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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MAY 18, 2017 FBO #5655
SOURCES SOUGHT

A -- Framework Custodian Support for TAP Lab and OBAC - Attch 1 - Framework Custodian Support for TAP Lab and OBAC

Notice Date

5/16/2017
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
 

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

17-046
 

Archive Date

6/15/2017
 

Point of Contact

Doreen Grosvirt-Dramen, Phone: 3106533295, Marcus Chaney, Phone: 3106534393
 

E-Mail Address

doreen.grosvirt-dramen@us.af.mil, marcus.chaney.3@us.af.mil
(doreen.grosvirt-dramen@us.af.mil, marcus.chaney.3@us.af.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Attch 1 - Framework Custodian Support for TAP Lab and OBAC Statement of Capabilities (SOC) instructions and the draft task order is included in Attachment 1 to this announcement. Purpose This is a Sources Sought. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Remote Sensing Systems Directorate (SMC/RS) located at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is seeking information in the form of Statements of Capabilities (SOC) from interested parties in support of the SMC/RS Data Exploitation Division (SMC/RSX) requirement described below. The purpose of this notice is to identify potential sources that can meet SMC/RSX's requirement. The Government reserves the right, and intends, to set this acquisition, or portions thereof, aside for small business - to include socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) firms, or woman-owned businesses. Currently, the Government anticipates that the contractor shall have to provide a workforce of approximately 16 personnel, but is requesting feedback from Industry if there are reasons to have a much larger or smaller workforce. Contract will start in USG Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. Current estimated award will be in 2nd or 3rd Quarter of FY18. The Government anticipates a base contract of 2 years, with three 1-year options. Background & Description There are three components to this requirement: 1) Maintenance and operations of an open systems architecture, called the Sensor Open Framework Architecture (SOFA); 2) development and operations of a data exploitation laboratory, called the Tools, Applications, and Processing (TAP) Lab; and 3) development and operations of the OPIR Battlespace Awareness Center (OBAC). The TAP Lab, in Boulder, CO, and the OBAC, on Buckley Air Force Base, CO, are located approximately 50 miles apart. Satisfaction of this contract will require the vendor to provide management services, technical direction functions, logistics supports, hardware and software management, and management of final facilities fit-up. SMC/RS is charged with developing overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) and defense weather systems to meet the needs of Department of Defense (DoD) operational elements. The Commander, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC/CC), has given SMC/RS direction to pursue activities that will enable the maximization of OPIR data exploitation and dissemination. To accomplish this, a lab environment has been created in Boulder, CO that promotes, where appropriate, competition between algorithms, collaboration among developers, and allows plug and play of different mission data processing applications with ease. The Tools, Applications and Processing (TAP) Laboratory features an open systems architecture, called the Sensor Open Framework Architecture (SOFA). SOFA was developed by Lockheed Martin's APEX team and is used in the lab to develop "plug-and-play" mission data processing applications. The Government retains full rights to the framework code and documentation, which will be managed through this effort. SOFA is also used in the OPIR Battlespace Awareness Center (OBAC), offering the potential for smoother transition of new capabilities into the operations baseline. Although the OBAC is the path for transition to operations for the Battlespace Awareness mission, other products developed in the lab may transition to other operational users in the appropriate location for their use. The TAP lab is a stand-alone capability separate from the OBAC and will serve as a development space for multiple operational users. The intent of the attached Statement of Work is to describe the services required to maintain and operate SOFA; develop and operate the TAP Lab; and develop and operate the OBAC. The TAP Lab is located in leased space in Boulder, Colorado, in space the SBIRS ground segment development contractor vacated. The TAP Lab achieved interim capability in April 2016. Under current plans, the contractor selected for this effort will establish the permanent lab in the same facility sometime in 2018. The initial capability is in a DoD Secret environment. Additional environments for unclassified and SCI levels will be established during the period of performance of this contract. The OBAC is the operational facility for the Battlespace Awareness mission and is located within the SBIRS Mission Control Station (MCS) at Buckley AFB, Colorado. It entered a period of "early operations" in early 2016. It is temporarily housed in a room initially designed for use by technical intelligence; under current plans, the framework custodian contractor will modify the OBAC into its final configuration. This will include relocating workstations within the operations area, relocating servers within the computer room, modifying the existing room or moving to a different room in the MCS. Detailed designs will be complete and available for the contractor selected for this work to use to modify the facility. The framework custodian contractor selected for this work will also provide interim logistics support for the OBAC. At a minimum, respondants to this sources sought must have, or be able to establish, the capabilities described in the attached draft task statement. The Government mandates participation from its FFRDC, SE&I and A&AS contractors, during the analysis of SOCs received in response to this synopsis. Specifically, the Government will require participation from the following contractors: Aerospace Corp, MITRE, LinQuest, SAIC, Riverside Research, SDL. All data received in response to this synopsis and marked or designated as "corporate" or "proprietary information" will be fully protected from release outside the Government except for the support contractors listed above.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFSC/SMCSMSC/17-046/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: TAP Lab, 6304 Spine Road, Boulder, CO 80301, United States, And, Buckley Air Force Base, Mission Control Station/OBAC, Bldg. 442, 18302 E. Crested Butte, Ave Stop #69, Aurora, CO 80011, United States, United States

Zip Code: 80011
 

Record

SN04510358-W 20170518/170516234623-2db5b95de084f94547992c3af1a28031 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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