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Contracting Office Address – Army Contracting Command-Rock Island, (ACC-RI), Building 60 Rodman Avenue, Rock Island, IL 61299-8000 This synopsis is a sources sought notice being used to conduct market... Contracting Office Address – Army Contracting Command-Rock Island, (ACC-RI), Building 60 Rodman Avenue, Rock Island, IL 61299-8000 This synopsis is a sources sought notice being used to conduct market research. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only regarding a tentative requirement. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. A Solicitation is not available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) (TSC) and US Army Europe-Africa (USAREUR-AF) has a potential requirement for a Global Positioning System (GPS) based in-transit visibility (ITV) solution in order to supplement the current Radio Frequency (RF) ITV infrastructure and provide near real-time end-to-end cargo visibility; the follow-on to the current contract, which was awarded to Tapestry Solutions, Inc. Background The ITV system for the US Army Central (USARCENT) and for the Army Heavy Lift contracts provides real time information regarding the location and status of contractor commercial transportation services for moving Army equipment and cargo throughout the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR) which primarily consists of Kuwait, the Trans-Arabian Network (TAN), Jordan, and Iraq. Germany and Poland will be the AOR for USAREUR-AF. Objective ITV must provide a Common Operating Picture for the movement of United States Government (USG) contracted assets and logistical supplies throughout the Heavy Lift Theater of Operations/CENTCOM AOR to Tactical Operations Centers, Movement Control Teams, and higher military echelons. The Contractor shall provide all required software, information technology infrastructure and technical support to the USG, with limited support to the local contracted carriers, to include the Heavy Lift contractors (the “Carriers”). Carriers are responsible for procuring the required compatible software and ITV hardware to equip their transportation fleets. The system/software must be compatible with and able to successfully integrate with the current Army transportation system of record, Transportation Coordinators' - Automated Information for Movements System II Theater Operations (TC-AIMS II TOPS). Basic Services The support package shall include maintenance, updates, anomalies, server monitoring, and data feed management from the Contractor’s operations center. This includes the basic reporting of vehicles tracked, number and identification of transponders actively on-line, active panic alarms and panic alarms activated in preceding 60 minutes, and location of vehicles. Initial set-up and operator training for the software shall be required. The ITV Software shall display the location of the vehicles tracked on a topographical map current as of the date of contract award and updated no less than quarterly. The ITV Software shall display the status of the vehicles being tracked utilizing a color code scheme and shall provide detailed information of the vehicle being tracked when the cursor/pointer hovers or clicks on a specific vehicle. The ITV System shall be compatible with the Honeywell 202, TAM-242, and TAM-262 transponders currently in use by the carriers. The ITV Software shall provide fidelity within 1 square mile of area to the entire Heavy Lift Theater of Operations for vehicle tracking. These areas shall be viewable through the application by USG operators. The ITV Software shall contain, in addition to the fields required to meet the requirement of tracking vehicle information, the following fields/information: -Import from TOPS for Initial Transportation and User Input into DASHTOP. - Auto Population of Key TMR Dates “Geofence” creation and maintenance around bases. - TMR Status Report with Mapping of Transponders. - Histogram (Ping vs. Time graph). - Mission Summary Report. - Transponder Co-Location Report. -Swapping Transponder ID alert. - Audit reports (Logging of history of changes to manual inputs). - Roles and Permissions. Limited Carrier Support The USG requires that carriers utilize the ITV system in order to provide ITV to the USG, of cargo that is moved within the Heavy Lift Theater of Operations. The Contractor shall provide limited support to carriers as necessary to ensure that their vehicles can be tracked by the ITV system. Limited support is defined as initial set-up and initial operator training on the ITV system for each carrier and refresher training to be conducted every six months. Contractor shall allocate up to 2 hours a day to service and maintain carrier ITV system hardware and software. The actual amount of time allocated up to 2 hours shall depend on requests for support from the carriers. Software Maintenance The Contractor shall provide software maintenance, anomalies, and other software updates as required to ensure satisfactory day-to-day system operation. Satisfactory day to day operation is availability of the ITV system 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Contractor shall maintain the required backup systems to ensure continuous system availability. In addition, the Contractor shall maintain the mapping overlay capabilities, and shall provide a direct data feed to target data-sync guards to NIPR gateways and SIPR gateway servers. This includes maintaining an automated position report and Panic Alert Feed to specified USG systems allowing host servers to pass this data from the UNCLASSIFIED to the CLASSIFIED networks. The U.S. Government will use the responses received for information/planning purposes and to identify potential sources as part of market research. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the U.S. Government will not pay for information requested, nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the U.S. Government. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized at Contract Opportunities found at www.SAM.GOV. It is the responsibility of the potential Offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The U.S Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice by providing a brief description of the company and its capabilities of meeting the requirements for the ITV Support 1.0 mission, as described in the attached two draft PWS’. The capability statement shall also include the following: contractor name, CAGE code, DUNS number, Tax ID number, size category and socioeconomic status relative to NAICS 517410, point of contact name, address, telephone, website and e-mail addresses, and a brief description of recent (performance ended within the past 24 months) and relevant projects for tasks similar to those described in the draft PWS. Contractors shall submit the above information to the following two e-mail addresses, David.s.fields16.civ@army.mil and Ashley.a.northouse.civ@army.mil, no later than 23 February 2024, 1400 (U.S. Central Time). Notice to Contractors: All contractors who provide goods or services to the Department of Defense (DOD) must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible to receive a contract. To register in SAM go to https://www.sam.gov/.