The Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), has a continuing requirement for Full Spectrum Information Technology (IT), Engineering, and Management Support Services for the RDT&E Infrastructure Division (AIR-5.4.1).

The Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Infrastructure Division is responsible for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) RDT&E computing infrastructure, including the High Performance Computing (HPC) Facility and is the Navy Test and Evaluation (T&E) Functional Area Manager (FAM) Lead for Navy applications and databases portfolio management. The goal of the RDT&E Infrastructure Division is to provide the NAVAIR and its government and commercial partners and customer communities of interest with enterprise solutions and services to meet the information technology/communications needs that are not currently provided by and are outside the framework of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). The RDT&E Infrastructure Division’s responsibility is national in scope, including engineering and technical support for more than one hundred fifty laboratories and facilities at Patuxent River, MD; China Lake, CA; St Inigoes, MD; Point Mugu, CA, Jacksonville, FL, Lakehurst, NJ; Orlando, FL; Cherry Point, NC; and San Diego, CA.

The RDT&E Infrastructure Division provides products, services, and internal/external support necessary to ensure an efficient and effective RDT&E infrastructure and operating environment for NAVAIR in order to meet the Navy’s goals and objectives. The key functional areas of the RDT&E Infrastructure Division are RDT&E Connectivity and Services, RDT&E Infrastructure and External Interfaces, and the engineering services for establishment of a mature RDT&E environment. The RDT&E Infrastructure Division provides engineering support services and the management and oversight of the architecture, processes and procedures used by the RDT&E community for information technology. The RDT&E Infrastructure Division manages and operates the NAVAIR High Performance Computing Facility and all NAVAIR RDT&E Base Area Networks providing cost effective, base-wide connectivity to access DoD approved Wide Area Networks and NAVAIR labs and ranges; and provides operations, maintenance, upgrades and management for inter-facility RDT&E network infrastructure and planning. Internal and external connectivity for RDT&E computing resources are provided, as required, to NAVAIR engineers and scientists, including providing Information Assurance coordination and oversight for the RDT&E computing network. The RDT&E Infrastructure Division performs governance over the NAVAIR RDT&E network, and assists the NAVAIR Chief Information Officer (CIO) in RDT&E computing governance and oversight for the Virtual System Commands (NAVAIR, NAVSEA, SPAWAR, NAVSUP).

In order for the RDT&E Division to provide the highest quality service in an efficient and effective manner, the division is undertaking a business transformation initiative. This transformation can be characterized as a best practice approach that identifies the necessary policies, practices, procedures, guidelines, standards, conventions, and rules needed to support the business and manage the services the division provides the command. This framework is supported by a standards based approach to enable the division to provide quality services to their customers, maximize its investments in technology, provide cost effective support and delivery of services, and employ and measure best practices to satisfy business requirements. This framework will facilitate RDT&E as a service provider to the command by helping identify necessary processes and the linkages between them. Specifically, it will highlight direct correlation between business problems and key RDT&E IT support processes.

• Requirements include support for:
  • Project initiation and governance
  • Improvement and modernization (I&M)
  • Engineering and installation (IA)
  • Architecture design
  • Integration of new technologies
  • Acquisition of hardware/software/material
  • Material management for connection to the RDT&E network/infrastructure
  • All connected LANs
  • Stand-alone networks – both secure and non-secure
• • • The Contractor shall assist the Government to execute source selections subject to FAR 9.505-4. Source selection assistance activities shall include, but are not limited to, coordinating functional meeting requests, developing source selection documentation (e.g., source selection plan, acquisition strategy, non-disclosure agreements, non-compete clauses, etc.), and reviewing and drafting proposal evaluations, to the extent that such activities are not inherently governmental.
    • The Contractor shall provide technical and operational insight to support mission protection, operations, and mission data assessments. The Contractor shall assist the Government to resolve technical anomalies. The Contractor shall develop, deliver, review, and evaluate impact analysis, audits, studies, compliance inspections, and readiness reviews.
