FAA Sources Sought: PDARS III Support

The Contractor must work in this area must include the continuation of PDARS operation, maintenance, expansion, and support efforts.  In addition, work efforts must include the design and development of customized computer hardware/software/data system solutions which complement or enhance the current PDARS capabilities, and procurement, installation, and operation of commercial software/hardware solutions that together provide operations monitoring, performance measurement, and reporting, operations planning, decision support, special studies/analyses/evaluations, and other uses as required per FAA direction.  Examples of specific work efforts in these areas may include the following:

3.1.1    Provide software for use within the PDARS system to perform the radar data extraction/processing function and the aviation data visualization and analysis function matching or exceeding the current capabilities of the PDARS system.  The PDARS system must provide the capability to extract and process data from the FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) Host, Common Automated Radar Terminal System (ARTS), Automated Radar Terminal System Internet Information Infrastructure Architecture (ARTS IIIA), Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) and Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-X) computer systems in real time and/or batch processing mode for seamless inclusion into other PDARS processing modules and reports.  The data visualization tool SKYVIEWER and analysis software must be capable of displaying and analyzing aviation-related data (including airports, airspace structures, aircraft tracks, routes, geographic data, weather, etc.) as well as animate traffic, sector airspace, and weather movements.     To ensure the accuracy and currency of PDARS data, the Contractor must update the PDARS system and related software to accommodate changes in the NAS or FAA data delivery.

3.1.2    Provide continuous/uninterrupted operations, maintenance, and support to the PDARS systems installed in FAA Air Traffic Control (ATC) facilities and other facilities, including responsibilities for remote monitoring and failure recovery for all hardware/software components, network monitoring and failure recovery, data quality assurance, software, and hardware maintenance, application assistance, training, documentation updates, and user information exchange activities with no interruption in the operation of the system.  3.1.3    Provide, operate, maintain, and support a PDARS central hub site including responsibilities for system monitoring and failure recovery, software and hardware maintenance, application assistance, documentation updates, data sharing, data archiving, and data back-up on a continuous basis beginning on the date of Contract award and continuing for the entire Contract period of performance.

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