MODIFICATION
58 -- Manpack Radio
- Notice Date
- 1/15/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B, HQ CECOM CONTRACTING CENTER, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, ABERDEEN PROVING GROU, MD 21005-1846
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T15R0004
- Archive Date
- 1/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Allison Gregory, 4438614984
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B
(allison.a.gregory2.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Government intends to solicit and award through full and open competition, several Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for the purpose of procuring Manpack Radios for the Full Rate Production (FRP) phase of the program. Manpack Radios will enable communications through seamless, high speed and digital information exchange across both vertical and horizontal hierarchies within the battlespace that supports ground, airborne and maritime domains. The Manpack Radio will support all domains for dismounted and mounted communications as a multi-functional communications platform. The Manpack Radio will provide two independent, multi-waveform channels as a software defined radio with an embedded Selective Availability Anti Spoofing Module (SAASM) to enable radios to transmit their locations to external host applications. The current Manpack Radio requirements are stated in the Capability Production Document (CPD) for Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Version 2.4 dated 5 April 2012 and approved on 20 May 2012. The Government intends to procure existing and Non-Developmental Items that meet the Manpack Radio capabilities as described in the PRD. The purpose of this RFI is to survey the ability of vendors' anticipated offerings for the Full Rate Production Manpack Radio to meet proposed changes to CPD mission weight, battery life, and range requirements. Interested sources are encouraged to provide responses to the attached Request for Information (RFI). This is a completely voluntary questionnaire intended to guide the Government when planning final performance requirements for the Manpack. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Final Solicitation or a promise to issue a Final Solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Furthermore, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in responding to this notice; all costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the interested parties' expense. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future Final Solicitation, if issued. If a Final Solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the responsibility of the potential responder to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement. If your company is interested in this planned procurement, then it is advised that you monitor the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at HTTP://WWW.FBO.GOV. The above discussed intent is subject to change. ---Change 1--- The purpose of this change is to provide an updated Manpack Radio request for information document for proposed CPD changes. The updates are included in the newly added Section 3 Proposed CPD Mission Weight Detail. Submission instructions remain unchanged from the original announcement. ---Change 2--- The purpose of this change is to extend the submission date and revise the submission instructions for responses to the proposed CPD requirements changes. All questions/comments pertaining to the document posted today shall be submitted no later than November 7, 2014, 12 PM ET to matthew.j.connolly1.civ@mail.mil. Questions/comments should be in MS Office 2007 or Adobe PDF formats. E-mail messages shall be less than 10 MB in size. If larger files are submitted, they must be broken into separate e-mail messages. Reference W15P7T-15-R-0004 in the e-mail subject. All communications SHALL be submitted ONLY in writing AND directly to the email addresses identified. Contractors shall not contact any other Government Personnel other than the person identified above. Contacting any Government personnel other than the individual identified above could result in an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) and could result in an offeror being excluded from competition and/or award. All communications SHALL be submitted ONLY in writing AND directly to the email addresses identified. ---Change 3--- The purpose of this change to this announcement is to conduct a new Request for Information (RFI) for the Full Rate Production Manpack Radios. Please note that this new RFI is separate from the initial RFI posted under this announcement for solicitation number W15P7T15R0004 regarding changes to CPD requirements, which is still in effect. The purpose of this RFI is to survey the ability of vendors' anticipated offerings for the Full Rate Production Manpack Radio to integrate onto Government specified vehicle mounts including the AN/VRC-116 Single Manpack Tray Assembly, the AN/VRC-117 Dual Manpack Tray Assembly, and the Project Manager Tactical Radios (PM TR) Manpack Universal Tray. This is a completely voluntary questionnaire intended to guide the Government when planning final performance requirements for the Manpack. The results of this survey are non-binding, and will be considered proprietary information, not to be shared outside of Governmental personnel. Please see the attached document entitled quote mark Vehicle Integration RFI quote mark for details about the information the Government is requesting for this RFI. To assist in responding to this RFI the Government will provide, at request, specification documents for the vehicle mounts. To obtain a copy of these specification documents, send a request via email to matthew.j.connolly1.civ@mail.mil. Include quote mark Manpack Vehicle Integration RFI - W15P7T-15-R-0004 quote mark in the subject line of the email request. Additionally, only U.S. Citizens