D -- Air Vehicle Planning System IV (APS IV)

55 CONS/LGZA, 101 Washington Square, Offutt AFB, NE 68113-2107 United States Strategic Command Intelligence Enterprise Support (UIES) Contract POC: Jeff Kasza, +1 (555) 000-0000. Alternate POC: Jared Dostal, +1 (555) 000-0000 Solicitation Number FA4600-06-R-0030 APPROXIMATE SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE: Jan/Feb 2007. The 55th Contracting Squadron will be conducting the solicitation and award of a full and open competition, non-personal services, cost plus award fee contract for a base period and four (4) one year option periods. This effort is to provide Air Vehicle Planning System capabilities for USSTRATCOM. Contract Transition period is expected to be 30 days starting approximately between 1 July 2007 and 1 August 2007. The Air Vehicle Planning System (APS) software is a full fidelity (able to plan fully validated missions down to the individual sortie level) force-level mission planning system that performs planning functions in support of the nation?s nuclear war plan and Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM). APS is currently used to plan missions involving the following aircraft and weapon systems: B-52, B-2, KC-135, KC-10, RC-135, U-2, EP-3, Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM), Advanced Cruise Missile (ACM), and CALCM. APS also contains capability to plan DCA, F15/16/18, but this functionality is not in current use. The APS application is used to perform Air Vehicle planning operations, including maintenance operations, exercise and adaptive planning for the Operational Plan (OPLAN), non-nuclear OPLAN planning, and non-nuclear planning. Tasks include route Generation, Mating and Ranging, Timing, Verification, Data Products and Tape Build. Results and outputs are also used by other applications. The software is also used to perform maintenance operations, as required, for an existing OPLAN. The APS mission planning software requirement includes: on-site support for USSTRATCOM planners; engineering and software services for maintenance and analysis of Government-owned mission planning software; provision of interoperability with other necessary programs; correction of known software deficiencies; incorporation of guidance changes; maintenance of the capability to fix both non-critical and emergency (critical) Software Change Requests (SCRs); and application training of USSTRATCOM personnel. The requirement also includes provisions for enhancements and code development. Contractor must be able to meet all requirements of the Statement of Objectives (SOO) and Technical Requirement Document (TRD), certification requirements, and appropriate security clearances. This project is classified up to Top Secret. Individuals may require access to Nuclear Command and Control (NC2) - Extremely Sensitive Information, Special Compartmentalized Information (SCI), and Special Access Programs (SAP). All personnel must have a Top Secret clearance based on a favorable Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within the past five years and be SCI and SAP eligible. No waivers will be considered. Contractor must comply with guidelines specified in the DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification (draft DD Form 254 to be issued at a later date). This acquisition will be conducted using negotiated procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15. The Request For Proposal (RFP) and all associated documents, when issued, will be posted on the required government wide point of entry. No solicitation is available at this time. Offerors are encouraged to subscribe/register for this solicitation number through http://www.fedbizopps.gov to ensure they automatically receive all documents associated with the procurement in a timely manner. All associated documents will be released electronically, except for the Technical Library CD, which will be provided at the Basic APS software demonstration. The NAICS code is 541511, and the size standard is $18M. Numbered notes 9 applies. Anticipated award date is summer 2007. Address questions via-mail to the contract specialists or contracting officer only. No discussions will be conducted telephonically. At this time an official reponse date has not been established. Please reference this web site for official posting of the RFP, which will specify response dates and time. Point of Contact Jeff Kasza, Contracting Officer, +1 (555) 000-0000. Email questions to: contact@example.gov. Alternate POC is Jared Dostal, Phone +1 (555) 000-0000, Fax +1 (555) 000-0000, Email your questions to: contact@example.gov.