This request is an announcement for information/market research for planning purposes. The synopsis does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, and invitation for bid nor does its issuance in any way restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach.

377 MSG/PKB, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM, seeks potential business sources to provide the renewal of the existing Systems Tool Kit (STK) software license. 377 MSG/PKB reserves the right to determine if a Small Business set-aside is appropriate. Additionally, we reserve the right to determine if one of the targeted socio-economic is appropriate for a set-aside based on responses to this notice and other pertinent information gathered by the contracting officer. In order for 377 MSG/PKB to make a SB set-aside determination, it is emphasized that SB concerns provide sufficient written information to indicate their capacity and capability to successfully provide the required items. Firms responding to this announcement must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and should include company name, cage code, point of contact, address and indicate if it is a small business, 8(a) concern, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business. The Government reserves the right to consider the acquisition for the 8(a) program based upon responses received to this sources sought announcement.

The proposed contract is anticipated to be a firm-fixed price contract.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541210, Software Publishers, and the size standard for small business is $38.5M.

The Statement of Need for this requirement is as follows:

1. Product ID STKPROEDUGR-NT - STK Professional Edition bundle (including STK Pro, STK SatPro and STK Analysis Workbench in versions 10 and above).  Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades-NT (1 ea)
2. Product ID AST6-UGR-NT - STK Astrogator Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades (1 ea)
3. Product ID CAT6-UGR-NT - STK Conjunction Analysis Tool Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades - NT (1 ea)
4. Product ID COM/A6-UGR-NT - STK Communications Module Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades (1 ea)
5. Product ID COV6-UGR-NT - STK Coverage Module Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades (1 ea)
6. Product ID OD5-UGR-NT - Orbit Determination Tool Kit Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades (1 ea)
7. Product ID RAD6-UGR-NT - STK Radar Module Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades (1 ea)
8. Product ID SCHED6-UGR-NT - stk Scheduler Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades (1 ea)
9. Product ID STK Analyzer 6-UGR-NT - STK Analyzer Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades (1 ea)
10. Product ID STKINT-UGR-NT - STK Integration Renewal Annual Support and Upgrades-NT (1 ea)

Responses are due no later than 11:00 AM (MST) on 5 May 2017 via e-mail. Questions and responses should be addressed to Virginia Garcia, via email, to [email protected] .  Identify your response with the corresponding program title: Sources Sought: Systems Tool Kit (STK) Software Scheduler Renewal.