SPECIAL NOTICE
59 -- RFI - JTWS Industry Day 2017
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Headquarters Procurement Division, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621-5323, United States
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5323
- Solicitation Number
- H92222-RFI-17-JTWS
- Archive Date
- 7/4/2017
- Point of Contact
- RFIGroupSRS,
- E-Mail Address
-
RFIGroupSRS.org@socom.mil
(RFIGroupSRS.org@socom.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Request for Information (RFI) is not a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, quotations or obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services, but for planning purposes only. This RFI is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and to explore industry capabilities. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission to this announcement or the Government use of such information. The information provided may be used by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) in developing its acquisition strategy, statement of work/statement of objectives, and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. The purpose of this RFI is to gather Industry's input regarding a requirement supporting the USSOCOM. Special Operations Forces Acquisition Technology and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Program Executive Officer for Special Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Exploitation (PEO - SRSE), Program Manager for Joint Threat Warning Systems (PM-JTWS). Responses to this RFI will be used by USSOCOM, SOF AT&L, PEO- SRSE, and PM-JTWS to identify potential equipment for participation in the further evaluation of market information and/or ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice. The Program Manager is specifically interested in signals intelligence technologies, ideas and solutions which advance One or more of the following Key Interest Areas: 1) Unique Signals of Interest 2) Modular and scalable open architecture systems (please see additional guidance below) 3) Remote C2 and Data Viewing Further Clarification: Modular and Scalable Open Architecture Systems: Need to allow the operator to choose relevant SIGINT applications and tailor the system to best support individual mission requirements. JTWS is seeking potential solutions with the below criteria as initial guidance but not formal direction: • Hardware: Provide VPX (VITA 46)/Open VPX (VITA 65) based solutions that are modular and scalable from a body-worn or small UAS form factor to a vehicle/maritime platform to an airborne chassis. Focus should be on a 3U card size in order to maximize reuse between form factors. If use of VPX standards for small form factor solutions is not possible, alternative standards-based options that do not violate the remaining guidelines should be brought forward. • Data: VITA 49 should be implemented for the data transport layer and output data using the Tactical SIGINT Data Model (TSDM). Systems should be JICD 4.x (currently 4.2) compliant at the sensor level for reporting, tuning, and collaborative geolocation. • GUI: Partners should deliver capabilities with the ability to conduct full command and control and visualize mission data in RaptorX. • Software: The adoption of the OpenVPX standard reduces the need for a pure open architecture solution across the program, but systems should still seek to implement open architecture solutions on individual cards in order to combine capabilities and maximize the capacity of each card within the system. Examples include GNU Radio and REDHAWK, but could be extended to any number of current industry and government developed environment. Remote Capabilities: This capability needs to be Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS), however the program office would prefer Over-the-Horizon (OTH) with minimal latency delays. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated. The Government intends to discuss in a broad forum some of the program challenges, concerns, ideas, and opportunities. Industry day is currently scheduled for two days, 13-14 July, 2017. Prior to the event, a schedule will be provided to the vendors on which day the government requests their attendance. Vendor's technology that require demonstrations will be in one central location; if one-on-one discussions are requested/required, conference rooms will be available. Each vendor may get between 20-60 minutes, depending on total number of interested vendors. The Government requests submissions NLT 19 JUN 17. Industry Day is taking place in the greater Charleston area, at the Scientific Research Corporation, across from the SPAWAR facility. Further details to be provided. Registration and site visit requests for this event are required and security clearances must be passed in order to participate in any classified requirements or capabilities discussion. Individual companies are limited to a maximum of three representatives. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred; and the Government will not be providing responses to any questions. Questions for Industry. If your organization has the potential capability and capacity to perform these contract services, please assist the Government by providing the following: 1) Contact information for someone in the company with whom the Government can follow-up (name, phone number, email address, website address) 2) Business Size of the company (Small or large, and any socio economic qualifications i.e. woman owned, Veteran Owned) 3) Please provide a white paper detailing the potential technology solutions, impacts, limitations, and utility to meet any of the above outlined key areas of interest. Please also include the Technology Readiness Level (TRL). 4) Describe corporate experience with delivering this type of specialized support on past or present contracts. 5) Identify challenges and risks from an industry perspective that are associated with performing a similar effort with which your company has experience. 6) From a high level, what approach would your company take to deliver the services to SOF? Submission Instructions: Please note, telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by 19 June 2017. All responses and any questions under this RFI must be emailed to SRSE-RFI@socom.mil Primary Point of Contact: RFIGroupSRS SRSE-RFI@socom.mil Contracting Office Address: 7701 Tampa Point Blvd MacDill AFB, Florida 33621-5323 Place of Contract Performance: MacDill AFB MacDill, Florida 33621 United States
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: MacDill AFB, MacDill, Florida 33621, United States, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621, United States
- Zip Code: 33621
- Zip Code: 33621
- Record
- SN04509365-W 20170517/170515235511-243d1d3fbf76d3d9c87c951e2b661e21 (fbodaily.com)
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