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A -- ASSET SOURCE FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SOL F19628-96-R-0048 POC James Henslee, STARS Program Manager, 617-377-8563, Michael J. Garrish, Contracting Officer, 617-377-7061, Allorria L. Harris, Contract Specialist, 617-377-3847. The Electronic Systems Center (ESC), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), intends to negotiate with Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems, 9255 Wellington Road, Manassas, VA 22110-4121( formerly Paramax Systems Corporation, Government Systems Group, 12010 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 22091) on a sole-source basis to enter a new contract to complete technology efforts from an on-going contract (Contract Number F19628-93-C-0130) for the Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems (STARS) Research and Development activities. The authority for this plan of action is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)(FAR 6.302-I)(a)(2)(iii), only one or a limited number of qualified sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Qualification criteria which the Government considers essential in order for a firm to be considered as a prime contractor for this effort are included below. If a firm other than Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems, 9255 Wellington Road, Manassas, VA 22110-4121, feels it meets this criteria, it should submit a qualification package as explained below. In order for any contractor other than the incumbent to be considered qualified for the extension to the STARS tasks, they must display evidence or information that they can successfully meet the original screening criteria for the STARS Program and must be prepared to meet the STARS performance date of 30 Sep 1998. The estimated dollar value of this multiple-type contract is $3.2M. The requirements are as follows: (a) Must have been a prime contractor in the past ten (10) years for a software intensive major system, (b) Must have experience as a prime contractor managing subcontractors (describe your subcontracting organization, policies and procedures, Government approvals, dollar value(s) or number of supplies used, training programs, mix and experience of personnel), (c) Must have a corporate commitment to include and support STARS technologies, including open system standards in their (or their commercial partner(s)) commercial Software Engineering Environment, (d) Must have experience with commercial software applications in Ada (describe the company-wide Ada software development effort applicable to non-Government business), (e) Must support accredited standardization efforts, particularly those dealing with software open interface standards (provided the names and contributions of primary representative to specific accredited standards committees such as those of IEEE, ANSI, ISO, etc.), (f) Must have in-house experience with DOD software applications in Ada (must have developed over five hundred thousand (500,000 lines of code (LOC) in Ada (provide documentation substantiating company involvement in large DOD Ada developments), (g) Must have experience in the development of very large software systems (describe the key functional attributes and the company's use of the best software engineering environment for these developments), (h) In order to meet the operation requirements of the Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology, must be able to provide extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of software reuse (e.g., business, legal, acquisition, library mechanisms, and architecture definition), must be able to provide outreach to Air Force and Department of Defense organizations to locate organizations with a need to pursue reuse, and be able to provide model-based reuse library capabilities and enhancements to model development and reference component qualifications, component reports, knowledge based techniques, and customer service, (i) Must have personnel that have been fully trained in the use of the STARS technologies, practices, procedures, techniques, processes, etc. (program software development processes must have been defined and to the extent necessary and practical, authorized within the process mechanisms integrated into the software engineering environment ), (k) in order to provide the required training and support to the STARS Program Office, must have experience in the modeling of software development processes, experience in cooperative development using wide area networks and network-based collaboration, experience in the concepts of exploring effective reuse in software development, and experience in the automating of software development process, the collection of metrics for measuring the effectiveness of processes, and the improvement of processes using this feedback. Replies from firms interested in a prime contract for this requirement must be received within fifteen (15) days after publication of this notice. Please submit your document to ESC/AXK, (Attn: Allorria L. Harris), 5 Eglin Street, (Bldg 1704), Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2116. All qualification packages received will be considered by the Government. Responses should consist of a single document consisting of not more than twenty-five (25) pages in total (single-sided) and shall include the following sections: a) A one page table of contents listing the contents in the same order listed above and the page number of the applicable response, b) Sectors providing explicit and concise responses to each area, and c) Detailed response to Note Number 25. Additional subcontracting opportunities may exist for firms having new and unique approaches, tools, mechanisms, etc. applicable to a process-driven, reuse -based software engineering approach. Interested firms may contact Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems directly for subcontracting opportunities as indicated above. No RFP document exists and all requests for such will be considered non-responsive. The purpose of this proposal is to complete the work for Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology. The Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology program provides the Department of Defense with technical services related to the implementation and operation of reusable software asset libraries, and applying STARS concepts to real software system development and maintenance efforts. The contract will require the contractor to continue to support the technology transition objectives of DARPA through distribution of STARS legacy products, interoperation with other DOD library programs, such as CARDS, and through the provision of various reuse training and education programs. See Numbered Note(s): 22, 25, 26. (0235)

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