84 Radar Evaluation Squadron (RADES) Support

What they want

• Develop and maintain 84 RADES mission-critical radar software (about 4 major, 6 minor and 12 alpha-beta releases a year), plus Mode 5/ASTERIX radar-data upgrades
• Radar technical advisors, technicians and radar operations analysts for radar evaluations, obstruction/wind turbine studies, TARS monitoring and anomaly analysis
• IT support: network and system administration, cybersecurity/RMF, Tier III network and DevOps engineering, help desk and configuration management
• Database administration and Air Force software certification (SACA) of RADES applications
• GIS technician, survey technician, weather/environmental data analyst and senior radar engineer services
• Travel coordination manager for squadron TDY travel (DTS, travel card program, JTR advice)
• Meetings, reports and other deliverables, plus on-site work at Hill AFB with travel to CONUS and overseas sites

What to include when you submit

• Capabilities package must give (1) enough technical detail to show your approach is sound and (2) your company's key business abilities for this work
• If you are on a GSA or other federal contract vehicle that covers this scope, include the contract details in your response
• Small businesses are encouraged to respond so the government can decide whether to set the work aside for small business
• This is a response to market research only; no proposal is being requested

You must have

• A DD-254 (DoD Contract Security Classification Specification) will be required, so a facility security clearance and cleared staff are likely needed to obtain non-personal services to support the 84 RADES Support Contract. A DD-254 will be
• Technical Advisors and Radar Technicians must be eligible for a TS/SAP (Top Secret / Special Access Program) clearance 1.2.7. The contractor Technical Advisor must be TS/SAP eligible.
• The Radar Operations Analyst supporting the All-domain Anomalous Resolution Office (AARO) must be TS/SCI eligible (other radar operations analysts, such as the Eastern Air Defense Sector one, need TS/SAP) 1.2.20.6. The contractor Radar Operations Analyst must be TS/SCI clearance eligible
• Staff must be able to obtain USAF Tower Climbing Certification before climbing radar equipment m. Must be able to obtain USAF Tower Climbing Certification prior to climbing RADAR equipment.
• IT staff must obtain Security+ (or equivalent) within 3 months of hire; network staff need CCNA/Network+ or equivalent within 3 months i. Must be able to obtain a Security+ certificate or equivalent within 3 months of hire
• Contractor must sign an Associate Contractor Agreement with the contractor handling security support 4.11.1. Associate Contractor Agreements (ACA). The contractor shall be required to work under an associate

Current contractor

No incumbent is named. The PWS only mentions in general terms that records go to a successor if a follow-on task order goes to someone other than 'the incumbent', so there may be an existing contractor.

Not in the notice text

• Estimated contract value, contract type and pricing structure
• Whether the government will set the work aside for small business (it is asking industry to help decide)
• How proposals will be evaluated, and the RFP release date
• Length of the phase-in/transition period
• Parts of the PWS were not provided to the brief (the middle, covering the rest of the deliverables, the Service Delivery Summary, task management, security requirements, privacy, government furnished resources, general information and organizational conflict of interest, and hours of work)
• Attachment 1 (the 84 RADES Software Development Process) is referenced but was not provided
• The facility clearance level the company needs is not stated beyond the DD-254 requirement