Previous Performance Work Statement - NGATS Software Support

Performance Work Statement (PWS) for

Common Operator Test Environment (COTE) Support

SCOPE

To provide sustaining engineering and technical support services related to the system software enhancements, bug fixes, and patches to the Army’s Full Rate Production (FRP) Next Generation Automatic Test System (NGATS) platform for the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center, Automated Test Equipment (ATE) Branch.

BACKGROUND

This Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the DEVCOM Armament Centers requirement for software support services for the Automated Test Equipment Branch on the NGATS. NGATS is part of the Army’s Integrated Family of Test Equipment (IFTE). The NGATS ATE provides a deployable, interoperable, general purpose, reconfigurable testing capability for Department of Defense (DoD) weapon systems. It comprises a strategic component of the Army’s Off Platform Automated Test Systems (OPATS) used to test and fault isolate Line Replaceable Units (LRUs). NGATS is a replacement for the Version 3 and Version 5 Base Shop Test Facility (BSTF) and the Direct Support Electrical System Test Set (DSESTS). The NGATS station software provides the run time environment for performing off platform diagnostic testing and fault isolation of LRUs and Shop Replaceable Units (SRU) for the electrical weapon systems.

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS (for reference)

ASME Y14.5M-2 Dimensioning and Tolerancing, 2009
Attachment 1 - CMMI-SE/SW/SS V 2.0 - Capability Maturity Model Integration [Picatinny], MIL-STD-31000B - Technical Data Package (TDP), 31 October 2018

REQUIREMENTS

FRP NGATS System Software Support

The Contractor shall develop Common Operator Test Environment (COTE) for it to be used with Visual Studio 2017.

No proprietary code in any software shall be used in this effort unless identified at award of this task.

The Contractor shall provide system software and hardware support and troubleshooting to address latent defects, field performance issues, lab development issues, requirements and performance shortfalls, and obsolescence issues.

The Contractor shall provide support for problem investigation and develop solutions for resolution of system software and hardware issues. This shall include all system software and development environments.

The Contractor shall maintain and update the Team Forge artifacts that identify all of the hardware and software issues that impact the operational availability of the NGATS. Issues that are considered routine and maintenance shall also be included in the Team Forge artifact submissions. Corrective actions shall be implemented once approved by the Program Director (PD).