SOLICITATION NOTICE
16 -- JOINT STARS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (JSSIP) PHASE III
- Notice Date
- 11/9/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- 75 Vandenberg Drive, Bldg 1630Hanscom, MA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- R2283
- Point of Contact
- Frank Boyce Frank.Boyce@hanscom.af.mil
- E-Mail Address
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- Small Business Set-Aside
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- Description
- The Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) - E-8C Program Office of the Electronic Systems Center (751st Electronic Systems Group) is seeking responsible sources for the acquisition of a follow-on Joint STARS System Improvement Program (JSSIP) III contract. The current JSSIP II contract (FA8708-06-D-0001) was awarded in 2005 to Northrop Grumman Corporation and is in effect until November of 2010. The follow-on JSSIP III contract is anticipated to be a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) multiple or single award contract that will be in effect from November 2010 until November 2015. The estimated maximum value of the follow-on contract will be in excess of $1.5B over the five-year ordering period. The Joint STARS Program Office is surveying the market to determine those sources qualified to perform work under this contract. The planned contract will include provisions for technical upgrades of the E-8C aircraft and associated Tr! aining Systems requiring expertise in systems engineering, design, development, manufacturing, platform integration and installation, test and demonstrations, production and retrofit, engineering change proposals, documentation, Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTO), logistics support and sustainment planning, simulations of solutions, initial operator and maintenance training, warranties, and other improvement type efforts. In addition, the contract will include Engineering Service Tasks (ESTs) for analysis, studies, systems engineering, planning, prototyping, qualification/test, training, and flight-test infrastructure for proposed upgrades and improvements. Interested firms should submit a written product that demonstrates how they plan on providing technically compliant solutions to the following capability enhancements projected for Joint STARS during the JSSIP III timeframe: a. Joint STARS Radar Modernization (JSRM) design, development, integration, test, and produc! tion in order to enhance current radar performance (i.e., Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) capability shortfalls) while addressing radar Diminishing Manufacturing Source and Material Shortage (DMSMS)/sustainment issues, along with providing related Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) upgrades; b. Aided Target Recognition (ATR) design, development, integration, test, and production in order to enhance the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) performance providing an organic combat identification capability; c. Production of the Avionics-DMS Baseline I subsystems including (but are not limited to) upgraded Control Display Unit, emergency locator transmitter (ELT), flight data recorder; human machine interface improvement resulting from multiple standalone systems, identification friend-or-foe Mode 5, Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) GPS, and embedded GPS Inertial Navigation System; d. Avionics-DMS Baseline II design, development, integration, test, and production of the following subsystems: Attitude Direction Indicato! r (ADI), Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI), Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS), Engine Instruments, Digital displays, Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B), and components that implement DMS resolutions and Required Navigation Performance (RNP); e. Production of the Prime Mission Equipment (PME)-DMS subsystems consisting of replacements for the existing Radar Airborne Signal Processor (RASP), Central Computers (CCs), Operator Work Station (OWS) computer processing elements and other peripheral equipment that are no longer sustainable, plus related changes to software, network, and storage elements; f. Communications & Networking Upgrade (CNU) involving production of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) upgrade and design, development, integration, and test of the Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) upgrade; g. Communications & Networking Upgrade (CNU) involving wideband Line of Site (LOS) & Beyond Line of Site (BLOS) digital communications system (t! o include IP-based data links and associated networking capabilities) design, development, integration, test, and production; h. Joint STARS Extended Test Support (JETS) III for the operation and maintenance of the test aircraft (T-3, a production representative version of the E-8C which supports development efforts, in conjunction with laboratory and simulation capabilities, and includes suitable instrumentation to support end-to-end systems testing) and laboratories; i. Mission System Trainer design, development, integration, test, and production; j. Very High Frequency (VHF) #3 radio replacement with the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) design, development, integration, test, and production providing an improved interoperability capability; k. Surveillance and Control Data Link (SCDL) upgrade design, development, integration, test, and production providing an improved interoperability capability l. Network Centric Collaborative Targeting (NCCT) design, development, integration, test, and production providing a coll! aborative combat identification capability; m. Senior Year Electro-optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS) III design, development, integration, test, and production providing an organic combat identification capability; n. Joint Net Enabled Weapons (JNEW) design, development, integration, test, and production providing command and control for weapon guidance to support maritime interdiction; o. Self Defense Suite design, development, integration, test, and production providing enhanced aircraft survivability; p. Integration of new Pratt and Whitney JT8D-219 engines for increased performance; q. Studies and analyses addressing findings and recommendations from the Fleet Viability Board; r. Studies and analysis addressing potential Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) upgrades. If a firm believes it would be competitive in providing these capability enhancements, then it should submit a product not to exceed 50 pages, with text of 12-font Arial, and graphics shou! ld have no smaller than 10-font text. Products should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice, to the buyer, Mr. Dane Hutchison, 75 Vandenberg Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2119. Commercial brochures will not be accepted. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this synopsis, nor will the Government compensate a respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to ESC. Without written permission from the respondent, ESC will not release to any firm, agency, or individual outside the Government, any information marked "Proprietary". This synopsis is for planning and information purposes only, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal, nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate approach. The Program Office has not yet determined an acquisition strategy, or if Total System Performance Responsibility (TSPR) will be retained by the incumbent. Any product submitted by such a firm will be evaluated without prejudice. Responsive firms should also clea! rly indicate (a) experience in developing, testing, and producing systems that are similar to the E-8C; (b) production capabilities sufficient to provide cost effective and timely solutions; (c) previous platform integration and systems engineering expertise and experience, as evident in program successes and citations from customers (firms should elaborate how they would propose a working relationship with another firm that has TSPR for all upgrades made to the E-8C ); (d) Government Furnished Equipment and/or Information required in order to perform the work described in this synopsis; (e) your subcontracting plan for small business concerns; (f) your approach to coordinate logistics support planning activities with Northrop Grumman Corporation in order to support their Total Systems Support Responsibility (TSSR) sustainment contract responsibilities; (g) your approach to coordinate software development/integration activities with Northrop Grumman Corporation in order to ! support their TSSR sustainment contract responsibilities; (h) your approach in obtaining exact design/implementation documentation from Northrop Grumman Corporation to allow your performance of work described in this synopsis. The anticipated NAICS Code for this action is 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) with a size standard of 750. In addition, the submitted product should address the following: (1) Name and address of the firm; (2) Size of business - large or small in accordance with the above-listed NAICS code and size standard. Also, state if your firm is a small disadvantaged, 8(a) small business, certified hub zone firm small business, woman-owned small business, or service disabled veteran-owned small business. Please indicate all of these categories that apply; (3) Ownership (particularly foreign ownership or partial ownership); (4) Names of two principals to contact, including title and telephone number; (5) Company profile to include number of employees,! office locations, DUNS number and CAGE code; (6) A description of previous experience that demonstrates your firm's ability to effectively manage or perform a similar effort; (7) Certain contractor personnel may be required to possess a Top Secret clearance that has been adjudicated within 5 years upon award of the contract. Some task orders may require access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). The contractor shall perform in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) (DoD 5220.22M) and ensure that all classified material is handled in accordance with the latest appropriate security classification specifications; (8) Past experience with Boeing 707 type airframes (include any in-house structural maintenance/upgrade facilities) and subsystems. (9) Certification evidence for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMISM) Maturity Level 3 or above. Respondents should include examples of how CMMI has improved their product(s)!. Only include information about on-going contract(s) or contract(s) completed within the last five years that have relevant past experience. Required specific information for each effort is: (a) Name of Contracting Activity; (b) Contract Number; (c) Contract Type (FFP, Cost, IDIQ, or combination); (d) Period of Performance, Total Contract Value, and Total Dollar Value under the Contract that the firm was actually responsible for under this NAICS code; (e) Summary of contract work; (f) Contracting Officer name and current telephone number; (g) Contracting Officers Technical Representative name and current telephone number; (h) List of major subcontractors including name, address, and telephone numbers of primary points of contact. (10) Respondents must have a certified cost accounting system, certified pricing system, and certified estimating system. ATTENTION: Contractor must be registered with Central Contractor Registration to be eligible for contact award or payment from any DOD activity. Information on registration and annual confirmation! requirements may be obtained by calling 1-866-606-8220, or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov.
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