SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Duke Relevancy
- Notice Date
- 10/3/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W56KGY) Division C, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005-1846, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W56KGY-18-R-E001
- Archive Date
- 10/25/2017
- Point of Contact
- Eric C. Pyles, Phone: 4438615376, Christopher R Gaines, Phone: 4438615389
- E-Mail Address
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eric.c.pyles.civ@mail.mil, christopher.r.gaines4.civ@mail.mil
(eric.c.pyles.civ@mail.mil, christopher.r.gaines4.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Synopsis: This Sources Sought is not a request for competitive proposals and no formal solicitation package is available. Solicitation Number W56KGY-18-R-E001 has been assigned to this Market Research for reference purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids/proposals. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this announcement. Background: By memorandum dated January 9, 2013 Headquarters Department of Army (HQDA), G3/5/7, validated the need and directed a requirement for a limited quantity of Duke Systems to be used to conduct research, development and testing against emerging Remote Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) threats. This directed requirement was intended to ensure the Duke system maintains currency and relevant capability until the next generation of Counter RCIED capabilities is available to replace existing systems. As a result of the directed requirement, the Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare (CREW) AN/VLQ-12(V)4 (also known as the primary unit) was developed. The AN/VLQ-12(V)4, along with the AN/VLQ-12 (V)5 (secondary unit) have become the current AN/VLQ-12 (V)4/(V)5 Countermeasures System, referred to as the "Duke V4/V5 (DV4/V5)". The Duke AN/VLQ-V4/V5 consists of the receiver transmitters (Primary and Secondary units), antennas (FRF-105D, FRF-19C, GPS Puck), enhanced remote control unit (eRCU), and cabling. The Duke V4 System is comprised of the Primary Unit, the FRF 105D, GPS Puck, RCU, and cabling. The Duke V5 configuration consists of the Duke V4 configuration with the addition of the Secondary Unit, and FRF 119C antenna. The technical focus of the system is the detection and response to a wide range of communication signals. These signals vary in complexity from simple on-off keying signals to frequency-modulated signals with digital coding. As the IED threat continues to evolve, the Duke system will require increased capability to adequately defeat the changing worldwide threat. Software Defined Radio (SDR) capabilities of the Duke V5 allows for additional capabilities beyond the standard jamming mission, CREW-to-CREW communications and power based geolocation. The Duke V5 software baseline is currently receiving enhancements to provide enhanced force protection, system networking, interoperability & compatibility, and increased system relevancy. Full Description of the requirements is as follows: The Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and Product Director Electronic Attack (PD EA) are conducting market research. The purpose of this market survey is to identify parties that are qualified and interested in becoming a prime contractor for this effort. PD EA is interested in conducting research, development and engineering of a mounted Electronic Warfare (EW) system that can pace the emerging threat. Due to the rapidly evolving threat, PD EA is interested in adaptive and agile technologies that can be applied to an EW system in order to decrease the timeline for defeating new threats. To that end, the Government intends to upgrade the Secondary Unit RT-1950/VLQ-R(V)3 to support the existing upgraded Primary Unit RT-2024/U. The objective is for industry to address obsolescence and provide additional capability to the Secondary Unit while being fully backward compatible with the existing Primary Unit. The system must conform to the same Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) as the existing system. Integration of the system must adhere to the current integration concept to include mounting, wiring, and power constraints. If a Request For Proposal is subsequently issued, PD EA will provide the Hardware (HW) and Technical Data Package (TDP) for configuration to the vendor, as well as the A (installation) and B (mission hardware) kit of the existing system as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). There is additional SWaP available to consider the addition of a Direction Finding (DF) antenna system. Should an RFP be issued, details on the additional Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) can also be made available. All other aspects of the system HW, software (SW), and firmware (FW), may be modified in order to meet the requirement of pacing the threat. PD EA would like information on what capabilities could be added to a developmental prototype system in a 36 month timeframe. Desired attributes, in priority, that PD EA would like detailed information on the following: 1. Counter IED. A system that maintains and expands upon the current counter IED capability. Details should focus on the agility and adaptability of the design and discuss the timeline for inserting new techniques into the system once a new threat has been identified. There is interest in detection and defeat of unknown threats in real time, as well as defeating numerous threats in a congested electromagnetic environment. 2. Multi-Mode. The system is capable of multi-mode. Multi-mode is defined as the User being able to rapidly switch, with limited interruption, from one capability to another during a mission. Capabilities include, but are not limited to, counter IED, counter Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), counter Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT), EW assisted cyber, pseudolite, offensive Electronic Attack (EA), and Electronic Support (ES). Interest is in understanding what modes could be supplied within the developmental prototype system, as well as additional modes not mentioned above. 3. Multi-Mission. The system is capable of multi-mission. Multi-mission is defined as the User being able to run simultaneous functions in parallel, as well as being able to change the combinations of capabilities within the mission. Interest is in understanding technical constraints and possible degradation to the different modes. An example of a multi-mission combination of interest is counter IED, counter UAS, and ES. 4. Networking. The system is capable of system to system networking. The system will be able to communicate, and exchange critical mission information, with other similar systems in order to achieve increased capability. Interest is in how the networking of the system will enhance capabilities, as well as the architectural and design process plan to ensure the system can be accredited through the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and receive a theater Authority to Operate (ATO). 5. Planning and Management. The system is interoperable with Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) or has an existing planning and management capability. Interest is in the GUI/User visualization tools that will could be paired with the developmental prototype system. 6. Techniques. Techniques that enable the system to maintain pace with the evolving threat. Interest is in decreasing the timeline between the discovery of a new threat and the defeat of that threat, as well as the portability of third party techniques onto the system. 7. Additional Attributes. PD EA is interested in any additional attributes that may not have been mentioned in this announcement that could provide a solution or partial solution for creating an agile and adaptive EW system that can maintain system relevancy and pace the evolving threat and mission sets. Responses should address as many of the seven desired attributes as deemed feasible; but companies who do not address at least one attribute will be considered unresponsive. Responses should include the subject headings of each attribute that is addressed (i.e. when responding with information on item number four, the response will have a heading "Networking"). Major Milestones: Anticipated RFP Release Date: 1QFY18 The security requirements for this effort will be as follows: Facility Clearance required shall be SECRET with SECRET safeguarding capability. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals and no formal solicitation package is available. Solicitation Number W56KGY-18-R-E001 has been assigned to this market survey for reference purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids/proposals. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this announcement. Interested parties may identify their capability to meet all or portions of the requirements by submitting an unclassified white paper, technical data and past performance data. Respondents must also address the following items: 1. Company Name, Contact Name, Position, Telephone, Email, and Company URL. 2. Corporate capability to include available facilities to execute sustainment requirements, Facility Clearance and safeguarding levels, Cage code, and DUNs number. White paper and additional data must be provided to this office no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on 10 October 2017. Only responses received by this date will be considered. Responses must be unclassified. Responses will be accepted in soft copy format, one full-page per printed page for a total of no more than 30 pages (i.e., no "notes" will be accepted). Responses must be sent as a soft copy via AMRDEC Safe (https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/) to Mr. Daniel Schwartz (daniel.a.schwartz4.civ@mail.mil) and Mr. Eric Pyles (eric.c.pyles.civ@mail.mil). NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED. Contracting Office Address: 6001 COMBAT DRIVE Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005-1846 United States 1. Point of contact for this action is Mr. Eric Pyles (eric.c.pyles.civ@mail.mil), 443-861-5376.
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