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70 -- JOINT STARS DEPLOYABLE MISSION SUPPORT CAPABILITY PRODUCTION POC Sheila Riley, Point of Contact, 617-377-6983. The Government is seeking sources for the production of the Deployable Mission Support Capability (DMSC) for the Joint surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). The DMSC Production contract will rely on two related efforts, with a high degree of concurrency. The first effort is the on-going development and production of the Transportable Mission Support System (TMSS). The TMSS will provide in-the-field mission support for the JS aircraft mission planning, database initialization and maintenance, and post mission analysis. The second effort is the DMSC development, which will develop an enhanced TMSS and merge it with an Air Force Mission Support System (AFMSS), to provide a deployable and highly automated mission support system for the JS aircraft. Grumman Melbourne Systems (GMS) is developing and will produce TMSS under an ECP to the existing Ground Support System (GSS) contract. GMS will also develop the DMSC, again as an ECP to the GSS contract. It is the Government's intent to contract for the DMSC systems to GMS under 10 USC 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.203-1, ''Only One Responsible Source''. The DMSC Production contract will Initially, within the first year, product TMSSs and then produce DMSCs from these TMSSs amd those delivered under the GSS ECP. There is a high degree of concurrency in the interrelationship of these efforts; the period of performance for the development/production TMSS ECP is Jul 95 through Mar 97; the DMSC development ECP, which will rely on the TMSS baseline, will be awarded in 2Q FY96 with an estimated completion of 2Q FY98; and the planned period of performance for the DMSC Production contract, which will rely on the TMSS and DMSC development baselines, is 2Q FY97 through 2QFY99. Interested firms should respond by indicating their capabilities to meet the following criteria; a) possess or have the ability to obtain a Secret level security clearance, b) experience in Client Server technology and X Windows, and experience in FORTRAN, C, and ADA higher order languages; c) experience in the development of large databse systems; d) experience with producing software to be hosted on Digital Equipment Coporation VAX and Alpha systems and Sun UNIX systems; e) experience in the production of military deployable aircraft mission support systems in transport cases; f) ability to perform baseline control and accommodate changes, given concurrent development of the TMSS and DMSC systems, potential JS aircraft software upgrades, and AFMSS version updates, g) system level knowledge of the JS aircraft architecture and functionality; h) detailed knowledge of the JS aircraft software configuration items and database structures; i) detailed knowledge of the TMSS architecture, software configuration items and database structures; j) detailed knowledge of the DMSC architecture, software, configuration items, and database structures; k) detailed knowledge of AFMSS architectures and functionality; l) experience in developing AFMSS Aircraft, Weapon, and Electronic (A/W/E) modules. Firms should indicate whether they are a large or small business and whether they qualify as socially or economically disadvaantaged. This synopsis is for planning purposes only and does not constitute an RFP, nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquision approach. The Government will solicit those firms meeting the screening criteria in this synopsis. Interest firms should submit a capabilities package to ESC/JSS Attn: Sheila Riley, 175 Vandenberg Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2138 within 30 days of this publication. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate offeror concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Claude E. Messamore Jr. at (617)377-5106. The Ombudsman should be contacted only with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. Any offeror initially judged to be unqualified will be provided a copy of the solicitation upon request. Any offer submitted by such a firm will be evaluated without prejudice. The Government anticipates the release of an FP for this requirement in June 1996. Anticipated contract start date is 2Q FY97. (0304)

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