SOURCES SOUGHT
19 -- Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUV) Sources Sought/Request for Information
- Notice Date
- 9/6/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, NAVSEA HQ, SEA 02, 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue SE, Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia, 20376, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20376
- Solicitation Number
- N00024-16-6314
- Point of Contact
- Kevin Seger, , Christopher Covalt,
- E-Mail Address
-
kevin.seger@navy.mil, christopher.covalt@navy.mil
(kevin.seger@navy.mil, christopher.covalt@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is for market research purposes only and does NOT constitute a request for proposal. This notice shall not be construed as a contract, a promise to contract, or as a commitment of any kind by the Government. The Government is NOT seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. This Sources Sought/Request for Information (RFI) notice is issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), on behalf of the Program Executive Office (PEO) Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406) Directorate. The Navy is conducting market research in accordance with FAR Part 10 to determine if sources capable of satisfy the Navy's anticipated requirement for Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUV) the exist. The Navy is taking an accelerated approach with industry to leverage existing, unmanned undersea vehicle designs that can be modified to rapidly bring additional capabilities to the undersea domain. To support Navy mission requirements, key attributes of XLUUVs include extended vehicle range and persistence and a reconfigurable, modular payload bay. It is expected that the modular payload bay or bays have a minimum height of 60 inches, minimum length of 125 inches, and total volume of at least 325 cubic feet in order to accommodate multiple deployable payloads and their supporting deployment systems (e.g. buoyancy compensation, deployment hardware, electronics. The payload bay must allow reconfiguration for other missions where the payload may be smaller, but within the payload envelope described above. The XLUUV will transit to an area of operation, loiter with the ability to periodically establish communications, deploy the payloads, and transit home. For the purpose of this RFI, notional straight-line total transit would be 2000 nautical miles. The vehicle should also be untethered The objective of this RFI is to assess industry's ability to provide a materiel solution within an accelerated timeframe at an affordable cost. The Navy is seeking information to help determine the interest, technical and manufacturing capabilities, knowledge, experience level, and qualifications of industry to meet the Government's needs to develop and build an XLUUV. The Navy is planning a competitive acquisition approach to XLUUV. NAVSEA issues this RFI to obtain industry input to support the Navy's Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406) within Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ship. (It should be noted that XLUUV is not associated specifically with the Littoral Combat Ship.) It is desired that respondents identify their mature material solutions, as well as the cost drivers and timeframe, for providing those solutions. It is expected that mature unmanned undersea vehicle solutions will require modifications to support Navy payloads to be specified at a later date. Navy is seeking the following in response to this RFI: 1. What vehicles are available for near-term demonstration(s) and what would be avenues for that interaction with the Navy? 2. What technically mature systems/subsystems are available to meet the needs of XLUUV? What is the manufacturing capacity to build 5 vehicles? 3. What is the time frame for each of the following: design of XLUUV to incorporate a defined payload, fabrication of XLUUV, test of XLUUV, and integration of future payloads after XLUUV design is complete. In addition, include suggested methodologies enabling program streamlining and acceleration. 4. Using Cost As an Independent Variable (CAIV) provide matrices that compare the potential system and subsystems in your approach, technical maturity, performance and schedule trade-offs and risks associated with each system/subsystem. 5. What are the primary complexity and cost drivers associated with XLUUV as they relate to your approach? Estimate Total rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate using then-year FY17 dollars for the build of five XLUUVs. Please provide your basis for cost as follows: Recurring and Non-recurring Costs (including design), per unit cost, recommended sparing, logistics, and sustainment costs for a minimum of two years. 6. Specify trade space issues/concerns for both feasibility and cost. 7. What is the launch and recovery method for the XLUUV and what are the associated technical and manning constraints? In addressing the questions above, interested parties should include the following information: • Vehicle Description o general vehicle description o vehicle diameter or cross section (inches) o vehicle length (inches) o vehicle weight (pounds) o energy capacity (kilowatt-hours) o hull description (material, dry/flooded/hybrid) o propulsion approach o vehicle drawings and/or renderings o software architecture approach (to include description of open architecture capability) o data rights availability for major subsystems and software (unlimited, government purpose rights, proprietary only) • Vehicle Performance o vehicle range (nautical miles for transit and operation) without recharge/refuel o vehicle endurance (hours for transit and operation) without recharge/refuel o maximum vehicle speed (measured or estimated) o vehicle cruising speed (measured or estimated) o maximum operating depth (measured or estimated) o reliability (measured or estimated) o maintainability (measured or estimated) • Vehicle Payload Capabilities o modular payload space dimensions (inches) o modular payload volume (cubic feet) o modular payload weight capacity (pounds) o reconfiguration capability for future payloads o available variable ballast • Vehicle Operations o guidance and control o navigation o autonomy o situational awareness o communication systems • Vehicle Employment o signature & detection (acoustic, magnetic, optical, etc.) o onboard sensors not specific to the payload o freeboard when surfaced o manning requirements to operate ANSWERING THIS NOTICE: Interested Contractors shall respond describing their capability of satisfying the above with leveraging existing designs that could be modified to a reasonable extent to meet the above requirements. The response shall identify how its unmanned undersea vehicle design can meet the above requirements. Respondents should provide a company profile to include, at a minimum, the following: • Business name • DUNS number • business address • business website • business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, SDB, WOSB, LB) • number of employees • point of contact name • mailing address (if different from business address) • phone number • email address The desired format for submissions is white paper or similar narrative (contractor's format). The response should be no more than thirty (30) single-sided pages (including cover and administrative pages) and no less than 1-inch margins and 12 point font. Submissions shall be in Microsoft Word 2010 or searchable Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to be considered in this market survey, your response shall contain an electronic version on one (1) hard copy original (paper) copy and two (2) electronic submissions on CD-ROM and be received on or before 6 October 2016. All responses must be sent via mailing agent (e.g. FedEx and UPS) to the Contracting Officer, Christopher Covalt, at the following address: Naval Sea Systems Command ATTN: Christopher Covalt, Code 0263 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue, SE, Stop 2040 Washington Navy Yard, DC 20376-2040 Responses SHALL NOT be faxed, e-mailed, or hand delivered. NO CLASSIFIED MATERIAL SHALL BE SUBMITTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. Proprietary information, if any, must be clearly marked. To aid the Government in its review and evaluation, please segregate proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Respondents shall mark any data included in its submissions that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: Respondents are advised that the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab may assist the Government in its review of responses received under this notice. Respondents shall provide notification on its cover page if the respondent does not consent to the use of the aforementioned contractors. Unless otherwise stated by the respondent, a submission received to this notice constitutes consent that the abovementioned contractors can have access to all information provided in the respondent's submission. This notice is not a request for proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. Sources choosing to respond to this notice are wholly responsible for any costs/expenses associated with submitting a response. Therefore any cost associated with the market survey submission is solely at the interested vendor's expense. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this notice. The information obtained from submitted responses may be used in development of an acquisition strategy and a future solicitation. Submissions will not be returned.
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