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70 -- SOFTWARE "DRIVERS" TO INTERFACE AND INTEGRATE COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTATION SOL Oasis_SDIICI DUE 113099 POC Leanne Collins WEB: DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, http://bsx.org/edwards/bus_ops. E-MAIL: DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, Leanne.Collins@edwards .af.mil. The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) requires software = 'drivers' that will allow instrumentation and data processing engineers to easily integrate commercial instrumentation support and telemetry data = processing products into the Iliad Toolset. The Iliad is currently being = developed by the Instrumentation Development Branch (TSDI), Instrumentation Support Systems Section (ISS), which represents a tri-service and commercial = user community at Edwards AFB, CA, Eglin AFB, FL, Patuxent River, MD, St. = Louis, MO, and Ft. Rucker, AL. The Iliad consists mainly of a comprehensive database that contains all the information necessary to program current airborne instrumentation systems (Advanced Airborne Test = Instrumentation System, AATIS, and Mini-AATIS), and to decommutate, process, and = display data in Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) streams (per IRIG 106, Chapts. 4 and 8). To create a complete system that allows instrumentation operations = engineers to program the airborne instrumentation units and then to checkout = their programs by processing the resultant PCM data stream(s), users require integration of the Iliad database with commercial software, firmware, = and hardware. This integration should be accomplished by simply installing hardware and software from the vendor plus a vendor-specific 'driver' = that allows direct (or via a data file) exchange of data with the Iliad = database. The 'driver' extracts information required by the vendor's commercial product from the Iliad database via ADO or via a file interface (instrumentation Data eXchange, iDx) and automatically sets up the = vendor's software and hardware. Once the 'driver' is installed, the user sets = up the required information in Iliad, then invokes the vendor's software that = loads the instrumentation and programs the airborne units or sets up the decommutation and engineering units. The vendor's software is = automatically setup via the driver and operates as an integral part of the Iliad = Toolset. Firms capable of meeting this need should contact Mr. Lee S . Gardner, 661.275.4359 for more technical information including the Iliad database design specification and the iDx file format = description. Limit responses to 15 pages and include: =A6 Statement of software development experience and capability =A6 Description of commercial products related to airborne = instrumentation or telemetry data processing and display =A6 Statement of whether they are a large, small, small-disadvantaged, = or woman-owned business =A6 Statement of capability for their 'driver' to provide evidence that = the need has been clearly understood. =A6 Cost estimate for non-reoccurring engineering costs or cost sharing required (it is anticipated that most, if not all of the costs will be recouped from commercial sales to our clients. There is no desire to produce government owned software.).=20 =A6 Earliest realistic delivery date This synopsis is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government does not intend to pay = for any information provided under this synopsis. Interested contractors = capable of meeting this need must submit clear, convinci ng literature and pricing that fully demonstrates their capabilities. Responses to the sources sought that fail to provide the required capability demonstration will not be acknowledged. All = questions must be submitted in writing to AFFTC/PKAA, Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: Leanne Collins, 30 North Wolfe Avenue, Edwards AFB, CA = 93524-6351. Send facsimile documentation packages to (661) 275-9626, ATTN: Leanne Collins, AFFTC/PKAA. Responses to include pricing information must be received by 30 NOV 99. Telephone requests to be placed on the mailing = list will not be honored. All complete responses received will be fully considered subject to technical evaluation by the USAF. The anticipated contract type is a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Requirements contract. = Numbered Notes 25 and 26 apply. Posted 10/14/99 (D-SN391870). (0287)

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