Commander, U.S. Army Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

A -- THREAT SIMULATOR ENGINEERING SUPPORT SOL DAAH03- POC Contact David G. Nixon, AMSMI-AC-CFG, 205-955-0263. Synopsis No. 097-96. Threat Simulator Engineering Support (TSES). The U.S. Army Missile Command proposes to issue a Draft Request for Proposal to firms interested in providing threat simulator engineering and technical services. Required services include specific engineering tasks for the acquisition and full life cycle support of threat simulators/simulations. The acquisition and life cycle for threat simulators/simulations consists of the following phases: requirements analysis; performance specification; functional analysis and allocation; simulator/simulation development; operation and maintenance; modification and disposal. The primary capabilities sought are engineering analysis and technical support. It includes analysis simulator/simulation hardware and software design documentation, measurement; characterization; test and analysis of simulator hardware and software assemblies; subsystems and systems; and reporting of design analysis; measurement; characterization; test hardware and software. It further includes comparison of simulator/simulation hardware and software design documentation and measured documentation and measured performance parameters for the threats associated with the simulator; and analysis and reporting of the simulator and intelligence comparisons. Quality and systems engineering support capabilities are sought, as well as for maintenance of state-of-the-art technical expertise in specified areas. These areas include: radar transmitters, receivers, antenna modulators, signal processors, Electro-Optic/Infrared (EO/IR) systems, optics, missile seeker operations, closed circuit television, signal processing; rotary and fixed wing aircraft avionics, computers, electrical power plants, instrumentation, turbine and turbo-shaft designs; Command, Control, ad Communications (C3) equipment, procedures, and techniques, Threat Trainers VHF/UHF communications, night vision devices, tactical laser, radar signatures, and vehicle dynamics. Personnel qualifications include research and development expertise and experience in these areas. The Government envisions that the provisions of FAR 9.505 may impact some potential sources. Interested firms are also requested to provide experience/ capabilities in providing mature software engineering process in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), standards for measuring the completeness of the software development process, methods for comparing the processes and mechanisms for improving software development processes consistent with SEI Capability Maturity Model version 1.1. Most efforts will require daily interface with Government personnel at MICOM on a face-to-face basis. Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information via a contractor- provided Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and appropiately cleared employees will be required. Contractor employees shall possess clearances ranging from Top Secret clearance with Special Background Investigations to lower levels. The statement of Work (SOW) is classified at the SECRET level, therefore, any firm requesting a copy of the DRFP must have access to a facility capable of storing the SOW (SECRET). It is comtemplated that this requirement will be 100 percent set aside for companies who qualify as a small business under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code, for business size standards, 8731. Interested firms should respond in writing to: Commander, U.S. Army Missile Command, Attn: AMSMI-AC-CFG/David Nixon, Redstone Arsenal, Al 35898-5280, 205-955-0263. (0059)

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