MODIFICATION
58 -- Small Airborne Networking Radio (SANR) Program, Airborne, Maritime, Fixed Station (AMF) Program Office - Draft RFP Questionnaire
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W15P7T) Division B, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005-1846, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T16R0002
- Point of Contact
- Lee ALEXIS, Phone: 4438614965, Matthew J. Connolly, Phone: 4438614972
- E-Mail Address
-
Lee.Alexis.civ@mail.mil, matthew.j.connolly1.civ@mail.mil
(Lee.Alexis.civ@mail.mil, matthew.j.connolly1.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft RFP Sections L&M Draft RFP Section H Draft RFP Question/Comment Matrix Draft RFP Pricing Matrix Draft RFP Exhibit K CDRLs Draft RFP Exhibit J CDRLs Draft RFP Exhibit H CDRLs Draft RFP Exhibit G CDRLs Draft RFP Exhibit E CDRLs Draft RFP Exhibit D CDRLs Draft RFP Exhibit C CDRLs Draft Exhbit B CDRLs Draft RFP Exhibit A CDRLs Draft RFP SOW Draft RFP Draft RFP Questionnaire ---Change 3--- The purpose of this change (Change 3) is, this is a Request for Information (RFI) for the Small Airborne Networking Radio (SANR) in accordance with FAR 15.201. The purpose of this RFI is to (1) Provide Industry with a SANR DRAFT RFP, (2) Request industry feedback on the SANR DRAFT RFP as well as responses to the questions detailed below, and (3) Announce a Government SANR Industry Day to take place on 26 August 2016. The Government is planning to host an Industry Day for SANR on 26 August 2016 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. Immediately following the Industry Day forum, the Government will provide vendors interested in competing as a Prime contractor for SANR an opportunity to meet one-on-one with the Government. Vendors that want to participate in the Industry Day and one-on-one sessions shall notify Lee Alexis via email at: Lee.Alexis.civ@mail.mil by 15 August 2016. Due to limited seating availability, vendors are limited to five (5) individuals per company. Vendors shall use the attached "SANR RFI Question & Comment Matrix" to submit all questions and comments in response to this RFI. If a vendors question/comment relates to proprietary information, the vendor shall place the question on the "Proprietary" tab of the SANR RFI Question & Comment Matrix. With the question/comment, the vendor shall submit a statement explaining why the question/comment is proprietary. In order to request a copy of the SANR Performance Requirements Document (PRD) Version 2.5, with a corresponding Compliance Verification Matrix & Appendix T, or for information concerning Contract Security Classification Specification documents, vendors shall submit an email request in writing to the Contract Specialist via email at: Lee.Alexis.civ@mail.mil. In your request, please indicate what the vendor's intended use is of the SANR PRD, and whether or not the vendor intends to compete as a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor on a future procurement for SANR. The SANR PRD is for official use only and shall not be further distributed without express permission from the Contracting Officer. The Government requests vendors provide responses to the following questions by 23 August 2016. When providing responses, vendors should assume a SANR RFP release in 3QFY17 and Contract Award in 1QFY19. 1. Will you have completed verification of SANR PRD requirements SANR-1022, SANR-2907 and SANR-3060 prior to first hardware delivery 90 days after contract award? Would you make available to the Government at first hardware delivery the results of the tests performed, including test artifacts, to verify compliance with SANR-1022, SANR-2907 and SANR-3060? 2. At 45 days after the release of the SANR RFP, will you be capable of complying with Section L 4.1.2.1.(f)? If not, explain what is not achievable? 3. The Government continues to research for potential improvements to the Government-owned SINCGARS, SRW, WNW, and eOTAM software within the JTNC Information Repository (IR). Improvements could result in potential changes to software that could require additional FPGA, DSP, and GPP resources. For planning purposes and in an attempt to minimize hardware impacts associated with potential waveform changes, the Government is interested in determining the amount of modem resources currently available in the SANR offerings. The current SANR waveforms threshold from the IR are SINCGARS 2.0, SRW 1.2.2, WNW 4.2.1 and eOTAM 1.1. Please use these waveforms version to answer the following questions. If you are currently using another version then provide estimates and include your technical assumptions on how you arrived at that estimate. a. Please quantify the FPGA resources currently being used by the SANR threshold waveforms modem functions and the amount of free FPGA resources available for potential modified modulation and coding processes. i. Indicate the FPGA device nomenclature and part number ii. Specify the FPGA Resources, both used and free, as a number of logic cells, memory bits, and DSP multipliers and their associated types (e.g., N 9x9 mult. and M 18x18 mult., etc.) iii. Specify the waveform modes (e.g., CC, EW, OFDM, AJ) modes you are supporting with this FPGA. b. Please quantify the DSP resources currently being used by the SANR threshold waveforms modem functions and the amount of free DSP resources available for potential modified modulation and coding processes. i. Indicate the DSP device nomenclature and part number ii. Specify the DSP Resources, both used and free, as a number of Millions of Instructions per Second (MIPS), internal RAM and external RAM iii. Indicate the assumed scenario to estimate the resources (e.g., waveform mode, throughput, and bytes per packet) c. Please quantify the Black GPP resources currently being used by the SANR