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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 14, 2013 FBO #4281
SOLICITATION NOTICE

D -- Marine Aviation Logistics Enterprise Information Technology (MAL-EIT) Development Options Request for Information (RFI)

Notice Date

8/12/2013
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

511210 — Software Publishers
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Pax River, Building 441, 21983 Bundy Road Unit 7, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States
 

ZIP Code

20670
 

Solicitation Number

4101JC
 

Archive Date

9/27/2013
 

Point of Contact

Jeffrey H. Carlsen, Phone: (301) 995-2784, Elizabeth K. Sheard, Phone: 3017372633
 

E-Mail Address

jeff.carlsen@navy.mil, elizabeth.sheard@navy.mil
(jeff.carlsen@navy.mil, elizabeth.sheard@navy.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Marine Aviation Logistics Enterprise Information Technology (MAL-EIT) Development Options REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) SUMMARY This announcement constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) notice for planning purposes. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP). NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and the MALSP II Project Office in Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR 6.7.2.1) are surveying industry for capabilities for the development of an Information Technology (IT) solution to support changing United States Marine Corps (USMC) logistics doctrine. Marine Aviation Logistics Support Program II (MALSP II) is the continuation of a program to streamline Marine Aviation Logistics and is intended to address the shortcomings of the current MALSP. It is envisioned that this program will allow the USMC to operate a market demand-pull system in a time domain across a nodal logistics support chain. MAL-EIT is the IT system identified to fill capability gaps to support the transition from MALSP to MALSP II. The purpose of MAL-EIT is to provide automated expeditionary logistics capabilities to Marine Aviation that enable planning, tracking, and visibility of aviation logistics elements across the spectrum of operations. It will be the key enabler in supporting decentralized domain actors. It is anticipated that the vendor will provide technical solutions to meet functionalities addressed in specific questions below. A portion of the MAL-EIT system, the Expeditionary Pack-up Kit (EPUK) module, has been fielded, and solutions developed by the vendor will be expected to integrate and interact with that module. The Product Service Code (PSC) is D318, It and Telecom- Integrated Hardware/Software/Services Solutions, Predominantly Services. Multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)Codes apply due to the nature of this request. Therefore, duplicate RFI's have been posted in FBO with the followings NAICS Codes and size standards : 511210, Software Publishers, $35.5 M; 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services, $25.5 M; 541512, Computer Systems Design Services, $25.5 M. CONTENT OF RFI RESPONSE To consider the appropriateness of each candidate solution, certain data documenting the status, technology, design, performance characteristics and associated costs and schedules are requested. Respondents shall describe the product solution and its current state of maturity and address the questions below. Although some specific questions may not be applicable to a system, address each item as listed to the extent practical or germane. The respondent is not obligated to address non-applicable items. As this is a software centric effort, an appreciation of existing products and past experience with similar programs will be instructive. It is important to delineate whether certain functionalities will be obtained by off-the shelf, modified, or new development approaches. A Government Furnished Information (GFI) package of several explanatory documents and an anticipated system concept diagram will be provided to vendors upon receipt of an "Intent to Respond to the RFI" notification. Respondents shall send a notification email, no later than 12:00 EDT 23 August 2013, to the government Point of Contact, Mr. Jeffrey Carlsen, at jeff.carlsen@navy.mil. In your notice, please provide company name, company size, and CAGE code. COMPANY CAPABILITY 1. Has your company attained CMMI certification? If so, to what level are you certified? How long have you been certified? 2. Is your company certified ISO 9000 or equivalent? If so, how long have you been certified? 3. Describe your technical approach to this problem. At a minimum, please address software development best practices, operating environment, interfaces and hardware; plan for developing software, define languages, tools, configuration management, testing environment and procedures. 4. Have you participated in relevant past projects such as Logistics Management Systems? If so, please describe the effort, size, and complexity. Further, if government software past performance exists, please describe the effort, size, and complexity. If no relevant past experience, describe a similar project in complexity and scale. FUNCTIONALITY/TECHNICAL APPROACH Current plans for MAL-EIT envision the software developed as three modules, specifically, Next Generation Buffer Management System (NGBMS), Logistics Planning Tool (LPT), and Optimizer Planning Tool (OPT) and integrated with the existing EPUK module. Respondents are not bound to propose their solution as three modules, however. Any solution should contain the functionality associated with each of the modules, as described in the following sections. For each of the following modules, please describe the technical approach to fulfill the functional requirements. Explain whether the approach is to use new code, reuse code, apply a COTS/GOTS solution, or any combination thereof. Please quantify combinations with percentages. Characterize magnitude and complexity of the work to be done with common metrics, such as Source Lines of Code (SLOC). Also, describe the current maturity of the solution, or parts of the solution, in common metrics, such as Technology Readiness Level (TRL). 