SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) Phase 1A
- Notice Date
- 3/2/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - RSA (W31P4Q) Missile, BLDG 5303 SPARKMAN CIR, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898-5090, United States
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5090
- Solicitation Number
- W31P4Q-17-R-0095
- Archive Date
- 4/5/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jonathan W. Dickens, Phone: 2568768972, Terry Carter, Phone: 2568764393
- E-Mail Address
-
jonathan.w.dickens.civ@mail.mil, terry.carter5.civ@mail.mil
(jonathan.w.dickens.civ@mail.mil, terry.carter5.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Background. This special notice is being posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website located at http://www.fbo.gov. The Joint Rapid Acquisition Committee has tasked PD C-RAM to develop a Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) capability in support of a validated Joint Urgent Operational Need (CC-0558). The requirements for this mission will include System-of-Systems (SoS) systems engineering and logistical support of selected Phase 0 OCONUS C-UAS systems, System-of-Systems (SoS) Test Support at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), ability to produce additional Phase 0 C-UAS systems, and ability of new systems to integrate into and improve the performance of the Phase 0 C-UAS SoS architecture. Pursuant to this contract award for C-UAS SoS systems engineering and logistical support of OCONUS systems and selection of candidates systems to invite to this demonstration, PD C-RAM is requesting information on systems capabilities, attributes, and maturity. Submitted systems should have the ability to detect, track, classify or defeat a Group 1 or 2 UAS. It is not necessary for a submitted system to perform functions of the entire kill chain. The Government will emphasize network capability and the ability to destroy Group 1 and 2 UAS. 1.1 This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for planning purposes only. The notice does not constitute a request for proposal and does not commit the Government to solicit or award a contract. Submission of a response to PD CRAM does not guarantee inclusion in any demonstration or test events nor does it guarantee the system will be procured as a part of the deployed system architecture. 1.2 Candidate systems that meet the minimum qualification will be asked to participate at a fully instrumented test at YPG in Summer 2017. Systems shall be capable of performing in a SoS architecture. Systems shall operate without causing interference to other C-RAM Sense, Warn and Intercept as well as other Base Defense architecture elements. 1.3 Selected candidate systems shall provide an active interface to C-RAM C-UAS SoS architecture for the purpose of providing system status, data recording, target detection/alert/track including target kinematic state, and general target classification as unknown, manned or unmanned. The respondents shall use of a military standard interface (e.g. Radar Element Subsystem (RES)/Weapon Element Subsystem (WES), Tactical Counter UAS Technologies (TCUT), J-series messages, Variable Message Format (VMF)). 1.4 All costs in responding to this RFI, participation in any testing, or any other portions of this effort will be the responsibility of the responding party. 1.5 Classified Information will be accepted. Please contact Government Point of Contact (POC) to discuss delivery options. 1.6 The government will protect all properly marked proprietary information from unauthorized disclosure. No proprietary information will be used to create requirements. The contractor shall properly mark all information prior to submission. 2. Interested parties shall submit the following information: 2.1 Business name, address, webpage, CAGE code, Company POC and contact information. 2.2 System/subsystem description (to include any unique technology, components, subsystem elements, and/or architecture). Additionally, an Operational View 1 (OV-1) shall be submitted. 2.3 The candidate systems must be capable of either expeditionary, at the halt or on the move operation. Expeditionary operation is defined as transit case transportable, two man lift and emplace able to operation in less than one hour. At the halt is defined as the system being operational within 5 minutes after vehicle halts. On the move is capable of operation on rough terrain of speeds up to 40 miles per hour (MPH) or improved road operation at 55 MPH. 2.4 Program, Product or System Security Classification Guide or Guidance used to develop necessary security measures related to documentation, storage and operation and maintenance of the system and system data, in lieu of a classification guide, classification guidelines used to protect critical system parameters or critical information related to the program/product/ system/technology must be provided. 2.5 Information Exchange Requirements (IERs)/Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and/or information exchange capabilities already incorporated and/or readily available. 2.6 Any information on the level of autonomous operations in the system. 2.7 Description and documentation of past experiments, demonstrations and/or tests, to include performance results and reduced system level test data products. 2.8 Any type classifications or current materiel releases. 2.9 Existing contracts with government agencies, along with past performance information. 2.10 Measured performance against representative targets. Estimate of the capability limit (e.g., maximum effective range, weather impacts, and complex electromagnetic environment). Representative targets consist of Group 1 and 2 UAS in both fixed and rotary wing configurations. 2.11 Current Technology Readiness Level (TRL). PD C-RAM will not consider any systems below TRL 6. 2.12 Current Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL). 2.13 Estimated cost of a deployable system based on number of units procured, from single unit to bulk purchase (20 units). Provide the Basis of Estimate background information. 2.14 Availability of full system sets. Production timeline to deliver and quantity of systems based on the timeline. 2.15 Existing documentation 2.15.1 Operator manual. 2.15.2 Repair manual (operator through depot) 2.15.3 Installation manual. 2.15.4 Training documentation for both Forward Support Representatives and Operators. 2.16 If selected, the interested parties shall provide the Government a sample system log file or recorded data from which an independent Government team can conduct system performance analysis and assessment. 2.17 Cybersecurity 2.17.1 Describe the methodology for ensuring Cybersecurity is incorporated into the system development life cycle that can meet the US Government's Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and Risk Management Framework (RMF) of confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements. 2.17.2 What is the proposed strategy for identifying cybersecurity risks, secure configuration, security patched software, and remediation/mitigation procedures by qualified cybersecurity personnel. Please provide POC for the candidate system cybersecurity program. 3. All interested responding parties should submit relevant information to the Primary POC listed below. 4. All selected systems will be subject to identical test protocols at YPG. 4.1 The test will be conducted in a classified environment at the Secret//REL US level. 4.2 Selected systems shall submit all data from their system to the Government on a daily basis during YPG testing. 4.3 The Government will provide selected systems with truth data from approved sources on a daily basis during YPG testing. 4.4 The Government will protect responding parties' systems information with all reasonable safeguards. 4.5 All responding parties shall sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to attending the test and accessing any data from the range. 4.6 Any non-compliance with the above rules will result in immediate removal from the range and from the testing process and any extra costs will be borne by the responding party. 5. The Government reserves the right to consider systems in total or at the component level. 6. All inclusions to any testing at YPG must conform to safety regulations in effect at the time of testing. Any systems with novel methods of attack should consult with PD C-RAM to determine test requirement lead times and ability to fully test capability.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 5250 MARTIN RD, REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, 35898, United States
- Zip Code: 35898
- Zip Code: 35898
- Record
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