89th Contracting Squadron, 1419 Menoher Drive, Andrews AFB, MD 20762-6500

R -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION -- SOFTWARE SUPPORT POC Stacy MacKay (301) 981-2308, FAX (301) 981-1910 Request for information (RFI) only. No solicitation is available at this time. Firms having interest in providing these services shall submit company's business size, a capability statement, including most recent and relevant experience and points of contact. The capability statement shall also address past experience with the each systems and software listed below. Responses are due not later than 3 Apr 98. Services are as follows: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform 89 Communications Squadron (CS) Software Maintenance Element at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), MD. The contractor shall provide systems technical services and engineering support for specified software. This support consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following actions: system development/enhancement, installation, and maintenance; response to user requests and trouble calls; software engineering, technical solutions, system design, programming support to analyze requirements; conduct systems testing; and, develop, modify, and maintain systems documentation. The following is the major systems descriptions: SCBPP, Presidential Radio Software: Mystic Star Presidential Communications Management System. Mystic Star is a ground communications system for the USAF Special Air Missions (SAM) fleet. The mission of Mystic Star is to provide high quality secure voice and data communications to the President, Vice President, Cabinet Members, Foreign Heads of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Commanders in Chief of operating commands, and other senior Government and military officials while aboard SAM aircraft anywhere in the world. The Mystic Star network is comprised of antiquated heterogeneous computer hardware, telecommunications equipment, operating systems, and software. Computer systems consists of PDP 11/73a, HP 1000s, and VAX 11/730s. Three operating systems are utilized: RTE-6, VMS 3.5, and RT 11. And, seven software languages are used:two versions of Pascal, two versions of Fortran, three assembly languages, and one preprocessing language. The system is tied together with contractor-unique networking components. All application software are non-COTS. SITFAA. Electronic Mail System provides HF radio electronic mail capabilities for the USAF Chief-of-Staff to communicate with his/her counterparts from 18 North, Central, and South American countries. This system runs on PCs connected via modem and provides an electronic bulletin board function where users can send and receive mail messages. SCBPS, Software Applications: Software Applications maintains 25 personal computer-based software systems in support of White House, Pentagon, and Andrews AFB Special Air Missions (SAM) operations. The systems provide automation tasks ranging from vital SAM planning and tracking functions, to inter-base management and coordination functions, to providing unique single-office/agency capabilities. These systems operate from several different platforms; all are LAN based or can operate in a network environment (Windows NT). A basic listing of the different environments/programming languages follows: 11 = Win 95/MS Access; 9 MS-DOS/Clipper; 3 = MS-DOS/Pascal, Paradox, and Object Professional; 2 = Win 3.1/MS Access; and, 1 = Win 3.1/Ada. The users of these systems range from 80+ simultaneous users on down to a single-user environment. ***** (0079)

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