5. Next Generation Buffer Management System (NGBMS) a. NGBMS shall provide buffer management in a time domain. b. NGBMS shall provide planning nodal lay-down benchmarks, including Time to Reliably Replenish (TRR). c. NGBMS shall provide monitoring benchmarks. d. NGBMS shall provide feedback (planned vs. actual). e. NGBMS shall provide buffer design analysis. f. NGBMS shall provide profile of execution (nodes). g. NGBMS shall be calendar based (regional). h. NGBMS shall provide decision support for potential process improvements. i. NGBMS shall provide communication transparency. j. NGBMS shall provide automated interfaces. k. NGBMS shall enable inventory level analysis. l. NGBMS shall enable logistics performance analysis across buffers. m. NGBMS shall enable inventory demand pattern analysis. n. NGBMS shall enable Time to Reliably Replenish (TRR) analysis. o. NGBMS shall enable access commonality. 6. Logistics Planning Tool (LPT) a. LPT shall provide automated Remote Expeditionary Support Package (RESP) development for composite (multiple Type/Model/Series) MALS. b. LPT shall provide pallet and container configuration roll-up to level II data. c. LPT shall provide for the utilization of an Optimization Model for plan development. d. LPT shall provide collaboration among users to view and update plans. e. LPT shall provide generation of RESP summary for briefing purposes in PowerPoint slide summary of the plan. f. LPT may, at a future date, require expanded capability to include: Automated RESP development for all MALS; Multi-level logistics planning (MARFOR and MAW) in a classified environment with an interface to unclassified logistics planning at the MALS; Data Warehousing and Decision Support Analysis. g. LPT shall include a local data repository which will allow storage and retrieval of historical information originating from government databases, such as OOMA, NALCOMIS, DECKPLATE, AFAST, R Supply, etc. h. The logistics planning and modeling & simulation (M&S) tools will house critical information for a myriad of sites throughout the world to facilitate storage, maintenance, and refinement of nodal data in a centralized system that is easily accessible to aviation logisticians who must quickly create, establish, and operate demand-pull nodal expeditionary logistics chains. 7. Optimizer Planning Tool (OPT) a. OPT shall model nodal logistics laydown to determine optimal geographic distribution and buffering of nodes. b. OPT shall assimilate historical flight, maintenance, and logistics data. c. OPT shall integrate with LPT. d. The algorithms for OPT will be documented completely to permit redevelopment in LPT. A subset of tools shall be developed and provided to permit validation and verification of the OPT module outside of LPT. e. OPT shall identify optimization parameters. f. OPT shall provide a Prediction of Daily Demand (PODD) Algorithm. g. OPT shall have a capability to perform course of action (COA) analysis based on standard metrics for various scenarios.   INTEGRATION MAL-EIT will be an unclassified system and shall operate in both web-enabled and stand-alone (operating) environments when communication networks are not available for data exchanges. It must adhere to DoD directives (incl. 8500.01E). MAL-EIT shall be capable of operating in NMCI, NGEN, ISNS, IT-21, and MCEN approved environments. 8. Please describe your relevant experience with Net-centricity. Do you have experience with DoD systems: BGAN, GCCS, S&RL? 9. Please describe your relevant experience with module integration. Do you have experience integrating with government modules? Do you have experience with dispersed module integration? 10. Do you have relevant experience with accessing secure government databases? If no, do you have commercial experience? Briefly describe your experience. PROGRAMMATICS 11. COST: For all required software and hardware, provide Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimates for total Acquisition cost comprised of development cost and procurement cost. When supplying the development cost, please differentiate between Recurring and Nonrecurring cost. When supplying the procurement cost, provide the number of units assumed for procurement. Please report the costs in today's (FY2013) dollars. For required software, provide an estimate of the software size by Computer Software Configuration Item (CSCI) in Source Lines of Code (SLOC). When providing the software sizing estimate, provide the software language that will be used, as well as, percentage new software, percentage modified software, percentage reused software, and percentage autocode software. If the approach assumes use of Off-the-Shelf (OTS) software, please provide an estimate of the licensing fees and integration cost required. 