Title: USMC Training and Education Command (TECOM), Technical Division (TechDiv) Modeling & Simulation LVC Lab and Maintenance Task NAICS CODE: 541513 - COMPUTER FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRODUCT CODE: D - Information technology services, including telecommunications services. PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE ISSUED. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for modified-commercial items prepared under FAR Part 13.5 Test Program for Certain Commercial Items, and prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information in this request. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotes are being requested and this announcement constitutes the solicitation request. This requirement is being issued by GovWorks under the franchise authority of the Department of the Interior on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM), Technical Division THIS IS A SET-ASIDE FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS. NAICS CODE: 541513 / Size Standard: $23 mil The U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM), Technical Division has a requirement for Modeling & Simulation LVC Lab and Maintenance Tasks. The Contractor shall be responsible for provisioning a M&S and test operations, facility laboratory operations, including material and travel procurements, Immersive test environment (ITA) and training test operations, and facility maintenance as defined in the Technical Work Plan (TWP). The facilities required to accomplish this work are defined in the TWP. The work described herein shall include technical management, establishment of technical standards, planning, oversight of quality performance, scheduling, cost analysis, establishment and maintenance of configuration control, any buildup incidental to the task described, and records maintenance. The Contractor shall operate and maintain the M&S LVC lab and Technology Division's (TECHDIV) laboratories through proper maintenance and operation of lab processes and equipment. The contractor shall make recommendations, plan, schedule, and perform preventative maintenance and upgrades to all of the M&S Lab subsystems and provide a monthly schedule for all of these activities. Documentation of these actions will be kept through updates to an M&S LVC Lab Operating Procedures, Operating Checklists, and General Operating Procedures Manual (GOPM). The contractor shall provide testing services that support the ongoing subsystem test activities for the Squad Immersive Training Environment (SITE) programs. The contractor shall maintain the readiness of M&S LVC facility virtual telephony support via the implementation and maintenance of the Marine Digital Voice (MDV) collaborative tactical network, a voice over IP tactical immolation technology. This includes planning and performing facility preventive maintenance and resolving unscheduled maintenance problems associated with operations of the MDV support equipment and systems. The contractor shall maintain configuration control of all facility MDV systems, and associated software. The contractor shall purchase replacement test equipment and consumables at a level required to support facility maintenance and test activities. The contractor shall also purchase consulting, design, and hardware fabrication services required to support MDV operations. The contractor shall perform trade studies of facility test support system upgrades required to satisfy long term requirements. The contractor shall perform Communications & systems analysis tasks which include systems engineering for the development of conceptual designs (including system upgrades), system requirements development & verification, compatibility assessment, interference analysis, communication performance evaluation (including computer simulations), and link analysis. The contractor shall also perform LVC design and analysis, coverage analysis, testing, interface control document development/maintenance/update, anomaly resolution, mission definition and requirements development, and end-to-end communications link viability/security/availability evaluation. The contractor shall procure, develop, update and maintain existing simulation tools and workstations to perform the work described above. The quantities of products listed below represent a maximum number of products over the work period. The contractor shall maintain the capability to deliver of the specified number of products even if the actual number of products is less due to a changing manifest or other TECHDIV inputs. The M&S LVC Laboratory Facility requires management, administration, engineering, and common technical functions in order to accomplish program objectives for all projects assigned to this office. The contractor shall perform these functions in the areas of project management, general purpose Ground Support Equipment (GSE), facilities, logistics, design/drafting, and laboratory operations, which are associated with the design, development, fabrication, procurement, integration, testing and maintenance of products. Technology Division will head the Configuration Control Board (CCB) to review and disposition proposed changes to all recommended changes to the lab configuration recommended by the contractor. The contractor shall maintain the capability to delivery of the specified number of products even if the actual number of products is less due to changing manifest or other Technology Division inputs. ***The competitive Request for Quote (RFQ), specifications, RFQ amendments, and all questions and answers related to this procurement can be accessed via the Internet at http://www.govworks.gov/Solic/openmarket.asp under RFQ number 1406-04-07-RQ-67894. Interested parties must respond to the RFQ in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. No written solicitation document is available, telephone requests shall not be honored, and no bidders list shall be maintained. Potential offerors are requested to direct all questions via email to
[email protected] no later than August 17, 2007, 12:00 pm EST. Ensure the RFQ number and project title is referenced on all correspondence. The RFQ closing date is on or before 2:00 pm EST, August 30, 2007.