SOURCES SOUGHT
14 -- This is a request for information (RFI) only. The US Government is seeking sources to manufacture PATRIOT Battle Management, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (BMC4I) hardware upgrades.
- Notice Date
- 9/24/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336419
— Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-RSA - (Missile), ATTN: CCAM, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W31P4Q-14-R-0180
- Response Due
- 10/10/2014
- Archive Date
- 11/23/2014
- Point of Contact
- Steven C. Froniabarger, (256) 842-7284
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-RSA - (Missile)
(steven.c.froniabarger.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a request for information (RFI) only. This is not an invitation for bids (IFB), request for quotations (RFQ), or request for proposals (RFP). The US Government is seeking sources to manufacture PATRIOT Battle Management, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (BMC4I) hardware upgrades. The BMC4I suite is contained within the Engagement Control Station (ECS) and Information Command and Control (ICC) shelters of the PATRIOT weapon system. This effort will include all hardware, facilities, equipment, technical expertise, planning, management, manufacture and testing efforts to include all incidental services to produce the PATRIOT BMC4I upgrades. The BMC4I upgrade includes the following modification kits with delivery beginning no later than (NLT)14 months after contract award (ACA) and ending no later than 16 months ACA: 1.Engagement Control Station (ECS) Peripheral Enhancements 1 (PE1) Modification Kit, P/N 13661582, 24 each. 2.Information Coordination Central (ICC) PE1 Modification Kit, P/N 13661614, 6 each. 3.Battery Maintenance Center (BMC) PE1 Modification Kit, P/N 13662353, 34 each. 4.Input to Output Ethernet Controller (IO2E) PE1, P/N 113661166-2, 15 each. 5. Modern Adjunct Processor (MAP) Chassis Modification Kit, P/N 13661584, 23 each. 6.Boot/Bite Panel Modification Kit, P/N 13661741, 53 each. The Government will provide a technical data package to cleared contractors. First Article Testing (FAT), Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), Product Acceptance, Functional Configuration Audit (FCA), Physical Configuration Audit (PCA), and Production Qualification Testing (PQT) will be required. This procurement will include access to classified information and will require the contractor to be a US corporation, which has a secure manufacturing facility and the ability to maintain a communication security (COMSEC) account. Further, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) will be asked to conduct a pre-award survey of the contractor's facility to determine the capability to successfully fulfill the requirements of this contract to minimize risk to the PATRIOT program schedule. Interested firms who believe they are capable of providing the above mentioned items are invited to indicate their interest by providing: 1.Company name, company address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address, Cage Code, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number. 2.Business size (i.e. large, small disadvantaged, veteran owned, woman owned, etc.) 3.Affirmation of cleared personnel. 4.A description of the company's expertise in providing manufacturing expertise and producing hardware as identified above. 5.The company's experience in meeting contractual due dates for similar type efforts. All responses shall be unclassified. All assumptions, including any assumed Government support, shall be clearly identified. All proprietary and restricted information shall be clearly marked. The closing date for this RFI is 10 October 2014. The Government will not reimburse contractors or responders to this notice for any costs incurred in responding, or any subsequent exchange of information. All responses shall be transmitted electronically to steven.c.froniabarger.civ@mail.mil. POC: Steven Froniabarger Contract Specialist Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) CCAM-PA-A 256-842-7284 steven.c.froniabarger.civ@mail.mil This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an IFB, RFQ, or RFP. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products described in this RFI. Your response to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing its acquisition strategy. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. Contracting Office Address: ACC-RSA - (Missile), ATTN: CCAM-PA-A, Room 1E1100, 106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35806 Place of Performance: ACC-RSA - (Missile), ATTN: CCAM-PA-A, Room 1E1100, 106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35806 Point of Contact: Steven Froniabarger 256-842-7284
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-RSA - (Missile) ATTN: CCAM, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
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