Combat Coder Site Support

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Background The Combat Coder Site Support contract is issued by the Department of the Air Force, specifically the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The mission of this contract is to provide a dedicated, contractor-operated software engineering team to support the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) enterprise. The primary goal is to ensure continuous delivery of secure, high-quality software that meets emerging intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) requirements. Work Details The contractor will be responsible for a variety of tasks including: - Assigning a program manager to oversee all contract activities and ensure objectives are met. - Establishing budgets and schedules for program objectives with periodic status updates. - Providing technical/programmatic liaison support to DCGS Program Execution which includes facilitation, coordination, investigation, problem resolution, and documentation preparation. - Developing and maintaining a Risk Management Plan with monthly status reports. - Generating presentations for design reviews and Program Management Reviews (PMR). - Performing continuous software development within a Government-defined DevSecOps framework using Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban. - Designing, developing, and testing software applications while adhering to secure coding practices. - Employing DevSecOps practices to integrate security into all engineering efforts ensuring zero new critical vulnerabilities and at least 80% unit test coverage for new code. - Providing rapid engineering support for critical software defects in the live DCGS production environment with specific response times for bug reports. Period of Performance The geographic location(s) the contract will be performed (if provided) Place of Performance The majority of work will be performed at Government facilities located primarily at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), VA; McConnell AFB, MO; and Beale AFB, CA, with potential travel to other CONUS and OCONUS locations. Bidder Requirements Bidders must meet specific requirements including: - All personnel must possess a DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification at a minimum. - Personnel must maintain an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance. - The contractor must staff the modernization team exclusively with highly vetted professionals capable of operating within complex classified architectures. - Specific qualifications include: Lead Software Engineer with 10 years experience; Senior Software Engineer with 5 years experience; Cybersecurity Engineer with 5 years experience in DoD cybersecurity practices. Incumbent Analysis (see Incumbents section for more detail) This opportunity appears to have a closely related prior contract supporting the DCGS enterprise, with Raytheon Company as the awardee on FA852722D0002 valued at $396,121,851 (03/30/22–03/29/27). The prior effort is described as DCGS GEOINT Infrastructure Field Services Support, which aligns with the current requirement to provide a dedicated contractor software engineering team to design, engineer, test, integrate, deploy, and sustain DCGS capabilities. The overlap in DCGS mission support and software/infrastructure field services suggests the work may be a continuation or expansion of ongoing support for GEOINT/DCGS operations.