SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Big Crow Joint Multi-Functional Multi-Spectral General Support (BCJMMGS)
- Notice Date
- 4/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Army Strategic Command , XR W4T8 ARSPACE CONTRACTING BR, 350 Vandenberg St. Bldg 3, Peterson Air Force Base, CO 80914-4914
- ZIP Code
- 80914-4914
- Solicitation Number
- W91260-06-R-TBD0
- Response Due
- 5/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/14/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a sources sought synopsis intended to provide market research information for use in developing a solicitation for an effort to support the U.S. Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT), Big Crow Program Office at Kirtland AFB, NM. Responses to this announcement will be used to identify interested qualified sources available in the marketplace. Information requested from interested parties is described below. This special announcement has two purposes: (1) to obtain expressions of interest from the small business community in support of the Big Crow Joint Multi-Functional Multi-Spectral General Support (BCJMMGS) requirement; and (2) to roughly gauge the capabil ity of those interested small business firms or teams as viable contenders at the prime contractor level. The briefings and associated evaluations discussed in this notice do NOT replace the in-depth evaluation of a firms or teams ability to perform; ho wever, these will be utilized to make the final decision concerning the number and types of set-asides. The responses to this notice are for Government planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a definitive intent to proceed with this acquisiti on. At this time, the Government intends to award multiple contracts for this requirement. Further, we are exploring the potential to maximize set-aside opportunities for the BCJMMGS acquisition. As the Government is unsure of the extent of anticipated small and small disadvantaged business participation, it is undecided as to the specific number and/or set-aside awards to target during the development of its acquisition strategy. Small businesses may team together (or even affiliate) and be eligible for awa rd of a set-aside contract, PROVIDING THAT EACH TEAM MEMBER MEETS THE NAICS CODE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD AND CAN ESTABLISH SMALL BUSINESS STATUS. The current Small Business Administrative (SBA) rules allow a set-aside when there is an expectation of two or more competitive offers from small business concerns when at least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel will be perform ed by the collective efforts of the small business members of the team or all of the small business 8(a) members of the team. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541710 with a small business size standard of 500 employees for this acquisition. The contractors will be expected to provide non-personal services for the Big Crow Program Office at Kirtland AFB, NM. The project is entitled the Big Crow Joint Multi-Functional Multi-Spectral General Support (BCJMMGS). The complete DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) is posted at the following website: http://www.smdc-armyforces.army.mil/ CONTRACTING WITH US - Contracting Opportunities - Big Crow Joint Multi-Functional Multi-Spectral General Support (BCJMMGS). The resultant contracts will contain an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) clause. To the greatest extent possible, while still protecting the Governments interest, the OCI clause will be applied only for the supported technology areas of the cont ractors actual BCJMMGS performance. Any small business firms, including 8(a), HUBZone, SDVO, or Woman-Owned firms, intending to propose as a prime contractor (especially those planning to use the affiliation and teaming rules issued by the SBA) are invited to provide a capability White Paper to the Government (limited to 15 pages). The Capability White Paper must include the status of the small business (i.e., 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned-Small Business Concern (SDVO-SBC), etc.). Interested firms should submit an email stating their interest in providing a White Paper to the Government within 30 days after the date of this announcement to Phyllis Poyhonen at phyllis.poyhonen@smdc-cs.army.mil (Subject line for the email: BCJMMGS Capability White Paper). Large business requests for Capability Wh ite Papers as a prime contractor are not acceptable at this time. Capability White Papers must mirror how you plan to propose. If proposing as a team, the Capability White Paper must reflect the team and the team approach. The small business Capability White Papers will be due by 3:00 p.m. on May 15, 2006. Responses to sources sought synopsis shall provide the respondents relevant technical experience in the following disciplines in support of field test and training along with detailed description of their specific responsibilities. Respondents