SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Continuing Sustainment for High Frequency Global Communications (HFGCS) providing integration, installation, upgrade, modernization necessary to sustain Scope Command component of the Continuing Systainment for High Frequency Global Communications (HFGCS) - DRAFT PWS
- Notice Date
- 12/2/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, PK/PZ Tinker AFB, 3001 Staff Drive, Ste 1AG76A, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 73145-3015, United States
- ZIP Code
- 73145-3015
- Solicitation Number
- HFGCS0001
- Point of Contact
- Melissa J. Richardson, Phone: 4056227265
- E-Mail Address
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melissa.richardson@us.af.mil
(melissa.richardson@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft PWS for Continuing Sustainment for High Frequency Global Communications (HFGCS) providing integration, installation, upgrade, modernization necessary to sustain Scope Command component of the High Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS) program. Continuing Sustainment for High Frequency Global Communications (HFGCS) providing integration, installation, upgrade, modernization necessary to sustain Scope Command component of the High Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS) program. Agency: Department of the Air Force Office: Air Force Materiel Command Location: Tinker OC-ALC Notice Type: Presolicitation Synopsis: Continuing Sustainment for HFGCS a fully integrated world-wide C2 high-frequency (2-30 megahertz) networked radio communications capability consisting of 13 remote radio stations and 10 remote console stations with 15 located OCONUS. Locations include Joint Base (JB) Andrews, Offutt AFB, Beale AFB, Elmendorf AFB, Hawaii, Guam, Yokota, Puerto Rico, Lajes, Ascension Island, RAF Croughton, Sigonella, and Diego Garcia, Whidey Island Naval Air Station (NAS), Sigonella NAS, Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Wahiawa Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS), Jacksonville NAS, Misawa AB, Patuxent River NAS, North Island NCTS, Kadena AB, and AFSPC Eastern Test Range. All stations are networked back to Control Stations located at JB Andrews and Grand Forks AFB. Duration of Contract Period: One year Basic and 6 (six) one year options This is a Source Sought Synopsis announcement, market research for information only, to be used for planning purposes. This is not a solicitation for proposal; therefore, a solicitation number has not been assigned. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. The projected contract is to provide Continuing Sustainment for HFGCS. The acquisition is for a one year Basic and 6 (six) one-year priced option periods for the above-mentioned contract for continuing sustainment services for the Scope Command component of the HFGCS consisting of labor, material, System Integration Lab (SIL) facilities, software and equipment necessary for integration, installation, upgrade, modernization and sustainment of the current system. Contractor capabilities shall consist of repair/overhaul/re-manufacture, test, preservation and packaging required to return/ship completely serviceable unit(s) to the government. Contractor shall provide supply chain management, logistics, parts forecasting, long-lead parts procurement, reparable forecasting, obsolescence projections and issues, and delivery of serviceable assets. Again, this synopsis announcement is being issued for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. If a firm believes it is capable of performing the contract services that meets the Government's requirement, your company may identify their interest and capability to the Contract Specialist within ten (10) days of this publication. Those interested companies must indicate whether they are a large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) or women owned business and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. Companies interested in responding may submit a capability statement to include the following information and/or documentation that demonstrates technical capability in the 11 areas listed below. These areas are considered critical for achieving successful technical performance. Include in your companies description/documentation for each area below whether your company has performed as a prime or as a subcontractor; and identify if personnel have at least three years of recent experience. 1. Describe your experiences working with fully integrated C2 high-frequency (2-30 megahertz) networked radio communications systems. 2. (CRITICAL) Describe your past hardware and software design, modification and test activities devoted to supporting the sustainment of a fully integrated C2 high-frequency (2-30 megahertz), networked radio communications systems. 3. (CRITICAL) Ability to conduct failure investigations, obsolescence studies, feasibility studies, test performance studies. 4. (CRITICAL) Must be able to gain access to the technical data supporting HFGCS Scope Command system as previously designed, implemented, and supported by the OEM. 5. (CRITICAL) Understanding of the requirements that drive HFGCS system engineering investigations, analyses, planning and development activities at the system and C2 high-frequency (2-30 megahertz) networked radio communications levels. 