MODIFICATION
A -- Next Generation OPIR Block 1 - Prototype Payload Concept Development - FINAL BAA - Solicitation 1
- Notice Date
- 7/23/2018
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, SMC - Space and Missile Systems Center, 483 North Aviation Blvd, El Segundo, California, 90245-2808
- ZIP Code
- 90245-2808
- Solicitation Number
- SMC-RS-BAA-18-001
- Archive Date
- 8/25/2018
- Point of Contact
- Kirsten W. Perry, Phone: (310) 653-2540, Maj Edson Veglio, Phone: (310) 653-2212
- E-Mail Address
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kirsten.perry@us.af.mil, edson.veglio@us.af.mil
(kirsten.perry@us.af.mil, edson.veglio@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Next Gen OPIR - Block 1 Prototype Payload BAA This notice is amended to a SOLICITATION NOTICE. (a) The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Remote Sensing Systems Directorate (SMC/RS) is soliciting proposals through the use of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) (see FAR 35.016) to identify innovative concepts and designs for a Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) Block 1 payload and a derivative prototype payload. (b) In developing the Next Gen OPIR Block 0 program, the Government will prioritize schedule, driving the space vehicle design to incorporate high technology readiness components in order to minimize the program's schedule risk. In parallel, the Government will explore payload concepts for the follow-on system, Next Gen OPIR Block 1. The initial launch capability (ILC) goal for Next Gen OPIR Block 1 is 2030. (c) Under this BAA, the Government seeks to identify what performance and resiliency parameters are achievable with component technologies currently under development that may not be incorporated into the Next Gen OPIR Block 0 design due to current technical maturity levels and short development schedules. Offerors whose proposals are selected will develop a set of feasible Next Gen OPIR Block 1 system requirements based on technology readiness assumptions, which will provide feedback to the Capabilities Development Document (CDD) development process. Based on these requirements, offerors will develop achievable Next Gen OPIR Block 1 payload concepts, along with an early prototype version of the proposed concept. Prototype payload concepts will incorporate advanced component technologies as well as threat mitigation components and techniques to reduce Next Gen OPIR Block 1 payload development time, and assembly and integration risk; mature component technology/manufacturing readiness levels (TRL/MRL); and inform future Missile Warning and Missile Defense (MW/MD) architecture and Concept of Operations (CONOPS). The results of this BAA will inform the scalability of the prototype concept to enable the transition of capabilities, technology and CONOPS to the Next Gen OPIR Block 1 Program of Record (POR). (d) Attached to this announcement is the FINAL BAA. (1) The BAA contains sensitive and classified reference documents. All documents will be provided upon request and after clearance verification. For clearance verification, please submit your Company name, website, Federal Tax ID, CAGE Code, DUNS number and mailing address, along with your technical, security, and administrative points of contact (including email addresses (unclassified, SECRET, TS/SCI), and telephone number) to the points of contact identified in the attached FINAL BAA. (2) Ombudsman (i) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern. (ii) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (iii) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, Colonel Trent Tuthill, phone number (310) 653-1786, mailing address SMC/PK, Attn: Col Trent Tuthill, 483 N. Aviation Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90245-2808. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431. (iv) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (v) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
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