SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- AMRDEC System Simulation and Development Directorate -- Simulator and prototype development, operations, maintenance, and improvement.
- Notice Date
- 4/21/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- AMCOM Contracting Center - Missile (AMCOM-CC), ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W31P4Q-11-R-SSDD
- Response Due
- 6/1/2011
- Archive Date
- 7/31/2011
- Point of Contact
- Karen Fletcher, 256-842-5081
- E-Mail Address
-
AMCOM Contracting Center - Missile (AMCOM-CC)
(karen.fletcher3@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request for Information (RFI) Only for planning purposes. This notice serves as market research in accordance with FAR Part 10. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. The Government is in need of information on potential small business sources that could provide the necessary technical skills, facilities, and personnel to support to the Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center's System Simulation and Development Directorate's (SSDD) facilities in simulator and prototype development, operations, maintenance, and improvement. The purpose of this RFI is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of small business vendors who can successfully support this requirement as a prime contractor. The type of solicitation that will be issued will depend upon the responses to this sources sought synopsis and other information available to the Government. Responses to this notice will be used as part of the information gathered as market research that will be used to develop the acquisition strategy to satisfy this potential requirement. Responses will only be accepted from those firms that are interested in being a prime contractor. This is not a request for competitive proposals and no contract will be awarded from this RFI. The Government has not formalized an acquisition strategy, there is no solicitation, and no other information is available at this time. Other than responses to this request for information, no other responses or inquiries will be accepted. Questions regarding the scope of work or acquisition strategy will not be accepted at this time. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement, if any, that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the technical point of contact will not be given and no appointments for presentations will be made. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Contemplated NAICS Code: 541712 (1,000 employees) Draft synopsis of technical requirement: The contractor shall provide the necessary technical skills and services to provide support to SSDD facilities in simulator and prototype development, operations, maintenance, and improvement. This effort spans the functional operations areas of system engineering, system development, configuration management, target generation, controls, interfaces, simulator hardware/software, distributed digital simulations and component level flight testing. The contractor shall be responsible for the coordination of activities with other contractors and government personnel operating within. All planned work is to be accomplished within an approved schedule. All unplanned work is to be accomplished as required on a quick reaction basis and may necessitate effort outside normal duty hours. In performing any unplanned work on a quick reaction basis, the contractor shall respond within a maximum of 8 normal working hours with completion of the unplanned work or with an acceptable plan for completion of the work. Simulator and Prototype Development: The contractor shall perform aviation, missile, and UAV element hardware/software design, development, integration, testing and verification. Element level development support shall include, but not be limited to, SSDD analog and digital simulators, special airborne data collection, test ranges, end game data collection and lethality. Integration of aviation, missile, and UAV hardware shall require the contractor to perform laboratory special test equipment configuration modifications and new configuration development as part of peculiar simulation operation activities as scheduled in response to identified user requirements. These modifications shall not exceed existing design capabilities of the laboratory facility such as heating, cooling, or electrical capacities. The contractor shall conduct design studies, analyses, generate conceptual and preliminary designs, and prototype designs in support of SSDD element development and system simulation activities. Interface and Operations: The contractor shall be responsible to configure, calibrate, operate, and verify systems in preparation for and during real-time simulation operations as specified in test schedules ensuring operational readiness for all facilities. The contractor shall integrate and interface various sensors, associated signatures, and simulated, developmental, or operational countermeasure hardware/software into target generation system as required for simulation systems. The contractor shall document the target generation configuration used in the simulation, any special calibration procedures, all modifications and improvements and all simulator software programs and techniques. The contractor shall provide and operate special purpose aviation, missile, UAV, and distributed digital simulations interface and control hardware/software as well as facility interface and control hardware/software as required to accomplish simulation operations. The effort shall include, but not be limited to, participation in establishing interface requirements, fabrication, support facility modification, installation and checkout, of the interface hardware/software to permit integration and operation of the hardware/software into the operational simulation. The controls and interfaces shall provide for mechanical, hydraulic, heating, ventilating, cooling, electrical and electronic, analog and digital requirements for normal operation of equipment in the simulation environment. The contractor shall be responsible for mounting and removing assets from flight tables, interconnecting and disassembly of interface cabling and hardware, and the verification of interface operational readiness for simulation operations. The contractor shall provide support during real-time simulation operations to maintain and operate the asset controls and interfaces and the facility interface and control hardware. Maintenance: The contractor shall perform maintenance and calibration of the simulation and development facilities, including, but not limited to, such subsystems as IR and visible scene projectors, control consoles, RF antenna arrays, including alignment, signal generation, flight tables, computers, cockpit simulators, and hardware/software interfaces in accordance with the Operations and Maintenance Manuals. The contractor shall support development and prototyping of aviation and missile components and subsystems as required formulating maintenance plans and procedures. Simulation facility fire protection systems shall be maintained and