SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- ARFORGEN SYNCHRONIZATION TOOL
- Notice Date
- 12/2/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- ACA, Fort McPherson GA , Southern Region Contracting Center-East, 1301 Anderson Way SW, Fort McPherson, GA 30330-1096
- ZIP Code
- 30330-1096
- Solicitation Number
- W911SE06ARFORGEN
- Response Due
- 12/16/2005
- Archive Date
- 2/14/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT: The Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) has a requirement to establish and develop a predictive synchronization tool in order to assist the Army in generating future force needs while addressing the impact on the present force pools. The Army Force Generation ( ARFORGEN) is a force management process that leverages modular unit designs and operational cycles to provide sustained deployment capability of operationally ready units. The purpose of this announcement is to identify potential sources capable of satisf ying this requirement. It is imperative that the potential offeror demonstrates the ability to meet the objectives set forth in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and meets the milestones identified in paragraph three (3) of the PWS. Responses shall c learly indicate the product/series that the firm has developed/possesses, and discuss the data rights associated with the product/services It is anticipated that the Government will seek a limited use rights of the delivered application. The Government anticipates it will solicit this requirement on a Firm-Fixed Price basis. Payments to the Contractor will be performance-based payments, based upon successful completion of the contract milestones. Interested Offerors must respond to this announcement no later than COB on 16 Dec 2005, by providing firm, quality and quantifiable information on the acquisition approach and model to be used, and must demonstrate how milestones will be met and capabilit y of performance. PWS AS FOLLOWS: G3/5/7 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) ARFORGEN Synchronization Tool 1. Background: Within FORSCOM, the G-3/5/7 has general staff responsibility for directing and supervising training, mobilization and deployment of FORSCOM units. This includes collective and joint training, operations, joint operations, combat development, force managem ent and force structuring. Additionally, the G-3/5/7 establishes training policy and oversees training of Army National Guard and United States Army Reserve units. Further, the G-3/5/7 directs the training readiness of all FORSCOM units to ensure their capability to deploy in support of theater contingencies worldwide. Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) is a force management process that leverages modular unit designs and operational cycles to provide a sustained deployment capability of operationally ready units. ARFORGEN will synchronize people, equipment, training, res ources and formations over time to satisfy the requirements regional combatant commanders will place on the Army. The ARFORGEN process focuses on unit level readiness. Individual units undergo a structured progression of increased readiness over time, cu lminating in full mission readiness and availability to deploy--their operational readiness cycle. Utility of the entire force is maximized through allocation of the correct mix of resources to requirements. The necessary manning, equipping, resourcing, and training processes are synchronized to generate ready forces from all components to achieve a sustained deployment capability and a capability to surge forces for other requirements. To facilitate the ARFORGEN process, an automated capability is required. FORSCOM researched commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software to validate the feasibility of an automated ARFORGEN capability. The outcome of the research was a Global Predictive Capab ility (GPC) prototype based on manufacturing COTS software. G3/5/7 FORSCOM directed immediate enhancements of the GPC prototype to meet ARFORGEN needs. The enhancements became the ARFORGEN Synchronization Tool (AST) prototype. This AST prototype must be rapidly expanded into an Army system of record to meet ARFORGEN implementation milestones which began in October 2005. Immediate functional modifications are required by February 2006 to support the ARFORGEN worldwide Synchronization Conference scheduled for March 2006. 2. Scope: AST is defined herein as data input to a simulation engine, data output to a data base and the production of Gantt charts. The project encompasses a five year phased development and implementation (Phases 1-5) followed by a sustainment and maintenance approach (Phase 6) . Phase 1 begins in calendar year (CY) 2006 with Phases 2-6 occurring annually thereafter. 3. Objectives: The objective is to develop and provide a predictive synchronization tool using the AST prototype to assist the Army in generating future force needs while addressing the impact on the present force pools. The tool will provide synchroniz ation across the four ARFORGEN functional modules (manning, equipping, training and resourcing), course of action analysis and an optimization capability. The system must operate on Department of Defense (DOD) classified and unclassified networks in compl iance with existing regulations and directives. a) Phase 1: Functional enhancements to the AST prototype in CY 06. 1) Milestone 1 - Synchronization Conference March 2006 i. View forces in force pools. ii. Depict deployable forces from all Army components. iii. Compare available forces to requirements. iv. Identify current and future force shortfalls. 