MODIFICATION
B -- Joint Test and Evaluation Program
- Notice Date
- 10/3/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- USACE Joint Test & Evaluation, USAERDC WATERWAYS, 3909 HALLS FERRY ROAD, VICKSBURG, MS 39180-6199
- ZIP Code
- 39180-6199
- Solicitation Number
- W91C9G-14-A-JTE1
- Response Due
- 10/14/2014
- Archive Date
- 12/2/2014
- Point of Contact
- Phoebe Fuller, 601-634-3793
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE Joint Test & Evaluation
(phoebe.v.fuller@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is hereby amended to include the NAICS Exception and Small Business size standard. This Sources Sought posting is intended to determine industry interest in the Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) Program, as described below. Information obtained from this notice will be evaluated to determine feasibility of issuing a multiple award contract which may include partial socioeconomic set aside(s) to perform the services identified herein. The anticipated NAICS code is: 541330, EXCEPTION: Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons, $38,500,000.00 size standard. This is a follow-on effort for the Deputy Director, Air Warfare (AW), in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Director, Operational Test and Evaluation) (OSD (DOT&E)) to provide technical and engineering services to the JT&E Program. The OSD sponsors the JT&E Program to conduct tests and evaluations and provide information required by Congress, OSD, the Unified Commands, and Department of Defense (DOD) components relative to joint operations. Congress established the JT&E Program in 1972 after a Presidential Commission concluded that the DOD had no capability to conduct test and evaluation in a joint environment. The objective of a JT&E is to (a) assess Service system interoperability; (b) evaluate joint technical and operational concepts and recommend improvements; (c) validate testing methodologies that have multi-Service applications; (d) improve Modeling and Simulation (M&S) applications; (e) increase joint mission capability, using quantitative data for analysis; and (f) provide feedback to the acquisition and joint operations communities. The program is responsible for providing or obtaining technical and engineering analysis across the range of test activities. Test activities include test design; planning/execution and reporting. Specific activities include: test, engineering, planning; modeling and simulation, training, programming, data collection and analysis, hardware and software configuration and documentation, programming, integrated logistics functions, resource and program control, and development of briefings, test results, and technical reports. The JT&E process is composed of three separated but closely related activities: (a) the nomination, coordination and consideration of the nomination for inclusion in the JT&E Program; (b) a Joint Feasibility Study (JFS) determination of the need and feasibility of approved nominations; and (c) the chartered joint tests (JT) which are the execution of these approved nominations that show potential for significant improvements in joint military capabilities. This acquisition will include both the JFS and the JT portions of this process. Also included are Quick Reaction Tests (QRT), which are short duration (approximately one year) tests in response to Warfighter emergent requirements, and Tests and Evaluation (T&E) tasks, which provide T&E services to various military organizations. The JT&E Program requires technical and engineering analysis across the range of test activities to include the preparation of technical reports, test design and planning, field test activities, data collection, data processing and analysis, hardware and software configuration and documentation, programming, analysis of system performance and related data, modeling and simulation, training, instrumentation and facilities, integrated logistic functions, resource and program control. The majority of the JT work shall be performed in the three Joint Test Units located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and Suffolk, Virginia. QRT and T&E task work may be conducted at any site both CONUS and OCONUS as identified by the Government in the specific task orders. All contract work is currently being provided by task orders awarded through four indefinite delivery contracts. The total capacity for the ten-year period on the current contracts, which ends 07 January 2017, is not to exceed $930 million. This is NOT a Request for Information or a Request Proposal. Companies who desire to participate in this market survey are encouraged to submit a white paper which supports the company's claim that it presently has the technology, qualifications capabilities, and financial capacity to satisfy the objectives described above. The white paper should discuss the company's experience and ability to perform the services, include comparable contracts and experience, with complete point of Contact information, as well as relevant subcontract arrangements. The white paper should also include details pertaining to any teaming arrangements that would be utilized to perform the work; and should include points of contact and DUNS number or CAGE code for the prime contractor. The white paper should be prepared in MS Word or Adobe, limited to four pages, and submitted electronically to Phoebe.V.Fuller@usace.army.mil by 4:00 p.m. October 14, 2014. The company shall be responsible for any costs associated with preparing responses to this market research. All requests for further information must be made in writing or via email; telephone requests for additional information will not be honored. The government will review submissions as they are received. Interested parties shall submit their interest, socio-economic status (i.e. 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, WOSB, EDWOSB), and certified business size (e.g. Large Business, or Small Business) in accordance with NAICS Code 541330, and questions regarding the upcoming acquisition of the JT&E Program via email to: Phoebe.V.Fuller@usace.army.mil. All contractor questions must be submitted via the aforementioned email address, and not by telephone. Please note this Sources Sought posting expires on 14 October 2014 at 4:00pm (Central Time Zone). Current Point of Contact Phoebe Fuller, Contract Specialist, Email: Phoebe.V.Fuller@usace.army.mil
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE Joint Test & Evaluation USA ERDC WATERWAYS, 3909 HALLS FERRY ROAD VICKSBURG MS
- Zip Code: 39180-6199
- Zip Code: 39180-6199
- Record
- SN03542747-W 20141005/141003235608-a4d486c9ee377e9bff73eb5b316bec22 (fbodaily.com)
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