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A -- INTEGRATED UNDERSEA SURVEILLANCE (IUSS) COMMON PROCESSOR: PARTICIPATION IN PERFORMANCE SPEC DEVELOPMENT BY POTENTIAL OFFERORS POC See "Description" below. WEB: Click here for IUSS Common Processor information, http://www.iuss2000.amron.net. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the program office point of contact via e-mail, toomeyj@spawar.navy.mil. PRE-SOLICITATION INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION SOUGHT Pursuant to FAR Part 15, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) is soliciting the participation of sources possessing the capability and experience in architecture migrations for real-time processing systems. These systems are related to the development (integration and testing) of ship and shore based Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) processing systems for the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Directorate (PD 18). The goal is for experienced contractors to meet, exchange information, and provide pre-solicitation ideas and approaches to the Government for the development of a single common hardware and software architecture baseline. This baseline will support all Integrated Undersea Surveillance (IUSS) programs currently fielded and emerging programs in development (e.g., Advanced Deployable System (ADS), and Fixed Distributed System (FDS)). Interested firms should have experience in software engineering and system engineering using real-time operating systems; SUN workstations; C, C++ and Ada programming languages; software rehosting; high speed networking; relational databases; and object-oriented software development. Experience must include the use of software tools. The participants will work with Navy and University laboratories to participate in the development of this common architecture. Currently, there are two major baseline processing systems -- the Shore Signal and Information Processing Subsystem (SSIPS) for FDS, and the Mobile and Deployable Systems (SURTASS TX, Twinline and Low Frequency Active) baselines. These systems are similar in that they use COTS processing hardware and array processing boards, but they differ in hardware and software architectures and sensor configurations. The overall requirements for each of the systems are different, documentation levels for the baselines differ, the programming languages used differ, as well as training packages and the Operator-Machine Interface (OMI). SPAWAR anticipates that participants will play a role in identifying and clarifying Navy specifications for a follow-on competitive SPAWAR initiative to obtain an engineering development model . This competitive action is planned for formal solicitation in early calendar year 1999, with award in last quarter cy99 . While SPAWAR will be developing system level and functional specifications for the follow-on competition, participants in this pre-solicitation opportunity will assist in developing those specifications. The participants will be part of an Integrated Product Team (IPT) organized and chartered as part of the pre-solicitation process authorized by the Federal Acquisition Regulation(s), FAR Part 15. Interested parties responding to this announcement will meet with Government employees and contractor support personnel on a regular basis. SPAWAR is developing a world wide web site <http://www.iuss2000.amron.net&;gt; to distribute information on this IPT. Firms participating in the IPT will be authorized access to the information on the web site. Interested sources are advised that SPAWAR is also currently evaluating the feasibility of integrating IUSS requirements into an existing NAVSEA developmental program (ARCI-MPP). If the Navy pursues this or another acquisition alternative, the web site will so inform all interested parties. SPAWAR Points of Contact: IPT Chairman: Ms Bobbie Lee PMW-181 (619) 524-7657 leebj@spawar.navy.mil Acquisition Manager: Mr. John Toomey, PMW-183 (619) 524-7156 toomeyj@spawar.navy.mil Procurement Contracting Officer: Mr. Mike Cotner, SPAWAR 02 (619) 524-7164 cotnerm@spawar.navy.mil The first IPT meeting is planned for 2 March 1998 at: TRW, 1843 Hotel Circle South, San Diego CA 92108. A security clearance will be required for meeting attendees. Please fax clearance to: TRW (attn: Kathy Moody) (619) 542-2291. Future meetings are planned monthly and dates will be published on the web site at least one month in advance of those meetings. The IPT will be called the IUSS Processing IPT and will be chaired by Ms. B.J. Lee (SPAWAR PMW181). Identified contractor support will be: PSI, TRW and AMRON Corporation. These contractors currently provide advisory and assistance (A&A) services through Government contract. These contractors are restricted by their respective Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) clause(s) from receiving production award contracts resulting directly from the development of these specifications. Interested parties should provide a five (5) page statement outlining their respective capabilities. In addition, interested parties must provide proof that they hold facility secret clearances and must demonstrate a willingness to enter into agreements with contractors providing data with limited purpose legends. Firms who respond to this sources sought announcement should be aware that all work performed as a result of participation in the IPT will be at their own cost. Responding firms will not be precluded from participating in the follow-on competition, if it occurs. Such competition may result in a contract, an other transaction agreement, or no action. Firms should state their business size, include literature, brochures and capability summaries of their ability to perform the work stated above. Foreign owned sources should indicate the country of ownership. Responses are due in e-media format (MS Word) within 15 calendar days from the date of this announcement to the following recipients: leebj@spawar.navy.mil toomeyj@spawar.navy.mil cotnerm@spawar.navy.mil Space and Naval Warfare System Command. 4297 Pacific Highway Code 02 San Diego, CA 92110 This is an ANNOUNCEMENT for planning purposes and is NOT A SOLICITATION or a commitment by the Government. The Navy will not pay for information received in response to this sources sought announcement. A formal solicitation does not exist at this time. Again, neither SPAWAR nor the Navy will incur any commitment to compensate parties or actual participants (other than support contractors) for thisIPT effort. SPAWAR hereby announces its intention to offer participation to as many participants who meet the qualifications and who are willing to share information under the terms and conditions set forth above. (0041)

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