6. (CRITICAL) Handling of system modifications, maintenance and sustainment action to HFGCS Scope Command system supporting 13 remote radio stations, 2 control stations and 10 remote console stations with 15 located OCONUS. Locations include JB Andrews, Offutt AFB, Beale AFB, Elmendorf AFB, Hawaii, Guam, Yokota, Puerto Rico, Lajes, Ascension Island, RAF Croughton, Sigonella, and Diego Garcia, Whidey Island Naval Air Station (NAS), Sigonella NAS, Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Wahiawa Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS), Jacksonville NAS, Misawa AB, Patuxent River NAS, North Island NCTS, Kadena AB, and AFSPC Eastern Test Range. All stations are networked back to Control Stations located at JB Andrews and Grand Forks AFB. 7. (CRITICAL) Breadth and depth of sustaining engineering knowledge of C2 high-frequency (2-30 megahertz) networked radio communications levels. 8. Creating, preparing and updating data system documentation within the AF & DoD environment. 9. Ability to provide additional services/capability in the event of an immediate surge in requirements. 10. Capability to provide engineering services within a secure environment in accordance with DoD and AF Security Instructions. 11. (CRITICAL) List RELEVANT Government and/or commercial contracts with the following information: Contract number and description of services Contracting officers' names, addresses, and telephone numbers Program managers', project leads', and/or technical leads' names, addresses, telephone numbers and lists of tasks performed for these personnel Interested parties should submit a capabilities package, with a cover letter, that is brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrates ability to meet the stated requirements with sufficiently qualified personnel. Provide qualification information (type and duration of employee experience relevant to the requirements), the level of involvement (prime or sub-contractor) and time periods for work on similar projects. The capabilities package should clearly present evidence that the interested party is fully capable of providing the required services and as such may contain any information that the interested party feels is relevant. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONSE: 1. Submit a 12-page (maximum) paper in the following format and including the following company information: Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches; foldouts are permitted but will be assessed towards total page count. Pages shall be single-spaced. The font shall be Times New Roman and the font size shall be no less than twelve (12). Use at least 1-inch margins on the top and bottom and 1-inch side margins. Capability statements need to address fully the 11 technical areas identified above. Responses shall also include information regarding the following: (1) Address potential teaming arrangement if likely to submit a proposal. (2) If a teaming arrangement is considered, describe tasks the prime would perform versus tasks the sub-contractor would perform. 2. Submit the following company information: Company name and address. Company business size by North American Industry Classification System NAICS code. Small Business Type, if applicable Small Business Graduation Date Company size. Provide number of employees and average annual revenue. List any multiple award contracts that your company holds. Point of Contact for questions and/or clarification. Telephone number, fax number, and email address. If proposing as a prime and considering the type of technical capability required for this work, would your company alone be capable of performing 50 percent of the work for this requirement? At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. Identify the risk areas associated with this effort? Identify how risks could be mitigated? North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code. The NAICS Codes determined appropriate for this acquisition are 541330. Can your company prime a team composed of a sufficient number of large and small subcontractors to perform this contract in an efficient, cost effective manner while meeting contract requirements? Please explain. Does your company currently have a DCAA approved accounting system? How much experience has your company had with management of information technology contracts? If your company is considering priming this contract and is required to perform at least 50 percent of the work, how would work beyond in-house capabilities be handled? All Contractor personnel are to have a completed favorable National Agency Check Inquiry (NACI). The Contractor personnel shall be required to obtain Common Access Cards (CACs) for the purpose of encryption and physical and digital identification for logical and physical access to government information. The Contractor shall not involve any foreign national in work performed under this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this contract priced option period, based upon responses received to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of ongoing market research. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. Any proprietary information submitted in response to this synopsis will be appropriately protected when clearly identified as proprietary. Submitted materials will not be returned, and will be destroyed. Submissions shall not contain any classified information, but may be marked as company proprietary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this synopsis. A response to this sources sought synopsis is NOT a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is issued, it will be posted later at https://www.fbo.gov and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. This synopsis shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Contracting Office Address: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE; 3001 STAFF DR STE 2AJ 86A; TINKER AFB; OK; 73145
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- Place of Performance
- Address: World-wide, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 73145, United States
- Zip Code: 73145
- Zip Code: 73145
- Record
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