SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- JMETC Event Support
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC - AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, CA, 93524-1185
- ZIP Code
- 93524-1185
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-F1S0AW6145B001
- Response Due
- 7/3/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/18/2006
- Description
- The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base, CA is seeking potential sources capable of providing JMETC Event Support. SCOPE This effort provides the 412 Test Wing (TW) access to Boeing Aircraft Hardware in the Loop (HITL) Labs and High Fidelity Aircraft Simulators, for platforms such as AWACS Block 30/35 and 40/45, F-15, and F-18, integrated into a distributed test environment. 412TW Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) assets will participate in a distributed test event in August 2006 for the Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) program. The 412TW engineers would like to check out the mission flow, network data load, and link communication with command/control aircraft. The contractor shall provide various mission-based Link 16 data and ?ownship? data real-time to 412TW assets to help with this check out. ?Ownship? data is position and weapon system status data that is generated by the aircraft HITL Lab or simulator before it is packaged for transmission on Link-16. These HITL Labs and/or Simulators will be tasked to participate in defined test scenarios to support testing. In these test scenarios these HITL Labs and/or simulators will be asked to send and receive link 16 data link messages per the scenario. Message data will be compared with recorded HITL Lab and/or simulator transmitted and received data to verify message traffic between all systems within the network of LVC systems participating in the test. The period of this effort is from 1 June 2006 to 1 Sept 2006. 1.0 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES 1.1 Simulation Assets: The contractor shall provide access via a network to aircraft hardware in the loop and high fidelity simulators for use in distributed testing. 1.2 Battlespace Environment: The contractor will participate in a local Edwards distributed laydown. The contractor will provide data recording on request. 1.3 Network Connectivity: The contractor shall provide the network connectivity required to link their simulators and Battlespace Environment to the AFFTC Data Acquisition and Transmission System (DATS). The contractor shall ensure that all applicable network security paperwork from both DISA and SAF /AQ is complete and approved before connecting their network with the AFFTC network(s). 1.4 Operations Support: The contractor shall provide manning to operate its HITL Labs and/or simulators during NCW test events. The operators shall operate the system according to defined mission scenarios. Operator representatives shall participate in Technical Interchange Meeting teleconferences during the test planning phase to assist in the definition of test scenarios for a particular test. Operators shall participate in Mission Pre-Briefs the day before a mission to ensure that there is an understanding of the test and receive any changes to the test mission. 1.5 Engineering and Technical Support: The contractor shall provide engineering and technical support to ensure connectivity and data transfer. 1.6 Support Scheduling: The contractor shall be required to support a test given two weeks notice. The contractor shall have the flexibility to adjust to government requested unplanned test slips by 2 days without cancelling the support and re-scheduling. 1.7 Reporting: Contractor will provide expenditure report at close of effort. Contractor format is acceptable. 1.8 Period of Performance: The period of performance for this effort shall be from 10 July 2006 through 30 September 2006. 1.9 Travel: The contractor shall travel as required to support test related meetings. Most meetings will be held via telecon. Firms responding to this synopsis must identify their company?s capabilities to perform the requirements described herein, reference the synopsis number and indicate whether or not that they are a small or small disadvantaged business concern as defined in FAR 52.219-1. The NAICS code is 541330. The Small Business size standard is $4.5 million dollars. The information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Air Force not to open the requirement to open competition, based on response to this sources sought synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Air Force. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this sources sought synopsis. It is anticipated that a Firm Fixed Price contract will be awarded in June of 2006. All responses may be sent via e-mail to kim.ponniah@edwards.af.mil or mailed to 412 TW/PKDB, 5 South Wolfe Ave, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-1185, Attention: Kimberly Ponniah. Fax Number: 661-275-9602. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are due in the office by Close of Business (COB), 21 Jun 2006.
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