Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, Attn: Contracts Office, PO Box 555171, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5171

70 -- DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING AN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ENVIRONMENT POC Susan Humann, 760/725-2478/Contracting Officer, Tim Warren, 760/725-9194 MARKET RESEARCH The Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA) is tasked with designing and developing an Systems Integration Environment (SIE) Operations Center within the MCTSSA SIE. The Systems Integration Environment is a distributed test environment linking up to 8 separate test facilities aboard MCTSSA. Based on a Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)-level Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) architecture, the SIE will consist of the systems, echelons, agencies and connectivity resident within the Marine Corps Operating Forces. Integration and interoperability testing of tactical systems in the SIE will be a primary activity in the future. To support testing in a distributed environment, a robust support Local Area Network (LAN) ("out of band" LAN) will be established which will be parallel to, and separate from, the "in-band" LAN that interconnects the systems under test. The focal point of the distributed management of testing in the SIE will be the SIE Operations Center. Using theout-of-band LAN, the SIE Operations Center will be used to coordinate tests with local test directors at MCTSSA and between facilities at MCTSSA and external agencies. The purpose of the SIE Operations Center will be the management of all tests within the SIE. Inherent in this will be the need for collaboration tools to coordinate with local test directors within the SIE. Specifically, a turnkey solution is requested for: -- Face-to-face video teleconferencing (with headsets) between 8 sites. -- The ability to remotely share and simultaneously collaborate on documentation. -- Large-screen displays in the Operations Center (3' X 8' desired, quantity 4). -- Electronically enabled conference table with executive-style chairs (10). -- Integrated lectern and ceiling mounted briefing projector for presentations on Large Screen Displays (LSDs). The design and development of the SIE Operations Center shall be presented as a phased approach concept. We are interested in having industry use off-the-shelf components to design and build the Operations Center and associated equipment. In addition, we are looking for operator and systems admin training when the installation is complete. We are looking for creative and innovative methods being used in commercial practices. Firms should state their business size, include literature, brochures, and capabilities summaries pertaining to the aforementioned needs. All firms believing that they possess the expertise to satisfy the requirements are invited to submit an affirmative response to this notice. All such responses will be evaluated to ascertain the capabilities of firms that are able to meet the entire scope of the requirement. The following key information is requested: 1. Description, of product, and/or services that will be provided. 2. Historical information, of similar product, and /or services provided. Interested firms are requested to response by 7 April 2000, and to include a point of contact. Interested sources should send information to: (U.S.Mail address) Commanding Officer, Attn: Contracting Officer, P.O. Box 555171, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5171 or (express/overnight deliveries) to: Commanding Officer Attn: Contracting Officer, Building 31345, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055. Any questions should be directed to the contact person listed above. THE SUBMISSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCURE ANY ITEMS/SERVICES, NOR FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR THE INFORMATION RECEIVED. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS.***** Posted 03/07/00 (W-SN431975). (0067)

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