SOURCES SOUGHT
14 -- Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) Propulsion System Industry Day Announcement
- Notice Date
- 1/5/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336414
— Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272, 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- N00019-17-NORFP-PMA-242-0083
- Archive Date
- 2/4/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jamie Newman, Phone: 3017577049, Deborah A Flaherty, Phone: 301-757-7030
- E-Mail Address
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Jamie.Newman@navy.mil, deborah.flaherty@navy.mil
(Jamie.Newman@navy.mil, deborah.flaherty@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- I. SUMMARY Program Executive Office, Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO (U&W)), Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-242) will conduct an Industry Day for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) Propulsion System (PS) on 02 February 2017 at the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) Conference Center on the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake, CA. The Industry Day will be conducted to support future acquisition planning for development of a PS. Design constraints associated with the development of this PS are provided in Section III. This Industry Day is intended to identify and solicit information from sources that have the ability to partner with the Government and the AARGM-ER Prime Contractor (Orbital ATK Defense Electronic Systems (OA DES)) in conducting risk identification and reduction activities for PS development, and to develop the subsequent PS. Outputs from the PS risk identification/reduction activities will feed an Engineering Manufacturing & Design (EMD) phase in which the PS firm will either subcontract to OA DES, or execute PS development under direct contract to the Government. Selected offers for one-on-one sessions will be limited to PS design and manufacturing firms, or system design firms that may be teaming with PS design and manufacturing firms. Industry Day Goals: • Communicate AARGM-ER PS draft requirements status and schedule • Solicit industry feedback on acquisition strategies that reduce total PS development time • Gather information to support near term collaborative engagement with industry to identify/reduce risk to PS development • Gain a better understanding from industry on state of the art solid rocket motor concepts that support AARGM-ER requirements II. BACKGROUND INFORMATION AARGM-ER is intended to be future capability Anti-Radiation Missile that leverages existing AGM-88E AARGM components. Any PS development effort for AARGM-ER is expected to compliment modifications to existing AGM-88E front end components (to include a modified interface with a repackaged control section and transition of the Control Actuation System (CAS)/control surfaces to the aft end of the PS). The Government desires an AARGM-ER Acquisition Strategy that employs innovative approaches to initiate early PS development, reduces overall PS development timelines, and implements open standards for modularity and interface control at reasonable cost. To support this desire, the Government requests Industry provide a draft informational paper or slide presentation for review five business days prior to the industry day. The government requests industry come to the industry prepared to discuss their informational paper or slide presentation. Details of the industry day schedule are provided in Section III and specific requests for informational paper/slide presentation content are provided in Section IV. III. INDUSTRY DAY/ONE-ON-ONE AGENDA DAY 1: 02 February 2017 Location: NAWS Conference Center, NAWCWD China Lake, Ridgecrest, CA - 0800-0830 Arrival, Check-in at NAWS Conference Center - 0830-0845 Ground rules/Agenda Review - 0845-1000 AARGM-ER Acquisition Strategy Brief & PS Design Constraints - 1000-1030 Break - 1030-1200 One-on-one Session #1 - 1200-1300 Lunch - 1300-1430 One-on-one Session #2 - 1430-1500 Break - 1500-1630 One-on-one Session #3 DAY 2: 03 February 2017 Location: NAWS Conference Center, NAWCWD China Lake, Ridgecrest, CA - Scheduled if necessary Who should attend: Defense Contracting Firm with rocket motor design and manufacturing experience. Pre-registration: Pre-registration for the AARGM-ER Industry Day is required. Parties interested in attending industry day must submit the following information via email to Ms. Deborah Flaherty (deborah.flaherty@navy.mil) no later than 5:00 PM EDT 20 January 2017: 1. Company CAGE code 2. Primary point of contact (POC) name, email address, and telephone number 3. Names and POC information for attendees. Industry may submit questions when pre-registering. The Government will either address the questions at industry day or provide answers after the event. While industry day will be conducted at the UNCLASSIFIED level, attendees must have a SECRET facility clearance and safeguarding capability in order to receive information pertinent to this effort. For scheduled one-on-one sessions, selected parties must provide a draft presentation or informational papers (not to exceed 28 pages) describing their capabilities regarding any research, technologies, or existing programs that may assist in determining the feasibility and affordability of developing their PS. Draft presentations or informational papers should be provided to NAVAIR 5 working days prior to the Industry Day. Presentations or informational papers should include content described in Section V. Industry Day Detail of Events: 1. The Government will provide an overview of the AARGM-ER program to include schedule. The Government will further discuss PS requirements and receive industry feedback related to PS development. 