SPECIAL NOTICE
69 -- Consolidated Product-Line Management (CPM) Next
- Notice Date
- 2/22/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- PEO STRI Acquisition Center, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826-3276
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3276
- Solicitation Number
- W900KK13RFICPMNEXT
- Archive Date
- 5/23/2013
- Point of Contact
- Phil Davis, 407-384-5335
- E-Mail Address
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PEO STRI Acquisition Center
(phil.b.davis@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Request for Information (RFI) is about the Consolidated Product-Line Management (CPM) Next acquisition. The Program Executive Office Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation's (PEO STRI's) Project Manager Training Devices (PM TRADE) Live Training Transformation (LT2) Consolidated Product-Line Management (CPM) approach focuses on the requirements, development, execution, management, and synchronization of the LT2 Product-Line (P/L). In 2001, PEO STRI put the LT2 P/L strategy in place. Today, through the use of the CPM contract, PM TRADE builds and maintains the LT2 P/L systems in support of home station training, deployed training, urban operations training, Maneuver Combat Training Centers (MCTCs) training, and instrumented live-fire range training. The LT2 P/L provides state-of-the-art training systems to the warfighter using over 120 common reusable software components, architectural infrastructure, interfaces, standards, processes, and information technology assets. The LT2 holistic paradigm provides an efficient Army training support system modernization strategy that: provides key enablers for the Army's Live, Virtual, and Constructive domains, and Joint Integrated Training Environment (ITE) focuses on effective and current implementation of Information Assurance aligns with the DoD Training Transformation vision (i.e. Test & Training, Embedded Training, and Dual Use Equipment) incorporates Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts that facilitate architectural evolution to support DoD Net-centricity and the Army's vision for the Common Operating Environment (COE) With over 150 systems fielded globally, the LT2 P/L successfully employs technical and acquisition strategies that significantly reduces fielding time, minimize acquisition costs, enables total ownership cost reductions across the live training domain and Live, Virtual, Constructive-Integrated Training Environment (LVC-ITE), and enhances training benefits afforded to the Warfighter. The CPM Next contract will continue to manage the evolution of the LT2 P/L and provide total life-cycle support to those programs that utilize the LT2 P/L. The CPM Next contract will continue to meet the requirement for a consolidated streamlined approach that protects and leverages the Army's LT2 P/L investment, continues the development and evolution of the LT2 products/systems, core assets, architectural frameworks, and the LT2 P/L Construct, while continuing to provide PM TRADE an efficient, effective, and agile method to accomplish: development, integration, testing, management, maintenance, and evolution of the LT2 P/L (products, systems, Systems of Systems (SoS) capabilities, architectures, processes, and core assets) total life-cycle system management and P/L support P/L support of products, systems, and SoS capabilities that leverage LT2 P/L assets architectural and system development, and core asset evolution in support of external interoperability initiatives such as LVC-ITE, COE, Joint services initiatives, and Foreign Military Sales as required within the LT2 P/L synchronization with other PEO STRI efforts and initiatives as required by the LT2 P/L (such as the Warfighter FOCUS contract) CPM Next is the contractual framework by which PM TRADE will execute control of a systems life cycle within a SoS environment to maximize the commonality, reuse and interoperability of the system, while maintaining integrity of the product lines from which it is based. CPM Next will continue to evolve the deliberate process for managing the development, production, and sustainment of LT2 products. It enables using organizations to maintain visibility and control of the configuration of those systems, and SoS integration for which they are responsible throughout the total system life cycle. The anticipated nature and complexity of the LT2 P/L work tasks (ranging from P/L architectural development, system development, SoS management to P/L core asset variability, and configuration management) associated with the CPM Next requires mature and established processes, and therefore a level 3 Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) company rating. The Government is conducting market research with companies that are interested in this requirement. Specifically companies shall address the following topics within the context of the LT2 P/L domain. 1) Specifically address ideas, strategies and solutions to enable the LT2 P/L to achieve PM TRADE Strategic Business Goals, listed below: reduce operational costs and complexity align and support product development (common standards, interfaces, etc) enhance soldier training reduce sustainment and development costs increase technology agility leverage other Army systems and Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) technologies align to the Army COE, mobile computing, and distributed computing strategies 2) Specifically address ideas, strategies, and solutions related to LT2 P/L Consolidated Post Development System Support (PDSS) and Post Production System Support (PPSS). Elaborate on how these ideas will result in cost avoidance, increased performance, sustained information assurance accreditation, and higher quality products. 3) Specifically address ideas, strategies, and solutions related to LT2 P/L fielding Technical Data Packages (TDP). Intent is to address an integrated and open approach for LT2 P/L TDPs to be seamlessly incorporated into sustainment activities repositories. 4) Specifically address ideas, strategies and solutions related to LT2 P/L development and sustainment of logistics products such as training, operator, and support manuals, to include TDP artifacts such as drawings, interface control documents, etc. Elaborate on how these ideas will result in cost avoidance, increased performance, enhanced usability and higher quality products. 5) Specifically address ideas, strategies, and solutions related to SoS management & configuration management across the LT2 portfolio of systems and products across the life cycle. 6) Specifically address ideas, strategies, and solutions related to optimized testing methodologies and environments across the life cycle within a P/L environment. Elaborate on how these ideas will result in cost avoidance, increased performance, and higher quality products. 7) Contractual methodologies and teaming arrangements that would increase broad access to technical capabilities as needed in an agile fashion, while minimizing Government costs, such as associated pass through costs within teaming arrangements. All strategies should strive to protect and leverage the Army's LT2 P/L investment, while evolving core assets and the LT2 Construct tools and processes to ensure technology relevance across the P/L. The Government is not requesting capability statements. Address only the above questions. Additionally, provide the company's Cage Code and DUNS number in the response. A web-based portal hosts a reference library and contains a multitude of information related to PM TRADE LT2 and CPM efforts. The library is located at https://www.lt2portal.org. Click on the Register button and follow the instructions to gain access. Additionally, an LT2 portal collaboration area has been set up for the CPM Next acquisition. It is located on the LT2 portal under the 'Collaborate' tab and titled quote mark CPM Next Acquisition Site. quote mark Please follow the directions for access. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code has not been determined at this time. Once it is identified, this announcement will be amended. Companies electing to respond to this RFI shall submit responses to Mr. James Hill, Contract Specialist, at james.w.hill2@us.army.mil, no later than 16:00 EST, 22 March 2013. The market research responses shall not exceed eight (8) pages, inclusive of the cover sheet. The Government is interested in conducting one-on-one meetings with companies interested in this requirement. One-on-one meetings are by appointment only, and will occur on Wednesdays and Thursdays over the next 30 days. Companies shall submit a written request to Mr. James Hill at the email address above. One-on-one meetings will be limited to not to exceed 2 hours per session. The incumbent contractor for the existing CPM effort under contract number W900KK-10-D-0001 is General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., 12001 Research Parkway Ste 500, Orlando, FL 32826-3249.
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