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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 21, 2005 FBO #1364
SOURCES SOUGHT

B -- Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) Program Recompetition

Notice Date

8/19/2005
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541330 — Engineering Services
 

Contracting Office

Vicksburg Consolidated Contracts Office, Vicksburg, ATTN: ERDC, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435
 

ZIP Code

39183-3435
 

Solicitation Number

W912HZ-01-A-JTE1
 

Response Due

9/2/2005
 

Archive Date

11/1/2005
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This Sources Sought posting is intended to determine industry interest in the Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) Program, as described below. Interested parties shall submit their interest, certified business size (e.g. Large Business, or Small Busine ss) in accordance with NAICS Code 541330, and questions regarding the upcoming acquisition of the JT&E Program via email to: Jack.L.Peterson@mvk02.usace.army.mil. In order to provide efficient and effective responses to contractor questions, the VCCO requ ests that all contractor questions be submitted via the aforementioned email address, and not by telephone. Please note this Sources Sought posting expires on 02-Sep-2005 at 1600 hours (Central Time Zone). This competition is a follow-on effort which wil l be a vehicle for the Deputy Director, Air Warfare (AW), in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Director, Operational Test and Evaluation) (OSD(DOT&E)) to provide support to the JT&E Program. The OSD sponsors the JT&E Program to conduct tests and eva luations and provide information required by Congress, OSD, the Unified Commands, and Department of Defense (DOD) components relative to joint operations. Congress established the JT&E Program in 1972 after a Presidential Commission concluded that the DOD had no capability to conduct test and evaluation in a joint environment. The objective of a JT&E is to (a) assess Service system interoperability; (b) evaluate joint technical and operational concepts and recommend improvements; (c) validate testing meth odologies that have multi-Service applications; (d) improve Modeling and Simulation (M&S) applications; (e) increase joint mission capability, using quantitative data for analysis; and (f) provide feedback to the acquisition and joint operations communitie s. The program is responsible for providing or obtaining technical and engineering support across the range of test activities. Test activities include test design; planning/execution and reporting. Specific activities include: test, engineering, plann ing; modeling and simulation, training, programming, data collection and analysis, hardware and software configuration and documentation, programming, integrated logistics support, resource and program control, and development of briefings, test results, a nd technical reports. The JT&E process is composed of three separated but closely related activities: (a) the nomination, coordination and consideration of the nomination for inclusion in the JT&E Program; (b) a Joint Feasibility Study (JFS) determination of the need and feasibility of approved nominations; and (c) the chartered joint tests (JT&E) which are the execution of these approved nominations that show potential for significant improvements in joint military capabilities. This acquisition will sup port both the JFS and the JT&E part of this process. Also supported are Quick Reaction Tests (QRT), which are short duration (approximately one year) tests in response to Warfighter emergent requirements, and Tests and Evaluation (T&E), which function lik e JT&E but do not involve joint capabilities. The JT&E Program has a requirement for technical and engineering support across the range of test activities to include the preparation of technical reports, test design and planning, field test activities, da ta collection, data processing and analysis, hardware and software configuration and documentation, programming, analysis of system performance and related data, modeling and simulation, training, instrumentation and facilities, integrated logistic support , resource and program control, verification, validation and accreditation. All contract work is currently being provided by task orders awarded through five indefinite delivery contracts. The total cost for the five-year period on the current contracts, which ends 30-Sep-2006, is estimated to be $400 million. A task order on each of the five indefinite delivery contracts currently provides program office supp ort instrumental in the JFS/JT&E nomination/selection process. Due to the appearance of possible conflict of interest issues, this program office support effort will be pursued as a completely separate acquisition. Please note the program office support Sources Sought posting on FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov/) will be posted in the near future. Current Point of Contact Jack Peterson, Contract Specialist, Email: Jack.L.Peterson@mvk02.usace.army.mil
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg Consolidated Contracts Office ATTN: ERDC, 4155 Clay Street Vicksburg MS

Zip Code: 39183-3435

Country: US
 

Record

SN00875055-W 20050821/050819212640 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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