SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Request for Information and Notice of Conference: Seeking Sources to Provide Procurement, Assembly, and Integration Services for the Aviation Data Mgmt and Control System (ADMACS)
- Notice Date
- 9/11/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, Contracts Department Hwy. 547 Attn:B562-3C, Lakehurst, NJ, 08733-5083
- ZIP Code
- 08733-5083
- Solicitation Number
- N68335-06-RFI-D316
- Response Due
- 9/25/2006
- Archive Date
- 10/10/2006
- Description
- This is a Request for Information and Notice of Conference. There is no solicitation available at this time. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is seeking information from potential sources that can procure, assemble and integrate a network system based on a current design package for the Aviation Data Management And Control System (ADMACS). The ADMACS is intended to be the Navy?s most advanced aviation network to be installed aboard aircraft Carriers. The ADMACS is an integrated, network-centric Shipboard Aviation Operations information management system that provides naval aviation operations Planning, Execution, and Readiness/Assessment. ADMACS is a tactical, real-time data management system that provides connectivity throughout the Air Department and other ship divisions and embarked staffs that manage Aircraft Launch & Recovery operations on CVN ships. The ADMACS software is currently being developed by Navy engineers and will be completed prior to the first required installation. The ADMACS network will provide a high-level network/backbone allowing NAVAIR?s Command & Control and information management systems to intercommunicate and provide a secure gateway for importing and exporting critical data among the ship's tactical, navigational, and meteorological command, control, communication, computer, sensors, and intelligence (C4SI) networks. The network design is also in development by Navy engineers and will be completed prior to award of this first contract. The ADMACS will provide a real time, fault tolerant (redundant), configuration managed, tactical Local Area Network (LAN) with an open system architecture as an electronic interface between shipboard tactical data systems, aircraft material readiness reporting systems, aviation ordnance accounting systems, shipboard critical systems, operating and monitoring systems and air operations planning / scheduling / tracking systems. The ADMACS will be compatible with the Global Command and Control System ? Maritime (GCCS-M) architecture and, through the GCCS-M, it will be interoperable with other shipboard and other U.S. services? systems, data bases and networks which share like information or data fields. It will incorporate a self-contained diagnostic and built-in-test (BIT) system, continuity or systems degradation alarms, redundant paths for continuous operations in a combat/damage control environment, and operator reconfiguration capability without impacting system operations. The ADMACS is being developed to be compatible with the CVN-68 and CVN-21 class aircraft carriers. The major design objectives for the ADMACS are: to reduce Total Ownership Costs (TOC), increase sortie rates, improve overall efficiency, improve weapon and fuel accountability, improve situational awareness and safety, provide for overall work reduction aboard ship and greatly improve aviation data management. The hardware and network design package will be provided to interested parties upon request from the Contracting Officer. The ADMACS program will reflect a system?level acquisition approach for an upgraded aviation data management system to replace the older technology and manual processes. The Navy?s goal is to develop and procure an entire data management system (new racks, servers, switches, workstations, large screen displays, UPSs, and fiber optic cable). The government intends to structure a program that is economically feasible while meeting the needs of the fleet. This may result in the contractor(s) pricing out the core ADMACS basic system and any specific recommendations to the system and/or network as required. The ADMACS basic system for an aircraft carrier is composed of four network switches populating 4 racks in addition to 1 NTP Server, 1 workstation, 1 application server and 1 database server per rack. Also included in each rack is a UPS, a PDU, various media converters, cables and mounting assemblies. In FY 07, the ADMACS program will be entering the System Design and Development (SDD) phase of acquisition. The Navy anticipates that a single contract will be awarded for the SDD phase through full and open competition, to produce one (1) full size, fully integrated, production representative ADMACS Block 2 Engineering Development Model (EDM). The goals of the SDD phase will be as follows: 1. Procure system hardware based on provided engineering drawings (plus additional subsystems/components required to support environmental and shock qualification of the system as necessary). 2. Build-up systems (based on drawings provided) 3. Suggest modifications based on industry standards and current technology 4. Modify/complete drawings if necessary 5. Test jointly with NAVAIR LKE Team 6. Deliver to EDM ship for technical and operational evaluation 7. Participate in Integrated Testing in conjunction with Navy engineers. The EDM system will initially be assembled at the contractor?s facility for integration testing. NAVAIR LKE engineers will install and test developed software on target hardware in conjunction with contractor?s engineers. Following successful completion of an initial developmental lab testing, the system will be sent to the EMD named ship for operational evaluation. Contractor engineers will work in conjunction with Navy engineers during Integrated Testing (IT) aboard ship. It is anticipated that the SDD phase will continue into FY 09. The Navy is still evaluating its approach for the Production and Deployment (P&D) Phase of the program, to support CVN-68 class ship availabilities and possible CVN-21 class installations. At this time, at least one LRIP unit is anticipated to be included in the SDD contract as an option quantity, but the Government is considering inclusion of all production units (eight additional installed systems and one lab system, to be delivered through FY 12) as option quantities. If the Navy does not include the nine systems as options to the SDD contract, another full and open competitive procurement will be conducted for that quantity utilizing drawings produced during the SDD contract. At this time, the Navy is requesting interested potential offerors to notify the Contracting Officer with a statement of interest in the program and a discussion of its general capabilities and/or approach to fulfilling the Government?s requirements. Note that information to be provided by the Government has been designated as "Militarily Critical Technical Data." Only businesses that have been certified by the Department of Defense, United States/Canada Joint Certification Office, and have a valid requirement may obtain a copy of the information. All requests for the ADMACS hardware and network design package must include a certified copy of DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement. To obtain certification, contact: Commander, Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS), ATTN: U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office, 74 Washington Avenue North, Battle Creek, MI 49017-3084 or call the DLIS at (800)-352-3572. The DLIS Unites States/Canada Joint Certification Lookup service is available via the Internet at: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/ccal/. Responses to this RFI (statement of interest and company capabilities) are requested no later than 25 September 2006.
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