MODIFICATION
69 -- Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 333318
— Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- PEO STRI Acquisition Center, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826-3276
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3276
- Solicitation Number
- W900KK13R0012
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2013
- Point of Contact
- Sherri Brown, 407-208-3089
- E-Mail Address
-
PEO STRI Acquisition Center
(sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer (CEVT) - SPECIAL NOTICE DATED 16 SEPTEMBER 2013 The purpose of this notice is to notify potential Offerors that due to a change in funding priorities on the CEVT program, a final RFP will not be issued this fiscal year. As information becomes available, PEO STRI will post the updates to this site. Questions and answers to the DRAFT RFP will be posted within 30 days from the date of this notice. POC for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil. PCO - Patricia Cole Soucy, pat.cole@us.army.mil. Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer (CEVT) - SPECIAL NOTICE DATED 8 AUGUST 2013 The purpose of this special notice is to extend the response date for questions/comments to be submitted to the Government for the CEVT draft Solicitation. Questions/comments need to be provided in writing to the Government NLT 21 August 2013. POC for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia Cole Soucy, pat.cole@us.army.mil, 407-380-4874 Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer (CEVT) - SPECIAL NOTICE DATED 1 AUGUST 2013 The purpose of this special notice is to solicit potential offerors input for the following information: Based on market research the Government has learned that the average lead time for delivery of 12-24 fully capable CEVT systems is 12 months after contract award (ACA). The Government would like to know if an Award/Incentive Fee would encourage an early delivery of 12 systems in a timeframe of 6-8 months ACA, and, if so, what amount of funding would be an effective award/incentive. Potential offerors are encouraged to submit a brief (NTE 1 page) summary of how an Award/Incentive Fee would impact initial delivery of CEVT systems to include the amount of funding needed to encourage reducing the delivery schedule to 6-8 months ACA and the impacts to the form, fit, function, and scenarios of systems delivered under the reduced schedule. Request this information be provided NLT ten days after FedBizOpps posting date. POCs for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia Cole Soucy, pat.cole@us.army.mil, 407-380-4874 DRAFT Solicitation The Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) has a requirement for the Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer. This draft Solicitation is being provided for your review, comments and questions. If your firm has any comments/questions to this Draft Solicitation, please provide them NLT 10 days after Draft SOLICITATION posting date. The Government will provide a response within 5 days of receiving questions. This requirement will be full and open. A Firm Fixed Price (FFP) single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract is anticipated with a T&M type Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) for System Technical Support. POC for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia Cole Soucy, pat.cole@us.army.mil, 407-380-4874 Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer (CEVT) - SPECIAL NOTICE DATED 29 JULY 2013. The purpose of this special notice is to notify potential Offerors that PEO STRI is posting Question Set #5 and updated Dozer Lesson Plan documents. Question Set #5 consists of 8 questions, questions 85-92. POC for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia Cole Soucy, pat.cole@us.army.mil, 407-380-4874 SPECIAL NOTICE DATED 24 MAY 2013 The purpose of this notice is to notify potential Offerors that there will be an informal data collection opportunity on the military construction equipment for the Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer requirement on 4-6 June 2013 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to the POC below and provide the names of the individuals that would like to attend. No more than 4 persons from each company will be allowed. All attendees must be U.S. citizens. Cameras will be permitted. POC for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer (CEVT) - SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT 26 April 2013 The purpose of this amendment is to solicit potential offerors input for the following information: Given the aggressive delivery schedule for the base 12 CEVTs including all the 5 variants and their scenarios, the Government is interested in industries input on the following: 1. Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) (SOW 3.1.1.3.7 and 3.1.3.7.1) - Would an incremental PCA, or a PCA conducted just prior to Test Readiness Review be less disruptive to the schedule? Please provide short explanation of your rationale. Note that the Government intends to conduct the PCA to the Line Replacement Unit (LRU) level. LRU is defined in SOW 3.3.7.1. 