Attachment 1 - N00024-25-R-5213 Surface Ship ASW Product Support RFI.pdf

Surface Ship ASW Product Support

Sources Sought Date: 5 May 2025

Classification Code: R706 - Support- Management: Logistics Support

U013 Education/Training- Combat: Contractor-Provided Training to Military At Individual, Collective, or Staff Level On Combat Skills That Apply Deadly Force On Enemy or Hostile Forces; Contractor Facilities Used for Such Training

NAICS Code: 334511 – Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing

Contracting Office Address: N00024 1333 Isaac Hull Ave S.E. Washington Navy Yard, DC

Subject: FY27 AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship ASW Product Support (Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), Training, Anti-Submarine Warfare Virtual Operator Trainer (ASW VOT))

Solicitation Number: N00024-25-R-5213

Contact Points: Contracting Officer, Mr. Benjamin Smallenbroek (SEA 02523) (202) 781-2728;

and Contract Specialist, Ms. Phoebe Fisher (SEA 02523F) 202-781-1521

Place(s) of Performance: To include but not limited to all major Fleet concentrations such as Hampton Roads Area, NSWC Dahlgren Division Dam Neck, San Diego, CA, Seattle, WA Mayport, FL, Everett, WA, Pearl Harbor, HI, Bath, ME, Pascagoula, MS, Marinette, WI, Yokosuka, Japan, Rota, Spain.

Description

SECTION 1: SYNOPSIS

The Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), on behalf of the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Undersea Systems (PEO IWS 5.0), is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to conduct market research and gather industry input on potential product support, supplies, and services for Navy surface ship Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) systems, including the AN/SQQ-89(V), on various platforms, including CG (Cruiser), DDG (Destroyer), FFG (Frigate), Foreign Military Sales (FMS) partner platforms, and shore-based sites.

This RFI covers requirements for scope that is currently being executed under the following contract:

N00024-22-C-5231 – AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Combat System Product Support

The Government is considering acquisition options to determine the best contract(s) acquisition strategy to maximize competition, including, but not limited to, an Indefinite- Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contract (MAC). The Government seeks to gauge industry interest in performing requirements for AN/SQQ-89 Product Support in one or more of the three (3) main functional areas and/or subcategories as follows:

1. Integrated Logistics Support:

a. Integrated logistics support to include product schedules, design interface, technical software support, maintenance support, maintenance plans, preventative and corrective maintenance, maintenance and repair analysis, depot support, technical documentation, supply support, material management, inventory management, configuration management, engineering change management.

b. Packaging, handling, storage, and transportation.

c. Spares procurement.

2. Training:

a. Training development to include Job Duty Task Analysis, creation of operator and maintenance task flows, establishing formal Navy Enlisted Code (NEC) awarding courses, Manpower, Personnel, and Training summaries, and Navy Training System Plan updates.

b. Training content development and instructional media materials (IMM) to include 2- D and 3-D animations, H5P/HTML5, Adobe Captivate, video production, website management, and Moodle LMS.

c. Operator and Maintenance training conduct to include familiarization, advanced operations and tactics, fleet training events, synthetic training, AN/SQQ-89(V) proper alignments, diagnostics, software troubleshooting, hardware troubleshooting, planned maintenance system (preventative and corrective), and integrated combat system training.

d. Shipboard testing and evaluation of integrated training systems, embedded Learning Management Systems (LMS).

3. Anti-Submarine Warfare Virtual Operator Trainer (ASW VOT):

a. Physical to virtual translation of AN/SQQ-89(V) software.

b. Configuration management

c. Life-Cycle sustainment, software and hardware technical refresh, and maintenance

d. Technical documentation

e. Cyber implementation, accreditation, and Risk Management Framework (RMF)

f. Spares procurement

SECTION 2: GENERAL INFORMATION

Pursuant to FAR 52.215-3, this RFI is for planning purposes only and is issued solely for conducting market research in accordance with FAR Part 10. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any comments and questions submitted or information provided as a result of this notice. This does NOT constitute a Request for Proposal. The Government is NOT seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. This notice shall not be construed as a contract, a promise to contract, or a commitment of any kind by the Government. Specific responses will not disqualify or have an impact on participation and evaluation on future solicitations. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation. If a solicitation is issued in the future, it will be announced via the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) and interested parties must comply with that announcement. It is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor SAM.gov for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Any small businesses that believe they can accomplish this entire requirement should indicate their small business status (see FAR Part 19) in their response.

Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing using the form contained in Attachment 2. Attachment 2 shall be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer’s email addresses by 26 May 2025 no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Verbal questions will not be accepted or answered.

Questions shall not contain classified information.

SECTION 3: REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW

The Navy issues this Request for Information to help determine the interest, technical capability, and qualifications of industry to meet the Government’s needs to perform the below actions previously outlined in Section 1 for the following areas:

1. Integrated Logistics Support

2. Training

3. Anti-Submarine Warfare Virtual Operator Trainer (ASW VOT):

Interested parties are requested to provide the following in their responses:

Section 1 of the response shall provide administrative information for the Government to understand the perspective of the respondent, and shall include the following as a minimum:

• Organization name, mailing address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), phone number, fax number, and name and e-mail of designated point of contact.

• Business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, very small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business.)

• Country of origin for main business component(s).

Section 2 of the response shall provide a technical description and information, and shall include the following as a minimum:

Company Qualifications and Experience

1. Describe your experience working directly with Government organizations and integrators using Government and contractor facilities (including test equipment) for logistics product development, maintenance and update.

2. Describe your capabilities and experience in developing Navy Training Systems Plans (NTSPs) as well as development, maintenance, update, and conduct of system training.

3. Describe how your facilities and infrastructure allow for the handling of classified and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), to include software script development and testing and storage of a significant amount of classified hardware.

4. Describe your experience and ability to leverage workforce personnel across logistics development, training development, spares procurement, configuration management, and shipboard test and evaluation of US Navy systems.

5. Describe your experience in providing life cycle support to systems including monitoring failure and CASREP data for use by the Navy in adjusting sustainment paradigms.

6. Provide suggestions on contract structure that would result in additional interest by industry. Example of current contract structure is as follows:

• CLIN x001-General LOE Labor

• CLIN x002-General ODC/Material/Travel Cost

• CLIN x003-Spares and Major Material

7. Provide suggestions on contract fee/profit that would result in additional interest by industry.

8. Provide suggestions on scope inclusion, reduction, or separation for those efforts listed in Section 3 that would result in additional interest by industry.

SECTION 4: SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES

Responses under this RFI should be unclassified. Responses should be in PDF or MS Word format and emailed to Contract Specialist, Phoebe Fisher, phoebe.g.fisher.civ@us.navy.mil with a copy to the Contracting Officer, Benjamin Smallenbroek, benjamin.m.smallenbroek.civ@us.navy.mil. The subject line of the email should read as follows:

“Surface Ship ASW System Product Support (5213) RFI Response.”

mailto:phoebe.g.fisher.civ@us.navy.mil

Respondents to this RFI must adhere to the following details:

1. Submissions shall be single spaced, typed in Times New Roman font with type no smaller than 12-point font.

2. Submissions shall not exceed six (6) single-sided pages. Product specification, sketches, or listings of authorized distributors do not count toward the page limitation.

3. Paper should be 8 ½ x 11 inches with a minimum of 1-inch margins around the page.

Any text contained within tables, graphs, etc. should be 8-point Times New Roman font or larger.

4. Included files should be created/prepared using Microsoft Office compatible application. Graphics, photographs, and other data that may not be compatible with Microsoft Office should be submitted in PDF format.

5. Submitted electronic files should not be compressed and should be limited to the following extensions:

.docx Microsoft Word

.xlsx Microsoft Excel

.pptx Microsoft PowerPoint

.pdf Adobe Acrobat

.mmpx Microsoft Project

In accordance with FAR 15.201, responses to this notice are not offers and will not be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. As such, the Government will not reimburse any costs associated with responding to this notice. Information submitted in response to this Request for Information 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 will be protected from disclosure under the public records law only if properly labeled as such.