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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 22, 2013 FBO #4108
MODIFICATION

R -- Consolidated Orbital Operations, Logistics Sustainment Support (COOLSS)

Notice Date

2/20/2013
 

Notice Type

Modification/Amendment
 

NAICS

541330 — Engineering Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, SMC - Space and Missile Systems Center, 483 North Aviation Blvd, El Segundo, California, 90245-2808
 

ZIP Code

90245-2808
 

Solicitation Number

FA8823_COOLSS
 

Point of Contact

Kimberly S. McGough, Phone: 7195562919, Brent Jorgensen, Phone: 7195562795
 

E-Mail Address

kimberly.mcgough@us.af.mil, brent.jorgensen.1@us.af.mil
(kimberly.mcgough@us.af.mil, brent.jorgensen.1@us.af.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a revised Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) to the previously posted 2 May 12 SSS. COOLSS effort has been revised to the extent that a modified synopsis is required. A New Statement of Capability (SOC) needs to be submitted to this announcement to determine if there are qualified Contractors whom can meet all capabilities described below (Previously submission will not be considered). All responses must have substantial documentation addressing the requirements in this announcement in order for the Government to determine if the Contractor is able to do the work with the use of his/her own employees or through the use of teaming arrangements. The current primary places of contract performance are Los Angeles, CA, Vandenberg AFB, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Colorado Springs, CO, Peterson AFB, CO, Schriever AFB, CO, FE Warren AFB, WY, Camp Parks Communications Annex, CA, Wideband SATCOM Operation Centers, all mobile deployed locations and OCONUS. The Government requires sustaining engineering and logistics support for Milstar (extremely/ultra high frequencies - EHF/UHF; low and medium data rates - LDR/MDR); Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III (super high frequency - SHF/X-Band and high data rate) and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) (extremely high frequency; low, medium and extended data rates (XDR)). The COOLSS effort includes satellite payload and bus sustainment, engineering and analysis; ground, satellite and payload command and control (C2) system engineering; systems integration and test; configuration management and status accounting; security engineering; help-desk and on-site technical advisors support (as required) and specialty engineering. These support functions are critical to maintaining continued day-to-day satellite/constellation operations, to resolving system-impacting anomalies when they occur and to maintaining and extending the service life of these multi-billion dollar space systems. Supporting the sustainment of the DSCS III, Milstar and AEHF systems requires detailed knowledge of DSCS III, Milstar and AEHF satellite bus and payloads design and operations, including functional interfaces and terminal interoperability. DSCS, Milstar and AEHF satellites provide continuous, responsive, secure and jam resistant communications capabilities to support the President of the United States (POTUS), Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), Strategic and Tactical Command and Control (C2), Communications (C3) and Intelligence (C3I) worldwide. The British, Canadians and Netherlands militaries (International Partners (IPs)) are also users of the AEHF system. Milstar and AEHF are operated as a single Protected MILSATCOM constellation that requires in-depth knowledge of both systems to integrate future satellites into the single operational constellation with no unexpected impacts to operational capabilities. The DSCS-3 Bus was custom designed by Lockheed Martin to support military standards. The DSCS communications payload includes six independent Super High Frequency (SHF) transponder channels that cover a 500 MHz bandwidth (i.e. Single Channel Transponder, UHF/X, cross-band). The DSCS antennas include a single wideband multi-beam and two earth coverage receive antennas; two multi-beam, a single gimbaled dish and two earth coverage transmit antennas with capability up to 200 Mbps. DSCS III operates with large or small terminals and with Code Division Multiple Access, Frequency Division Multiple Access or Time Division Multiple Access multiplexing. The DSCS satellite has a design life of 10 years. The first DSCS III satellite was launched in 1983, and eight of the 14 satellites remain operational. All eight satellites exceed their design life in Aug 13. Milstar/AEHF systems consist of the space segment (Milstar or AEHF satellite), mission control segment (MCS) and user/terminal segment. Milstar Block I satellites provide LDR communications at bandwidths between 75 bps and 2400bps, while the Block II spacecraft can also provide MDR communications between 4.8kbps and 1.544Mbps. Milstar Block I and Block II satellites also provide a UHF capability compatible with AFSATCOM IIR and the US Navy Fleetbroadcast. The AEHF and Milstar satellites are designed to operate at 44GHz uplink (EHF band) and 20 GHz downlink (SHF band). The Milstar Bus was custom designed to support military requirements and the AEHF satellite Bus was designed with Lockheed Martin's commercialized A2100 Bus which supports militarized missions. AEHF satellites have backward compatibility with Milstar for low and medium data-rate communications, but also provide XDR capability up to 8.192bps. Both Milstar and AEHF have crosslink antennas, which provide both global communications without the requirement for gateway earth stations and also direct in-band command and control (C2) to any satellite around the globe from CONUS. Milstar I satellite was launched in 1994 and the first Milstar II satellite was launched in 1999. The first AEHF satellite was launched in 2010 and the second AEHF satellite was launched in 2012. Both AEHF satellites are successfully