U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DE), Warren, MI 48397-5000

D -- SOURCES SOUGHT TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED DATA ENVIRONMENT/PDM DUE 021500 POC Thomas H. Miller, AMSTA-LC-AL-P, 810-574-8357, millerth@tacom.army.mil E-MAIL: Click here to contact Mr. Thomas H. Miller by email, millerth@tacom.army.mil. "Program Manager, Light Armored Vehicles (PM-LAV) is seeking any sources interested in designing, developing, and implementing an Integrated Data Environment (e.g. Product Data Manager) for our office of approximately 70 users in Warren, MI, and our support cell of approximately 10 users in Albany, GA. PM-LAV is pursuing an IDE in accordance with DepSecDef Policy memo of 2 Jul 97, requiring all PMs to operate digitally by 2002. The goals for our IDE include: achieving an information-sharing environment that enables geographically dispersed segments of "virtual Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)", including customers and suppliers, to create a cohesive design and production process for our systems; empower users through seamless access to enterprise-wide information access regardless of where the information is physically located; to increase efficiency and reduce cost of operations through business process reengineering, digitizing paper based processes, and using digitally managed workflows for continuous process improvement; providing guaranteed data security and integrity; and achieve all the foregoing by leveraging existing, "off-the-shelf" software, hardware, and infrastructure to minimize cost. PM-LAV is a USMC PM that is located at the U.S. Army Tank automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), Warren, MI. Due to it's unique nature and dispersed organization, customers (USMC and FMS), and suppliers, PM-LAV is in urgent need of a system that ties our business processes together into a secure, digital chain. We intend for our IDE to meet this need. We plan for our IDE to be JCALS and Web compliant, to take advantage of both the existing DoD/TACOM JCALS infrastructure, and the existing/emerging Web technology. The IDE must provide secure connectivity to our external support cell in Albany, GA; our suppliers in Canada and the US; and our customers that are scattered around the world. To date, we have completed Phase I of our IDE plan -- mapping of our "as is" environment using business process analysis (a copy of the Phase I report can be made available to any interested source). We are seeking a vendor to perform Phases II (initial IDE design and pilot project implementation) and III (full IDE implementation) of our IDE implementation process. We are not limited to a particular IDE/PDM software solution, and are open to approaches that can meet our needs while minimizing cost and schedule. Responses should include, as a minimum: (1) Description of the proposed IDE/PDM (data generation/access/use/storage/configuration management, workflow management, data security/integrity, speed and scalability, etc.); (2) Previous use/experience on government or commercial Program Management operations, digitizing common PM business processes (e.g. acquisition program management, systems engineering, software management, manufacturing & production, acquisition logistics, test & evaluation, business/financial management, contract management, and administration); (2) Hardware/software/license requirements; (4) Ability to integrate existing Government software/hardware (JCALS, JEDMICS, MEARS, SPS, AcqPro, etc.); (5) Ability to allow geographically dispersed team members to work collaboratively; (6) Training requirements; (7) Administration requirements; (8) Web functionality and on-line meeting capability; (9) JCALS compatibility/integration level; (10) Common desktop configuration; (11) Existing toolsets and/or workflows; (12) Data enhancement (query/reporting/mining) capability; (13) Future upgrade plans; and (14) Estimated time to implement and Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost. Questions should be addressed to Thomas H. Miller, 810-574-8357. Responses should be sent by email to millerth@tacom.army.mil. Request responses be submitted by NLT 15 Feb 00. Offerors are encouraged to visit PM-LAV to provide demonstrations of their proposed IDE approach. All interested firms, regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this announcement. This notice is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute arequest for proposals, and is not to be construed as a commitment by TACOM-Warren." Posted 12/29/99 (W-SN412122). (0363)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0023 20000103\D-0004.SOL)