SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Airpower Operational Effect Research Tool
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Specialized Contracting Squadron, 2021 First Street West, Randolph AFB, TX, 78150-4302
- ZIP Code
- 78150-4302
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-XPTT0531
- Response Due
- 6/17/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/17/2005
- Description
- Air Education and Training Command Contracting Squadron at Randolph AFB, TX, seeks potential sources for a government acquisition for an Airpower Operational Effect Research Tool (AOERT). The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541511. This is a Sources Sought Synopsis. There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up requests. AOERT will be an unclassified/for official use only (FOUO) interactive geospatial multimedia database for research and analysis of the role of airpower in recent major combat operations. The database will include information on Operations Desert Storm (17 January-28 February 1991); Allied Force (24 March-10 June 1999); Enduring Freedom (7 October 2001- ); and Iraqi Freedom (20 March-1 May 2003). This database will pull together the best information, data, maps, and imagery to afford planners, analysts, students, and historians the ability to educate themselves about contemporary airpower and to research strategy, technology, and effects at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. The AOERT will provide access to data and existing documents, and will provide chronological, statistical, and geographic modules to afford in-depth analysis of the four conflicts. The software application will allow the user to research and analyze individual conflicts as well as to compare conflicts. The user will be able to create, capture, export or print analytic results, graphics, and data. The database will reside on a computer platform at Maxwell Air Force Base, on the local area network (LAN) at Maxwell AFB, and in a DVD format suitable for distribution to students and researchers. The following tasks are required: 1. Material Collection and Digitization - Collect materials and convert them into electronic format suitable for inclusion in database. Expertise in evaluating source material for inclusion in the database, accurate knowledge of the effects of weapons, the type of weapons and platforms employed in air campaigns, and an understanding of the process, skills, and techniques employed to plan, implement, and evaluate air campaigns is essential to developing this product. Finally, access to multimedia resources and collections that show air delivered effects in action or after the fact is also required to fully design and develop this product. The required material will include materials germane to the following six major modules: 1. Chronology: A comprehensive chronology for each conflict, including military and political events that can be electronically linked to imagery, documents, and geographic data. 2. Data: Statistical data for each conflict, including sortie and strike data records and target databases that can be electronically linked to the chronology and to geographic data. Also, the data will include information, media, and verification of collateral damage claims related to the employment of air delivered munitions in the combat zones of conflicts contained within the database. 3. Geography: Geographical data, including: 3.1.1. An overall country mapping capability for Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yugoslavia, including vector basemap geographical data to joint operations graphic (JOG) fidelity (1:100,000). 3.1.2. In-depth modules for two to five major cities from each conflicts (e.g., Baghdad, Belgrade, Kabul), including satellite imagery of the entire city at 1 meter resolution and additional mapping products (JOGs, city graphics, vector data layers for both military and non-military features) allowing exploration via GIS. 3.1.3. Select ?chips? of imagery and GIS data for discrete targets and special interest areas. 4. Imagery: A searchable library of still imagery and weapons systems video (WSV), linked to the geographic data and target databases. The imagery library will include the option for a database of all available video, linked to storage on a non-DVD central server. 1.5. Reference: Aircraft and weapons fact sheets, organizational information, biographies, country data, etc. 1.6. Documents: A library of public domain and hard-to-get documents such as reports, studies, briefings, transcripts, etc., to include: 1.6.1. Press releases, press conference transcripts, speeches, etc. 1.6.2. Oral histories 1.6.3. Air University and other service war college publications 1.6.4. Official military history reports 1.6.5. Lessons learned documents, including the Gulf War Air Power Survey (GWAPS) and other unclassified reports 1.6.6. Select after-action reports and briefings 1.6.7 Comprehensive materials related to collateral damage (photographs, video, statistical information, and verification of claims) 2. Database Design 2.1. Design, develop, and program Graphic User Interface (GUI) 2.1.1. The six modules will afford in-depth analysis of the four conflicts. The software application will allow the user to research and analyze individual conflicts as well as to compare conflicts. The user will be able to create, capture, export or print analytic results, graphics and data. 2.1.2. The GUI will provide a common workspace running in a central window with a constant Left Pane providing a set of menu options. The GUI should resemble and act in the same manner as the Air Force?s primary mission planning software, Falconview. 2.1.3. The user will have the option to explore existing data and resources, and create new data, with the ability to export data as a screen capture, in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet form, or as a RTF or HTML document. 2.1.4. AEORT will use ultra-compressed file formats to save space and will the incorporate a wide variety multi-media components (including imagery, maps, video, etc.) linked through a rigorous, quantitative database. 2.1.5. The database structure will move from the top level of generality that captures the broad parameters of the conflicts down through the level of individual event (mission) or target records. 2.1.6. Modules will be linked via hyperlink. 2.1.7. The developer will program information regarding pertinent targets, a geographic interface to access the targeting information, other interface tools, and associated imagery (both pre-strike and post-strike as available) of the targets. To create this database, the developer must have access to primary source material, knowledge of weaponeering, the ability to program with the software suites specified, and familiarity with digital cartographic materials. 2.1.8. AOERT will be designed to run from a single DVD on any computer running Microsoft Windows. 2.2. Create and populate database with source material including maps, JOGS, photographs, video, and text 3. Installation, Integration, and Testing 3.1. Install the database on a hard drive attached to a stand alone computer, on the Maxwell LAN, and on a DVD. 3.2. Demonstrate the ability to copy the database onto other DVDs for replication to students Expected Deliverables: 1.1. A Beta test module demonstrating the GUI and a skeleton framework of content links that demonstrates both a proof of concept and a rudimentary functionality check of the product by award date plus 4 months. 1.2. At final delivery, the functionality of the entire database and its replicability to DVD and subsequent functionality upon said DVD will be demonstrated. 1.3. Included in the final product will be an accompanying instruction manual or programmed help feature within the module to permit users to learn how to use the database. A 12-month period of performance is expected for this project. Please submit a capabilities statement indicating your interest and ability to fulfill the above requirements. Additionally, please specify your capabilities in the following areas: 1. Demonstrated knowledge of airpower thought and practice, campaign development, assessment, and operations. 2. Knowledge of military organizations in terms of functionality, relationships between commands and services, and familiarity with terminology and doctrine. 3. Familiarity with military archives, collections, and sources applicable to this project. 4. Experience on the ground in the areas the project will cover in the aftermath of these conflicts. Discuss visits to Kosovo, Serbia, Kuwait, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, resources collected and imagery gathered shortly after campaigns in these areas. 5. Cultural understanding of the locations of the campaigns. 6. A record of research, publication, and use of remote imagery sensing, interpretation, and data manipulation. 7. A record of use and familiarity with military mapping products. 8. Experience manipulating and using geographic information systems. 9. Experience with database design. 10. A demonstrated record of accomplishment and ability in designing, debugging, and delivering projects similar to this on time and on budget. 11. Expertise in Visual Basic programming. Please include the name and address of your firm, whether you are a large or small business, and a point of contact with name, title, phone and email. Please submit your responses to this sources sought synopsis no later than 17 June 2005 to Ms. Susan Heilman, Contract Specialist, Randolph AFB, TX. Email responses to susan.heilman@randolph.af.mil. This sources sought neither constitutes a Request for Quote, nor does it restrict the government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This Sources Sought Synopsis should not be construed as a commitment by the government for any purpose. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought synopsis is strictly voluntary. The government will not pay for any information submitted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor's facility, Maxwell AFB, AL, Other locations as deemed necessary.
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