integrated into the Milstar constellation. Design life of Milstar satellites is 10 years and AEHF is 14 years. The AEHF program delivered a single MCS for both Milstar and AEHF satellites. The MCS consists of four elements: Mission Operations Element (MOPS), Operational Support and Sustainment Element (OSSE); Mission Planning Element (MPE) and Test and Training Simulator Element (TTSE). MOPS is the Satellite Command and Control (C2) element of the MCS and will be hosted by multiple ASMCSs housed in fixed and mobile ground platforms. The FAB-T, when fielded enables the ASMCS to support the on-orbit AEHF/Milstar satellites by in-band C2 satellite communications link. However, due to delayed FAB-T delivery, the AEHF Calibration Facility Interim Command and Control (ACF/IC2) terminal derived from the Advanced Universal System Test Terminal (AUST-T) base design has been integrated with the ASMCS for all test and C2 requirements until FAB-T is available. OSSE performs general purpose processing required to maintain mission control software, the database and the documentation for Milstar and AEHF. OSSE software provides the capabilities to build software releases and to install and uninstall software and databases; produces the installation media for all MCS elements and locations and interfaces with Program Software Configuration Management (PSCM) for MCS software and database synchronization. The strategic MPE is the communication planning and execution element providing resource planning, monitoring and control/network operations functions. The MPE supports the mission planner in allocating AEHF/Milstar resources and provides support to US Tactical and International Partners for theater/country communications. The TTSE is a simulator for terminal and satellite operations and is used for operator training and testing of ASMCS or MPE software and data base changes. It must remain available and current throughout the life of the AEHF system. The Milstar/AEHF Terminal Segment includes ground fixed, ground mobile, man portable and transportable, airborne and ship borne configurations. AEHF will be interoperable with legacy EHF terminals and shall support joint communications across all of the military branch EHF terminals up to their maximum data thresholds. Through crosslinks, the US users and IPs can communicate worldwide without the use of gateway earth stations. Requirements for COOLSS contract are listed below. Past program experience, system knowledge and capability to perform/execute requirements specified below must be clearly addressed and identified. BUS AND PAYLOAD SOFTWARE/HARDWARE AND SUSTAINING ENGINEERING. The Contractor must sustain all existing software and perform Database Maintenance for DSCS/Milstar/AEHF payload and bus to preserve safety and health. This entails collecting telemetry, performing trending/engineering analysis, mitigating/correcting anomalies, addressing degraded modes and integrating AEHF satellites into the Milstar constellation with no impacts to satellites or operational mission. Code updates, testing and verification, configuration management and incorporating uploadable patches and builds are required. Bus and payload simulators, testbeds and engineering tools must be readily available to prevent interruption of service and to validate accuracy of all software, database and command execution checkout for all on-orbit satellites. This includes, but not limited to the DSCS 3 Simulator (D3 Sim); Design Verification Model (DVM) (NG Payload); Constellation Test Facility (CMS); Software Development Facility (SDF) (NG database); Development Test Facility (DTF) (LM Bus emulator); Milstar Advanced Processor (MAP); Processor Test Set (PTS) and the Networked AEHF System Test Bed Tool (NAST-T) for AEHF. Hardware maintenance of simulator/testbeds and technical analyst workstations are required. The Lockheed Martin A2100 AEHF Bus, Milstar Bus and DSCS-3 Bus; Northrop Grumman Milstar and AEHF payloads data; and Lockheed Martin DSCS payload data are proprietary to original manufacturers and the contractor must identify how they will maintain safety and health of satellites without access to this proprietary data. SOFTWARE AND DATABASE MAINTENANCE SUSTAINMENT FOR OTHER DSCS/MILSTAR/AEHF SYSTEMS. Engineering, software sustainment and maintenance is required for DSCS software and database releases, as well as Milstar/AEHF MCS element software and databases releases. The Contractor must adhere to command, telemetry and orbital analysis interfaces between CCS-C and DSCS, Milstar and AEHF. The contractor must design, build, test, deliver and install software releases for MCS as well as provide scenario development, configuration management, and system administration. Commercial software licenses are required to support MCS. In-depth knowledge of Unix Operating System and Microsoft Windows is required. An MPE 24 x 7 Software Help Desk is required to assist worldwide users and resolve MPE application problems for fielded systems. The Contractor must provide product field support to assist MCS users worldwide. The OSSE and OSSE-Extension must be maintained with Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS) to provide capability to sustain and trouble shoot, as OSSE is the distribution mechanisms for MCS software. ON-ORBIT SATELLITE OPERATIONS & SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT. Technical Advisors must provide factory and site-located depot level satellite (i.e., bus and payload) and terminal technical and operational engineering support, which include responding to anomaly emergency recalls 24/7 and providing direct real-time operational support for day-to-day operations. INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT. At contract start, a MILSATCOM Auxiliary Support Center (MASC) with secure networks (voice and data) must be established at DSCS/Milstar/AEHF locations and Contractor facilities. This requires networks between 15 Contractor facilities and 8 Government locations. The Contractor must be able pass high-speed high-volume telemetry and other data, and to provide high-speed, high-quality communications linking operational sites with factory and operational command centers. