USAF Sources Sought: Government Enterprise Collaboration and Knowledge Objective-NET (GECKO-NET)

Notice ID:  FA8810-24-RFI-GECKO-NET

Scope and Definitions

SSC/SN is soliciting information on potential approaches the Government could execute to transition current Missile Warning launch & early orbit and operational collaboration capabilities from the Enterprise Collaboration System (ECS) to a modern infrastructure with expanded connectivity. The contractor should provide details on how the Government should design, develop, integrate, and test the proposed solution without impacting current operations or Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) development and operationalization. The overall approach should address key areas such as:

1) Supporting advanced modern software and hardware solutions

2) Leveraging elements of existing hardware (HW) / software (SW) solution

3) Retaining existing data library

4) Producing Secret and Top Secret-level capabilities and one way data connectivity from Secret to Top Secret (TS)

5) Protecting proprietary data across breadth of users

6) Creating a Government-owned, store-front approach for integrating new space- and ground-based mission systems

7) Supporting rapid incremental capability delivery

8) Operating and maintaining the solution

9) Providing global infrastructure capabilities

10) All installations in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Mission Control Station (MCS) and SBIRS Mission Control Station-back-up (MCS-B) will be compliant with the Space System Command and Overheard Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Site Integration Standards (OSIS)

This effort will design, develop, integrate, test and transition GECKO-NET solution into operation that includes but is not limited to the following:

Delivering comparable user capabilities as the current system in terms of offering a collaborative environment between operators, engineers and factory support providers through digital data, voice, and video accesses in support of Missile Warning, Tracking and Defense (MWTD) mission areas. GECKO-NET will process data from Defense Support Program (DSP), SBIRS, Next Generation OPIR Geosynchronous (NGG), Next Generation OPIR Polar (NGP), Missile Track Custody (MTC), Ground-based Radars (GBR) and future MWTD programs.

Representative system capabilities include: factory connectivity, memogram coordination (factory to operations [ops] floor), temporary procedures, critical information files, scheduling rules, logging, problem reports, scheduling requests, file storage, email capability, Microsoft Office applications, instant messaging, video conferencing, voice over internet protocol (VOIP) communications.

In support of this effort there must be distinct integration and test activities. These activities must ensure that current MWTD operational mission will not be impacted and MWTD operational assets remain operational during the systematic transition from the current collaboration solutions to GECKO-NET. These activities should be phased to ensure maximum efficiency and minimal perturbation to current operational missions, Next Gen launch activities and FORGE testing and fielding. The developer will conduct integration, verification and validation in their lab before deploying applications and software to the operational sites.

Desired delivery is to be no later than September 2027.

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