SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Integrated Craft & Combat Management System (ICCMS)
- Notice Date
- 12/8/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Headquarters Procurement Division, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621-5323
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5323
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-ICCMS-2009
- Archive Date
- 2/5/2010
- Point of Contact
- Sandra L Smith, Phone: 813-826-7335
- E-Mail Address
-
smiths1@socom.mil
(smiths1@socom.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET SURVEY - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is conducting an industry survey to identify the available contractor base for procurement of an Integrated Craft & Combat Management System (ICCMS) to be used on Naval Special Warfare Craft. This is an RFI only and may or may not result in the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) or additional RFIs containing more detailed requirements. This RFI addresses requirements completely separate from the Ground Mobility Integrated Bridge System (GM-IBS) being sought for USSOCOM's Family of Special Operations Vehicles (FOSOV). All responses are due no later than 45 days after the date of this announcement. Responses to this RFI should include, and state when not available: a. a detailed description of product with information on how the product meets the specified requirements. When addressing the ability to meet requirements, please substantiate claims with data. b. anticipated development time and expected and/or current annual production rates. c. rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimates for Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and unit price for potential production purchases of one to twenty systems per year for five years. d. the respondent will identify whether a small or large business and, if a small business concern, whether a small business; veteran-owned small business; service-disabled, veteran-owned small business; HUBZone small business; small disadvantaged business and/or women-owned small business. Refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19 Socioeconomic Programs. e. any government or commercial contracts against which similar systems are being developed or have been delivered within the last five years that meet some or all of the requirements. f. anticipated claims to software data rights required to deliver the product described; ROM cost estimate(s) for the Government to obtain software data rights. RFI Format: When preparing responses to this RFI, the submission should be limited to 50 pages, including foldouts and pictures. Do not include company marketing material, corporate profiles, personnel resumes, or duplicate material from a corporate website. If the latter information is indeed pertinent to the RFI, then include a document reference sheet with your response. Please submit responses electronically in pdf or standard commercial format to the Point of Contact at the bottom of this announcement. If proprietary information is submitted, it should be marked accordingly. USSOCOM is not interested in immature technologies to fulfill ICCMS requirements; maturity levels of both hardware and software proposed for this effort should be articulated. ICCMS System Requirements: Naval Special Warfare (NSW) intends to acquire a capability to integrate command and control of multiple seaframe, sensor, and on-platform Command, Control, Communications, & Intelligence (C4I) systems for its Special Operations Forces (SOF) combatant craft. SOF combatant craft range in size from 30 to 80 feet, employing both open and closed cockpit designs. The ICCMS will integrate both on and off-platform information in such a way that a highly effective situational awareness picture is made available to the NSW SOF operators and crewmembers. ICCMS will provide hardware, software, services, and standard, common interfaces to interact with a vast array of tactical communications and Information, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR) systems, forward-looking infrared (FLIR), Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), weapons, intercom, navigation, and seaframe systems. Interaction with the SOF Information Enterprise (SIE) (i.e., Global Information Grid (GIG)) will also be facilitated via onboard wideband satellite communications (SATCOM) systems. Through the use of intuitive displays and user-friendly, easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI)s and input devices, operators will have a highly effectively means to monitor and control multiple craft systems and components. In addition, ICCMS will continually process information from all sources, including stored pre-mission data, to create a highly responsive situational awareness picture, significantly enhancing operators' ability to effectively respond to these disparate inputs. ICCMS will also serve to retrieve, process, store, and transfer (over existing tactical radios or networks) locally collected information, providing additional situational awareness data to