SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- MFOQA Phase 2 Software Development
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272, 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- N00019-13-R-0073
- Archive Date
- 4/12/2013
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth A. Pickering, Phone: 301-342-7757
- E-Mail Address
-
elizabeth.pickering@navy.mil
(elizabeth.pickering@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to negotiate and award a follow-on contract on a sole-source basis to BGI-LLC, 520 South Main Street, Akron, OH 44311. This follow-on contract is for continued performance to design, develop, modify, and maintain the Flight Visualization Data Analysis (FVDA) software product in support of Naval Aviation's Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) program. MFOQA is a knowledge management capability and a software-based process that will be hosted on existing Department of the Navy (DON) computers. MFOQA will collect, merge, and analyze pre-recorded aircraft flight data and other available data, such as aircrew information, aircraft custody assignment and organizational hierarchies. It will make the results available to authorized personnel at the operational unit levels. Potential benefits are estimated to be significant improvements in Operational Readiness, Training, Maintenance Management, and Safety. MFOQA will provide a proactive means to highlight positive trends and to identify potential risks in time for corrective action. This contract will include efforts to complete Phase 2 (MH-60R/S, MH-53E, CH-53E/K, AH-1Z, and UH-1Y) development, provide continued support of the MFOQA Engineering Tool (MET), and provide sustainment/support of deployed software. It is anticipated that additional platforms may be added to the Phase 2 development efforts, pending approval from OPNAV. The Government intends that the MFOQA software product will be a single software solution for multiple platform type/model/series. The Phase 2 software will be an extension of the Phase 1 software, for which the Government does not yet have a Technical Data Package. NAVAIR is not entertaining proposals to wholly or partially replace the MFOQA software system with a different product. The incumbent vendor is using Agile software processes, and the Government intends to expand the use of Agile processes across the entire MFOQA IPT for follow-on development efforts. It is the Government's intent to compete the development efforts for future phases of the program, or perform the work in-house (i.e., within the Government). BGI-LLC will be required to provide a Level 3 Technical Data Package suitable for competition that defines the information and data utilized by the Contractor to design, code, and manage product development. The Technical Data Package will be comprised of source code, Software Product Specification, detailed Software Design Document, and detailed Interface Design Description. This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the authority found in 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. BGI-LLC, a small veteran owned business, was competitively awarded the initial contract to modify the FVDA product to satisfy Navy-unique requirements (N00019-08-C-0029). The efforts included on this follow-on contract are inextricably linked to work already being performed by BGI-LLC under contract N00019-08-C-0029. The FVDA is a discrete and integral part of the MFOQA program requirement. The FVDA software is in development and no complete Technical Data Package exists today to permit full and open competition to complete Phase 2 (MH-60R/S, MH-53E, CH-53E/K, AH-1Z, and UH-1Y) development, provide continued support of the MFOQA Engineering Tool (MET), and provide sustainment/support of deployed software. The MFOQA software is in development and no complete Technical Data Package exists today to permit full and open competition for Phase 2. BGI-LLC is the only contractor that has the technical data and detailed knowledge of the MFOQA system to complete the FVDA software development within the required time frames without significant duplication of cost and unacceptable delays in fulfilling agency requirements. The Government will have Government Purpose Rights to the FVDA Software that is under development by BGI-LLC; however, because the product is still in development, the Government does not currently possess all of the technical data required for a full and open competition. The Government will require the contractor to provide a Technical Data Package under this sole source contract to permit future competition for subsequent phases of the MFOQA program. Numbered note 22 applies. This synopsis is not a Request for Proposals. The Government will not fund the development or qualification of other sources for fulfilling this requirement. Inquiries pertaining to subcontracting opportunities should be addressed to the BGI, LLC point of contact, Greg Wadel at (330) 370-7737 X121.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 520 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio, 44311, United States
- Zip Code: 44311
- Zip Code: 44311
- Record
- SN02999250-W 20130302/130228235359-9aef62824321c9e5a53b98c90ce97176 (fbodaily.com)
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