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6/8/2023 update: Corrected the attached
industry doc to reflect the correct industry
day date under paragraph #1. See
attachment.

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MARKET SURVEY & INDUSTRY DAY
ANNOUNCEMENT / INSTRUCTIONS

DISCLAIMER - IMPORTANT - READ ME
FIRST: This is a market survey & industry
day announcement / instructions. Any
responses must be in accordance with
(IAW) the information sought in the
attachment(s). The Government is not
soliciting, nor will it accept, responses that
are not IAW with the information sought in
the attachment(s). The Government will not
reimburse respondents for any questions
submitted or information provided as a
result of this market survey & industry day
announcement / instructions. This is not a
solicitation or a promise to issue a
solicitation, and this information is subject
to updating and in no way binds the
Government to award a contract in the
future.

Description: The Naval Information Warfare
Systems Center, Pacific (NIWC Pacific) is
posting the attached market survey,
industry day announcement / instructions,
and draft Statement of Work (SOW).

Draft SOW summary: To provide the full
range of User Experience (UX) / User
Interface (UI) design and engineering to the
development of Command, Control,
Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)
systems and products for Naval Information
Warfare Center, Pacific. UX/UI activities and
methods here are grouped with Human
Factors Engineering (HFE), User-Centered
Design, and Human-Machine Interaction
(HMI) and shall hence forward be referred
to as UX/UI. The scope of this SOW includes
application to software and hardware as it
relates to human factors and will be applied
throughout and any time within a product’s
lifecycle. The UX/UI methods cover
standards typical of this domain including
related process and products. The main task
elements are categorized as: research,
assessment, design, prototype, and test,
which are activities that occur across the
design and development lifecycle. It also
includes the scientific and systematic
interactions required with the expected
users of the system/product. Additional
details are in the SOW scope and tasking
areas.

See the attached market survey, industry
day announcement / instructions, and draft
SOW for details.

Hard copies of documents will not be
provided. Any amendments/updates to the
attachments, if posted, will be available only
on this web site. FIRMS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO REVIEW THE WEB SITE REGULARLY FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
MARKET SURVEY AND INDUSTRY DAY
ANNOUNCEMENT / INSTRUCTIONS.

Attachments/Links