SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Weapon System Information Technologies Center - Other Transaction Agreement Sources Sought Notice
- Notice Date
- 3/12/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- ACC - New Jersey, Center for Contracting and Commerce, Building 10 Phipps RD, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-13-X-C004
- Response Due
- 3/27/2013
- Archive Date
- 5/11/2013
- Point of Contact
- Kristen Kachur, 973-724-3217
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC - New Jersey
(kristen.kachur@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army, Army Contracting Command - New Jersey in support of the Armament, Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) intends to solicit, negotiate, and enter into a section 845 Prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the Consortium for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Technologies (C5). Section 845 of Public Law 103-160, as amended, authorizes the use of OTAs, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2371, under certain circumstances for prototype initiatives directly relevant to weapons or weapon systems proposed to be acquired or developed by the DoD. The government has a need to team with industry, academic, and nonprofit partners through establishment of an Other Transaction agreement with C5 members. Through the proposed agreement, the Government's primary objective is to collaborate with a consortium to perform a coordinated research and development program designed to develop prototype technologies improving U.S. industry, university, and Government capabilities as required to sustain U.S. military supremacy in weapon system information technologies. A consortium comprised of educational, nonprofit, and commercial organizations and with broad and open membership is required to provide the Government a partner able to collaborate across barriers that include military/civilian, public/private, local/regional/national, and political/jurisdictional concerns. The consortium should be open to new membership and display a broad array of expertise and experience, connected to weapon system information related technologies and applications. OTA's for prototype initiatives are acquisition instruments that generally are not subject to the federal laws and regulations governing procurement (FAR based) contracts. As such, they are not required to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), its supplements (i.e., DFARS) or laws that are limited in applicability to procurement contracts. To be eligible for an OTA instrument, the proposing contractor must be a non-traditional contractor or have at least one nontraditional defense contractor participating to a significant extent OR provide a one third cost sharing. In addition, the contractor must have the capability to manage both classified and non-classified prototype initiatives. Two OTAs to the same consortium may be awarded, one to handle classified work and one to handle unclassified work. Under the proposed agreement, members of the C5 shall carry out a coordinated research and development program designed to develop prototype hardware, software, and system technologies directly relevant to the development of weapons and weapon systems proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense (DoD). Consortium objectives will be to develop, demonstrate, implement, and transition technologies that improve weapon system security, concepts and designs that address threats, vulnerabilities, and security disciplines of systems, networks and applications. Related areas of interest include development of weapon systems using applied system security engineering processes that enforce risk mitigation as well as implement cost-effective countermeasures not limited to information assurance controls, software protection products, effective rigorous software development processes as well as enforcing software design rigor and physical security measures. In addition, the consortium will seek to improve control unit system concepts and designs that address expanded performance ranges, advanced technologies to increase targeting precision and situational awareness. Areas of interest include development of control unit systems with enhanced survivability, penetration depth, range and explosive performance for both nonlethal and lethal concepts, military research operations, emergency response, testing, and training. The consortium will address Army logistics systems support and development, battlefield automation systems, data architecture and design, enterprise solutions and product lifecycle management. This support will include development of enterprise software systems that support battlefield systems, client/server architecture and open system portability and scalability. In addition, the consortium will provide system engineering and integration services for software and hardware weapon programs as well as research and development programs, modeling and simulation, and using data to develop/improve/refine products and analysis tools. The consortium will leverage emerging software system concepts and designs that address the broad and diverse capabilities in advanced weapon technology, research, test, prototyping and advanced engineering development of weapon systems. Areas of interest include development of software systems that support battlefield automation systems, data architecture and design, high performance technologies, rapid prototyping, sensors, unmanned air systems (UASs), and unmanned ground systems for battlefield applications. The consortium will also seek to improve engineering design, technical support data and software support that address supportability design and analysis, engineering process improvement, field support, obsolescence, rapid prototyping, systems engineering, and technology insertion as applied to the development of weapon system technologies. A formal written solicitation is not planned. Any responsible/interested sources shall electronically submit their qualifications and capabilities within fifteen (15) business days of this notice to: Ms. Kristen Kachur at Kristen.e.kachur.civ@mail.mil. Information submitted should include your organization, personnel, facilities, applicable subcontractor network and past experience to meet specific needs stated above. Include company name, address, telephone number, technical point of contact, item nomenclature, item description, and brochure/literature. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. Please be advised that the Government will not pay for any information submitted under this announcement. Electronic submittals are required.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC - New Jersey Center for Contracting and Commerce, Building 10 Phipps RD Picatinny Arsenal NJ
- Zip Code: 07806-5000
- Zip Code: 07806-5000
- Record
- SN03009828-W 20130314/130312234918-e11d362271e577fdf58752719c7c1568 (fbodaily.com)
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