ARV RFI_14DEC2021.pdf

ARV – Market Survey 1 Authorized For Public Release

December 2021

ADVANCED RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

1.0 DESCRIPTION OF INTENT

The Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) in support of the United States Marine

Corps (USMC) and Program Manager Light Armored Vehicle (PM LAV) are issuing this notice as a means of conducting Market Research for a potential Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Low

Rate Initial Production (LRIP), and Full Rate Production (FRP) phase of the Advanced Reconnaissance

Vehicle (ARV). This effort will include design, manufacturing, providing test support, and possibly System

Technical Support (STS) and Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) for the ARV to maintain maximum commonality across the Family of Vehicles (FoVs). For the purposes of this survey, FoV references are specific to ARV vehicles.

1.1 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY

This Request for Information (RFI) is a Market Survey and not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. No solicitation document exists at this time nor will responders be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Providing a response to this survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey or any follow-on requests for information. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. The Government will not rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. The

Government may seek clarifications or discussions at its discretion.

2.0 BACKGROUND

The ARV is a new and purpose-built combat vehicle system, mobile on land and water, and capable of service as the manned hub of a Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) empowered team. ARV will employ transformational sensor, communications, and combat capabilities to collect and communicate information, while integrating robotics and artificial intelligence technologies into manned-unmanned teams.

The ARV will enable a crew to sense the operating environment and convey that information using advanced on-board sensors and networked communications systems that are augmented by unmanned systems in order to detect, recognize, identify and report threats at extended ranges. The ARV will provide the Fleet Marine

Force with the survivable, mobile, networked, and lethal platform optimized for naval transport and amphibious employment in the littoral operating environment.

The ARV FoVs is expected to consist of six (6) Mission Role Variants (MRVs): Command, Control, Communications, & Computers-Unmanned Aerial System (C4-UAS), Organic Precision Fire-Mounted

(OPF-M), Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS), 30mm Autocannon and Anti-Tank Guided Missile

(ATGM), Logistics (LOG), and Recovery (R).

The planned Acquisition Objective (AO) for the ARV is 533 units over five production years allocated to the following MRVs:

MRV AO Quantity Increment

C4-UAS 121 1

OPF-M 57 1

30mm 121 2

LOG 116 2

Recovery 34 2

CUAS 84 3

Total 533

All acquisition quantities and planned contracts are notional and may change based on several factors.

ARV is expected to be awarded with an initial phase (i.e. Phase I, Increment I) with the potential for two additional phases for a total of three program phases. The planned initial EMD/LRIP/FRP contract (Phase I) would be for the detailed design and prototype/production of the C4-UAS and OPF-M variants with the expectation that subsequent variants, if awarded, would leverage these initial platforms for commonality.

Following successful completion of Phase I, there may be award of Phases II and III. These phases, if awarded, would require the contractor to design, test and manufacture the remaining MRV platforms, assuming that the additional variants are subsequently approved.

Below is a notional timeline for ARV:

3.0 INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE RFI QUESTIONNAIRE

Responses Format. Electronic responses must be provided in Microsoft Word 2013 or earlier, or compatible with Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader 11.0 or earlier. The Government requests that, to the extent possible, RFI responses not exceed 15 pages. However, submissions exceeding this will still be considered. Submittal will be text format only. Do not send pictures or graphics etc.

All questions must be addressed;

Font size no smaller than 12;

Spell out acronyms for their first instance;

Responses must include the question number and/or letter associated with the applicable answer;

Responses shall not include classified data.

Response to this RFI questionnaire should be sent via email to:

Gregory Donahoe, gregory.s.donahoe.civ@army.mil

Marie Sargee, marie.e.sargee.civ@army.mil

Any product literature that cannot be e-mailed or sent via DoD Safe may be sent to:

U.S. Army TACOM

ATTN: PM LAV

Mr. Gregory Donahoe and Ms. Marie Sargee

6501 East Eleven Mile Road

MS 501 Room 1100

Warren, MI 48397-5000 mailto:gregory.s.donahoe.civ@army.mil mailto:marie.e.sargee.civ@army.mil

No telephone responses will be accepted.

4.0 RESPONSE DEADLINE OF SUBMISSIONS

Responses are requested no later than 31 January 2022 at 1400 Eastern Time.

5.0 DISCLAIMER

Please be advised that any proprietary information must be marked as such on a page-by-page basis. The

Government will not assume that any of the information provided by a respondent is proprietary unless it is conspicuously marked on a page-by-page basis. Moreover, the Government does not assume any duty to contact a respondent and inquire whether any unmarked information submitted in response to this RFI is proprietary.

6.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. PM LAV and ACC-DTA invites your response to the below market survey questionnaire for the ARV.

Any information that is protected by law from release, and to which the Government has no pre-existing right to release that is marked with an appropriate legend shall not be released.

In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to appropriate restrictions, the

Government will also reproduce the restriction legend and any explanatory text.

7.0 FUTURE UPDATES

Any subsequent procurement notifications will be posted on the System of Award Management (SAM) website at https://sam.gov/content/home. All interested parties are encouraged to register on the SAM website to receive email notifications when information related to this requirement is updated, or documents that are issued and available for download. As a rule, the Government will not send notifications directly to interested parties and it is recommended that the interested parties periodically check this website for updates.

