MODIFICATION
A -- EWA/GS NEXT GENERATION INNOVATIVE AND NOVEL ENGINERING SUPPORT (ENGINES)
- Notice Date
- 10/25/2018
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W56KGU) Division A, 6565 Surveillance Loop, Building 6001, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005-1846, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W56KGU18R7777
- Archive Date
- 11/24/2018
- Point of Contact
- Karen E. Epps, Phone: 4438614683
- E-Mail Address
-
karen.e.epps.civ@mail.mil
(karen.e.epps.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFI Title: EWA/GS Next Generation Innovative and Novel Engineering Support (ENGINES) Date: 17 October 2018 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS REQUEST IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN INVITATION FOR BIDS, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTES OR AN INDICATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTRACT FOR THE ITEMS CONTAINED IN THIS NOTICE. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REIMBURSE RESPONDENTS FOR ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBMISSSION OF THE INFORMATION BEING REQUESTED OR REIMBURSE EXPENSES INCURRED TO THE INTERESTED PARTIES FOR REPONSES. The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, on behalf of the Communications Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) Electronic Warfare Air/Ground Survivability (EWA/GS) Division, is conducting a Market Survey to identify potential qualified sources for a for a $80M dollar ceiling increase and a one year extension to the existing four year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) EWAGS Next Generation Innovative Novel Engineering Support (ENGINES) Contract W56KGU-17-D-0006 with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), Rolling Meadows, IL to provide continued AN/APR-39D(V)2 Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS) and Modernized Radar Warning Receiver (MRWR) Technical Support Services and System Hardware development. It is the USG intent to issue a Sole Source modification to existing Contract W56KGU-17-D-0006 with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC). ENGINES contract supports the family of AN/APR-39 Radar Signal Detecting Sets (RSDSs) and provide the means to attain solutions for developing advanced prototype Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) hardware and techniques, modifying and retrofitting existing fielded production systems and installing/testing the APR-39 onto rotary and fixed wing aircraft belonging to the Army, Navy and Marine Corp. Background and Description: Currently the AN/APR-39D(V)2 baseline system configuration is undergoing an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to meet additional system level requirements in response to United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) Concepts and Requirements Directorate (CRD) for the Modernized Radar Warning Receiver Capabilities (MRWR) Production Document (CPD) which was approved on 30 Nov 2017. The US Army unique configuration change requirements imposed by the MRWR CPD include, but are not limited to, Wider System Instantaneous Bandwidth, Millimeter Wave (MMW) Frequency Discrimination & Improved Sensitivity, Higher System Pulse Density Agility, Versa Module Europa (VME) Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Extended (VPX) Backplane Architecture and DO-178 Software Certification. No Government Furnished Information (GFI) relating to the MRWR technical data package (TDP) to include software source code, firmware and Level III drawings is available at this time. MRWR program is currently in the Preliminary Design Review phase. Interested sources shall clearly demonstrate how they would propose supporting the AN/APR-39 Family of RSDS in a manner which does not degrade the performance of the mechanical/electrical/software interfaces of future AN/APR-39D(V)2 configurations and the legacy AN/APR-39A/B/C RSDSs fielded systems. These system interfaces include, but are not limited to, the following: AN/AAR-47/57 Missile Warning Set, AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser, AH-64D & AH-1Z Mission Computers, AN/AVR-2 Laser Detecting Set, AN/APR-44 Continuous Wave Radar Detection Set, AN/ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management System (EWMS), RS-422 & MIL-STD-1553 Databus Communication and Rapid Reprogramming Terminal (RRT) interfaces and current IP-1150A and Meggitt Digital Displays with commensurate voice warning interfaces. In addition to the Program of Record (POR) support and currently planned AN/APR-39D(V)2 capabilities, the Government has on-going Research and Development activities which have planned completion dates and technology insertion dates within the POR schedule. These include Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate's (I2WD's) Macrocell Receiver Conversion for Millimeter Wave (mmW) (MaRCm) and Advanced-threat Digital Receiver Enhancement (AnDRE) Science and Technology (S&T) Projects which were programmed as Pre-planned Product Improvements (P3I) to AN/APR-39D(V)2 RSDS baseline program. Prospective Proposers to this RFI should indicate how they would support insertion of Government R&D activities (as identified below in the bulletized listing) into the APR-39 POR. As previously stated above in the beginning of this section in the RFI, no MRWR technical data package including software source code, firmware and level III drawings are available at this time. In addition to ensuring APR-39 POR system hardware/software integrity, potential sources shall also clearly demonstrate, within a reasonably short period of performance and with limited U.S. Government (USG) technical oversight and GFE/GFI, that they possess the integral knowledge of the AN/APR-39 Software and Hardware Development and have the capital facilities to perform system/prototype fabrication, integration and test. These facilities need to be cleared up to the classified SECRET level and must include Radio Frequency (RF) Simulators/Test Equipment needed to meet the USG Technical Support Services Requirements which includes but not limited to the following: o AN/APR-39 PROGRAM OF RECORD (POR) SUPPORT  Engineering/Software/Logistics Support Services o AN/APR-39 POR-specific R&D in threat detection algorithms o AN/APR-39 POR-specific R&D enhancements o AN/APR-39 POR-specific Integrated ASE Block II and Block III o AN/APR-39 POR-specific antenna design o AN/APR-39 POR-specific antenna placement o AN/APR-39 POR-specific RFCM R&D efforts Interested sources are requested to submit a brief summary of their Capabilities/Facilities and how they would support the tasks listed herein to this RFI, APR-39 POR and P3I programs and pertinent points of contact. Submission of proprietary and other sensitive information shall be marked and identified with disposition instructions. Submitted material will not be returned. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF (1-inch margins and 12 point Arial or Times New Roman font), e-mailed to usarmy.apg.rdecom-cerdec.mbx.i2wd-ewags-engines-rfi@mail.mil. Label the cover page clearly with RFI title: "EWA/GS Next Generation Innovative and Novel Engineering Support (ENGINES)", respondent organization, and POCs. The page limitation for the Statement of Capabilities package is 10 pages, including figures & tables. The NAICS classification for this potential requirement is 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical and Nautical Systems and Instrument Manufacturing. Small business concerns that comply with the aforementioned NAICS classification standard are encouraged to respond, indicating their status under the subordinate subcategories, if applicable ( i.e., small disadvantaged small business, women-owned small business, service disabled veteran owned small business, etc.). All respondents to this RFI MUST BE US CITIZENS within the Continental United States (CONUS). No other responses will be permitted. All submissions must be received no later than 04:00 PM, 09 November 2019. Responses shall not be above the level of Unclassified//For Official Use Only (FOUO). The information provided and received in response to this announcement is subject to the conditions set forth in FAR 52.215-3 -- Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 600 Hicks Rd., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, 60008, United States
- Zip Code: 60008
- Zip Code: 60008
- Record
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