Commander, U.S. Army Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

D -- STRATEGIC MILITARY ADVANTAGE FROM REPOSITORY TECHNOLOGIES/JOINT ENGINEERING DATA MGMT INFO AND CONTROL SYSTEMS (SMART/JEDMICS) REQUESTS INFORMATION IN THE AREAS OF DEMONSTRATED TECHNOLOGY POC (PCF)Judy Benson, Contract Specialist, (205)876-1233; Kathy B. Ray, Contracting Officer, AMSMI-AC-CFEA, (205)842-7441. The Joint Engineering Data Management Information and Control Systems (JEDMICS) is the DoD designated standard system to provide the following functionality for Engineering Data (drawings and text): Receipt, Storage, Management, Control, Retrieval, Reproduction, Distribution. JEDMICS supports a wide range of functions, i.e., procurement, operations, modernization, repair, and logistics requirements. The Department of Defense must leverage information technology (IT) investments to create a right-sized integrated data environment which enables business process improvement. A standard technical data repository system will treat technical data as a knowledge-based corporate asset by merging object oriented and relational data bases with expert systems. This concept is a logical extension of the JEDMICS program and consistent with an evolutonary strategy to support standard business processes in all services. This future system has been named the Strategic Military Advantage from Repository Technology (SMART/JEDMICS). The JEDMICS Program is evaluating the current status of demonstrated technological advances in support of Repository Technology. The intention is to evaluate response information to determine the feasibility of incorporating and enhancing the current JEDMICS system with new technologies which can be demonstrated and shown to work with an enhanced version of the current system. Companies currently using technologies in the following areas are encouraged to visit the homepage, address below, and request a copy of the Request for Information (RFI). All resquests for the RFI shall be submitted within 30 days after the publication of this synopsis. Interested and qualified concerns are invited to visit the homepage at http://wwwedms.redstone.army.mil or submit written responses to the RFI which must be received within 60 days of this synopsis. Areas of interest (and the objectives of each area) are as follows: (1) Repository Security. Objectives include: SMART/JEDMICS must provide secure operational support for client applications; data and indices must be secure from intentional attacks, random attacks, and accidental occurrences; and network and platform operations must provide reliable service, consistent with the highest availability requirements of any client application. (2) Repository Networking and Telecommunications. Objectives include: keep pace with current strides in telecommunications capabilities; provisions for a large-scale interactive system of transportation and management of high-volume, large file subsystems using files containing drawings, text, cross-linkage of drawing information, management, organization, coordination and correlation of the data components and objects; and preparation for a Global Data Storage/Archival Architecture and System which will allow distributed data transmission and interactive data usage. (3) Repository User Integration Tools. Objectives include: tools to facilitate user operations within the JEDMICS business application. This could include improved or enhanced toolsets and/or tool set programs in areas such as viewers and readers. This could also include expert system user tools such as intelligent desktop help. (4) Repository Data Management. Objectives include: provide an effective, efficient storage scheme for all included data; provide flexible, efficient indexing and identification of included data; allow rapid, accurate retrieval of appropriately requested data; provide reliable, efficient backup and recovery of all included data; integrate autonomous data indexing and storage/retrieval capabilities; assure adequate system performance under anticipated and extreme inquiry loads. Operational objectives of data management include: load and index included data to all owned databases with nominal speed, accuracy, support of identification/retrieval, efficiency in data storage requirements, data communications load, and relationship to SMART/JEDMICS. (5) Business Application accessing JEDMICS data. Objectives include: technologies which may enhance the ability of Business Applications to use JEDMICS data; enchance usage of existing technical capabilities to support and enhance productivity with the current JEDMICS Business Applications; promote distribution of technical data to potential DoD contractors and manufacturers through the World Wide Web (WWW); employ expert systems techniques, including support through knowledge management technologies. Knowledge management technologies combine information (i, e., facts) and process definitions (i.e., rules) to provide intuitive guidance in the selection and presentation of data to the user. Interested parties responding to this notice must provide specific information on the technologies offered and implementation of those technologies into JEDMICS. POC for inquiries generated by this synopsis is Judy Benson, ATTN: AMSMI-AC-CFEA, address above or via the internet at http://wwwedms.redstone.army.mil (select JEDMICS Demonstration IPT). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Request for copies of a solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information solicited or received. No cost or pricing data is required or requested. All responsible sources may submit a request for the RFI and submit a response which, if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. All requests must be in writing or via the internet (email). Telephone requests will not be honored. (0303)

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