Sources Sought - AMPV STS.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT - AMPV SYSTEM TECHNICAL SUPPORT

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ARMORED MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE

SYSTEM TECHNICAL SUPPORT

1. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued solely for information and planning purposes.

This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation.

Responses are voluntary with no reimbursement for any costs associated for providing information to this RFI or any follow-on information requests. The United States Government (USG) is not bound to this information if any solicitation is issued.

This is an important opportunity for respondents to influence the application of requirements supporting the acquisition strategy for this program. There is no formal solicitation available at this time and this RFI does NOT obligate the USG to issue a solicitation.

Data submitted in response to this will not be returned. Each provider is responsible for properly marking any information considered PROPRIETARY or otherwise restricted.

2. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

The USG acknowledges its obligations under 18 United States Code (U.S.C.) §1905 to protect information qualifying as “confidential” under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any PROPRIETARY (e.g. trade secret) restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the questionnaire and to protect the data from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

• Qualifying data must be clearly marked “PROPRIETARY” and accompanied by an explanatory text, so the USG is clearly notified as to exactly what data so qualifies.

• Mark only data that is truly confidential.

• Do not mark data that is already in the public domain or is already in possession of the

USG or third parties on an unclassified basis.

• Proprietary data transmitted electronically must have the “PROPRIETARY” legend on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail as well as at the beginning of the file. Proprietary information contained within the correspondence shall use the legends: "PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS."

3. DISCLAIMER

The USG is not obligated to protect unmarked data, data in possessions of third parties, or data which is subsequently placed in the public domain by the contractor or by third parties through no fault of the USG. Should the USG need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between USG offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place utilizing Department Of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5200.48 Controlled Unclassified Information.

4. OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this RFI is to assess industry capability and readiness to provide System Technical Support (STS) services for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Family of Vehicles (FoVs) to meet requirements from 1 JUL 2026 through 1 JUL 2031.

Assumptions

The USG may not furnish a complete Technical Data Package (TDP) for the AMPV FoV’s.

Respondents are expected to advise the USG what information is needed and provide technical reference data to accomplish each task.

The overarching requirements include:

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR):

Provide systems analysis and technical integration support for software, hardware, and cybersecurity including vulnerability assessment of communications and data management systems for obsolescence, product improvements, or new mission requirements.

Systems Engineering Support (SES):

Develop and integrate solutions that maintain commonality of all physical, functional, and technical interfaces with the established design. Support includes conducting design, feasibility and trade-off studies, safety and human factors analyses, market surveys, fabricating hardware, performing testing, and conducting technical reviews.

Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL):

Utilize a laboratory environment to integrate and test system electronics, Line-Replaceable Units (LRUs), Line-Replaceable Modules (LRMs), and Configuration Items (CIs) to validate and enhance interoperability prior to full vehicle integration.

Integrated Product Support (IPS)

Develop logistics products and execute IPS activities to support and sustain fielded weapon systems, including parts provisioning, packaging data development, technical publications development, and materiel fielding and training support.

Contractor Test Support (CTS):

Provide comprehensive support to USG testing. This support may consist of documenting and providing test support packages for training for operator, crew and maintenance personnel, technical manuals, common and unique spare and repair parts, special tools, test equipment, and Field Service Representatives (FSRs) to support vehicle tests and test sites.

5. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Send responses to this Request for Information via DoD Safe Exchange. Email the Contract Specialist(s) to request a DoD Safe link: Megan Boone (megan.m.boone3.civ@army.mil) and Denae Howard (denae.m.howard.civ@army.mil). Please title the response as “AMPV STS – Industry Feedback”. Provide responses and attachments in MS Word or PDF format.

Address any requests for clarifications to the point of contact specified above.

Do not include any classified information, brochures, pamphlets, or marketing paraphernalia unnecessary to the specific questions. Responses are limited to 150 total pages (not including attachments for certifications), using Times New Roman 12 pitch, with one-inch margins.

Please include only the question number (e.g. X.a) in each answer and spell out all acronyms in its first instance. Also, clearly mark any PROPRIETARY information per the guidance in section 2, above. Responses are limited to one per company.

Provide responses to the general information in section 6 and capabilities in section 7.

All transmission and/or dissemination of CUI (i.e., email and file transfers) must use NIST/NIAP-approved cryptographic products/algorithms, e.g., DoD-approved Public Key Infrastructure Certification or DoD Safe Exchange at https://safe.apps.mil/.

Responses to this RFI are due by 2359 EST, 24 July 2025. Responses received after this date are not valid.

6. INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY

Company

a. Company Name:

b. Mailing Address:

c. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code:

d. Company Website(s):

e. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number:

f. North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) number:

g. Business size and eligibility under USG socio-economic programs and preference:

h. Cost system certified by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA):

i. Company size and active System for Acquisition Management (SAM) information:

Person Responding to RFI

a. Name:

b. Title:

c. Company Responsibility/Position:

d. Mailing Address:

e. Telephone Number:

f. E-Mail Address:

mailto:megan.m.boone3.civ@army.mil mailto:denae.m.howard.civ@army.mil

7. CAPABILITIES

7.1 SECURITY

a. Provide the facility security clearance and cage code.

b. Describe the company’s experience with International Traffic in Arms

Regulations (ITAR) issues and technical assistance agreements.

c. Describe the company’s ownership. If foreign owned, full or partial.

d. Describe the company’s workforce citizenship including non-US citizens.

e. Describe the company’s experience with Operations Security (OPSEC) plans.

f. Describe the company’s experience with Program Protection Plans (PPP).

g. Describe the ability to transmit unclassified data via National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)/National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) approved sites, e.g., DOD-approved Public Key Infrastructure Certification or DoD Safe at https://safe.apps.mil or https://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/.

h. Describe the ability to process classified information and provide a Data Security Standard (DSS) accreditation letter.

i. Describe the company’s ability to meet Army Network Control (NETCON) Information Technology (IT) security standards for data.

j. Describe the company’s experience with DD Form 254 – Contract Security Classification Specification (DD 254) and what procedures the company uses to enforce DD 254 compliance with subcontractors.

k. Describe the company’s ability to operate and maintain a secure Army data collection site, manpower, estimated labor hours, and total payments.

7.2 CYBERSECURITY

a. Describe the company’s experience in integrating cybersecurity best practices into an IT System, devices with embedded operating systems, vehicle systems, or similar.

b. Describe the company’s experience implementing Secure Technical Implementation

Guidance (STIGs) and Security Requirements Guides (SRG) into an IT System, devices with embedded operating systems, or vehicle systems.

c. Describe the company’s experience developing DoD Architectural Framework (DoDAF) 2.02 for capability, operational, system, services, data, standards, and project views for an IT system, embedded operating systems, or vehicle systems.

d. Describe the company’s experience conducting and assessing Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) scans using Nessus or other scanning programs on commonly used operating systems.

e. Describe the company’s experience assessing vulnerabilities and mitigation risks.

f. Describe the company’s experience in Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) and managing, controlling, and verifying tier-1 and sub-tier suppliers’ acquisition of components and parts supporting IT systems or vehicle systems.

g. Describe the company’s cybersecurity accreditation supporting USG efforts or to maintain the company’s internal systems.

h. Describe the company’s experience in IT system patch management.

i. Describe the company’s experience in cybersecurity incident response as supporting restoration or recovery of IT systems or vehicle systems.

7.3 COST & SOFTWARE DATA REPORTING (CSDR)

Describe the company’s experience in preparing and submitting Cost and Software Data Reporting in accordance with DoD 5000.4-M-1 (CSDR) manual.

7.4 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

a. Describe the company’s Configuration Management (CM) system, CM Plan, and CM tools.

b. Describe the company’s experience in developing Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and Engineering Release Records (ERRs).

c. Describe the company’s experience in managing configuration of production and fielded vehicle systems.

d. Describe the system used to track configuration of a TDP (e.g. Windchill).

e. Describe the company’s TDP development, update, and delivery process as well as your company’s experience with overall custodianship of a USG-owned TDP.

f. Describe the company’s experience in using engineering CM standards such as

SAE EIA-649 CM Standard and MIL-DTL 31000.

7.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE

a. Describe the company’s experience with industry quality assurance/control systems.

(e.g. ISO 9001, AS9100, IATF16949). Please provide quality assurance certifications.

b. Provide examples of the company using continuous improvement as part of your quality management system.

c. Describe the company’s experience managing subcontractor quality assurance/control systems.

d. Describe the company’s experience in quality management systems for vehicle production, maintenance, and sustainment.

e. Describe the company’s experience maintaining quality assurance/control for spare parts from vendors, in-house, coming from repair, or any other means.

f. Describe the company’s problem-solving process for containment, root cause, corrective action, and preventative action processes (e.g. 8D Report, 3 Legged 5 Why, EMP Error Mistake Proofing, Poka-Yoke).

g. Describe the company's experience in weld quality management.

h. Describe the company's history with defense industry and automotive weld standards.

i. Describe the company's experience with heavy manufacturing.

j. Describe the company's experience in quality management and application of

Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) paint systems.

k. Describe the company's experience with robotic manufacturing systems.

l. Describe the company's experience managing automated manufacturing processes.

m. Describe the company’s knowledge and experience of the Product Data Reporting and

Evaluation Program. (e.g. Product Quality Deficiency Report (PQDR), Supply Discrepancy Report (SDR)).

n. Describe the company’s knowledge of Defense Logistic Administration (DLA) quality assurance support.

o. Describe the company’s experience with Army arsenal and depot operations.

