Meteorological Instrumentation Software Toolkit (MIST)

SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL INTRODUCTION The Program Support Center on behave of U.S. Army, Dugway Proving Ground is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for the Meteorological Instrumentation Software Toolkit (MIST), The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis. No Site Visit. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE Location Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway UT DISCLAIMER "THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A "REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)" TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT." PROGRAM BACKGROUND The Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) West Desert Test Center (WDTC) Meteorology Division In 1997, the DPG West Desert Test Center (WDTC) Meteorology Division developed a system called the Portable Weather Information Display System (PWIDS). Since that time, the PWIDS name was changed to the Portable Weather Instrumentation Data System, which more accurately reflects the true function of PWIDS. The system consists of a suite of meteorological instrumentation that rapidly transmits weather data from remote sites to the WDTC Meteorology Division Weather Station and/or a Command Post (CP) and displays these data on a computer. A computer graphical user interface (GUI) consists of wind vectors from the various fielded PWIDS superimposed over a background map or image. The original PWIDS computer program was developed by DPG Meteorology Division scientists and was written in DELPHI (a visual Pascal language) on a Windows 3.1 platform. A second version of the software (PWIDS-II) was also developed by Meteorology Division scientists and was written in PERL on a Windows 95 platform. This version functioned successfully for several years under various Windows operating system upgrades. In FY06, the H.E. Cramer Company (H.E. Cramer) was contracted to provide a new version of PWIDS display software. The new version (PWIDS-III) provided enhancements/capabilities exceeding the previous two versions of PWIDS software. H.E. Cramer was again contracted in FY07 to provide enhancements to the base version of PWIDS-III software and provide a spin-off program called SAMSmap, which is a variation of PWIDS-III used for display of the Surface Atmospheric Measurement System (SAMS) meteorological data. As the PWIDS software has improved from version to version, additional features and capabilities were included to make the product a more useful data visualization suite. However, the structure of the current version precludes easy updates and the system needs upgrades to provide new capabilities. PWIDS-III is 11 years old and has been virtually unchanged for over a decade. New software is needed and the resulting product of this delivery order, the Meteorological Instrumentation Software Toolkit (MIST), will be the next generation of meteorological data display, ingest, configuration, and QC/QA software. Name Description MIST display software Design and develop software with all supporting documentation and source code MIST display software enhancements Design and develop software with all supporting documentation and source code MIST ingest software Design and develop software with all supporting documentation and source code MIST configuration software Design and develop software with all supporting documentation and source code MIST QC/QA software Design and develop software with all supporting documentation and source code REQUIRED CAPABILITIES The Contractor shall provide The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to design and develop data collection, display, and reporting software as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract. SEE PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Personnel and Facility Security Clearances. Include a statement similar to: - IT (e.g. Clinger-Cohen Act) - Service Contract Act Period of Performance (PoP) - The period of performance shall be for one (1) Base Year of 12 months for the basic display module. Currently unfunded option year two (2) would be for design and development of the ingest and configuration module and optional display overlays for the basic display module. Currently unfunded option year three (3) would be for the design and development of the QC/QA module. ELIGIBILITY The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services with a Small Business Size Standard of $27.5 million. The Product Service Code is D318. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT) A draft Performance Based Statement of Work (PBSOW) and draft Personnel Qualifications Description are attached for review. (Attachment 1) Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten (10) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 2 pm, MST, January 30, 2019. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Patricia.Natividad@psc.hhs.gov This documentation must address at a minimum the following items: 1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement? 2.) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details. 3.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details. 4.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks? 5.) Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company's ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this PBSOW for the base period as well as the option periods. 6.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc. 7.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. 8.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements. The estimated period of performance consists of a base of 12 months and 2 option periods (12 months) with performance commencing in award of contract. Specifics regarding the number of option periods will be provided in the solicitation. The contract type is anticipated to be Firm-Fixed Price. The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining agreement. Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal. Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Patricia Natividad, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email patricia.natividad@psc.hhs.gov All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.