2) Milestone 2 - Synchronization Conference September 2006 i. Align forces in hierarchal structures and Expeditionary Force Packages (EFP). ii. Determine interdependencies of functions, processes and events. iii. Perform course of action analysis and risk mitigation of Army specific policies and business practices. b) Phase 2: Functional enhancements to the AST prototype in CY 07. 1) Milestone 1 - Synchronization Conference March 2007 i. Analyze six historical and 12 future years of force data 2) Milestone 2 - Synchronization Conference September 2007 i. Handle & process entity attributes. c) Phase 3 - 5: Functional enhancements to the AST prototype in CYs 08-10. d) Phase 6: Maintenance and continuing support in CY 06-12. 4. Tasks: Technical modifications are made to the FORSCOM AST discrete event simulation prototype. FORSCOM will provide the required data to generate, synchronize forces and processes across the Army. a. Phase 1, Milestone 1 Task 1 System Compatibility. Delivered software will operate on classified and unclassified government networks in accordance with existing federal standards. Task 2 Gantt Charts. The contractor shall develop and provide a capability to produce Gantt charts depicting requirements and capabilities that can be viewed according to user selected parameters. Graphical representations shall be used on the Gantt ch arts. Task 3 Charts. The contractor shall develop and provide a capability to produce standard or custom charts and graphs similar to those produced by the AST prototype. Task 4 Capabilities. Account for and depict all conventional Army forces in ARFORGEN force pools by Standard Requirements Code, Component, Branch and Unit Identification Code. Task 5 Requirements. Account for and depict all Army conventional force requirements by combatant command, mission, Standard Requirements Code and Branch. Task 6 Shortfalls. Compare available forces to requirements to determine current and future force shortfalls by Standard Requirements Code, Component, Branch and Unit Identification Code. Task 7 BCT Templates. Incorporate BCT event templates and depict in standard and Gantt chart formats. b. Phase 1, Milestone 2 Task 1 - Input / Output Structure. A highly automated method is developed and implemented to input data from a relational data base and pass data to a relational data base compatible with existing FORSCOM capabilities. The method accounts for the additio n of new data elements at a future date. Task 2 Policy / Business / Process. A flexible, modifiable structure and mechanism is developed and provided to manipulate policies, business rules, practices and processes in performing course of acti on analysis. Task 3 ARFORGEN Data Base. A capability is developed and provided to pass processed data into a government relational data base. Task 4 HICON / EFP. Align forces in hierarchal structures and EFP. Task 5 Interdependencies. Determine interdependencies of functions, processes and events between the functional areas of mobilization, well-being, manning, equipping, training and resourcing within the active and reserve component structures. Task 6 Course of Action Analysis. Perform course of action analysis and risk mitigation of Army specific policies and business practices. Task 7 C2 and Support Templates. Incorporate command & control units and support brigade event templates and depict in Gantt chart format. c. Phase 2, Milestone 1 Task 1 Equipping. A capability is developed and provided to depict the impact of all equipping events and strategies. Task 2 Training. A capability is developed and provided to schedule unit entities through various prioritized training requirements and strategies. Task 3 Manning. A capability is developed and provided to handle and depict the life cycle manning for officers, enlisted and warrant officers with analysis capabilities on their entity level attributes. Task 4 Resourcing. A capability is developed and provided to apply resourcing criteria to predict the impact on various events. Task 5 Time Period. Analyze six historical and 12 future years of force data. Task 6 Core ARFORGEN Model (CAM). Integrate the input of all functional modules into the CAM to provide event synchronization. d. Phase 2, Milestone 2 Task 1 Entity Attributes. Handle & process personnel and equipment entity attributes. e. Phases 3-5 (Specific milestones with associated tasks will be determined from lessons learned and IPRS from Phases 1 & 2.) Task 1 Analysis. The contractor shall develop and provide an embedded capability in AST to perform user defined optimization analysis resulting in determination of the best solution for processing through events. Task 2 Sourcing Engine. Develop an automated engine to source force requirements. Task 3 Supporting Modules. Incorporate mobilization, sustainment, reconstitution, deployment and redeployment events. Task 4 - Users Manual. The contractor shall develop and provide a user manual written at the entry user level. Documentation will be updated with each version release. Task 5 - Technical Manual. The contractor shall develop and provide a technical manual for the AST software. It shall include technical details of the user interface, data and output schema, model flow, business rule process, functional module interact ion and data base structures. It shall enable system administration, operations and maintenance. The manual will be version controlled to facilitate incorporation of future technical specifications from added functionality. Documentation will be updated with each version release. Task 6 User Interface. Develop a common, web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI). Phase 6. Task 1 - AST Maintenance. Configuration management of the developed software will be managed in accordance with the software industrys standard practices. The current version and the last historical version will be under configuration control. Task 2 Technical Support. The contractor shall provide technical support of the developed software to FORSCOM during the ARFORGEN synchronization conferences as required. Task 3 Help Desk. The contractor shall provide a web based routine help desk function and a same-day telephonic technical support capability to the government i.e. users as well as the AST Project Team to identify and rectify software problems. Task 4 AST Model. The contractor shall provide updated AST software versions that incorporate all rectified software problems on an annual basis. Task 5 Verificat ion, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A). Provide support to the government in conducting VV&A tasks to insure compliance with Army standards. 