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p. Describe the company’s experience with advanced/additive manufacturing.

q. Describe the company’s experience with continuous process improvement tools (e.g.

Lean, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control (SPC).

r. Describe the company’s experience with control plans and Process Failure Mode

Effects Analysis (PFMEA).

s. Describe the company’s experience with Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).

t. Describe the company’s experience managing/controlling safety or critical characteristics.

7.6 CONTRACTOR TEST SUPPORT

a. Describe the company’s experience providing comprehensive support to USG developmental, operational, and live fire testing to include:

1. Documenting and providing test support packages for training for test site operator, crew and maintenance personnel, technical manuals, common and unique spare and repair parts, special tools, and test equipment.

2. Providing FSR personnel to support all vehicle tests and test sites.

7.7 CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL INTEGRATION (CMMI)

a. Describe the company’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) level.

b. Describe the company’s process improvement strategies that apply to the following process areas:

1. Requirements Management

2. Project Monitoring and Control

3. Project Planning

4. Configuration Management

5. Measurement and Analysis (Metrics)

6. Process and Product Quality Assurance

7. Organizational Process Definition and Management

8. Causal Analysis of Defects

7.8 SOFTWARE

a. Describe the company’s software development experience in a DOD environment for:

1. Embedded software applications

2. Realtime software controls

3. Military vehicle software applications

b. Describe the company’s software requirements and verification process.

c. Describe the company’s experience with open architecture design, such as Modular

Open Architecture Approach (MOSA) or Ground Combat System Common Infrastructure Architecture (GCIA).

d. Describe the company’s process for software corrective action including problem investigation, resolution, and Change Management (CM).

e. Describe the company’s approach to software configuration management, including essential checkpoints and baselines. Please address developer CM, product CM, program CM, customer collaboration CM, contractual delivery CM, and production maintenance CM.

f. Describe the company’s experience with cyclic, agile, spiral, or other software development methodologies.

g. Describe the company’s experience with DevSecOps including addressing challenges to ensure effective and efficient software release.

h. Describe the company’s approach for vehicle health management systems, including diagnostics, prognostic and fault code management.

i. Describe the company’s Software Quality Assurance (SQA) process.

j. Describe the company’s experience with software subcontractor management.

k. Describe your software integration approach, including 3rd party/supplier software.

l. Describe your software testing experience, including test approach, simulation, hardware in the loop test, vehicle level testing, and test tools.

m. Describe the company’s software qualification testing and release process.

n. Describe the company’s experience and support for software fielding.

7.10 ENGINEERING SUPPORT

a. Describe the company’s experience with STS requirements development and maintenance, design, analysis, redesign, development, integration, validation, and testing, for systems, subsystems, hardware and software.

b. Describe the company’s ability to provide STS support without a TDP.

c. Describe the company’s experience establishing and managing engineering support services such as C5ISR, SIL, IPS, and CTS per section 6 above.

d. Describe the company’s experience in conducting obsolescence surveillance and the tools or monitoring services used.

e. Describe the company’s experience and approaches in obsolescence resolution activities.

g. Describe the facilities and processes the company uses to ensure components and are secured and stowed properly.

h. Describe the company’s experience conducting DoD technical reviews.

i. Describe the company’s experience with mobility, electrical, software, and auxiliary systems on combat platforms.

j. Describe the company’s experience in managing system architecture to ensure consistency with requirements and design.

k. Describe the company’s interface management process for vehicle components and systems impacted by design changes.

l. Describe the company’s experience integrating Government Furnished Material /

Property (GFM / GFP).

m. Describe the company’s requirements management process.

n. Describe how the company manages commonality across multiple platforms.

o. Describe your company’s subcontractor management process used to ensure that they are integrated with the program’s cost, schedule and performance needs.

p. Describe the company’s risk management processes.

q. Describe the company’s process and experiences integrating radio and antenna sets on combat vehicles and how you perform Co-Location Interference

Mitigation (COSITE) analysis.

r. Describe your experience conducting root cause analysis and provide examples.

s. Describe the company’s experience performing trade-off studies to support design, modeling, and building of vehicles, systems, and components.

t. Describe the company’s experience performing engineering updates to combat vehicles to include retrofit and technical support.

u. Describe the company’s experience and processes in deploying engineering resources to Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) locations.

v. Describe the company’s experience with Digital Engineering (DE) including any processes and tools used to implement and manage DE activities.

