Scope of Services
The Next Generation Engineering Contract (NexGen) provides support for the engineering and interoperability of core mission areas for DISA, the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.
Additionally, this contract provides support for telecommunications services, enterprise computing, and future engineering requirements.
This is an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) multiple award contract, using Fixed Price (FP), Cost-Reimbursement (CR) , and Time and Material (T&M) type task orders. The total amount of all orders placed against all contracts awarded shall not exceed $1B over seven years (one-year base period and six one-year option periods). The guaranteed minimum is $100k for each contract for the base period only.
- General Systems Engineering
- Information Systems Engineering
- Network Engineering
- Security Engineering
- Information Technology Standards
- Program Management Support
Task Area 1 - General Systems Engineering
General Support: The contractor shall provide support as specified in individual task orders to include engineering planning and engineering issues associated with integration, transition planning, installation, and systems configuration; engineering research, analysis, design, planning, execution and tracking efforts; conduct assessments of potential program requirements; assist in the development and implementation of an overall system engineering approach for programs; provide support to develop program dependencies and interfaces; and provide modeling, simulation, and assessment/analysis of networks. DISA requires this support for the DISN and connected networks; support for warfighter business applications, emerging technology and products using Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) tools, network and applications performance using COTS tools, IA products and technology, and DISN products and technology. Additionally, support includes modeling, simulation, and assessment to address a broad range of issues pertaining to the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) including performance assessments to determine the impact of network upgrades or redesign, new systems and technologies, new users, specific applications flowing across the networks, and specific protocols; assessments to identify and evaluate access links and connection points; survivability assessments to determine the impact of failed nodes and circuits; performance assessments to determine network strengths and shortfalls; maintenance and enhancement of DISA core modeling and simulation tools to improve accuracy and responsiveness of assessments.
Command Center Support: Provide systems engineering and technical assistance support for airborne and command centers, associated ground architectures, and ground entry points and earth stations. Representative of this task is sustainment, improvement, and interoperability support for the NMCS airborne assets, i.e., National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC), CINCSTRAT Airborne Command Post, and other Worldwide Airborne Resources (WABNRES), SLCS airborne platforms, i.e., Air Force One, other Special Air Missions aircraft, and CINC Support Aircraft, and for ground user facilities, nodes, and supporting networks, i.e., White House Communications Agency, National Military Command Center (NMCC), NMCC Site-R, SATSTAR, NORTHSTAR, MYSTIC STAR, and other DISN nodes.
Task Area 2 - Information Systems Engineering
Applications Support: Support requirements analysis, design, engineering, and reengineering of software applications; develop the infrastructure and any needed interfaces for the migration and implementation of applications; develop the architecture for network?wide services (i.e., email, HTTP, Java, Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) and/or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)); develop software scripts or segments to promote interoperability, provide missing functionality, additional configuration data, correct problems, or generally promote the integration of segments into a desired baseline; perform segmentation of already developed COTS or Government off-the-shelf (GOTS) software to enable the integration of new functionalities.
Database Support: Support reengineering efforts to include the overall business process; insertion of new mission support applications; definition, prioritization and resolution of problem reports; and analysis of the overall system architecture including aspects of design, development, implementation, and operational transition. Implement database and system services changes, re-engineer databases and replace the GOTS replication with a COTS replication capability, continue to maintain changes to the existing database structure and maintain software to provide synchronization. Develop tools and or techniques to assure maximum continuity of operations by minimizing database and data replication downtime associated with database modification or recovery. Provide database performance tuning in support of improving applications performance and system-wide database contention and concurrent user tuning. Develop and maintain interfaces to allow existing exterior feeder systems to exchange data and provide unique support required for various database applications.
Task Area 3 - Network Engineering
Program Support: Provide network design, performance monitoring, and fault management, which includes networks, servers, applications, and force generation databases; collect operational performance statistics, analyze data, identify potential problems and recommend engineering solutions for these problems; conduct network architecture design and implementation options in conformance with specified guidelines; and review and update system and network management Concept of Operations (CONOPS).
Lab Support: Provide Technical Control Office (TCO) support; resolve and implement LAN configuration issues and equipment hookups; analyze, isolate, and coordinate corrective action for communications related problems; configure communications equipment to satisfy specific test bed requirements of the user; and provide networking capability for customers to ensure customers are isolated from each other to prevent unintentional harmful actions of one customer from impacting other customers.
Task Area 4 - Security Engineering
This task area includes support for planning, designing, developing, testing, demonstrations, rapid prototyping, integration, site surveys, installation, operation and maintenance of command and control communications, displays, firewall/guards, intrusion detection systems, and information sensors of computer/network systems and infrastructure operations; protect and sustain the information assurance requirements for system and information availability, access control, integrity, confidentiality, and non-repudiation; provide protection of the operating environments and software including network, operating systems, and databases; integrate and implement information assurance features for client/server and web enterprises; participate in the planning and conduct Security Test & Evaluations (ST&E), Modified Developmental Tests (MDT), and other testing scenarios; support implementation of user, server, and object certificates and other identification and authentication infrastructure elements. DISA also requires support for DOD Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) implementation strategies.
Task Area 5 – Information Technology Standards
The contractor shall provide joint and combined coordination, development, configuration management, and automation support for the Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems (JINTACCS) Program, including support for tactical data link, message text format, symbology, and related standards. Representative of this work are technical evaluations of change proposals, technical support of joint and combined interoperability fora, and operations and maintenance support of supporting automation resources.
Task Area 6 - Program Management Support
Management Planning: Develop and maintain management plans at contract and task order initiation if requested. These plans shall describe the technical approach, organizational resources, and management controls that the contractor will employ to meet the cost, performance, and schedule requirements throughout the period of performance.
Task Order Management: Perform the daily activities required for successful program completion. Provide monthly status reports, which may include task summaries, problem areas or issues, contractor changes, travel, cost summaries, personnel labor costs and hours by tasks and/or subtasks. Conduct monthly project management reviews addressing the status of programmatic and technical progress.
Internal Management Controls: Provide internal management controls that include established and documented means to execute and perform quality assurance on deliverables, configuration management, work breakdown structuring, human engineering, and security. Ensure that fielded products satisfy validated requirements and user expectations, are easy to use, augment, modify, and maintain, and are in compliance with specifications and standards for development, life cycle management and quality management. Conduct audits, reviews, assessments, and inspections for products and processes and retain the documented results in an electronic media accessible by the project offices.