5. Deliverables: a. General: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the contractor will report ALL contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performanc e of this contract b. Contract Management. A Project Management Plan will be provided within 30 days after award c. Phase 1, Milestone 1 1. Deliverable AST Version. Version 1.0 of AST software operable on classified and unclassified government networks accounting for and depicting capabilities, requirements, shortfalls and incorporating templates, all of which is depicted on respective Gantt or standard charts. d. Phase 1 Milestone 2 1. Deliverable AST Version. Version 1.5 of AST software with HICON / EFP, course of action analysis, interdependency determination and C2 & support template capabilities with automated input/output rule change mechanism. e. Phase 2, Milestone 1 1. Deliverable AST Version. Version 2.0 of AST software that will integrate the input of all functional modules (manning, training, equipping and resourcing) into the CAM to provide event synchronization. f. Phase 2 Milestone 2 1. Deliverable AST Version. Version 2.5 of AST software that will depict personnel and equipment entity attributes. g. Phase 3-5 1. Deliverable AST Version. Version 3.0 through version 5.5 of AST software with an embedded capability to perform user defined optimization analysis, an automated engine to source force requirements, GUI, technical and user manuals and incorporates mo bilization, sustainment, reconstitution, deployment and redeployment events. h. Phase 6 1. Deliverable AST Version. Version X.X of AST that incorporates changes, modifications and software upgrades as required. 2. VV&A. Support government VV&A efforts with information, configuration management, functional process integration and other related assistance as required. i. AST Certification and Accreditation. The contractor shall provide all documentation required to meet the Defense Information Security Certification and Accreditation Process. This will include, but not limited to: 1) The Interim Authority to Operate (IATO) 2) The System Security Authorization Agreement (SSAA) 6. VV&A: Government personnel from the Analysis Modeling and Simulation (AM&S) Branch will plan, coordinate and conduct VV&A of AST deliverables. 7. Place of Performance: Software development work will be performed in contractor facilities in conjunction with occasional on-site support located in the FORSCOM Headquarters. 8. Security: The contractor shall require personnel with a SECRET clearance. Contractor personnel shall be required to comply with existing security regulations and directives regarding obtaining a clearance, security of classified material and access to government computers and networks, as appropriate. 9. Travel: The contractor may be required to perform periodic travel in the accomplishment of tasks associated with this statement of work. 10. Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be from 1 January through 31 December of the respective calendar years. 11. Government Furnished Equipment and Information: FORSCOM will provide data and work process information as required. No other Government Furnished Equipment will be provided to the contractor. 12. Contractor Furnished Equipment: The contractor shall provide all necessary work space, automation / communication equipment, supplies and materials to accomplish the activities and tasks within the SOW. 13. Rights on DATA: The contractor shall retain intellectual property rights of the base technology used in AST. The government is required to purchase software licenses for such intellectual property. The Contractor shall not retain any copyrights, patents, or other privileges that allows commercial reuse, resale or gratis use of the software or any components thereof delivered to the government. The contractor is expressly forbidden to reuse any component of the government delivered software with any organization in research or development of products without the written consent of the CG, FORSCOM. Once delivered, the software be comes the exclusive property of the United States Government. 14. Publications: a. Army Campaign Plan; Change 2, September 2005 b. FORSCOM ARFORGEN Synchronization Tool (AST) Project Plan, (January 2006) c. AST Capability Production Document (CPD), January 2006 d. Army ARFORGEN Implementation Plan, December 2006 e. AR 5-11, Management of Models & Simulations f. AR 25-1, Army Knowledge Management and Information g. AR 70-1, Army Acquisition Policy h. AR 71-9, Material Requirements i. DA PAM 5-11, Verification, Validation and Accreditation of Army Models and Simulations j. FC Policy Memo 25-05-03, HQ FORSCOM COTS Software Purchase and Application Development
- Place of Performance
- Address: ACA, Fort McPherson GA Southern Region Contracting Center-East, 1301 Anderson Way SW Fort McPherson GA
- Zip Code: 30330-1096
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 30330-1096
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