SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Research and development.
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (Warren), U.S. ARMY TACOM LCMC, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV08R0928
- Response Due
- 9/30/2008
- Archive Date
- 10/30/2008
- Point of Contact
- MICHAEL CIACIUCH,Contract Specialist,(586)574-2324<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THE UNITED STATES ARMY TACOM LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT COMMAND (LCMC) IN WARREN, MICHIGAN INTENDS TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS FOR A FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT ACTION/MODIFICATION TO EXISTING CONTRACT NUMBER W56HZV-07-C-0378 WITH PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (PTC) FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY ALREADY DEVELOPED UNDER THE BASIC CONTRACT, HEREIN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PILOT APPLICATIONS OF AN INTEGRATED REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM (IRMSS) AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT WITH TARDEC'S EXISTING ADVANCED COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS SYSTEM. THE OVERALL INTENT OF THIS IRMSS PROJECT EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE THE PRACTICALITY OF MAINTAINING ASSOCIATION OF REQUIREMENTS (E.G., USER, SYSTEM, SUBSYSTEM, SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS) WITH PROGRAM, ACQUISITION, AND SUPPORT INFORMATION, SYSTEM ENGINEERING, DESIGN REVIEW DATA, RELATED PROGRAMS, AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS ! FOR END-TO-END TRACEABILITY. THE WORK THUSFAR COMPLETED TO THIS POINT HAS UTILIZED A TRADEMARKED COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) WEB-BASED PROCESS AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE CALLED WINDCHILL IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILTY OF SUCH A SYSTEM AND ITS' APPLICABILITY TO THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE ARMY TO SUPPORT GLOBALLY DISPERSED ADVANCED SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TEAMS. THE CURRENT ONGOING EFFORT LAYS OUT FOUR PHASES IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS OBJECTIVE. THE FIRST THREE INVOLVE DEFINING THE PROBLEM DETAILS, DETERMINING A SOLUTION, AND DEVELOPING THAT SOLUTION. THE FOURTH INVOLVES ADAPTING AND DEPLOYING THE DEVELOPED SOLUTION TO A SET OF PILOT USER GROUPS IN ORDER TO VALIDATE ITS' ACCURACY AND APPLICABILITY TO THE NEEDS OF REAL WORLD USERS. ONCE IN THE HANDS OF THESE USERS, THE SOLUTION IS REFINED AND IMPROVED THROUGH AN ITERATIVE APPROACH IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE SOLUTION SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THE USERS AND IS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH T! O SIMULTANEOUSLY RELATE TO THE MANY DIFFERENT USER GROUPS THAT AN ARMY SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS THROUGHOUT THE INTEGRATED DEFENSE ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND LOGISTICS LIFE CYCLE. UNDER THE INTIAL CONTRACT EFFORT, TWO PILOT GROUPS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE ADJUSTMENTS AND UPDATES TO THE SOLUTION WERE AND ARE STILL NEEDED. THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL WORK EFFORT FOR THIS CONTRACT, IN THE ESTIMATED COST PLUS FIXED FEE AMOUNT OF $2,232,852, INCLUDES FURTHERANCE OF THE ONGOING WORK AND INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL WORK ASPECTS AS FOLLOWS: 1) TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL REFINEMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE CAPABILITIES ALREADY DEVELOPED FOR THE EXISTING TWO PILOT USER GROUPS; 2) TO ALLOW THE INCLUSION OF THREE NEW PILOT USER GROUPS (REPRESENTING ADDITIONAL AREAS OF THE INTEGRATED DEFENSE ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND LOGISTICS LIFE CYCLE), TO INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING CAPABILITIES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADAPT ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES TO ADDRESS RELATED REQUIREMENTS/USE-CASES; AND 3) TO SUPPORT THE UPGRADE OF THE SOFTWARE TEST BED TO A MORE REC! ENT OUT-OF-THE-BOX SOFTWARE VERSION THAT HAS INCORPORATED CAPABILITIES DEVELOPED THROUGH THESE EFFORTS. THE CURRENT PILOT USER GROUPS ARE FOCUSED ON SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT AND PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE NEED FOR THE EXPANSION TO THE THREE ADDITIONAL PILOT GROUPS STEMS FROM THE NEED TO CAPTURE AND RELATE ADDITIONAL REAL WORLD INFORMATION FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE LIFE CYCLE; MORE SPECIFICALLY, PILOT GROUPS IN THE PRODUCTION/FIELDING, REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT, AND RD&E SUPPORT HAVE ALL BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NECESSARY AREAS OF ADDITIONAL FOCUS. LASTLY, THIS PROPOSED NEW EFFORT WILL SUPPORT THE UPGRADE IN SOFTWARE VERSION, ALLOWING BOTH THE ACE TEAM AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM'S 3,000-PLUS USERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE OUT-OF-THE-BOX SOFTWARE. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FOR THIS PROPOSED NEW EFFORT IS PROJECTED TO BE 15 MONTHS IN DURATION. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE RFP FOR THIS PROPOSED ADDITIONAL EFFORT ACTION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OR ABOUT 31 AUGUST 2008, WITH ! THE PROPOSAL DUE 30 DAYS THEREAFTER, OR APPROXIMATELY 30 SEPTEMBER 2008. SOURCES OTHER THAN PTC WITH POTENTIAL INTEREST IN THIS EFFORT SHALL CONTACT MICHAEL CIACIUCH, AMSTA-AQ-ASGA CONTRACT SPECIALIST, AT EITHER E-MAIL MICHAEL.CIACIUCH@US.ARMY.MIL OR PHONE 586.753.2324. THE AMSTA-AQ-ASGA CONTRACTING OFFICER FOR THIS EFFORT WILL BE DEREK MCALEER (E-MAIL DEREK.MCALEER@US.ARMY.MIL, PHONE 586.574.8093. NUMBER NOTE 22 APPLIES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. ARMY TACOM LCMC, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000<br />
- Zip Code: 48397-5000<br />
- Zip Code: 48397-5000<br />
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