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70 -- FULLY INTEGRATED AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR NASA AIRCRAFT, RFI-HQ-97-001 SOL RFI-HQ-97-001 DUE 051697 POC Gerald Brown, Aviation Program Manager, Phone (202) 358-2325, Fax (202) 358-3155, Email gerald.brown@hq.nasa.gov -- Elmer Padgett, Computer Specialist, Phone (202) 358-2362, Fax (202) 358-3062, Email elmer.padgett@hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#RFI-HQ-97-001. E-MAIL: Gerald Brown, gerald.brown@hq.nasa.gov. Integrated Aircraft Management Information Software to Support Agencywide Flight Operations, Aircraft Maintenance, Engineering/Configuration Management, and Aircraft Logistics THE DATE FOR RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS MAY 16, 1997. SUBMIT INFORMATION TO THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT (POC), MR. GERALD BROWN, FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION; AND THE SECONDARY POC, MR. ELMER PADGETT FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE INFORMATION. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is seeking sources and information regarding the commercial availability of a fully Integrated Aircraft Management Information System which is comprised of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and/or Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) software components which can be delivered, installed, and operated as a virtually seamless and fully integrated system. An integrated COTS/GOTS software solution is sought which will support all of NASA s aircraft management functions including the following major business processes: Aircraft FlightOperations, Aircraft Maintenance, Aircraft Configuration Management, and Aircraft Logistics. Accordingly, NASA is beginning its survey of the commercial market place and other sources of COTS and GOTS software to assess the technical and functional attributes of the various aircraft management information systems currently available or that will become available within the next 6 months. The information will be used exclusively by NASA personnel to assist in planning for possible acquisition of an aircraft management information system for NASA. Commercial software for which NASA is seeking information should include the following high level functional components: Operations, Maintenance, Configuration Management, and Logistics. Cross-function reporting is a key element of the system. This software must be able to interface with NASA s Integrated Financial Management Program (IFMP) core accounting system which is currently in the acquisition phase and expected to be implemented Agencywide on or after October1, 1998. GOAL: NASA s goal is to assess the availability (for possible acquisition and implementation) of a single comprehensive fully integrated platform independent application to support the total set of NASA s aircraft management functions for use by all NASA Centers which operate and maintain government owned and operated and/or leased or loaned aircraft in support of NASA s missions. NASA s goal in implementing an Agencywide aircraft management information system is to have common business processes for all aircraft management functions,including: standard data and reporting; common business processes for all aircraft management functions; an Enterprise-wide database, a data warehouse for Agencywide, Enterprise-wide, and Center level reporting, and a single set of COTS/GOTS products implemented throughout the Agency. If NASA decides to procede with a procurement, the goal is to have a system in place by March 1998. SCOPE: This system would be used to support approximately 100 research, science-support,and administrative aircraft which fly approximately 35,000 flight hours per year. These aircraft are based, operated, and maintained at 10 different geographical locations in the United States. In addition, several aircraft are used to conduct world-wide science missions. The users of this system would principally be flight operations and maintenance managers and administrative civil service and contractor support staffs located at each Center. In addition, the Headquarters management offices would use the system for Enterprise-wide analysis and reporting. ENVIRONMENT: All NASA Centers are interconnected via a high speed computer network that is part of the world-wide Internet. NASA maintains its own backbone network based on the TCP/IP protocol with direct links to local area networks at each Center. It should be assumed that any NASA employee using the NASA Aircraft Management Information System (NAMIS) would be equipped with a desktop (PC, Macintosh, or Unix) computer which complies with NASA s Minimum Desktop Hardware/Software Standard. SURVEY OBJECTIVES: Objectives of this survey include obtaining an understanding and making assessments about the availability, applicability, suitability and approximate cost of an integrated solution comprised of one or more COTS/GOTS products with respect to: I. Currently available and planned future functional capabilities in the near-term (6 months); Major NAMIS functions supported; Application functions capabilities and features; Human engineering and usability testing applied. II. Degree of availability of a fully integrated seamless COTS/GOTS solution which can support all or most of the major aircraft management business processes. III. Currently available technology and planned technology in the near term (within 6 months); A. Fundamental technologies employed, including but not limited to: Client/Server architecture; -- Graphical User Interface; Web-enabled transactions and queries; -- Security (data and system); -- Object capabilities (language, database, architecture). B. Support for and compliance with standards: -- X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 4, Standard Query Language (SQL); -- Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA); -- TCP/IP; -- and others utilized. C. Scalability: The degree to which the systems support workgroup operations and how they scale to support enterprise wide data integration and retrieval. D. Implementation Environment -- Computer platform requirements; -- Operating system requirements; -- Database requirements (vendors, types, structures, etc.); -- Data query, download/upload capabilities; -- Import/Export Capabilities with CAD/CAM (i.e. GIF Files); -- Application language(s); -- Application structure, integration, etc.; E. Architecture: What architecture options are available to implement your application?; Does the applications software support a distributed environment? Can the application be centrally operated to provide Enterprisewide access for reporting while supporting decentralized operations at NASA Centers? IV. Business/Other: Identify other Government or commercial customers where part or all of the COTS/GOTS solution is presently installed and operated. ; Size of Company (# employees, total revenues), location, and history of company including date established; -- at least 3 references using some or all of proposed COTS/GOTS products for aviation management purposes; NASA is seeking information for a comprehensive, integrated, seamless COTS/GOTS software solution which can be acquired from a single vendor to support all aircraft management functions. However, NASA will consider COTS/GOTS solutions which address one or more of the major aircraft management functions. All vendors responding to this RFI should submit the following information to NASA Headquarters: 1. Product brochures/literature describing each COTS/GOTS product; 2. White Paper limited to 5 pages which addresses how your COTS/GOTS products could be used to fulfill all or some of the major NAMIS functional requirements;3. Hardware/Software Environment(s) in which each COTS/GOTS product can be operated; 4. Other System/Software products (e.g. Database Management System) needed to support COTS/GOTS products; 5. Commercial and/or GSA Schedule prices for Application and System software products, software integration, training, and implementation support; 6. Customer references (minimum of 5 preferred) using some or all of the aircraft management information system COTS/GOTS products, and; 7. Company status, history and market area. Responses are requested if you offer COTS/GOTS products for all or any of the major aircraft management functions (e.g. aircraft maintenance). Comments should be forwarded to the identified point of contact via electronic transmission or by facsimile transmission. All responsible sources may submit information which shall be considered by the agency. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. The Government may or may not issue a solicitation for procurement action. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the review. Additional information can be found on the NASA Aircraft Management Information System (NAMIS) page at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codej/codejp/namis/home.htm (0087)

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