Project Name: “Think, Analyze, Connect (TAC)/ Midpoint Support”

Solicitation Number: HDTRA1-21-R-0042

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to the Boeing for the effort entitled “Think, Analyze, Connect (TAC) and MidPoint Support.” The statutory authority for this non-competitive action is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source.

As part of their role in combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), DTRA is developing a capability for operational planning against WMD threats TAC and MidPoint are technical capabilities (hardware, software and data feeds) provided by Boeing and sponsored by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The objective of this requirement is to provide on-site support personnel to maintain the use of the TAC and MidPoint applications, and to promote the continued integration and use by the analyst team. TAC and MidPoint support contractors must be certified by Boeing.

The scope of this effort is to:

TAC –

• Provide interfaces to existing data and analytic services, and combine, as needed, services/data feeds in order to create unique data fusion opportunities.
• Provide assessments and evaluations of anticipated changes to data handling from, to, or within TAC.
• Customize TAC to maximize data manipulation to meet customer requirements and priorities;
• Provide general daily technical support (Operations and Maintenance)
• Ensure personnel are certified by Boeing, and provide formal and as-needed TAC training;

MidPoint -

• Serve as primary technical liaison with DIA for data acquisition.
• Perform/assist in any cross-domain data preparations.
• Interface as needed with enterprise technical initiatives such as SOA (Services Orientated Architecture), ICDL (Intelligence Community Data Layer), etc.
• Ensure that all interface efforts comply with established applicable policy
• Continue integration with multiple applications in either a direct or SOA methodology
• Develop/assist in the development of documentation, implementation of standard procedures for the operation, administration, and maintenance of the system.
• Identify and employ feature enhancements to provide high availability and recovery of services under high loads.
• Provide guidelines for: system administration, integration, prototyping, development, maintenance, and monitoring; software maintenance for emergent problems (bugs); and overall preventive maintenance programs.
• Provide technical support for all system equipment, as well as support necessary to import, normalize and configure designated data feeds and sets.

This notice of contract action is not a request for competitive proposals; no formal solicitation will be issued as a result of this announcement. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. A determination to proceed with this effort on a sole source basis based upon capability statements received and evaluated in response to this announcement is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Contracting Office Address:

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201 Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-6201

Primary Point of Contact:

Elizabeth Bauer

Contract Specialist

[email protected]