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING INTEGRATION AND TEST (SEIT). SEIT requires comprehensive system engineering (SE) and system integration support, subsystem analysis and evaluation, system security and SE expertise of mission execution for DSCS, Milstar and AEHF satellites. Product field support and on-site technical advisors (CONUS/OCONUS) involves resolving problems related to terminals, user communications, management and operations and architecture issues. AEHF/MILSTAR TECHNICAL MANUAL SERVICES. Technical manual services encompass quarterly maintenance updates due to software changes, urgent submissions to Operations Technical Orders (TOs), and procedural changes to operational TOs. Foreign disclosure requires separate TOs. TOs requiring maintenance and updates are used to support AEHF operators, tactical operators, International Partners, mobile shelters, and system maintainers. ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE. The contractor must show their capability to perform organizational maintenance on all four MCS elements' hardware, terminal and a Virtual Private Network (VPN). All seven functions must be done: fault isolation and detection, disassemble, removal and replacement, reassemble and functional operations test to ensure the system is operational in its allotted Mean-Time-To-Repair. COOLSS LOGISTICS AND SECURITY REQUIRMENTS The Contractor personnel shall have a minimum of a SECRET clearance; implement Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to the maximum extent possible. PPP is mandated for the MCS software effort. PPP must include sustainment, system engineering, training, shared expertise and providing equipment. The Contractor must establish PPP with the 309th SMXG at Hill AFB, UT 90 days after contract award to be performed in the Centralized Integrated Support Facility, Peterson AFB CO. The PPP option includes direct sale (sales of articles and services) and lease, if required. The Contractor must maintain and dispose of contractor-managed Government Furnished and Contract Acquired Properties; provide engineering support encompassing services to provide Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortage (DMSMS) technical support and execute technology improvements and parts or manufacturing obsolescence. The period of performance is anticipated to be for 5 years and will begin in 2nd or 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 lasting through FY 2019. This is a combination of efforts on the existing MILSATCOM Orbital Operations and Logistics Sustainment Support (MOOLSS) and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Interim Contract Support (ICS) contracts currently performed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, 1111 Lockheed Martin Way, Bldg 157, Sunnyvale, CA 94089." The projected Request for Proposal (RFP) release date for this effort is 1st Qtr of FY 2014. Interested Contractors must submit an unclassified SOC by the suspense specified below clearly documenting proven sustainment and logistics capability to support Milstar, AEHF and DSCS III satellites and AEHF ground systems. Contractors shall clearly state past program experience and knowledge to perform the required software, hardware and system/anomaly analyses; system design, maintenance, integration and test and individual spacecraft configurations, orbital operations and procedures. The SOC shall not exceed 30 one-sided pages in length. An Organization Conflict of Interest (OCI) Mitigation Plan submission is not required, but Contractors should identify if they have any potential OCIs. Responses must be submitted in electronic form by email in MS Word 2002 or higher or PDF format and must conform to 8.5 by 11.0 inch pages, with font no smaller than 12 point and 1 inch margins. Responses must be received by 5:00 pm (MST) 30 Business Days after the posting of this synopsis announcement. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only; it does not constitute an RFP. Information herein is based on the best information available at the time of publication, is subject to revision and is not binding on the Government. The Government will not recognize any cost associated with submission of a SOC. Information received will be considered for the purpose of conducting Market Research to develop the acquisition strategy. Responses from small business and small, disadvantaged business firms are highly encouraged. Firms responding should indicate if they are a small business, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, 8(a) firms, historically black colleges or universities and minority institutions. The Classification Code is R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services and the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330, Engineering Services - no more than $35.5 M in average annual receipts. Submit all synopsis responses to: SMC/PKL, Attn: Ms. Kimberly McGough, 1050 E Stewart Ave, Peterson AFB, CO 80914-2902. Responses from interested small and small disadvantaged businesses are highly encouraged. Electronic response submissions can also be submitted to kimberly.mcgough@us.af.mil. Inquiries about this synopsis may be directed to Ms. McGough via email or via phone at 719-556-2919. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but communicates Contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman is Jim Gill, SMC/PK, 310-336-1789.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFSC/SMCSMSC/FA8823_COOLSS/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80914, United States

Zip Code: 80914
 

Record

SN02991226-W 20130222/130220234358-894a09c23f507ce79ed968fabe95513e (fbodaily.com)
 

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