US Army Topographic Engineering Center, Contracts Office (CETEC-CT), 7701 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315-3864

R -- COMBAT TERRAIN INFORMATION SYSTEM (CTIS) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION SUPPORT(SE&I) SOL DACA76-97-R-0006 DUE 010898 POC Contact Ms. Marybeth Olexy, 703/428-6624/Contracting Officer, Ms. Ronaly Lichtenfels, 703/428-6620 The U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) intends to award an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for a base year period with four one-year renewal options. The scope of work consists of serving as the Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) contractor for the Army's Combat Terrain Information Systems (CTIS) program. CTIS current systems include the Digital Topographic Support System (DTSS)-Heavy, DTSS-Light, and DTSS-Multispectral Imagery Processor (DTSS-MSIP). The contractor will be required to integrate new and upgraded functionality into the existing CTIS software suite. Additional functionality for development or integration could include: 1) automated feature extraction; 2) new or modified tactical decision aids (TDAs); 3) hydrology and weather models; 4) terrain visualization; and 5) Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies. Knowledge of the following types of CTIS TDAs is required: Mobility, Intervisibility, Environmental, Special Purpose Products, and Terrain Elevation. The contractor shall demonstrate familiarity with Erdas Imagine, ESRI ARC/INFO and ArcView, and data base management software packages such as Oracle and Informix. The contractor shall be able to write Erdas Macro Language (EML) and Arc Macro Language (AML) routines and integrate these with C, Ada and Fortran code. The contractor shall demonstrate familiarity with Unix operating systems on both Sun and Hewlett-Packard platforms. The contractor will be required to evaluate, test, and if needed, integrate and install individual hardware components into existing CTIS systems. Additionally, the contractor will be required to update/modify the following CTIS items: production level drawings (relative to any design changes), training materials, technical manuals (operator's, maintainer's and Software Users Manual), and integrated logistic support (ILS)/provisioning documents. The contractor should possess the facilities and personnel necessary to perform shelter hardware integration with existing Army tactical shelters and vehicles. The contractor shall perform Logistics Support Analysis required by the CTIS systems. Task Orders issued under this contract shall not exceed $5 Million for the base year and $5 Million for each of the four option years. The successful offeror must have key personnel with a TS/SCI clearance at the time of award in order to perform the work required under this contract. Proposals will be due no later than 4:00 PM on 8 January 1998. A pre-proposal conference will be held at the Topographic Engineering Center, Bldg. 2592, Alexandria, VA on Tuesday, 18 November 1997 from 0900 to 1500. This conference will address a description of the CTIS program, a briefing of the CTIS software and a software demonstration. Please be advised that the conference is limited to two (2) attendees per company. ATTENDEES MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS. The following information regarding each attendee must be faxed to the TEC Contracts Office no later than 12 November 1997: 1)Last name, first name, middle initial 2) Agency or Company Name/Division 3) Social Security Number 4)Telephone number. Estimated date of release of this RFP is the week of 3 November 1997. The following portions of the RFP will appear at that time on the TEC Web page (http://www.tec.army.mil) and can be located by clicking on "Contract Solicitation." The following information may be downloaded from the TEC Web site: Basic Statement of Work (SOW) for "Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) For Combat Terrain Information Systems (CTIS) Programs, Government Furnished Equipment, Information and Software List, SOW for task order entitled "Build 4 Software Support," SOW for task order entitled "Workstation and Plotter Upgrade," Contract Data Requirements List (DD Form 1423), Data Item Descriptions, Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254) with Attachment, Past Performance Questionnaire, "Guidelines for TEC Contract Reports," and Bidders List. All manuals and drawings will be provided on CD ROM. Copies of the RFP and/or CD ROMs will be made available only to businesses submitting a written request. Please fax all information regarding attendees for the pre-proposal conference as well as requests for copies of the RFP and/or CD ROMs to the attention of Ms. Marybeth Olexy, FAX: 703/428-6995. (0281)

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