    • The Contractor shall provide engineering and technical expertise to support ongoing and new/advanced Command and Control (C2) efforts and the Contractor shall integrate those efforts with and into the classified portfolio. The Contractor shall establish a liaison between the Space C2 and Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) program offices and the SSC/SZ-BC classified program offices. Personnel supporting this effort will focus on integrated C2 solutions with Space C2 and EGS spiral increment efforts to ensure seamless integration of the classified portfolio.
    • The Contractor shall provide modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) and architecture development support, including definition and development of Space Protection and Space Control mission area architectures and alternatives (enterprise, mission area, and mission thread products), force packaging, courses of action to be evaluated by various analysis efforts, and validation to determine the effectiveness of architectures and/or alternatives being evaluated. The Contractor shall be proficient in MS&A tools such that they can provide advice and assistance and interpret results.
    • The Contractor shall advise the Government program manager regarding robust software planning and development for a spiral/agile acquisition program.
    • The Contractor shall assist in maintaining a System Safety program, as required, in accordance with appropriate DoD safety instructions and guidance.
    • The Contractor shall provide on-site support at manufacturing facilities, operations centers, and other Contractor facilities, as required, to support the tasks in this contract.
    • The Contractor shall assist the Government on planning and coordinating infrastructure projects and requirements. The Contractor shall lead efforts to establish capabilities at various locations, at both unclassified and classified levels.
  • Cyber Security
    • The Contractor shall provide cyber security support in accordance with DoDI 8500.01. The Contractor shall provide recommendations regarding cyber activities, including techniques, packets, and mission partner responsibilities. The Contractor shall provide cyber security issues and recommendations briefings to the Government, as requested, and facilitate and support cyber security working groups, IPTs, as well as other systems engineering and cyber security-related working groups reviews, and meetings, to include agendas, minutes, presentations and action items.
    • The Contractor shall maintain awareness and manage, as applicable, any program Authority to Operate, Authority to Test, Authority to Connect, as well as the associated Interim Authorities. Th Contractor shall support cyber testing and assessment activities and document findings and corrective actions IAW Federal Information Security Management Act.
  • Executive Acquisition
    • The Contractor shall advise and assist program managers to identify and minimize the likelihood of interface and integration problems. The Contractor shall coordinate and resolve issues and facilitate team communications. Tasks shall include coordinating resolution of program issues and facilitating effective integration of requirements and efforts with other acquisition and sustainment activities. This may include internal system interface issues, as well as external interface issues with multiple Government or mission partner organizations.
    • The Contractor shall incorporate inputs from the force design, operational imperatives, combatant command integrated priority lists, and future force shaping products to deliver recommendations that enhance Government planning and capability.
    • The Contractor shall advise and assist leadership in support of high visibility engagements, commitments, and taskers, to include at the congressional level.
  • Executive Administration and Personnel Management
    • The Contractor shall provide administrative assistance, office management, personnel management, human resources management, and configuration and data management. The Contractor shall assist with managing Government civilian record keeping.
    • The Contractor shall manage travel bookings via the Air/Space Force travel application (i.e., Defense Travel System).
    • The Contractor shall attend and support administration (scheduling, security controls, and/or execution) of meetings and reviews. The Contractor shall develop and maintain schedules using standard Microsoft Suite applications (i.e., Microsoft Project).
    • The Contractor shall provide multimedia and editing support for audiovisual presentations and deliveries.
  • Product Support and Logistics
    • The Contractor shall provide technical support and programmatic assistance to the Product Support Division (SSC/SZP). This support includes systems engineering, architecture development and decision making, integrated logistics planning and execution, acquisition assistance (including contracting, finance, and scheduling activities), and overall product support, as required.
    • The Contractor shall develop and deliver draft product support requirements documents to ensure product support considerations are incorporated into system acquisitions. The Contractor shall develop and refine the product support requirements, which includes working with Government cross functional teams to develop accurate assumptions, capture data, and perform data analysis. Th Contractor shall provide guidance, as required, and conduct assessments to facilitate informed decisions on developing and maturing product support elements and adherence to statutory and regulator directives.
