SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND ADVANCED PLANNING BRIEFING TO INDUSTRY AND SOFTWARE SOLARIUM
- Notice Date
- 10/12/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W911SR) Edgewood, E4215 AUSTIN ROAD, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21010-5424, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21010-5424
- Solicitation Number
- APGAPBI2017
- Point of Contact
- APG APBI Team,
- E-Mail Address
-
usarmy.apg.cecom.mbx.apbi-registration@mail.mil
(usarmy.apg.cecom.mbx.apbi-registration@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Synopsis: Team Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) anticipates hosting the fifth annual Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry (APBI) on January 30 - February 2, 2017 at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD. This year's APBI will be held in conjunction with the second Software Solarium on February 2nd and 3rd. Additional information about the Software Solarium will be forthcoming as an amendment to this announcement. This announcement is meant only as a Save-the-Date at this time as both events are subject to approval and funding. The goal of the APBI is to provide the industrial base with networking opportunities and information on upcoming and long-term potential contracting opportunities for mission areas that focus on: Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR); Research and Development (R&D); Chemical/Biological Defense (CBD); and APG Garrison. The APBI will discuss potential contracting opportunities that are closely aligned with the technology roadmaps of each respective organization, specifically focusing on Fiscal Years 2017-2019 opportunities in addition to long-range organizational planning. Slides containing this information will be posted electronically immediately preceding the APBI event. The government will not hear formal bids from industry as the purpose of the APBI is only for the government to brief upcoming opportunities to industry. As the Army strives to provide optimal support and capabilities with limited funds and resources, the ability to receive industry's input and innovation through avenues such as the APBI is crucial. With new technologies rapidly emerging in the commercial environment, this exchange of information will continue to advance solutions, ideas, capabilities and efficiencies. Team APG is aware of the challenges faced by small businesses and has worked to encourage their participation. The agility and innovation small businesses bring to the Army will help shape future development efforts, leverage competition and create new solutions. The exponential growth of software over the past decade has placed the Army at a strategic crossroads. Virtually every warfighter and business system in use today requires complex software that must be developed or acquired, updated, integrated, and maintained, in quick succession, to support the end user. The software in question may be used to enable a weapon system's capability or provide enterprise functionality to perform worldwide logistics -- in both cases, software has become a key component for Army readiness. This is complicated by the fact that the future software environment is defined by an industry driven move towards primarily software managed weapon systems, infinitely easier to sustain and update than hardware with its associated long, drawn out acquisition processes. The intent of the Software Solarium is to bring all the leaders and the stakeholders in software together to continue meaningful discussions on the future of software and its challenges. PLACES: APBI: Myer Auditorium, Building 6000, APG North, MD (All day 30 Jan - 1 Feb) Building E4516: The Chemical Demilitarization Training Facility, APG (Edgewood Area), MD (2 Feb Only) SOFTWARE SOLARIUM: Mallette Auditorium, Building 6008, APG North, MD (2 Feb, AM 3 Feb) AGENDA (tentative): 30 Jan 17 (APBI: MYER AUDITORIUM) Morning (8:45 - 12:00 p.m.): Welcome and Keynote Speaker/Small Business Training & Panel Afternoon (1:30 -5:00 p.m.): Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Update/Industry Panel/Legal Training 31 Jan 17 (APBI: MYER AUDITORIUM) Morning (8:45 - 12:00 p.m.): Admin Remarks and Welcome from APG Garrison Commander/APG Garrison Opportunities/Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Afternoon (1:30 -4:30 p.m.): Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Headquarters/Army Research Lab (ARL)/Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Evening (6:30-8:30 p.m.): APBI Networking Reception at Top of the Bay (attended by Team APG Senior Leadership) 1 Feb 17 (APBI: MYER AUDITORIUM) Morning (8:45 - 11:00 a.m.): Admin Remarks and Welcome from Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Commander/CECOM Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC)/CECOM Software Engineering Center (SEC) Afternoon (12:30 - 5:00 p.m.): C4ISR Leader's Panel/ Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (PEO IEW&S)/ Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications - Tactical (PEO C3T) 2 Feb 17 (APBI: CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION FACILITY) Morning (8:45 - 12:00 p.m.): Admin Remarks/Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO CBD) Afternoon (1:30 - 5:00 p.m.): JPEO CBD (cont.)/ Biosurveillance Mgt Office/RDECOM Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC)/US Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)/Closing Remarks (SOFTWARE SOLARIUM: MALLETTE AUDITORIUM) Morning (8:00 - 12:00 p.m.): TBD Afternoon (1:30 - 5:00 p.m.): TBD Evening (6:30-8:30 p.m.): Software Solarium Networking Reception at Top of the Bay 3 Feb 17 (SOFTWARE SOLARIUM: MALLETTE AUDITORIUM) Morning (8:00 - 12:00 p.m.): TBD Note, lunch will be available on site and is paid for by the participant at the time of registration. There will be a 1.5 hour lunch break each day to allow ample opportunity for networking. There will be no formal presentations or meetings during the lunch break. Lunch will not be available on 3 February. REGISTRATION: The APBI will be unclassified and open to all interested contractors, large and small businesses, and academia as well as other government stakeholders. All APBI attendees must be United States Citizens and meet the requirements for admission to APG, to include: proper identification (i.e. driver's license and/or common access card), car registration, or a car rental agreement, and proof of insurance. Additional restrictions may be announced for those wishing to attend the Software Solarium. ***Note: Registration for the APBI and events will be on a daily basis. It is the participant's responsibility to ensure registration for each full day participating and any/all networking socials prior to the events.*** Specific registration procedures for both APBI and Software Solarium will be released via amendment to this notice prior to registration opening. There will be a cost to register and registration is tentatively scheduled to open on or about December 1, 2016. Two representatives per company per day may register for the APBI. Registration for each full day module and networking social will remain open until all seats for that module have been allocated. All questions related to this event should be directed to Team APG at usarmy.apg.cecom.mbx.apbi-registration@mail.mil.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: APG, Maryland, United States
- Record
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