threshold waveforms modem functions and the amount of free GPP resources available for potential modified modulation and coding processes. i. Indicate the GPP device nomenclature and part number ii. Specify the GPP Resources, both used and free, as a number of MIPS, RAM and Flash iii. Indicate the assumed scenario to estimate the resources (e.g., waveform mode, throughput, and bytes per packet) d. Please quantify the Red GPP resources currently being used by the SANR threshold waveforms modem functions and the amount of free GPP resources available for potential modified modulation and coding processes. i. Indicate the GPP device nomenclature and part number ii. Specify the GPP Resources, both used and free, as a number of MIPS, RAM and Flash iii. Indicate the assumed scenario to estimate the resources (e.g., waveform mode, throughput, and bytes per packet) 4. The Government user requirements community has increased the reliability requirement for SANR. Notice that the SANR PRD was updated to reflect the increase in reliability since version 2.4. For SANR, a failure is defined as an event, or inoperable state, in which a system or part of a system provided under the contract does not perform as specified. Systems taken down for routine scheduled maintenance are not considered failures. Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) includes all system failures. The new MTBF requirement is 1,050 hours (threshold) and 2,800 hours (objective). A type of failure known as a Rapidly Recoverable Event (RRE) is defined as an incident that meets the following criteria: - Rectified by the system operator without field or sustainment (depot level) maintenance support - No parts or materiel required excluding any onboard spares - No tools or test equipment required - Operational capabilities restored to those in effect when the failure occurred - Down time does not exceed 5 minutes The MTBF figure shall score RRE as failures in its failure definition. Please address the following questions: a. What is the expected MTBF (hardware only including RREs) per channel for the SANR in an Airborne Rotary Wing environment for first hardware delivery? Please provide the standard used and the derivation to calculate the MTBF. Note 1: SANR (including LRUs) is defined in Section 1.2.1 of the PRD. If data is not available in the Airborne Rotary Wing environment please include a detailed description of the environment that the MTBF data is based on. b. What type of incentive methodology would you propose if the Government was willing to incentivize the selected vendor to improve reliability through the execution of your own reliability growth plan? How long after contract award would a more reliable SANR be delivered and by how much you estimate the reliability will grow? 5. Would you allow the Government to share the SANR ICD submitted with the SANR RFP response to PM Apache's OEM Boeing? If not, please provide a recommendation that would allow OEM to obtain the ICD before contract award. For SANR platform integration PM Apache has to develop a statement of work and contract package for the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The SANR offeror's Interface Control Document (ICD) will be part of the OEM contract package. The Government would like to know of any potential conflict from sharing the SANR offeror's ICD with Apache's OEM Boeing. The Government intent is that providing the ICD to the Apache OEM will be separate from and have no adverse effect on the SANR source selection evaluation.. 6. Please review updates to the following requirements: SANR-3105, SANR-795, SANR-3057, SANR-823, SANR-824, SANR-3106, and SANR-3058. Would your SANR offering be capable of meeting these requirements by first hardware delivery? If not, please explain the technical reasons your offering won't be able to meet the requirement. 7. The Government continues to refine the sustainment strategy for the SANR Non-Developmental Item (NDI) product. a. Please reference the following sections of the RFP package. Would your SANR offering be capable of meeting the requirements for organic sustainment, competitive spare, and repair parts? Provide an explanation and recommendation in your response. Sections L&M, the following: L.4.1.1.4 Sub-Factor 4 - Supportability and Maintenance L.4.4 COST/PRICE M.4.1 Factor 1: Capability - last paragraph regarding Sub-Factor weighting Factor 4 - Supportability and Maintenance Section H, Paragraph 8 SOW, Paragraphs 38 and 14 (Exhibit J CDRLs) SOW, Paragraphs 11, 13, 14 and 15 (Exhibit K CDRLs) b. The Government is interested in pursuing warranty options ranging from three to ten years. After delivery of the SANR, the radio system may be stored up to eighteen months before it is integrated and fielded to an operational unit. What do you propose as the recommended type and length of warranty to provide full coverage of the SANR from any software and/or hardware failures or defects? c. Based on the information received for the Draft RFP, are there additional CLINs that the government should include to facilitate organic sustainment? Please indicate which CLINs would be required. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute an RFP or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, 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 RFP, if issued. If an RFP is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the responsibility of the potential responder to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. All information provided within this announcement is subject to change. Vendors interested in the SANR procurement are advised to monitor the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov for additional updated information about the SANR program.
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