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A -- PROCESS REENGINEERING FOR ENTERPRISE COMPUTING TASKS 2 (PREFECT 2) SOL F30602-98-R-0173 POC Bruce R. Montoya, Contract Specialist, Air Force Research Laboratory/IFKRF, (315)330-4580, email address: <montoyab@rl.af.mil>; Melvin G. Manor, Laboratory Program Manager, Air Force Research Laboratory/IFEB, (315)330-3304 This is a sixty (60) month effort to provide engineering and technical expertise (for as yet undefined completion tasks) to support the production and distribution of Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) by the Air Force's Intelligence Community, to include the National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC) at Wright-Patterson AFB OH, the Air Intelligence Agency (AIA), Air Force Information Warfare Center (AFIWC), and the 480th IG. The resultant contract will maintain the ability of the Air Force Intelligence Community to provide timely and accurate assessments of foreign air and space based weapon systems. Many of the threats will require a quick response to unforeseen S&TI requirements. The draft evaluation criteria for the procurement is here for your information. EVALUATION CRITERIA Factors one and two are rated as equal importance to each other but both being of more importance than the factor three and factor four. Factor three and four are in descending order of importance; Factor 1- Model Synthesis. Demonstrate engineering methods to satisfactorily respond to the needs of NAIC with rapid prototypes of models and simulations suitable to NAIC's threat assessment environment. Pertinent topics include; geometric representation, reverse engineering, query languages & data formats. Factor 2- Systems Integration. Demonstrate methodology to integrating new software into the software development environment at NAIC. Methods for identifying and assessing existing tools, databases, languages, modelers, etc. must be addressed. Offeror must demonstrate an understanding of the impact on the organization as a whole. Pertinent topics include: configuration management, software reuse, interface requirements, to include High Level Architecture (HLA) and Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Common Operating System (COE). Factor 3- Technology Areas. Demonstrate an understanding of the technology areas identified in Annex 1 to the Statement of Scope and their appropriate application to Scientific and Technical Intelligence analysis at NAIC. Pertinent topics include: data exploitation, data/tools/model development, database technologies, S&TI production and dissemination. Factor 4- Management. Demonstrate a sound approach to contract and subcontract management. Pertinent topics include methodology to respond with appropriately cleared personnel at NAIC in a timely manner, assessing technical performance, monitoring and reporting expenditures, providing guidance on NAIC computer environment, and acting as a link between the government and the subcontractor. Assessment Criteria: Factor 1,2 and 4 will be evaluate against the following criteria. -Soundness of Approach -- Extent proposal provides evidence that Offeror has a sound approach to meeting the program objectives set forth in the Statement of Scope, and adheres to sound software development and engineering practices. Factor 3 will be evaluated against the following criterion: -Understanding of the Problem -- Extent proposal provides evidence that the Offeror understands the technical complexities of the effort and understands the responsibilities in meeting program objectives. Cost Area: Cost will be evaluated for reasonableness and realism. Two web sites that will provide some additional information are <http://www.dmso.mil/projects/hla.&;gt; and <http://spider.osfl.disa.mil/dii/index.html.&;gt;. This will be a CPFF Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with work to be performed via individual Delivery Order. Delivery Order requirements/tasking may be classified. SCI security clearance is required for performance. The solicitation will not be classified. The successful contractor may receive and/or generate technical data subject to export control in the performance of the contract. Therefore prospective offerors must provide a completed and approved DD Form 2345 which certifies the offeror is on the Certified Contractors Access List (CCAL) or the offeror is seeking application to CCAL. The successful offeror must have a completed and approved DD Form 2345 prior to award. For further information on CCAL, contact the Defense Logistics Service Center at 1-800-352-3572. Foreign participation is excluded at the Prime Contractor level. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Scope or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contracting Specialist, Bruce Montoya, 315-330-4580. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Jerry Amoroso, Chief, Policy and Management Branch, at 315-330-3411. 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 source selection process. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Numbered Note 26 -- No telephone requests for solicitation will be honored. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Bruce Montoya, reference code I-8-4443-IFKRF, and contain the respondent's FAX Number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP which shall be considered. The RFP will be released no sooner than fifteen days after publication of this notice. (0111)

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