8.0 INFORMATION SOUGHT

8.1 Company Name

8.2 Company mailing address and Website

8.3 Location of Facility(s)

8.4 CAGE Code (if applicable)

8.5 Business size and eligibility under U.S. Government socio-economic programs and preference (i.e., type of business – large, small, small-disadvantaged, woman-owned, veteran-owned, or 8(a)). (NAICS

336992)

8.6 Does your company use a Cost Accounting System that has been certified by the Defense Contract

Management Agency (DCMA)?

8.7 Respondent Name

8.8 Respondent Title

8.9 Telephone Number(s)

8.10 E-mail Address

8.11 Do you have a Facility Security Officer (FSO)?

https://sam.gov/content/home

8.12 Does your company deal with International Trade Agreement Regulation (ITAR) issues?

8.12.1 If so, do you have current experience with technical assistance agreements?

8.13 Is your company foreign (outside United States) owned? If so, fully or partially owned? If so, what country?

8.14 Does your company have experience with USMC or Navy security regulations?

8.15 The Government is considering a variety of contract types for the EMD, LRIP and FRP phases of ARV

Increment I. Please provide feedback as to how your firm feels a Cost Reimbursement, or a Firm Fixed

Price contract type would influence your interest in the requirement and what considerations the choice of contract type would manifest within a proposal for ARV Increment I. The Government may consider one contract type for the EMD phase with another type for the LRIP and FRP portions, if these are included. Responses that provide the analysis, and resultant approaches as well as the pros and cons from each of the industry perspective would provide the best value in informing Government decisions in this regard. Additionally, one or more Ordering Years for LRIP and FRP may be included in the

Increment I Request For Proposal (RFP). The Government would value industry feedback on such an approach.

8.16 Has your company implemented an Operations Security Plan?

8.17 Does your company currently meet USMC or Navy Network Control Information Technology security standards for data?

8.18 Does your company have experience with DD-254, Contract Security Classification Specification?

8.19 Based on the attachment to this notice (ARV MRV Capability Description) (Mission Roll Variant), what, in the view of your firm, would a realistic and reasonable development time prior to delivery of the first prototype? Please provide the answer in the form of days after receiving award of a contract for such a purpose. To better inform the answer, and to the extent possible, please provide a total timeframe and break it out into areas similar to finalization of design, contractor testing, material acquisition, fabrication and other essential work elements necessary to produce an ARV prototype.

8.20 What is your company’s current minimal and maximum vehicle production rate? If the intent would be to increase production capacity, please describe how this would be completed (e.g. construct additional facilities) and the planned timeline to support the projected ARV production as shown above in Section

2.0.

8.21 What is the expected lead-time for Long Lead Material (LLM) for each MRV? Consequently, what would the production time per MRV be once LLM is on hand and prior to LRIP or FRP quantities being awarded?

8.22 Describe your company’s ability to produce multiple ARV MRVs concurrently. A MRV would be an

ARV equipped with different capabilities. The intent of this question is to ascertain the ability of industry to either be able to produce multiple MRVs concurrently, if a separate production line would be needed or if there would need to be a changeover. The information will potentially inform the timeframe and quantities the Government would acquire the ARV.

8.22.1 If there were a contractual requirement to produce multiple MRV variants concurrently, what, if any, impact would there be on your estimated maximum production quantity? What approaches might be employed to maintain the most economically advantageous pricing in such a circumstance?

8.22.2 What is the manufacturing lead-time needed to produce and deliver ARVs? In the response, please inform if one variant has a longer lead-time than another and what drives the variance. Please include your assumptions.

8.23 Respondents are requested to identify their expectations for data rights sharing/withholding management. Please include if your firm would consider offering to sell a Level III Technical Data

Package (TDP) for the ARV. Information on technology that was developed solely at private expense that would be included in an ARV of your design would be helpful to the Government in your response.

If your intended approach intends to use an existing vehicle platform as the basis for the ARV, please identify if the proposed platform was developed, in whole or part, with Government funding. If so, please include the contract number and the Government data rights. If using an existing platform as a starting point for ARV that was developed exclusively at private expense, please include what level of data rights your firm might consider providing to the Government for these portions of the proposed

ARV design. This portion of the response should include the potential cost to the Government for a

Level III TDP with a minimum of Government Purpose Rights (GPR) for the full ARV design to include the portion of the platform that was developed at private expense.

8.24 What capability does your firm have i (not by contracting out) to test the ARV? What automotive tests can be conducted? Do you have a dynamometer and test track in house? Please describe the approach that would be undertaken to test the ARV swim capability.

8.25 Is there any particular commodity or component of a potential ARV design that either you identify as being an ongoing concern for ability to source or so volatile in price that it might make estimation of

ARV production beyond 24 months problematic?

8.26 Describe your company’s experience and capability in planning, establishing and managing an

Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Program for an ARV that incorporates the following ILS elements:

a) Design Interface

b) Computer Resources

c) Maintenance Planning

d) Manpower and Personnel

e) Supply Support

f) Support Equipment

g) Sustaining Engineering

h) Technical Data

i. Interactive Authoring and Display Software (IADS)

ii. Military Formatted Technical and Operator’s Manuals*

i) Training and Training Support

j) Facilities

k) Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation

* If your intent is to subcontract the preparation of ARV Technical Documentation, please include your experience in the oversight of this, what firms you have worked with and how your firm would acquire the needed facilities for validation and verification of technical documentation.