    • The Contractor shall implement and manage support functions required to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of weapon systems, subsystems, and components. Th Contractor shall provide oversight of the product support functions for fielded systems.
  • Contracting
    • The Contractor shall provide contract and subcontract management support to the Contracts Division (SSC/SZK). The Contractor shall assist Government Contracting Officers and contract specialists in executing various contracting actions, to include advising on requests for proposals, technical evaluations, contract administration, and contract execution to the extent that such activities are not inherently governmental. The Contractor shall provide contracts guidance and determinations and technical and operational leadership for the program and business management teams. The Contractor shall advise all levels of management on contractual rights and obligations, risk avoidance and mitigation, strategy, and problem solving.
    • The Contractor shall advise and assist on management of existing Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts and with development and execution of acquisition strategies for any such follow-on efforts.
  • Test and Operations
    • The Contractor shall advise and assist the Government on test and operations. The Contractor shall provide advisory and assistance support on test documents, planning, events, requirements, and data for Developmental and Operational Testing. The Contractor shall coordinate system level test integration and activities, as appropriate.
    • The Contractor shall provide analytical and operational engineering support to current and future developmental and operational units. The Contractor shall support operational mission planning, mission protection, and anomaly engineering.
    • The Contractor shall provide support for data and signal collection, processing, storage, archiving, analysis, and lessons learned to support test, on-going operations, and future concept developments upon request. The Contractor shall assist with post-mission analysis and report the results of the plan versus execution.
  • Intelligence
    • The Contractor shall develop draft intelligence requirements and staffing packages, provide advisement on intelligence reports, translate program requirements into intelligence needs and requirements, and recommend courses of action to support mission-related activities. The Contractor shall assist the Government with identifying and translating vulnerabilities and deficiencies identified through intelligence products into technical requirements. The Contractor shall coordinate with internal and external stakeholders and organizations and manage multiple schedules to deliver intelligence products.
    • The Contractor shall prepare for threat working groups and intelligence support working group by maintaining awareness of the status of the applicable program(s), the current needs of the program(s), by providing the current update on action items, and by coordinating with the intelligence community to acquire necessary documents and products. The Contractor shall support training programs for intelligence sensitivities and the transition of future programs to operations and sustainment.
    • The Contractor shall utilize acquisition and intelligence community standards and processes to support the program manager in evaluating tradeoffs between cost, schedule, and performance.
  • Facilities
    • The Contractor shall operate and maintain an already built and accredited SCI Facility (SCIF)/SAP Facility (SAPF) for use by Government and Contractor personnel. Detailed requirements, to include information technology, workspaces, desk, offices, networks, and location of the facility will be annotated in the task order.
    • The Contractor shall provide a laboratorial environment with direct connection to multi-level data services (including the Unified Data Library access and National Space Defense Center access). The Contractor shall provide an accredited SAPF and IT infrastructure, including IT network bandwidth to access near-real time classified operational and experimental data feeds and high-performance processing. Detailed requirements, to include information technology, workspaces, desk, offices, networks, and location of the facility will be annotated in the task order.
    • The Contractor shall provide an office workspace facility that meets program requirements with a capacity of 70 personnel. The Contractor shall provide a facility that meets SAPF accreditation requirements. The Contractor shall provide IT infrastructure capable of processing information at multiple TS//SCI and SAP security levels. Detailed requirements, to include information technology, workspaces, desk, offices, networks, and location of the facility will be annotated in the task order.
  • Launch
    • The Contractor shall advise and assist with conceptual launch vehicle comparisons, selection recommendations, and early integration support. These tasks shall include interfacing with the Launch Enterprise (SSC/LE), assisting with new requirement definitions, and recommending changes to existing mission requirements. The Contractor shall facilitate communication between SSC/LE and other Government space vehicles and/or launch system procuring agencies. The Contractor shall maintain insight into launch activities to ensure mission requirements are being addressed.