Solicitation Number:

W911S608R0004

Notice Type:

Solicitation

Synopsis:

The Army Contracting Agency, Northern Region; Dugway Proving Ground, Utah Directorate of Contracting (hereinafter referred to as the Government) is requesting proposals for the Data Sciences Support Services requirement to be performed at the West Desert Test Center (WDTC). The Data Sciences Division at the WDTC has the responsibility of providing information technology support to the various WDTC divisions. This support encompasses the maintenance and support of workstat ions, servers, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and Government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) software administration and maintenance as well as full software development life-cycle projects. The focus of all efforts is in support of the Test Mission Management Syst em (TMSS). TMSS is an enterprise wide system (hardware and software) that supports the acquisition, transfer, analysis, presentation, delivery, storage, protection and archival of all test data. There are approximately 20 physical servers in the test cen ter. There are approximately 50 virtual servers running on VMWare. Servers are primarily Windows Server with some Linux. Networks are Nortel and Fortinet with an internal Wi-Fi network covering approximately 400 square kilometers utilizing Vivato panels and fiber backhaul. Storage systems are EMC Clarion and Centera with CDL and tape backup. There are approximately 400 workstations in the t est center. These machines are running Windows XP sp2; however, the Army is intending to move to Windows Vista wit hin one year. In-house software is developed primarily with Microsoft tools such as Visual Studio .NET and VB 6.0. The focus for new developm ent is ASP.NET and MOSS 07. Support for the stated environment should encompass the following categories: (a) Software Development (business and scientific); (b) Software Maintenance; (c) Systems Administration; (d) Help Desk; (d) Storage Network Engineering; (e) Storage Network Maintenance; (f) Network Engineering; (g) Network Maintenance; (h) Business (Automation) Analysis; (i) Technical Documentation; (j) Software and Systems Training; (k) Software and Systems Testing; and (l) Project Management. It is intent of the Government to issue an 8(a) competitive set-aside, firm-fixed-price / cost plus fixed fee solicitation (W911S6-08-R-0004) for this requirement. The applicable NAICS code is 541513 ($23 million). The proposed solicitation is planned to be for one (1) six-month base term; four (4) 12-month option terms; and one (1) six-month option term. The submission deadline for proposals is 5:00 PM [local prevailing time at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah] on 16 JUN 2008. Information regarding the preproposal conference and site visit is located in Section L of the RFP. The point of contract concerning this RFP is Mr. Eric S. Vokt, Contract Specialist at (435) 831-2107, or email eric.s.vokt@us.army. mil.

Contracting Office Address:

ACA, Dugway Proving Ground, Division of Contracting, Building 5330 Valdez Circle, Dugway, UT 84022-5000

Place of Performance:

West Desert Test Center
Dugway, Utah 84022
United States

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