to sources sought synopsis shall provide engineering level, explicit technical discussion (e.g., ACME Corporation wrote the controller software in C++, and designed the signal cond itioning unit for the beam control) when highlighting their experience as it pertains to factors below. Utilizations of generalizations, cursory summations and non specific engineering terminology (e.g., ACME Corporation developed, was involved in the des ign of the electron accelerator and supported the design of the photon array) will not be considered as relevant experience. The capability White Paper should focus on issues that affect the decisions as to the number/types of set-aside awards such as: (1) Full Spectrum Radio Frequency (RF) Design (2 MHz to 45 GHz): Respondents will delineate the breadth and depth of their RF design experience correlating specific designs, hardware and circuitry built with specific frequency and bandwidth of operation ( e.g., ACME Corporation designed a communication antenna that operated in the bandwidth 60 MHz to 90 MHz.) and application/utilization in support of field test on a myriad of platforms (e.g. airborne, ground, etc.). Responses that identify general electrom agnetic spectrum, radar bands, Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) bands (e.g., ACME Corporation designed an antenna, which operated in the VHF band.) will not be considered as relevant experience. (2) Electro-optics: Respondents will delineate the breadth and depth of their electro-optics design experience in the Ultra-violet and Infra-red regions of the electromagnetic spectrum correlating specific designs with specific portions of the electromag netic spectrum (e.g., ACME Corporation designed a laser, which operated at 10?.) Respondents will delineate their experience in multi-waveband detection, precision pointing and tracking of optics, multi-waveband detections such as long wave infrared, midw ave and near infrared, and propagation of laser beams at long distances. Respondents will delineate the breadth and depth of their experience in airborne open port sensors. (3) Multi-disciplinary Experience: Respondents will provide the breadth and depth and delineate their design experience in support of field test and training, in the following technical areas and provide engineering level, explicit discussion (e.g., for p roject X, ACME Corporation designed the adaptive array antenna and provided the operators for the calibration software) in regard to their specific roles and duties. Utilization of generalizations and summations (e.g., ACME Corporation supported the desig n of the adaptive array antenna and was involved in the operation of the calibration software) will not be considered as relevant experience. Technical Areas: (a) Telemetry (Airborne and Ground), (b) Cryogenic Receiver Technology, (c) Electronic Warfare (Electronic Attack, Electronic Support, Arbitrary Waveform Generation (AWG), Wide Bandwidth, Electronic Warfare Vulnerability Assessment (EWVA), and Airborne Instrumentation Radar. (4) Aerospace Vehicle Modification, Integration, and Configurations Control Experience: Respondents will provide the breadth and depth of their experience and provide engineering level, explicit discussion in regard to their specific experience in aerospa ce vehicle modification, generation of aerospace vehicle modification documentation, integration of electronics and instrumentation, avionics in tegration, and configuration and control. (5) Antenna Design, Analysis, and Evaluation: Respondents will provide the breadth and depth of their experience: designing and fabricating antennas in the RF spectrum (2 MHz to 45 GHz); designing and fabricating large aperture antennas; and designing an d fabricating antenna arrays. Respondents will provide the breadth and depth of their experience measuring: Principle Plane Patterns; Absolute Gain; Axial Ratio; Roll Patterns; and Effective Radiated Power (ERP). Respondents will discuss their experienc e in the design of 3 axis positioners and data collection/control for antenna measurements. Respondents will discuss their experience evaluating low antenna temperature performance. This acquisition is not open to participation by foreign firms at either the prime or subcontract level. In order to be considered for award, offerors must possess a TOP SECRET facility security clearance with SECRET retention. Points of Contact Phyllis Poyhonen, Contract Specialist (719) 554-1961, phyllis.poyhonen@smdc-cs.army.mil, and Carol Alkhafi, Contracting Officer (719) 554-1962, e-mail address: carol.alkhafi@smdc-cs.army.mil Place of Performance Address: Big Crow Program Office, ATTN: SMDC-SF-FS-W, 3710 Trestle Rd., SE, Kirtland AFB, NM Postal Code: 87117-5838 Country: US
- Place of Performance
- Address: Big Crow Program Office, ATTN: SMDC-SF-FS-W 3710 Trestle Rd., SE Kirtland AFB NM
- Zip Code: 87117-5000
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 87117-5000
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