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

S -- PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY SOFTWARE, TRAINING, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT TO REPLACE AN EXISTING SOFTWARE/HARDWARE SYSTEM!! SOL FA4416-98-T0504 DUE 042798 POC Point of Contact: Trecil Ellison, All responses to this synopsis must be in writing and faxed to 301-981-1910!! This is a combined Synopsis/Request for Proposal for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format specified in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-41. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7379, size 12.5 million. Delivery shall be FOB Destination to Andrews AFB MD. Responses to this RFQ must be received by 27 Apr 98. Delivery and Finance addresses will be provided upon award. Award is to be based on the following factors: (1) Offerors are required to document past performance with regard to the ability to provide all necessary software, training, installation, maintenance and support to replace an existing software/hardware system. (2) Price. 1. GENERAL INFORMATION Contractor shall provide all necessary software, training, installation, maintenance, and support to replace an existing software/hardware system which provides significant command and control functions for the Special Airlift Mission performed by the 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews Air Force Base. The system will be implemented on existing hardware and will be fully consistent and supportable on the existing Local Area Network architecture. 1.1 MAJOR ITEMS OF WORK The requested system will replace the existing Special Air Mission Management System (SAMMS) and must accomplish all tasks currently performed by SAMMS as well as additional capabilities not currently performed by SAMMS (defined below). 1.1.1EXISTING TASKS The following tasks generally define the existing mission scheduling capabilities of SAMMS. 1.1.1.1 INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATIONS The system must provide for near real-time communications between all agencies directly impacted by the command and control functions of the system. Key agencies include, but are not limited to, Headquarters Air Force, 89th Airlift Wing, and user organizations. The system will provide administrator defined levels of ssecurity and access which will include as a minimum the ability to limit system access in general and by module as well as the ability to limit data viewing or editing by user and/or by module. Stored information will include standard data formats as well as user-defined data fields and computed data fields. 1.1.1.2 MISSION/FLIGHT PLANNING The system will provide basic mission and flight planning capability to permit itinerary planning for actual, requested, or potential missions. The planning functions will incorporate data specific to aircraft type or tail number, departure and destination airfields linked to an existing and modifiable database of airports, and known or historical route information. The airfield database shall contain undated information related to airfield capabilities, available support, and user defined and maintained data text fields. The route database shall permit user storage of known or calculated routes between city pairs. 1.1.1.3 ARCHIVING/DATA RETRIEVAL The system will provide the capability to store and retrieve all entered or calculated data as identified by the users. Data retrieval will also include the capability to create user-defined reports. In addition, changes made to critical mission information, particularly related to itinerary or passenger status, shall be recorded in an audit or history file and shall be tracked by version number. 1.1.2 ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES The system will accomplish the following additional capabilities not currently performed by SAMMS. 1.1.2.1 CREW SCHEDULING The system will provide the capability to integrate crew scheduling with aircraft scheduling. Capabilities will include the ability to define crew requirements by mission and by aircraft and crew availability by name, qualification and drew position. In addition, crew scheduling will also incorporate non-flying and training activities. 1.1.2.2 PASSENGER SCHEDULING The system will provide the capability to schedule passengers on all missions. Capabilities will include the ability to identify, by aircraft type and/or tail number, passenger capability, passenger status, passenger requests or reservations, and passenger manifests. Additionally, information related to each passenger, such as title, phone number, point of contact, will also be stored. 1.1.2.3 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING The system will provide for basic maintenance scheduling in order to monitor upcoming maintenance events, either as scheduled or required items, in order to determine the availability of aircraft based on maintenance activities. 1.1.3 TRAINING The contractor shall provide any necessary user training prior to the initial implementation of the system. Training shall be conducted on-site and will include hands-on interaction with the system using user-provided hardware. The contractor will provide all necessary training materials. 1.1.4 SUPPORT AND SERVICE The contractor shall provide 24 hour/7days per week support and service for the software system.***** (0111)

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