SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- RFI FOR KG-327/327A PRODUCTION
- Notice Date
- 11/23/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- 320 Hall Blvd, Bldg 2061Lackland AFBSan Antonio, TX
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SMCC1117
- Response Due
- 12/9/2011
- Archive Date
- 12/24/2011
- Point of Contact
- LaToya Payne latoya.payne.1@us.af.mil
- E-Mail Address
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(latoya.payne.1@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. This Request for Information (RFI) is in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.215-3 (Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes - Oct 1997) and is published to obtain information for use by the United States Air Force Electronic Systems Center (ESC), Cryptologic Systems Division (CPSD) Space COMSEC Branch (ESC/HNCS) at San Antonio, Texas, for market research and planning purposes only. 2. This RFI is NOT a Request for Proposal, Invitation for Bid, or an announcement of a solicitation, it is intended for information or planning purposes only. There is no bid package or solicitation document associated with this announcement. Response to this RFI is strictly voluntary and will not affect any potential offeror's ability to submit an offer if a solicitation is released. Any requests for a solicitation package will be disregarded. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or otherwise pay for the information solicited. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of preparing submissions in response to this RFI and the Government's use of such information. Submittals will not be returned to the sender. Respondents of this RFI may be requested to provide additional information/details based on their initial submittals. 3. The CPSD will complete the initial development of a Space Telemetry Tracking & Control (TT&C) cryptographic modernization (CM) project for the Aerospace Vehicle Equipment (AVE) End Cryptographic Unit (ECU) information assurance product. 4. For this RFI the CPSD seeks to gather information regarding the capabilities of industry to manufacture the NSA Type 1 KG-327/327A End Cryptographic Units and the associated KGV-327/328 and KGV-327A/328A Embeddable Solutions (ESs). The CPSD is not interested in capability to refurbish units, only in the production capabilities. The AVE I1 ECUs and their associated ESs are new developmental, NSA Type 1 products which provide the capability to secure the TT&C link for current and future DoD, IC, and other government agency satellite systems. The Government is seeking knowledge of vendor capability/capacity to manufacture/produce ECUs and ESs, based upon the Technical Data Packages (TDPs) and the systems specifications Government Furnished Information (GFI), alone. It is possible that products under consideration will not have been designed by the respondent. CPSD may consider facilitating initial preparation and actual fabrication by providing the TDPs, specialty/operational critical software/firmware, Special Test Equipment (STE) and test procedures, along with the necessary concept of operations and technical details pertinent to production. CPSD will not provide production representative units. CPSD anticipates the vendor's product base will be IAW the Government's product set. Production may be completed as one initial buy of a stated number of ECUs/ESs, with additional buys of ECUs/ESs available for purchase separately. 5. Please provide answers to the questions in Attachment 1. The responses will be used in market research for this acquisition. 6. Response Format: In addition to the answers to the questions in Attachment 1, interested firm's responses should also include, company name, company address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), point of contact, email address(es), telephone number(s) and fax number 7. Respondents will not be contacted regarding their submission or information gathered as a result of this notice, nor the outcome of the Government's review of the solicited information unless the Government desires further information. Submissions will be retained by the Government and not returned. 8. This RFI issued by CPSD solicits industry to provide information only. Responses should be sent via email to Brandon Jernigan (brandon.jernigan@us.af.mil) or Moises Alvarez (moises.alvarez@us.af.mil) no later than 9 December 2011. ___________________________________________________ Attachment 1: PROGRAM QUESTIONS 1) Are you interested in competing for this acquisition? If so, will you be proposing as a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor? 2) Please provide your cage code and business size. a) If you are a Small Business, do you also qualify under any of the sub-categories: 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, HUB Zone, etc) b) For small business consideration, would your firm be able to compete under NAICS 334111, 334210, 334220, 334290, 334419, 334511, 517919, or 561621? If not, why not? 3) Are you foreign-owned, controlled or influenced? 4) What is your experience in manufacturing and producing devices from TDPs, and what was the time period of this experience? (Only one paragraph is necessary.) 5) What is your experience in producing encryption/decryption AVE ECU and ES devices for the US Government? Please provide the time period of this experience. 6) Do you have experience with production of space qualified NSA Certified Type 1 encryption/decryption ECU and ES devices for the US Government in the past? a) Please describe your experience in 1-2 paragraphs. b) Please identify how you would produce ECUs and ESs given the TDPs as GFI. c) Please provide any program information and schedule/ time periods for activities required to produce NSA Type I certified ECUs and ESs products. Include potential partners/ relationships required. d) Interfaces-explain your choice of already established commercial standard interfaces for data, control, and power connections (physical layer architecture) for AVE. e) Explain how your solution is capable of encryption/decryption with the same algorithm, mode, and key management plan and how it is compatible with your AVE device overall. Also discuss your data dissemination plan. 7) Are you familiar with the CARDHOLDER and BELSHAZZAR algorithms? Describe your experience with them. 8) What is your experience with the implementation of VHDL into ECUs, utilizing STEs for necessary tests to ensure they operate within KPP/KSA requirements? 9) What is your ability to understand, amend, and create drawings, data, and technical documentation, and what time periods would be required from receiving the TDP to producing the product? 10) What is your ability to procure parts and materials and perform the required quality checks on the parts and materials procured? 11) What is your manufacturing capability to include: manufacturing/assembly location(s), available floor space, production capacity/throughput, equipment/tooling, and availability of skilled workers? 12) What are examples of your good communication and decision-making processes between the respondent and the Government that facilitates efficiency and effectiveness in executing systems engineering and production activities. 13) What information would be required from the government or other organizations for your company to produce KG-327/328/327A production units, given the TDPs for the ECUs and STE? 14) Provide a list of other documentation that would be required to review the TDPs, algorithm specification/performance, key specification, interface documentation, message formats, etc. 15) What information would be required for your company to test the units for production utilizing the STE? 16) What known or historical risks and cost drivers have you experienced in your manufacturing of ECUs/ES products that have not been designed in-house; and what is the risk mitigation plan you have developed? 17) What is your Rough Order of Magnitude cost estimate and schedule from review of the TDP to producing, testing and delivering the ECUs/ESs? 18) What is your recommended approach to minimizing cost and schedule in production of the KG-327/328/327A ECUs and associated ESs? 19) The government has a requirement for an overall Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) rating of 8. Please provide an assessment of your MRL using the nine MRL criteria.
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