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A -- DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM (DMSP) INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV & V) OF FLIGHT SOFTWARE SOL FO4701-96-R-0006 POC Contact Points, James E. Tisdale, (310) 336-2195, Capt Joe Eversole, (310) 336-4422, Capt Douglas E. James, Contracting Officer (310) 336- 4335. The contemplated effort provides for: 1) Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) of flight software for ascent (boost) phase and on-orbit phase for satellite attitude control, housekeeping, and commanding, 2) Support of government owned test equipment, including installation, maintenance, repair, and improvements of the Real-Time Interactive DMSP Simulator (RIDS), the simulation software, the test software, the hardware simulator, and the host computer, 3) Verification of flight software code, ensuring agreement and correctness between the code and the specifications for the code, 4) Validation of the flight software code, which includes running the code through all operational conditions and some anomalous conditions by simulation on the RIDS, 5) Certification of flight worthiness of the flight software by ensuring that all the flight software is compatible and correctly operates from lift-off to handover. At the end of this testing issue a letter declaring the flight software to be flight worthy and free of defects, and 6) Technical support for operational on-orbit operations. This support includes assisting teams of experts in early orbit operations and resolution of on-orbit anomalies. Any firm that qualifies as a small business, SIC 8731, having the interest, capabilities, or the ability to acquire the needed capabilities, should submit a written statement which demonstrates those capabilities in the following areas: 1) Experience and required expertise in IV&V of software, 2) Experience with flight software and flight computers, 3) In-depth knowledge of ascent (boost phase) guidance, navigation, and attitude control for deployment of satellites into orbit, 4) In-depth knowledge of on-orbit operations in attitude control, housekeeping, power management, and command functions for low orbit, sun-synchronous satellites, 5) Experience with autonomous operations and automatic redundancy management for satellites, 6) In-depth knowledge of DMSP software, 7) Experience with development and maintenance of software simulations for ascent and on-orbit phases of satellite hardware and environment, 8) Capability to install, maintain, and upgrade the hardware for host computers, satellite simulators, and peripheral support equipment, 9) Experience with production and publication of large technical reports describing the results of software testing, 10) Ability to provide technical support for resolution of anomalous satellite conditions, 11) Experience with software configuration management to maintain a complete library of operating software for several satellites and the complete support development documentation for the software, 12) Experience with testing of software modifications, and 13) Ability to start IV&V work immediately upon contract award. The proposed award is contemplated on or about 16 Dec 96 with 4 annual options extending the period of performance to 15 Dec 01. Statements of Capability (SOC) are to be received within thirty days from the date of publication of this notice and forwarded to the Space and Missile Systems Center/CIKS. Also, provide a copy of SOC cover letter to SMC/BC, 155 Discoverer Blvd., Suite 2017, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-4692. This synopsis is a pre-solicitation notice and does not constitute an IFB or RFP. See notes 1 and 25. (0005)

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