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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 26,1997 PSA#1875Electronic Systems Center, Communications and Airspace Management
Systems (ESC/TGK), 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2120 A -- PROGRAM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT (PRDA) ENTITLED
"GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (GATM) AVIONICS ARCHITECTURE FOR BOMBER
CLASS AIRCRAFT" SOL GATO 97-01 POC Major Jeff Emmons, Contracting
Officer, 617-377-7985; John Abisamma, Contract Specialist,
617-377-5617. The Global Air Traffic Operations / Mobility Command and
Control (GATO/MC2) Systems Program Office (SPO) of the Air Force
Electronic Systems Center (ESC) seeks research, development, and
integration sources to provide diverse, innovative, and creative
approaches to the generation of a notional avionics architecture that
will enable the addition of GATM capabilities to bomber class aircraft
(specifically, the B-1B, B-2, and B-52H). BACKGROUND: As the civil
aviation community migrates towards Communications Navigation
Surveillance / Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM), inadequately equipped
Air Force aircraft face the prospect of operational restrictions and
the risk of losing access to certain civil airspace. Any such
restrictions on Air Force aircraft would be unacceptable to support our
Global Attack core competency. Thus the Air Force plans to equip its
aircraft as necessary to avoid any operational penalties. Full
compliance and interoperability with CNS/ATM could dictate the
incorporation of the following aircraft capabilities: Required
Navigation Performance (RNP), Controller/Pilot Data Link Communications
(CPDLC), Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS), ADS-B, Mode S, Traffic
Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), 8.33 kHz VHF radios,
(Reference http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil/tbbs/R39/RFP39.htm for further
information on these capabilities). PROJECT STATEMENT: The GATO/MC2 SPO
is interested in the generation of a notional architecture plan for the
bomber aircraft that: (1) specifies the operational and technical GATM
baseline requirements set and civil implementation timelines, (2)
specifies new avionics equipment (COTS or new developmental items), (3)
identifies modifications needed to existing equipment, (4) determines
the need for any new software, where the software is hosted, and the
scope of the development effort, (5) defines the physical interfaces
between equipment and the protocol standards to be used, (6) identifies
any critical risks in the implementation of the proposed architecture,
(7)specifies the requisite ground infrastructure to support the
approach (maintenance concept, depot requirements, simulators,
technical orders, etc.), (8) establishes the business case for the
chosen architectural approach in the context of alternative technical
solutions, (9) rough-order-of-magnitude estimates for the solution
sets. GUIDELINES: (1) GATM operational and technical requirements are
volatile and open to interpretation, therefore, reasonable assumptions
should be made by the offerors in the generation of their proposed
architectures, (2) The Air Force is interested in as much COTS
equipment as possible in order to share update costs with commercial
industry. However, it is recognized that in some cases unique
developments may be necessary in order to meet various military unique
requirements, (3) Adequate hardware and software growth must be
provided to accommodate future capabilities, (4) The proposed equipment
and architecture must meet the intent of civil standards and
certification requirements, including compliance with the relevant
Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS), Minimum
Operational Performance Standards (MOPS), Technical Standard Orders
(TSO), Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS), software
development standards (per RTCA DO-178B -- reference www.rtca.org for
further information). SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection for contract award
will be based on the following factors: (a) Overall technical merits,
methodology, innovativeness, and reasonableness of the proposal plan,
(b) the offeror's capabilities, related experience, techniques, or
unique combinations of which are integral factors for achieving the
proposed objectives, (c ) the qualifications, capabilities, and
experience of the principal investigator, team leader, and other key
personnel who are critical to achievement of the proposed objectives,
(d) the offeror's record of past and present performance, and (e)
cost/price reasonableness. No further evaluation criteria will be used
in source selection. The technical and cost information will be
evaluated at the same time. Proposals shall be submitted in three (3)
parts: Volume 1, Technical Approach and Methodology Description, Volume
2, Contractor-proposed task statement, and Volume 3, Cost Information.
The Technical Approach and Methodology Description should not exceed
twenty (20) double-spaced, 10 to 12 point font size, typed pages
(excluding covers, indexes, and resumes). The task statement should not
exceed six (6), double-spaced, 10 to 12 point font size, typed pages.
(Caution: The Government will not review more than the page
limitation). There is no page limitation on the Cost Proposal. Forward
six (6) copies of each proposal to ESC/TGK (ATTN: Mr. John Abisamra,
Building 1618, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1806). Proposals
submitted using electronic media will not be accepted. The cost of
preparing a proposal in response to a PRDA is not considered an
allowable direct charge to the resulting contract or any other
contract. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and
proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. The Air Force
reserves the right to select for award any, all, or none of the
proposals received in response to this announcement depending on the
quality and/or availability of funds and negotiate changes to costs and
work proposed. Offerors are required to have a U.S. Secret clearance.
Firms responding should indicate if they are qualified as socially,
economically disadvantaged, or woman-owned small business. Proposals
received in response to this announcement are subject to the
Competition in Contracting Act of 1984. Also, be advised that this is
currently an unfunded requirement Offerors are requested to provide a
point of contact by name and phone number in their proposal. An
Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or
potential offerors during the proposal development phase. The purpose
of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program
director or contracting officer, but to communicate the offeror's
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. The Ombudsman
does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the selection
process. Interested parties may contact Colonel Lee H. Hughes,
Director, Commander's Staff, ESC/CX, 617-377-5106. The Ombudsman should
only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been
brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting
officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. The
date of receipt of proposals may be amended to provide for subsequent
revisions to this PRDA. Furthermore contractors are cautioned that only
contracting officers are legally authorized to commit the government.
Remember all responses should reference PRDA #GATO 97-01. Questions of
a technical nature may be referred to Maj Grant Carlson at (617)
377-4184. Contractual and cost response format questions should be
referred to either the Contracting Officer, Major Emmons at (617)
377-7985 or to the Contract Specialist, Mr. Abisamra at (617) 377-5617.
The Government estimates this study will require approximately two
person years of effort. The work is anticipated to last approximately
four to six months and be awarded in the late Fiscal Year 1997 time
frame. AGAIN, THIS EFFORT IS CURRENTLY AN UNFUNDED REQUIREMENT AND
AWARD MAY BE MADE SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. CLOSING DATE
FOR SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES IS 30 DAYS FROM THE PUBLICATION OF THIS
NOTICE. (0175) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0010 19970626\A-0010.SOL)
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