks, Attn: Mr. Louis Williams 381 Elden Street, MS 2510 Herndon VA 20170
- ZIP Code
- 20170
- Solicitation Number
- 0406RU60246
- Response Due
- 10/28/2005
- Archive Date
- 10/27/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Answers to JTAC TRS Announcement Questions 1. What is the period of performance? 12 months from contract award. 2. What type of contract is anticipated? (firm fixed price, T&M, cost type) AFRL anticipates the contract to be Firm Fixed Price for Dome and Administration paragraphs and Cost Plus for the remaining requirements. 3. What is the required format and content of the technical and cost proposals? Utilize the evaluation criteria included in the solicitation to develop your proposal. GovWorks will provide the required format for the technical and cost proposal. 4. Will award be made from this initial proposal submittal? No, this initial solicitation is just an advertisement. A final proposal will be provide after the advertisement period which will be used to make the award. 5. What is the place of performance? The "Announcement Details" specify some work will be performed at Nellis, AFB. However, the text indicates other work will be accomplished at Mesa, AZ and other locations. Work will be performed at the contractor's facilities. However, integration of hardware and software will be required at AFRL Testbeds which will include: Dome - Nellis AFB Interim JTAC TRS - Mesa Research Site Testbeds (as required) IFACT - Mesa Research Site Testbeds (as required) 6. Referenced Appendices A, B, and C were not included with the document. When will they be provided? Yes, appendices A, B, and C should have been provided in the initial solicitation. 7. Who will be responsible for obtaining radio frequency bandwidth authorizations or waivers at Nellis, AFB and other locations? Nellis AFB Frequency managers will be required to obtain radio frequency bandwidth authorization (as required). 8. Section 2.1 specifies technical references. When will the government provide these documents? Unfortunately, AFRL is unable to include technical references at this time. However, the government will provide this information when it becomes available. 9. Reference Section 3.3.7: Are sensors to be imbedded in the simulation or provided as GFE toolkit integration? Sensors (toolkit) equipment will be integrated by the contractor into the simulation environment. The toolkit items will be developed by Minerva Engineering and will be provided to the contractor by AFRL. 10. Reference Section 3.5: How many and where are the operational locations? The numbers and locations will be driven by cost, technology availability and schedule. This requirement will be a Cost Plus effort and the cost will be the driving factor in AFRL's decision making process. 11. Reference Section 3.6: Will the government provide IFACT source code and development tools? No, IFACT source code and development tools are proprietary information and will require collaboration with IFACT developers. 12. Reference Section 3.7: What is the level of system security required? Is this for Nellis only or Mesa and other locations also? System security will be required for Nellis only. The systems will be required to operate at an unclassified and secret level. 13. Reference Section 4.5: What is the applicable document that defines performance measurement of the JTAC competencies and when will it be provided? Mission Essential Competencies will be utilized to define performance measures of the JTAC competencies. The data is currently protected under trademarks agreements and will be furnished by the government when it becomes available. 14. Reference Section 4.6: What are "gaming areas" and how many are there? The gaming areas are in reference to realistic scenarios in current and real world areas of operations. We currently have one scenario and are developing additional scenarios under a separate contract. These scenarios must be able to operation in a Distributed Mission Operations environment. 15. Reference Section 4.6.1: What is the definition of "DMO capable"? DMO capable is defined as operating on a DMO network with approved protocols. This includes providing required system hardware and software to operate on the secure network through approved DMO security portals. 16. Who designed and built the existing system, and how long has it been in service? L3 Communications at the Mesa Research Site designed and built the existing system. The system has been around since 3Q FY05. 17. What is the size of the virtual environment? The simulation environment was designed to fit in a standard DoD schoolhouse classroom. The current JTAC Dome is 22.5ft wide and 13.5ft high. 18. What is the size of the proposed space the system will be installed in? The size of the proposed space is large enough to fit the JTAC Dome (22.5ft wide and 13.5ft high) and pass safety requirements. 19. What is the number of walls or channels to be projected? There are 16 panels, 14 Image Generation (IG) Projection channels, and 7 additional IG channels. There are a total of 21 IG channels. 20. It appears to be a given, but is the system to be tracked? If so, what is the size of the tracked space? The contractor will be required to integrate a tracking system to support the JTAC toolkit equipment. The tracking space must cover the entire simulation environment within 2ft from the walls of the dome. 21. Is this the JTAC Dome stereoscopic? If so, what type of stereo is required (active or passive)? Yes, the JTAC Dome will require a 3D Audio System. 22. What is the current type of projectors (resolution, brightness, etc.)? The current dome utilizes COTS projectors with a 1400 X 1050 resolution. 23. What are the current image generators? The current image generators are Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VSRG) IGs. 24. What type of applications are being used and are these applications sufficient for the new systems? The current applications available in the JTAC Dome are Sensor Server Software, Next Generation Threat Simulation (NGTS), NGTS Instructor Operator Station (IOS) developed by AFRL, and Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) IGs. These applications are sufficient and required for the new system. 25. Will there be software development involved? Software development will not be required for the Dome but software development and updates will be required for the other requirements. software development and updates will be required for the other requirements.
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