2. Interested parties will have an opportunity to ask NAVAIR questions related to programmatic and technical aspects to support future acquisition planning for development of a PS. 3. The Government will provide an opportunity for one-on-one sessions with industry presenters at scheduled times disseminated prior to the industry day. Each one-on-one session with the Government will consist of a period not to exceed 90 minutes. 4. One-on-one sessions may be conducted via video-teleconference, audio conference call or on location at the NAWS Conference Center, at the option of the interested party. 5. One-on-one sessions will be scheduled following submitted requests to the Government. The time of the requested one-on-one session will be sent via email directly to each firm no later than 5:00 PM EST on 23 January 2017. Note: At this time, the Government is not requesting information pertaining to missile system integration and test activities from a prime contractor perspective. This Industry Day will focus on technology risk reduction, development, qualification, and delivery of the PS, with support to missile system integration and system-level ground/flight testing. The Government is interested in information that provides industry perspective on possible AARGM-ER acquisition strategies relative to PS development, near term Industry/Government cooperative risk identification/reduction activities, and the existence of Industry sources able to develop and produce PS EDMs and production articles in the timeframes and costs identified. IV. CONTENT OF ONE-ON-ONE PRESENTATIONS All respondents are requested to provide the following information for discussion during one-on-ones: 1. Discussion of various PS acquisition strategies for AARGM-ER (i.e. government led competitive source selection with direct contract to the PS developer, PS developer as a subcontractor to Orbital ATK DES, or other). 2. Recommendations for near term PS partnership activities/studies (via a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), or other contract vehicles) used to identify and reduce risk prior to development (i.e. early system pre-development activities/studies). The results of these activities/studies must transition into a follow-on Industry development effort and reduce overall development timeline. Potential risk identification/ reduction activities may include, but not be limited to: • Early material buys to mitigate long lead timelines • Cooperatively developed detailed component specifications • Component trade study results and associated substantiating data • Proof of concept demonstrations (eg. nozzle material thermal properties, propellant formulations development and characterization, preliminary grain designs, Dechlorane free insulation development, Safe and Arm Device architectures, Insensitive Munitions (IM) technologies, etc.) 3. Description of proposed technologies that meet the parameters in Tables 1 & 2 of Section V. 4. Assessment of system and subsystem TRL, as defined by the Department of Defense Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) Guidance, dated April 2011, revision posted 13 May 2011. 5. Assessment of system and subsystem MRL, as defined by the Department of Defense MRL Deskbook Version 2.0, dated May 2011. 6. Description of information types necessary to manage the PS to Missile interface boundary. Consider physical, electrical, functional, and data interface definition needs. 7. Description of expectations for performance, functions, and design parameter (e.g. vibration, thermal, center of gravity, center of mass, aerodynamic performance, radar cross section, etc.) allocation to the PS in a weapon system requirements specification. 8. Government Fiscal Year (GFY) phased Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost for executing an EMD Phase, and Average Procurement Unit Cost (APUC) ROM for 200 and 1000 PSs. 9. Assessment of the most cost effective production delivery schedules for total procurement quantities of 200 and 1000 PSs. V. PS DESIGN PERFORMANCE AND CONSTRAINTS The design constraints described in this section are intentionally broad to ensure a comprehensive market assessment. Discussion of production capability relative to meeting demand for between 200 and 1000 units at the prescribed APUC should also be included. Table 1: PS Program Parameters Threshold (T) Objective (O) Delivery of PS EDM production representative test articles prior to support DT&E flight tests prior to January 1st, 2020 Delivery of PS EDM production representative live and inert test articles to support D&E flight tests prior to October 1st, 2019 Delivery of fully qualified PS production units beginning prior to January 1st 2022 Delivery of fully qualified PS production units beginning prior to October 1st, 2021 PS APUC of less than $175K PS APUC of less than $150K Table 2: PS Design Constraints PS Performance Maximum achievable within the length and Diameter constraints below and notional Thrust/Time profile provided in classified addendum.