2. Delivery Schedule - The Government desires a delivery schedule for the base 12 CEVTs including all of the 5 variants and their scenarios 6 months after award of contract. Does your firm consider this delivery schedule to be feasible? If not, please provide alternate delivery schedule with rationale. Your written reply is requested NLT 3 May 2013 to the following POCs as the Government is preparing the draft RFP for this acquisition. Sherri Brown, Contract Specialist - sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 Patricia Hyland, Contracting Officer - patricia.hyland@us.army.mil, 407-384-3754 Major Kevin White, Project Director - kevin.c.white@us.army.mil, 407-384-5172 ================================================================================== Construction Equipment Virtual Trainer (CEVT) - SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT 19 April 2013 The purpose of this amendment is to post an updated System Review Document dated 18 Apr 2013, as well as provide a listing of the firms that have expressed an interest in the CEVT program. The Government does not know the extent of the firms interest in the CEVT program. CAE, Durham, NC Caterpillar, Peoria, IL CSE Software, Peoria, IL CUBIC, Orlando, FL Dignitas, Orlando, FL E&A, Metairie, LA Globalsim, Draper, UT Indra, Winter Park, FL Lockheed Martin, Orlando, FL Metters, Orlando, FL Northrop Grumman, Huntsville, AL Raydon, Port Orange, FL SAIC, Orlando, FL Simdustrial, Culver City, CA SimiGon Inc. Winter Park, FL Southwest Research, San Antonio, TX Thales, Orlando, FL Wegmann USA, Orlando, FL Potential offerors are encouraged to review these documents and provide questions/feedback to the Government as soon as possible. POCs for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia E. Hyland, patricia.hyland@us.army.mil, 407-384-3754 SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT DATED 17 APRIL 2013 The purpose of this amendment is to notify potential Offerors that PEO STRI is posting CEVT Question Set #4 and an updated CEVT SOW and SRD. Question Set #4 consists of 1 question, question 84. You may access this document by going to the left hand side of the FedBizOpps opportunity for CEVT (W900KK-13-R-0012) and under Complete View, double click on Changed for April 17, 2013. Scroll to the bottom of the announcement to Additional Info. Please direct any questions or comments to the Contract Specialist, Sherri Brown at sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil. POCs for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia E. Hyland, patricia.hyland@us.army.mil, 407-384-3754 SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT DATED 28 MARCH 2013 The purpose of this amendment is to notify potential Offerors that PEO STRI is posting Question Set #3. Question Set #3 consists of Questions 81-83. You may access this document by going to the left hand side of the FedBizOpps opportunity for CEVT (W900KK-13-R-0012) and under Complete View, double click on Changed for March 28, 2013. Scroll to the bottom of the announcement to Additional Info. Please direct any questions or comments to the Contract Specialist, Sherri Brown at sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil. POCs for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia E. Hyland, patricia.hyland@us.army.mil, 407-384-3754 SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT DATED 19 MARCH 2013 The purpose of this amendment is to notify potential Offerors that PEO STRI is posting a revised CEVT Statement of Work (SOW), and System Requirements Document (SRD). Additionally, also being posted are the files for the SE Core Virtual Simulation Architecture Distributed Interactive Simulation (V-DIS) Rev A. Please direct any questions or comments to the Contract Specialist, Sherri Brown at sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil. The documents being posted currently are: Emitter Name Entity Marking Entity Types Object Types Other Enums VDIS-A App-A VDIS-A The Government anticipates releasing the RFP the end of April 2013. The Government does not plan to release a draft RFP for this effort. Potential offerros are encouraged to review these documents and provide questions/feedback to the Government as soon as possible. The Government will not be providing any other GFE/GFI than what has been listed in these draft documents or the upcoming RFP. POCs for this effort: Contract Specialist - Sherri Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia E. Hyland, patricia.hyland@us.army.mil, 407-384-3754 NOTICE AMENDMENT 11 MARCH 2013 The purpose of this amendment is to re-post updated Q&A's that were inadvertently not included in the amendment posted 6 March 2013 due to system issues. SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT 6 MARCH 2013 The purpose of this amendment is to re-post updated document that were inadvertently not included in the amendment posted 28 Feb 2013 due to system issues. The documents being currently posted are: BBP Standalone and CRN Ver 1.0 CEVT POI Matrix 2013 Feb 4 CEVT SOW 21 Feb 2013 CEVT SRD 21 Feb 2013 Standalone MAC III Classified DIP Tem Questions and Answers, dated 6 March 2013 The following information is on FBO's controlled website as the information is Sensitive but Unclassified data subject to export control. The additional GFI has been posted in Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website as an export controlled, explicit access document package quote mark file quote mark link (U.S. Contractors Only). When the FBO quote mark file quote mark link is clicked, the user is taken to the quote mark packages quote mark sub-tab for the opportunity. To review this controlled Sensitive but Unclassified package, a user is required to have a valid Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) entered in the system. The MPIN is part of the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) profile for an entity. The 'FBO.GOV Vendor Guide', located in the Federal Business Opportunities 'www.fbo.gov' homepage, provides detailed instructions