off-platform theater participants. The ICCMS will consist of an integrated suite of open-systems, open-architecture compliant hardware and software (Open Architecture Computing Environment (OACE) Category 3 or better), incorporating standards-based Application Programming Interface (API)s and networking protocols, and be capable of seamless expandability and technology refreshes as needs evolve. All hardware will be fully mission-capable in heavy sea-spray, driving rain and sand. Major components will consist of one to ten fixed (craft-mounted) workstation displays capable of operation in full sunlight, low-light, or Night Vision Goggle (NVG) environments, and include all processing, networking, input-output, and user-interface equipment. In addition, the system will be capable of supporting a minimum of two portable workstations (e.g., ruggedized laptops) providing full, fixed-workstation functionality while connected via wired Ethernet. Emphasis will be placed on minimizing space, weight, and power while providing low-latency, high-performance computing capabilities in order to effectively prosecute the mission. Software functionality will include provisions to interface with a controller-area network bus (CANbus) system (e.g., J1939, NMEA2000, CAN Open) to monitor and control on-board seaframe (e.g., engines, electrical, propulsion) systems, on-board sensors (e.g., FLIR, IFF, cameras, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) feeds), communications (e.g., tactical radios, intercom systems). Emphasis will be placed on delivering a simplified, low task-intensity user interface that can be operated during extreme platform conditions. In addition, the ICCMS: a. will rely on visual imagery from many sources for situational awareness; capabilities for manipulating (i.e., encode, decode, route, and store) multiple raw (e.g., RS-170A) and compressed video streams, with minimal latency, are critical. b. will provide a system/craft health monitoring capability by interfacing with a craft-provided CANbus controller/network connected to all on-board seaframe systems (e.g., engine vitals, propulsion, bilge, fuel, electrical). c. will allow operators to monitor and control any and all subsystems from any workstation; operators will also be able to monitor multiple situations simultaneously (e.g., quad-screen view) and quickly toggle between the multi-window and a full-screen view. d. will be required to incorporate information assurance provisions in accordance with the Department of Defense Instruction 8500 series guidance for a mission assurance category (MAC) II classified system. e. will provide a highly effective user-interface to operators in accordance with Mil-Std-1472F. f. will be capable of hosting various commercial and Government software (e.g., Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Java, Windows Media Player, Quicktime, command and control for the personal computer (C2PC), FalconView, SATCOM antenna controller, PDA-184). g. will be operable on unconditioned, unregulated craft power of 16 to 32 volts direct current and consume less than 1500 watts (T) / 1000 watts (O) (four workstation configuration). h. will be capable of withstanding minimum sea-state-induced shock of up to 10g's, 20ms, 0.5 sine, 3-axes, and vibration in accordance with MIL-STD-810F Method 514.5 Proc. I. i. must be designed to achieve a minimum Ingress Protection (IP) rating of IP66 (T) / IP67 (O). j. will be operable from -20F to +135F (T) and -20F to +150F (O), storable from -40 to +160F, and air transportable to 30,000 ft. Representative C4ISR and other equipment aboard SOF combatant craft: Model Description CCFLIR Forward-looking Infra-Red Sensor MK49 MOD 0 Remotely Operated Small Arms Mount AN/PSC-5D Multi-Mission Multi-Band Radio AN/PRC-148 Handheld Multi-Mission Multi-Band Radio AN/PRC-117F Multi-Mission Multi-Band Radio AN/PRC-117G Wideband Multi-Mission Multi-Band Radio AN/PRC-150C HF/VHF Tactical Radio AN/PRC-152 Handheld Multi-Mission Multi-Band Radio DAGR Digital Advanced GPS Receiver ROVER 4 Unmanned Aircraft System Receiver KG-250 SATCOM MODEM Interface (crypto) AN/VIC-3 Vehicle Intra-Communications System NavNet 3D (or equivalent) 3-Dimensional Radar / Scanner System AN/APX-123 IFF Transponder TBD CANbus Control Module The Government may use Government support contractors to assist with the responses to this RFI. All data received in response to this RFI, marked or designated as corporate or proprietary, will be fully protected from release outside the Government and its contracted support contractors. Each Government support contractor will have signed Non-Disclosure Agreements. While responses are encouraged, failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future associated RFP that may be issued. Information provided herein is subject to change. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website: www.fbo.gov. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. The Government is neither committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this request for information.
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