SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- MMM Payload System
- Notice Date
- 3/28/2024 5:03:09 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NAVSEA HQ WASHINGTON NAVY YARD DC 20376-5000 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20376-5000
- Solicitation Number
- N0002424R6234
- Response Due
- 5/13/2024 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 05/28/2024
- Point of Contact
- Sydney Cline, Phone: 2026778237, Patrick Dooley, Phone: 2027812332
- E-Mail Address
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sydney.m.cline.civ@us.navy.mil, patrick.s.dooley3.civ@us.navy.mil
(sydney.m.cline.civ@us.navy.mil, patrick.s.dooley3.civ@us.navy.mil)
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY IN ANTICIPATION OF A POTENTIAL FUTURE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS PUBLISHED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT SEEKING OR ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS. This Sources Sought/Request for Information notice (as authorized by FAR 15.201) is issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), in support of Program Executive Office Undersea Warfare Systems (PEO UWS), to identify sources interested and capable in fulfilling the production, upgrade, and back fit requirements for the Multifunction Modular Mast (MMM) Payload System. The MMM Payload System is a subsystem of the MMM and AN/BLQ-l0 Electronic Warfare (EW) System and it supports the global superiority of the U.S. Navy by providing communication enabling capability for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) command and control for U.S. Navy fleet submarines, Line-of-Sight (LOS) communications, and Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities. The procurement contemplated by this Sources Sought notice is for program management, systems engineering, manufacture, fabrication, assembly, test, evaluation, installation, logistics and supportability engineering, software, hardware and spares procurement, hardware repair, software troubleshooting, cybersecurity, and program and technical data management for U.S. Navy submarines. The MMM Payload System shall achieve the requirements of MMM Payload System Performance Specification. See below the requirements for requesting access to the performance specification. Interested parties are requested to respond with a White Paper that addresses their proposed plan, and concepts to delineate a viable approach to meeting the requirements of the performance specification. The White Paper must address, at a minimum the following: 1)�� �Technical Approach a.�� �Provide an overall technical description of the functions and capabilities that you are capable of delivering. Capabilities (including technical, program management, prototyping, etc.) related experience, facilities, techniques, or unique combination of factors that would directly relate to this effort.� b.�� �Describe your approach for supporting and maintaining adequate personnel to support the production and function as the depot to provide depot level hardware and equipment repair services. c.�� �The qualifications, capabilities, and experiences of Contractor employees, who would be available to support this effort. d.�� �Provide a description of your company�s experience with Information Assurance (IA) or Cybersecurity requirements. e.�� �Describe your program office�s Engineering Service management philosophy to track funding and meet requested project dates. 2)�� �Maintenance Philosophy a.�� �Describe your maintenance and repair processes proposed to support GFE/CFE testing equipment to include both factory and potential fleet equipment.� b.�� �Describe your depot maintenance philosophy and capability for the MMM Payload system. c.�� �Describe your approach to providing fleet-support field-maintenance repair on-site assistance to submarine platforms for MMM Payload system troubleshooting and repair. 3)�� �Data Rights a.�� �The Government desires at least a Government Purpose Rights (GPR) license (as defined in DFARS 225.227-7013 and DFARS 252.227-7014) in noncommercial technical data, computer software, and computer software documentation, including object code, executable code and source code. Provide details of any limitations on technical data rights for the equipment and services provided. Specifically, provide details of any proprietary information that would not be shared with the US Government. 4)�� �Recent and Relevant Contract Experience a.�� �The explanation should describe current or past contracts and explain your experience with the above focus Technical Approach and Maintenance Philosophy areas.� 5)�� �Security Requirement a.�� �An active SECRET Facility Clearance Level (FCL) is required for performance of this contract.� b.�� �All personnel must have a current SECRET or higher clearance, or the ability to obtain one.� Sources Sought Document Access/ Request submission due date: The Government performance specification will not be posted online as an attachment to this sources sought notice. �It is available by request. National policy does not support release of these documents to foreign sources. The document will be provided only to those companies with a valid security clearance of SECRET or higher. To obtain a copy of the documents, companies shall submit a written request via email to Mr. Patrick Dooley at patrick.s.dooley3.civ@us.navy.mil and Ms. Sydney Cline at sydney.m.cline.civ@us.navy.mil by 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), 12 April 2024. The subject line of the email should have �MMM Payload (insert company name) TOU N00024-24-R-6234.� �Telephonic requests are not acceptable.� Interested companies who are interested in receiving the performance specification shall provide a written request that includes the following data: ��� �Company name ��� �CAGE code� ��� �Complete company address ��� �Point of Contact information, to include o�� �E-mail address o�� �Telephone number o�� �Name/Job Title o�� �Fax number ��� �Facility Clearance level of facility (including issuing Government agency, and expiration date), to include o�� �Security Point of Contact information� o�� �Once a company�s need-to-know and security clearance is verified and approved the company will be authorized to receive the detailed documents and related controlled files. This SECRET material will be returned to the government or show proof of destruction within 30 days following the submittal package due date. o�� �DD Form 2345 o�� �A filled Out Terms of Use attached to this sources sought posting ��� �Business Size/Status (i.e. Large, SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) ��� �Number of Employees� Once a company security clearance is verified and approved the company will be authorized to receive the requested document. This SECRET material will be returned to the Government or show proof of destruction in accordance with the TOU. Sources Sought Response/Submission and Deadline: All written expressions of interest and information in response to this sources sought shall be submitted to Mr. Patrick Dooley at patrick.s.dooley3.civ@us.navy.mil and Ms. Sydney Cline at sydney.m.cline.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), 13 May 2024. � The subject line of the email should read ""(company Name) Sources Sought Response � MMM Payload N00024-24-R-6234."" NOTE: SS/RFI responses are limited to 20 pages or less, 1-inch margins, and 10 point Times New Roman font or larger. The Government will accept specific questions or comments submitted in response to this notice or information provided as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. The Government may or may not be able to provide answers at this time. Responses may contain a separate annex classified up to the SECRET level, if necessary, but any classified annex needs to be marked, handled and transmitted appropriately in accordance with the referenced security classification guides for the system. Disclosure:� 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 research 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. Response to this notice is not a request to be added to a bidders list or to receive a copy of a solicitation. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. Information submitted in response to this RFI will become the property of the United States Government. Submitters should properly mark their responses with the appropriate restrictive markings. Information that is proprietary or competition-sensitive may be protected from disclosure under the public records law only if properly labeled as such. �
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- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
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