12. Schedule: The Offer shall provide a high level Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) in Microsoft Project 2007. The schedule will assume a contract award date of 1 July 2014 and will stipulate a date for achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC). IOC is defined as the point in time when all CONUS and OCONUS Marine Aviation Logistics Squadrons (MALS) possess all required hardware and software and all assigned personnel are trained in the use of MAL-EIT functionalities to include EPUK and NGBMS. Additionally, all 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) MALS possess all required hardware and software and all assigned personnel are trained in the use of MAL-EIT functionalities of LPT and OPT. Other Systems Engineering Technical Review milestones such as Software Specification Review (SSR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR)/Critical Design Review (CDR), and Test Readiness Review (TRR) may be included in the IMS as desired. The IMS may provide the tasks and activities, with the logic and durations to meet projected milestone dates. A separate schedule narrative will be provided in Microsoft Word to support any ground rules, assumptions,Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), and/or Government Furnished Information (GFI) requirements needed in the development of the IMS. SUPPORTABILITY 13. What level of data rights are or will be available to the government? 14. Please describe your relevant Reliability, Maintainability, Availability (RMA) experience with complex software systems. Do you have RMA experience with government software systems? 15. Do you currently have technical documentation available? If so, please address the maturity of the documentation. 16. Do you currently have a training system available? In either case, describe the training module you would propose. SECURITY 17. Provide a brief description of your IA program and compliance with IA best practices and DOD Information Assurance processes. 18. Provide a brief description of your System Development Life Cycle Management (SDLC) process. 19. Discuss how you have or intend to comply with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) regulations, specifically FIPS 140-2, in conjunction with your IA program.   RESPONSE SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS Interested parties should address all inquiries related to this RFI to the Government point of contact (POC), Mr. Jeffrey Carlsen at (301) 995-2784 or jeff.carlsen@navy.mil. All responses to this notice are requested no later than 11:59 PM EDT 12 September 2013. All responses submitted must specify on the cover page of the response, or in the transmittal letter submitted with the response, the business size/status of the organization (i.e., large business, small business, certified 8(a) concern, veteran-owned, HUB zone, women-owned, etc.). Small businesses which possess the required capability are encouraged to submit responses to this notice. Additionally, submissions shall include the CAGE code of the respondent, as well as POC information which may be utilized for any necessary clarification or to obtain additional information that may required for evaluation of the response. All data submissions shall be provided via electronic media (CD/DVD format) in a format compatible with Microsoft Office 2007 and one hard copy (paper). The data submission shall be addressed to the following: Naval Air Systems Command Bldg 2187, Suite 1180 Rm C1 AIR 4.10, C/O Mr. Jeff Carlsen 48110 Shaw Road Patuxent River, MD 20670-1906 Additionally, responses shall be provided via email (if possible, based upon the size of the transmittal) to jeff.carlsen@navy.mil in a format compatible with Microsoft Office 2007. The Government does not anticipate that a comprehensive response to this RFI will contain CLASSIFIED information. To the extent practical, responses should be UNCLASSIFIED, complemented by CLASSIFIED appendices only if necessary. If a CLASSIFIED response is required, respondents shall contact the POC for further instruction. Following a review of the responses received, NAVAIR may elect to schedule one-on-meetings with some respondents or ask follow-up questions to gain additional information about the proposed solution(s). NOTE: Responses to this RFI will be reviewed by a Government/Contractor team of Subject Matter Experts currently providing support to AIR-4.10. ManTech International Corporation will be used to provide process facilitation expertise. A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) covering this effort has been executed between ManTech and NAVAIR and is currently on file with the Government. Vendors shall provide their acknowledgement and approval to have the ManTech team review the response without execution of an NDA between the respondent and ManTech. Alternatively, should an organization require an additional agreement with ManTech please forward such requests to christopher.vincent@mantech.com. All information received in response to this notice which is marked "Proprietary" shall be handled accordingly. This RFI is issued for the purpose of determining market interest, feasibility, and capability of sources and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB), a Request for Proposals (RFP), a Request for Quote (RFQ), or an indication that the Government will contract for any of the items and/or services contained in this notice. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. The Government is only seeking possible sources and current capabilities for informational purposes. No solicitation document exists. No reimbursement will be made for any costs incurred to provide information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. Information contained herein is based on the most current information available at the time of publication, is subject to revision, and is not binding upon the Government. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced under a separate announcement via the Federal Business Opportunities portal.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVAIR/N00421/4101JC/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States

Zip Code: 20670
 

Record

SN03146102-W 20130814/130812235529-0f29f67c64e1b6e9c4cded8a4ba5def7 (fbodaily.com)
 

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