INTRODUCTION The Army Contracting Command - Rock Island at Picatinny on behalf of U.S. Army Automated Test Systems Division, designated for Next Generation Automated Test System (NGATS), in conjunction with the Product Director Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment, is issuing a sources sought notice as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources with information to provide NGATS System Software Support. The NGATS station software shall provide real run time environment for performing off platform diagnostic testing and fault isolation of Line Replaceable Units and Shop Replaceable Units for the electrical weapon systems. The Contractor shall develop Common Operator Test Environment for it to be used with the latest “Visual Studio” code. This software shall maintain NGATS readiness and ensure continuous improvement, Recurring software updates, performance enhancements, and technical support are required to the baseline NGATS software. TMDE requires a vendor familiar with the complete NGATS software baseline to perform the updates to the software and maintain the current cybersecurity posture. This effort is to provide that support in an ongoing manner with no less than quarterly software deliverables and monthly status updates Support previously provided under Contract No. W15QKN-18-D-0073, Task Order W15QKN-22-F-0286. The scope of the previous effort has been provided for informational purposes. The estimated period of performance for this effort is 12 months. The contract type is anticipated to be Firm-Fixed-Price. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System code assigned to this acquisition is 541330 - Engineering Services and Product Service Code R425 – Support – Professional: Engineering/Technical. DISCLAIMER THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO ENTITLEMENT TO PAYMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT DIRECT AND/OR INDIRECT COSTS AND/OR CHARGES SHALL ARISE AS A RESULT OF SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST. THE GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT PAY FOR ANY AND ALL INFORMATION AND/OR MATERIALS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE AND IS IN NO WAY OBLIGATED BY THE INFORMATION RECEIVED. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY RFP, RFQ, OR IFB, IF ANY ISSUED. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. DEBRIEFING INFORMATION WILL NOT BE PROVIDED. All interested and potential firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), and current firms must update once a year to maintain active status. Whether applying for assistance awards, contracts, or other business opportunities, all entities are considered "registrants". Registration in no way guarantees that a contract or assistance award will be executed. SUBMISSION DETAILS If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required support, please provide the following information: 1. Organization name, address, cage code, SAM Unique Entity ID, primary points of contact and their email address, website address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization;Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they are registered as a Large, Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. 2. Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they are registered as a Large, Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. 3. A tailored capability statement addressing the requirements of this notice, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. The response shall depict how your organization (with any similarly situated subcontractors if you are a small business) can meet the outlined requirements detailed. 4. Indicated any of your organizations preexisting Governmental contracts, such as General Services Administration, Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurements… etc., that can be potentially leveraged for this requirement by the Department of War - Army. 5. . If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver the technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. 6. Please note that under a Small Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the work. No phone calls will be accepted. Your response to this Sources Sought/RFI, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Mark Bobitka, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (no more than ten 8.5 X 11 inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) with a page limit of 10 (not to include drawings, sample test reports) via email mark.t.bobitka.civ@army.mil no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 09 November 2026 and reference the sources sought number in subject line of e-mail and on all enclosed documents. All data received in response to this sources sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.