certified after thorough inspection on an annual basis and coordinated with the Redstone Arsenal Fire Marshal. The contractor shall develop and implement simulation independent software for general purpose utilization in each simulator and framework special test equipment preventive maintenance and diagnostic activities. The contractor shall provide the necessary technology integration tools and techniques to properly implement the developed simulation technology functions and techniques identified by the Government, as specified in either Program Development Plans or the Simulation Test Schedules to improve simulation capability. The contractor shall implement the necessary hardware/software interfaces to effect the proper modulation techniques associated with unique environmental models for specific needs associated with verified and validated evaluations of specific systems. The contractor shall provide labor and materials to support all activities stated above including, but not limited to, modifications or improvements in simulation and prototype development facilities, simulation administration facilities, and support facilities. The contractor shall accomplish these modifications and improvements in accordance with applicable Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), or other guidance as deemed appropriate. The contractor will be required to perform temporary duty (TDY) non-local travel, as required in the performance of individual task orders. The TDY destinations may include both CONUS and OCONUS locations to include possible deployment to theaters of operations. Certain contractor personnel will be required to possess TOP SECRET/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) CLEARANCE and/or be eligible for immediate adjudication by the cognizant security authority upon award of the contract. These personnel will be identified in the solicitation, if issued. Future requirements for SCI-eligible personnel would be established by individual task orders. The contractor shall have or be able to obtain a Top Secret Facility Clearance and shall possess Safeguarding Capabilities. Some task orders may require access to, and clearance for, Special Access Programs (SAPs) up to and including the TOP SECRET/SCI level. Some task orders will require access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). Contractor performance shall be in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) (DoD 5220.22M) and shall ensure that all classified material is handled in accordance with the latest appropriate security classification specifications. FOREIGN PARTICIPATION WILL NOT BE ALLOWED AT THE PRIME OR SUBCONTRACT LEVEL. If you believe your firm possesses the technical capability, financial, facility, equipment and personnel resources, and relevant experience/past performance to perform the type of work specified above as a prime contractor, please submit the following information: 1. Company name and mailing address. 2. Point of contact (name, telephone number, and e-mail address). 3. Socio-economic status under the above stated NAICS (e.g., small business, HUBZone small business, 8(a), small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, service disabled-veteran owned small business, etc.). 4. Current number of employees. 5. Average annual revenue for the past 3 calendar years. 6. Discuss the type and number of facilities that are currently available and would be proposed to be used to satisfy the scope of work (describe the type of facilities, capacity, capabilities and equipment, facilities clearance level, etc). 7. Discuss your capability to perform under the requirements stated above. 8. Provide a brief summary of your company's experience and past performance within the past 3 years as a prime contractor as it relates to the magnitude and scope of this anticipated requirement. Each experience provided (Government or commercial) shall include the following information: (a) name of project, (b) brief description of project, (c) contract or project number, (d) contract type, (e) client/customer point of contact (name, address, phone number, e-mail address), (f) dollar/ceiling value of the contract/project, (g) period of performance of the contract/project, (h) relevance of contract/project to requirements of this anticipated effort, (i) total number and magnitude of task orders (dollar value, duration, etc) awarded to you under the contract; and (j) total number (delineated by business size) of subcontractors/team members managed by you under the contract. 9. Discuss your firm's financial capacity to serve as the prime contractor for this effort. Discuss your financial ability to support an effort of this size and scope, considering that payments may be as much as 60-90 calendar days in arrears of actual performance on multiple task orders. 10. Identify any real or potential organizational conflicts of interest that your firm may have regarding your status as a prime contractor. Address each system and/or program separately and provide your planned approach for mitigating any conflicts. If no real or potential conflicts exist, so state. 11. As a small business under the above NAICS, discuss how your firm would meet the requirements that at least 50% of the cost of contractor performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the small business prime contractor. Responses to this request can be submitted in your own format, and shall be limited to 15 pages or less, excluding coversheets and/or table of contents. If data is submitted in electronic form, the data shall either be in Microsoft Word (*.doc or *.docx format) or Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf format). Microsoft Excel format is acceptable as well, if required. Avoid the use of non-mainstream data formats. All responses must be received by 3:00 p.m., 1 June 2011. The US Army Contracting Command - Redstone (ACC-R) is the responsible contracting office supporting this RFI. The ACC-R POC is Karen Fletcher. All communications regarding this RFI shall be provided to karen.fletcher3@us.army.mil. The Government has a preference to receive all data electronically by email. Interested parties may also submit their data to the following address within the same timeline requirements. Hardcopy submissions shall consist of one (1) original and five (5) copies. The appropriate mail address to use is: US Army Contracting Command - Redstone, ATTN: RFI Submission, CCAM-RD-D/Karen Fletcher, Bldg 5400, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898. Respondents to this Request for Information should not expect a response to their submission. Further information will be posted to this website or other appropriate web sites if required and when available. Again, this announcement is being used solely to gather market research information. This is not a request for proposals nor will any technical capability statements be considered to be a proposal. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: AMCOM Contracting Center - Missile (AMCOM-CC) ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
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