for the access ad review of controlled packages associated with an opportunity. PEO STRI BAM v6 30 Sep 11 (this document will be available after 7 Mar 2013) The Government anticipates releasing the RFP the end of April 2013. The Government does not plan to release a draft RFP for this effort. Potential offerros are encouraged to review these documents and provide questions/feedback to the Government as soon as possible. The Government will not be providing any other GFE/GFI than what has been listed in these draft documents or the upcoming RFP. POCs for this effort: Contract Specialist* - Sherri K. Brown, sherri.k.brown@us.army.mil, 407-208-3089 PCO - Patricia E. Hyland, patricia.hyland@us.army.mil, 407-384-3754 *Please note change in Contract Specialist ********************************************************************************* SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT 28 FEBRUARY 2013 NUMBER 2: The purpose of this amendment is to notify Potential Offerors that the CEVT Testbed Phase II Application Programming Interface (API) is available for request. The API describes the Government's R&D effort in developing soil layers, soil orders, resistances, and weather effects for Dynamic Terrain. The request can be made through the CEVT Product Coordinator along with a PEO STRI Distribution Agreement. The CEVT test bed software Phase I currently has a Dynamic Terrain (DT) solution, One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF), and Synthetic Environment Core (SE Core). In mid-March the Government plans to release the capabilities and Applications Programming Interface for Phase II. The API information will let companies know in more detail what the Phase II test bed software capabilities will be and what language they can use to make those capabilities integrate with their own systems. Both Phase I test bed software and Phase II API can be requested through email to Ms. Carmelia Bennett-Johnson: Carmelia.b.bennett@us.army.mil and will require an executed non-disclosure agreement. ********************************************************************************* SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT 28 FEBRUARY 2013 The purpose of this amendment is to post updated document and provide instructions for locating additional documents previously posted December 21, 2012. The documents being posted currently are: BBP Standalone and CRN Ver 1.0 CEVT POI Matrix 2013 Feb 4 CEVT SOW 21 Feb 2013 CEVT SRD 21 Feb 2013 PEO STRI BAM v6 30 Sep 11 Standalone MAC III Classified DIP Tem Prior POI documents were posted on 21 December 2012. You may access them by going to the left hand side of the FedBizOpps opportunity for CEVT (W900KK-13-R-0012) and under Complete View, double click on CHANGED for December 21, 2012 at 12:04. Scroll to the bottom of the announcement to Additional Info. Double click on the link located there and you will find all of the POI documents previously posted. ************************************************************************************ SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT 21 DECEMBER 2012 less than br / greater than The purpose of this amendment is to notify potential Offerors that PEO STRI is posting one additional HYEX Lesson Plan document (split into two parts) that was too large to load in 20 December 2012's posting. Additionally, all the 20 and 21 December 2012 documents posted can be accessed by double clicking on the Additional Documents link at the bottom of the notice. less than br / greater than ******************************************************************************* less than br / greater than SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT DATED 20 DECEMBER 2012 less than br / greater than The purpose of this amendment is to notify potential Offerors that PEO STRI is posting a revised CEVT Statement of Work (SOW), and System Requirements Document (SRD). Additionally, also being posted are Lesson Plans for the Dozer, Grader, HYEX, Loader, and Scraper. Please direct any questions or comments to the Contract Specialist, Marialyn Achille-Argaez at m.achilleargaez@us.army.mil. less than br / greater than less than br / greater than ************************************************************************************ less than br / greater than less than strong greater than less than span style= quote mark text-decoration: underline; quote mark greater than SPECIAL NOTICE AMENDMENT DATED 16 NOVEMBER 2012 less than br / greater than less than br / greater than less than /span greater than less than /strong greater than The CEVT will not be holding a Pre-Solicitation Meeting during the week of I/ITSEC. Although the team will not be attending I/ITSEC, it will be working and is available for meetings upon request. Additionally, requests for Government-Furnished software should be made to the following point of contact: less than br / greater than less than br / greater than Carmelia Bennett Johnson less than br / greater than Product Coordinator II less than br / greater than HEAT/MET Program less than br / greater than U.S. Army PEO STRI less than br / greater than PM Ground Combat Tactical Trainers less than br / greater than 12350 Research Parkway less than br / greater than Orlando, FL 32826-3276 less than br / greater than Tel: 407-384-5270 less than br / greater than Cell: 407-968-8554 less than br / greater than E-mail: less than a href= quote mark mailto:carmelia.b.bennett@us.army.mil quote mark greater than carmelia.b.bennett@us.army.mil less than /a greater than less than br / greater than
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