shall request these specification documents and the email request for the specification documents shall provide verification that the individual requesting the documents is a U.S. Citizen. Requests that do not include verification of U.S. Citizenship will not be fulfilled. Due to the file size of the specification documents, the documents will be provided through AMRDEC Safe Access File Exchange (https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/). These specification documents will not be available for request after the date and time established below for the submission of responses to this RFI. Responses to this RFI shall be submitted no later than November 12, 2014, 12 PM ET to matthew.j.connolly1.civ@mail.mil. Responses should be in MS Office 2007 or Adobe PDF formats. E-mail messages shall be less than 10 MB in size. If larger files are submitted, they must be broken into separate e-mail messages. All communications SHALL be submitted ONLY in writing AND directly to the email addresses identified. Contractors shall not contact any other Government Personnel other than the person identified above. Contacting any Government personnel other than the individual identified above could result in an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) and could result in an offeror being excluded from competition and/or award. All communications SHALL be submitted ONLY in writing AND directly to the email addresses identified. ---Change 4--- The purpose of this change is to extend the submission date for responses to the RFI detailed in Change 3 to this announcement. Requests for the specification documentation shall be in accordance with the instructions provided in Change 3 to this announcement above. These specification documents will not be available for request after the date and time established below for the submission of responses to this RFI. Responses to this RFI shall be submitted no later than November 19, 2014, 12 PM ET to matthew.j.connolly1.civ@mail.mil. Responses should be in MS Office 2007 or Adobe PDF formats. E-mail messages shall be less than 10 MB in size. If larger files are submitted, they must be broken into separate e-mail messages. All communications SHALL be submitted ONLY in writing AND directly to the email addresses identified. Contractors shall not contact any other Government Personnel other than the person identified above. Contacting any Government personnel other than the individual identified above could result in an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) and could result in an offeror being excluded from competition and/or award. All communications SHALL be submitted ONLY in writing AND directly to the email addresses identified. ---Change 5--- The purpose of this change to this announcement is to gather additional information on this Request for Information (RFI) for the Full Rate Production Manpack Radios. Please note that this new RFI change is a continuation of the RFI changes noted in Change 3 above. In addition to the requested information in the attached document entitled quote mark Vehicle Integration RFI quote mark from Change 3, the Government requests vendors provide specific justification for why the vendor can/cannot integrate their proposed MP radio offering onto the Universal Mount in both Single and Dual configurations. If the proposed MP radio will require rework to integrate onto the Universal Mount, identify specific details in the Universal Mount ICD that drive the rework, as well as the detailed timeframe for that rework. Requests for the specification documentation shall be in accordance with the instructions provided in Change 3 to this announcement above submitted to allison.a.gregory2.civ@mail.mil. These specification documents will not be available for request after the date and time established below for the submission of responses to this RFI. Responses to this RFI shall be submitted no later than December 29, 2014, 12 PM ET to allison.a.gregory2.civ@mail.mil. Responses should be in MS Office 2007 or Adobe PDF formats. E-mail messages shall be less than 10 MB in size. If larger files are submitted, they must be broken into separate e-mail messages. All communications SHALL be submitted ONLY in writing AND directly to the email addresses identified. Contractors shall not contact any other Government Personnel other than the person identified above. Contacting any Government personnel other than the individual identified above could result in an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) and could result in an offeror being excluded from competition and/or award. All communications SHALL be submitted ONLY in writing AND directly to the email addresses identified. ---Change 6--- The purpose of this change is to extend the submission date for responses to the RFI detailed in Change 5 to this announcement from December 24, 2014, 12 PM ET to December 29, 2014, 12 PM ET. All other items remain unchanged. --Change 7- The purpose of this change is to provide draft requirements documents to industry. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE ONLY A DRAFT AND THEREFORE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Final Solicitation or a promise to. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and issue a Final Solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in responding to this notice. Industry comments/questions to these draft documents shall be submitted and no later than 30 January 2015, 12 PM ET to Allison.a.gregory2.civ@mail.mil. Questions/Comments shall be submitted in MS Office 2007 or Adobe PDF formats. E-mail messages must be less than 10 MB in size. If larger files are submitted, they must be broken into separate messages. Contractors shall not contact any Government officials other than the individual outlined in the email above in regards to these documents.
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