58 -- DCAPES INCREMENT 2 & INCREMENT 1 FIXES

Notice Date

July 5, 2001

Contracting Office

ESC/AC, Combat Air Forces C2 Systems, 50 Griffiss Street Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1642

ZIP Code

01731-1642

Solicitation Number

n/a

Response Due

July 23, 2001

Point of Contact

Themoula T. Poirier, 781-271-5984

E-Mail Address

Click Here to E-mail the POC (ESC.ACM.DCAPES@hanscom.af.mil)

Description

The Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments (DCAPES) Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) published 16 April 2001 is revised as follows: DCAPES Program Office, ESC, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1625, is seeking potential sources qualified to provide engineering and manufacturing, development and production phases of DCAPES Effort. The DCAPES software segments currently under development and residing on the Global Command and Control System (GCCS) will deliver part of the DCAPES Core capability. Leveraging off of the experience and investment gained from DCAPES Increment 1 (currently under development), the Air Force desires to move forth into DCAPES Increment 2 development. The Government is looking for industry to provide the following: (1) Support to the Government with Increment 2 Requirement Analysis, review the DCAPES business process and analyze/update documentation accordingly (2) Support for Evolutionary Development & Improvement to the DCAPES Data Base Schema (3) Review DII COE Version Release Improvements and Evaluate Impact on DCAPES (4) Track Changes to External Data Repositories Interfacing with DCAPES and Modify DCAPES accordingly. For example, GCCS, GCSS, JOPES, etc (5) Track New COTS/GOTS Applications Submissions & Evaluate Applicability for Use by DCAPES (6) Track New COTS/GOTS Development Environment Advances & Evaluate Applicability for use by DCAPES and (7) Update/enhance current DCAPES interfaces documentation and develop new documentation for new DCAPES interfaces. (8) Offerors must develop software patches for DCAPES Increment 1 fixes within 6 months of DCAPES Increment 1 delivery (Oct 01). In addition, the contractor will be required to (1) Update course of action and OPLAN Feasibility Analysis resulting from new functionality; (2) Update Ad Hoc Query Technology resulting from new functionality; (3) Update DCAPES Help capabilities and training with new functionality and (4) Analyze/Develop the following DCAPES tasks and integrate with current DCAPES Increment 1 capabilities. The contractor will be required to perform the following : (1) Migrate DCAPES into the new JOPES Modernization (2000) environment (Current implementation date for this is June 2002), (2) Collect response times for key functions and determine with users appropriate response time goals/enhancements, (3) Improve MAJCOM and Base Tasking, Tailoring and Sourcing Functions (4) Distribute DCAPES Data via WEB (5) Replace Red-Mini for MAJCOM to Base Communications (6) Use Graphical Display for Geographical Distribution of Various Planning Resources & Rapid Automated Plan Development (7) Enhanced Integration of Logistics Feasibility Analysis Capability (LOGFAC) Data and Functions into DCAPES from product currently being developed by HQ Standard Systems Group (SSG), Maxwell AFB, AL (8) Interface with Global Transportation Network (GTN) (9) Improve LOGFAC with more timely data (10) Improve Feasibility Analysis of Rapidly Built Plans. Comparing Required vs. Available Materials at Installations Worldwide Weapon System Management Information System (WSMIS), Standard Base Supply System (SBSS) and at Employment/Beddown Survey Tool for Employment Planning (STEP ) (11) Establish a 2-Way Interface with WSMIS to Support Generation of Sustainment Requirements for Aircraft Frames, Engines, Weapon Systems, and other Repairables (12) Implement 2-Way Security Guards to Eliminate Air Gaps between DCAPES and the following system: SBSS, FAS and LOGMOD, (13) Role up Theater Assets for Joint Logistics Planner (JLP) Feasibility Estimates Use (14) Deployment execution monitoring capabilities (15) Provide MAJCOM Notification Mechanism for Detected Differences between plan and actual deployment using Intransit Visibility (ITV) (16) Compare planned asset vs. actual asset Deployment (17) Provide access to the relevant portions of ATO to identify planned sorties and other relevant data needed to support OPLAN development (18) Enhanced force readiness assessment capabilities (19) Associate Readiness of (spell out) CUP Data by accessing base data (WSMIS, SBSS-SBSS may not be avail until Increment #3) (10) Integrate MANPER-B functions into DCAPES (11) Integrate LOGMOD (not Unit Deployment Manager level) into DCAPES (12) Integrate War Mobilization Planner into DCAPES (13) Integrate MANPER-X capabilities into DCAPES and (14) Integrate AEF Reporting Tool (ART) with DCAPES. Upon successful completion of the EMD phase of DCAPES Increment 2, the Government intends to procure and field the software. During the production phase, the contractor shall: (1) Support the transition and installation of DCAPES software segments in the field, both overseas and stateside. (2) Develop and provide technical data deliverables to allow for software testing and sustainment once fielded. (3) Provide Type 1 training program, both operator and maintainer, for the developed software to include hard copy and CD based. (4) Provide support for government test events. (5) Support spiral release schedule of multiple software drops of functionality with major incremental releases to the field to occur no greater than every 18 months and earlier if possible. (6) Continue to update the DCAPES Transition Plan. Offerors who believe they can meet these requirements should submit a qualification package, not exceeding 10 pages, describing the respondents experience in the following areas: 1) Capability to meet this effort's schedule given the Increment 1 fixes and JOPES Modernization (2000) efforts within this Phase; 2) Detailed knowledge of the software design of the DCAPES Increment 1 software (Increment 1 Software currently not available for distribution); 3) Existing capability to integrate the upcoming DCAPES incremental functionalities with the current software baseline; 4) Experience with dealing with external factors (i.e. GCCS fielding/upgrades; JOPES fielding/upgrades) that can effect DCAPES implementation; 5) Ability and capability to provide support for fielding of software segments in GCCS/DII COE compliant formats. Electronic responses are preferred and should be sent to the DCAPES Program Office at ESC.ACM.DCAPES@hanscom.af.mil . Responses sent in hardcopy via U.S. mail should be sent to ESC/ACMD, Captain Maureen Milligan, 50 Griffiss Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1625. Contractors submitting responses via overnight services should send them to ESC/ACMD, MITRE M Building, 202 Burlington Rd, Bedford, MA 01730-1420. The packages should be received at ESC/ACMD no later than 23 July 2001. Program Documentation will be posted on the Electronic Systems Center (ESC) Hanscom Electronic Requirements Bulletin Board (HERBB) at http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil under business Opportunities, Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments (Government will not reimburse the costs of preparing or submitting a response to this synopsis). Any questions should be directed to Captain Maureen Milligan at (781) 271-2759. This synopsis is for informational and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation, or a synopsis of a solicitation, or a commitment on the Government to later publish a solicitation. An Acquisition Ombudsman, Colonel Joseph B. Magnone, Director, Commander's Staff, has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during proposal development. You should only contact the Ombudsman with issues or problems you cannot satisfactorily resolve with the program manager and/or contracting officer. The Ombudsman role is to hear concerns, issues, and recommendations and communicate these to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality if desired. The Ombudsman does not evaluate proposals or participate in source selection. You can contact the Ombudsman at (781) 377-5106. See Note 26.

Web Link

ESC Business Opportunities Web Page (http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010709/58SOL008.HTM (D-186 SN50Q9L8)