D -- SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL NETWORK SUPPORT

Notice Date

October 4, 2001

Contracting Office

Bid Office, SPAWARSYSCEN, Code D21B, 53570 Silvergate Avenue, Bldg. A33, Room 0061, San Diego, CA 92152-5112

ZIP Code

92152-5112

Solicitation Number

N66001-02-R-5007

Response Due

November 24, 2001

Point of Contact

Contracting POC: Don Mansfield, (619) 553-9805. Technical POC: Rick Hendrix, (619) 553-2403

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the contract specialist via (mansfid@spawar.navy.mil)

Description

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC SD), Information Technology (IT) Division, Code D029, has a requirement for technical services in support of a newly identified Scientific and Technical (S&T) data network in FY02 and beyond. The S&T network is a complex network of computing and communications systems and software providing available and stable access to timely information. This network will support a scientific user community that is involved in evaluating and validating new technology, conducting exploratory Research and Development (R&D), evaluating protocols, responding to quick reconfiguration requirements to accommodate Fleet exercises, documenting procedures for implementation as projects go into production, and a wide variety of research and communications requirements. Included in the overall S&T network environment is the Secret Wide Area Network (SWAN), which provides local secure (Secret) network connectivity, unclassified Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) computing, a telephone infrastructure, Video Teleconferencing (VTC) engineering, worldwide scheduling, bridging between 50-100 sites and operations, Information Security (InfoSec) processes and procedures, official reporting of Information Assurance (IA) events, World Wide Web (WWW) based software application development, and maintenance for Netscape, Unix, IIS, and Domino, a 24/7 Network Operations Center, and a user Help Desk. Technical and engineering expert support services are needed to provide operation and maintenance of the S&T network infrastructure (physical and logical), the infrastructure servers and services, servers for processing of Business Systems, applications services, World Wide Web (WWW) software development and maintenance, network security, help desk operations, training, and project management. Physical attributes of the network include: synchronous, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Ethernet, FDDI, twisted pair, fiber optic, and broadband TELCO (T1, T3) technologies. Services include support for all domain services: NNTP, DNS, IP, TIME, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, and WEB. S&T servers host a variety of operating systems: UNIX, NT, Win2000, Win9x, MAC, and Novell. Account domains must be supported in a centralized fashion for a worldwide enterprise including Unix, VMS, NT, Novell, Domino, and database domains. Programs shall be developed and/or maintained in a variety of languages: Visual Basic, C, C++, Perl, Java, HTML, XML, DHTML, DIRXML, and others as required to ensure system availability. Software applications in use will include Lotus Notes, Oracle, Microsoft Office, SAP, PKI, and LDAP. The complexity of the S&T network requires expert technical support that is experienced with state-of-the-art methodologies for network design, analysis, system administration, system installation, operation, hardware/software engineering, security, integration, monitoring, project/asset management, and maintenance. This acquisition is being conducted using the Advisory Multi-step Process (see FAR 15.202). Offerors who submitted capability information in response to the Sources Sought notice published in the Commerce Business Daily on 18 July 2001 were evaluated and notified that either they are invited to participate in the resultant acquisition or, based on the information submitted, that they are unlikely to be a viable competitor. A list of offerors who were invited to participate in this acquisition is at the end of this announcement. The Government intends to make multiple (three to six) awards under full and open competition for this effort. Small business concerns will have the option to propose as prime contractors for the whole requirement or only the portion(s) of the statement of work in which they specialize, consisting of one or more task areas, without penalty for partial proposals. Under full and open competition rules, awards made to small businesses will not include the "Limitations on Subcontracting" clause (FAR 52.219-14). Award(s) will be made to businesses (small and/or large) that represent the best value to the Government. The Government estimates a five-year period of performance with a total level of effort of 520,000 direct labor hours. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered by the Government. No hard copy versions of the request for proposals (RFP) will be available. See Note 26. The following offerors that submitted capability information are invited to participate in this acquisition: Anteon Corporation; CACI, Inc.; Computer Sciences Corporation; Computing Technologies, Inc. (specifically Help Desk and Computer Operations requirements); Dynamic Process Solutions (Help Desk requirement); DynCorp; Fuentez Systems Concepts; G2 Software Systems, Inc. (Web-based applications and Network Database requirements); General Dynamics; Getronics Government Solutions; GRCI; Houston Associates, Inc. (Computer Operations, Video Teleconferencing, and Help Desk requirements); Logicon, Inc.; Lucent Technologies; SAIC; Synchrotech Software Corporation (Computer Operations, Help Desk, and Telephone Infrastructure Support requirements); Syzygy Technologies (Secure Wide Area Network (SWAN) Support requirement); TDS, Inc.; Vector Planning and Services, Inc.

Web Link

Click here to download a copy of the RFP. (https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011009/DSOL001.HTM (W-277 SN510013)