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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 fir…