* Total PS Length <94 inches in length (includes provisions for Tail Control Section packaging around nozzle blast pipe, folding hangers and provisions for mounting 2 strakes). PS Diameter The Propulsion Section will have a diameter between 11.5 and 13 inches. Platform compatibility and induced environments • F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G carriage and ejection launch, stations 3, 4, 8, and 9 ** • F-35C carriage and ejection launch, internal bay stations 4 and 8 • Propulsion Section will have MIL-STD-8591 compliant suspension lugs for missile suspension on the launch platform. These may need to be folding to reduce missile in-flight drag. • Propulsion Section will have Cable ways for communication between the Guidance Computer and the Control Actuation System. • Propulsion Section will accommodate a MIL-STD-1760 Aircraft-to-Store Communications Connection and associated cabling. Launcher Interface BRU-32 and BRU-68A (or adapters as necessary) Operational Temperature Range -40 deg F to +160 deg F PS to Front End Interface Interface Requirements Specification PS to Tail Control Aft End Interface 10-inch to 15-inch long aft mounted Control Actuation System (CAS) * Impulse defined for every 0.5 inches of length, within the given range. ** Assume the Navy's Next Generation Jammer is carried on the E/A-18G next to this PS VI. SUPPORTING DATA AND DOCUMENTATION The Government may provide additional data, at the Government's discretion, to respondents upon request. VII. SECURITY AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION Any material provided may be used in development of future solicitations. Submitted information that is appropriately and properly marked as proprietary will be protected. The Government will NOT be responsible for any proprietary information not clearly marked. The Government intends to use contractor support services for the cost/technical review of RFI responses. Information concerning non-disclosure agreements to be put in place to protect proprietary data is provided in Section VIII below. Company draft presentations/informational papers should include a cover page, a one page Executive Summary, and a maximum of 28 additional pages in length. Draft presentations should be delivered in Portable Document Format (PDF) document format. Draft presentations with strong technical merit and relevance to PMA-242's mission and goals may be invited to provide additional information through a one-on-one discussion. Data submissions should be sent via electronic media to Ms. Deborah Flaherty (Deborah.Flaherty@navy.mil). VIII. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Industry Day is an exchange of information between Government and Industry. It is part of an iterative process aimed at understanding the existence of sources that can deliver PSs as described herein. RFIs requesting further detail may be issued in the future to continue the Government's informational exchange with Industry. Any proprietary information received and/or provided during one-on-one discussions in response to this request will be properly protected from any unauthorized disclosures; however, it is incumbent upon the respondent to appropriately mark all submissions. In order to complete its review, the Navy Program Office must be able to share the information within the Government, and with SETA contractor personnel assisting with the RFI responses. PMA-242 will work with any SETA contractors whose personnel will have access to RFI response information to get both Corporate Level and Employee Level Non-Disclosure Agreements in place prior to allowing any SETA contractors to have access to any RFI response information. Any responses marked in a manner that will not permit such internal Government review may be returned without being assessed/ considered. Additional technical information may be made available to potential respondents of the RFI based upon request. This special announcement for an Industry Day is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a program or contractual solicitation. PMA-242 is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of submissions or of the information received, or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted for Industry Day one-on-ones. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Industry Day announcement. Unclassified questions may be directed to the aforementioned Contracting Officer. Responses to questions from interested parties will be answered as applicable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acronyms APUC Average Procurement Unit Cost DoD Department of Defense EDM Engineering Development Model EMD Engineering and Manufacturing Development FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation DT&E Development Test & Evaluation GFY Government Fiscal Year HDBK Handbook IM Insensitive Munitions IRS Interface Requirements Specification MIL Military MRL Manufacturing Readiness Level (O) Objective PDF Portable Document Format PEO (U&W) Program Executive Officer, Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons PHS&T Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation PMA Program Manager, Air POC Point of Contract PS Propulsion System Q Quarter RFI Request for Information ROM Rough Order of Magnitude SETA Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (T) Threshold TRA Technology Readiness Assessment TRL Technology Readiness Level
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NAWS Conference Center, NAWCWD China Lake, Ridgecrest, California, 93555, United States
- Zip Code: 93555
- Zip Code: 93555
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