7.11 RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, AND MAINTAINABILITY (RAM)

a. Describe the company's experience managing and executing a reliability and maintainability program using industry standards such as GEIA-STD-0009.

b. Describe how the company applies reliability growth to its programs.

c. Describe the company's experience with the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity

(AMSAA) Planning Model Using Projection Methodology (PM2) or AMSAA Maturity Projection Model (AMPM).

d. Describe the company's experience with a SE process that includes Design for Reliability (DFR) and Design Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (DFMEA).

e. Describe the company's experience with the DoD Failure Analysis and Corrective Action Reporting (FACAR) process.

f. Describe the company's experience with problem resolution tracking programs.

g. Describe the company's experience with RAM databases for ground combat systems.

h. Describe the company’s experience reviewing and analyzing Test Incident Reports

(TIRs) using Army enterprise databases.

7.12. LOGISTICS SUPPORT

a. Describe the company's experience with repair parts procurement, inventory management, care of supplies in storage (COSIS), and customer order processing to support weapon system operational readiness. Identify the system(s) used for repair parts management and order fulfillment. Also include the company's process for determining the list of high failure and/or mission-critical parts required to develop a repair parts support package (a.k.a. authorized stockage list (ASL)) provided to units as part of system fielding.

b. Describe the company's experience developing field and sustainment level technical publications. Field level technical publications are required for the operation, field level maintenance, and field-applied modification of weapon systems. Sustainment or depot level technical publications are required for the complex repair or maintenance of a weapon system and its components that are beyond the capability of field level repair. Include quality assurance processes, standards, and/or activities the company utilizes in the development of technical publications.

c. Describe the company’s experience developing technical publications (IAW MIL- STD-40051-1/-2) for the operation, maintenance, repair of spare parts, testing, and demilitarization and disposal of materiel systems. Include participation in Logistics Demonstrations (LD) and technical manual validations and verifications.

d. Describe the company's experience using Interactive Authoring and Display Software (IADS) to create and display interactive electronic technical manuals (IETM) using Extensible Markup Language (XML).

e. Describe your experience developing logistics products using a full / partial TDP.

f. Describe the company’s experience managing, maintaining, securing, accounting for and using GFP and contractor-acquired property.

g. Describe the company’s experience, skill, and capability of developing logistics product data, logistics product data summaries, and Logistics Management Information (LMI) using the DoD adopted industry standard SAE GEIA-STD-0007, Logistics Product Data.

h. Describe the company’s experience planning, developing, and executing New Equipment Training (NET) packages in both field and facility environments.

i. Describe the company’s experience developing training support packages.

j. Describe the company’s experience in materiel fielding and materiel transfer processes, including use of Global Combat Support System–Army (GCSS- Army).

k. Describe the company’s experience participating in Integrated Product Teams

(IPTs). Identify programs and associated contributions.

l. Describe the company's experience identifying and allocating company manpower effectively to manage and execute the development of logistics products within program cost and schedule constraints.

m. Describe the company's experience implementing embedded diagnostics, prognostics, and fault isolation capabilities onto a weapon system to reduce maintenance man-hours and reliance on test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment (TMDE).

n. Describe the company’s experience developing, reporting, and fielding Modification Work Orders (MWOs).

o. Describe the company’s experience performing a Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) including the modeling tools used ((e.g. Computer Optimization Model for Predicting and Analyzing Support Structures (COMPASS), Equipment Designer’s Cost Analysis System (EDCAS)).

p. Provide a list of USG logistics applications and tools the company has experience with (e.g. PowerLog, SLICwave, WebFLIS, etc.).

q. Explain the company’s plan to flow down product support requirements to any sub-contractors, including technical data required to conduct product support analyses and develop logistics products.

r. Describe the company's experience performing a level of repair analysis (LORA) and maintenance task analysis (MTA) to support parts provisioning process and technical publication development. Explain all tools and system(s) used to perform the analyses and the company's strategy to ensure all source data (to include source data needed from sub-contractors) is available to perform these analyses. Source data includes engineering data, technical specifications, standards, drawings, diagrams, and schematics.

s. Describe the company's experience developing military packaging compliant with MIL-STD-2073, including the development and testing of special packaging instructions (SPI).

7.13 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

a. Describe the company’s management approach and experience executing in similar DoD programs.

b. Describe the company’s organizational structure.