Attachment 3 - BMS_Sources Sought Response Template.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT FOR THE BATTLESPACE MODELING AND SIMULATION ENGINEERING SERVICES REQUIREMENT FOR NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION (NAWCAD)

Attachment 3: Sources Sought Response

Company Name:

Company Address:

CAGE Code:

Unique Entity Identifier:

Point of Contact Name:

Point of Contact Phone Number:

Point of Contact Email Address:

Company Size Standard under the following NAICS codes:

Provide a statement including company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), etc. Additionally, for each proposed NAICS code below, provide your current small/large business status. Protégé-Mentor Joint Ventures are to provide this information for each member of the Joint Venture.

541715 Exception 1 – Research and Development in Aircraft, Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Company Response:

Select One: Large Business / Small Business / WOSB / EDWOSB / SDVOSB / 8a / ANC / Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Business

541330 Exception 1 – Engineering Services: Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons.

Select One: Large Business / Small Business / WOSB / EDWOSB / SDVOSB / 8a / ANC / Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Business

Limitations on Sub-Contracting:

Small businesses must demonstrate the ability to perform at least 50% of the cost of contract labor performance as the prime contractor with similarly situated small business sub-contractors in accordance with FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (Deviation). Small business primes may now count “first tier subcontracted” work performed by similarly situated entities as if it were performed by the prime itself. Please read the full text of the clause deviation (52.219-14 Class Deviation 2020-O0008 dated 04/03/20 at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far. If your company is planning to team with a similarly situated small business or planning to propose as a Protégé-Mentor Joint Venture, the response must clearly identify the proposed team members and the capability statement must clearly articulate which portion of the work each team member will be responsible for. The response must be detailed enough for the Government to make a determination whether or not the proposed team will be able to perform 50% of the work when combined. For Protégé-Mentor Joint Ventures the response must be detailed enough for the Government to determine whether the Protégé will be able to perform at least 40% of the proposed work for the Joint Venture. Businesses that are not considered a small business under any of the potential NAICS are encouraged to respond to this request and include information regarding their intentions for small business utilization.

Current Company status in regards to:

Adequate Accounting System in accordance with FAR 16.301-3(a)(3).

DCMA approved Accounting System in accordance with DFARS clause 252.242-7006.

DCMA adequate Purchasing System in accordance with DFARS 252.244-7001.

Company Response:

Are you an awardee in the Navy SeaPort NxG MAC: Yes or No?

Capability Determination Response Topics:

The following responses will be reviewed and an initial assessment will be made on the potential ability to successfully compete for and execute the potential requirements. Please limit the response to no more than 15 pages.

TOPIC 1: Technical Capability and Experience Describe prior/current corporate experience performing efforts of similar size and scope within the last 5 years, including contract number, organization supported, indication of whether as a prime or a subcontractor, contract value, average monthly number of full time equivalent personnel, Government point of contact, and a brief description of how the referenced contract relates to the proposed required capabilities and in relation to the scale and complexity. Protégé-Mentor Joint Ventures are to provide this information for each member of the Joint Venture. Responses should reference Attachment 1 – DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) paragraphs and level of effort and labor categories from Attachment 2 – DRAFT Level of Effort Table in the description of the relationship of the reference contract to the potential requirements.

TOPIC 1 Company Response:

TOPIC 2: The awardee will be expected to utilize software tools including but not limited to: Jenkins, Ansible, Qt, SonarCube, GitLab Utilization of software development and team collaboration tools such as Jira, and Confluence are also required. Additionally, the awardee is anticipated to develop and support software various programing languages such as but not limited to: C, C++, Java, Python, Lua and Perl. Describe your experience in providing personnel operating these tools and programming languages and for what purpose.

TOPIC 2 Company Response:

TOPIC 3: What is your current Facility Clearance Security Level? What is your current Contractor Safeguarding Security Clearance Level?

TOPIC 3 Company Response:

TOPIC 4: Describe the Company’s ability to provide staffing across the labor categories and at the level of effort defined in Attachment 1 - DRAFT SSOW and Attachment 2 - DRAFT Level of Effort Table.

TOPIC 4 Company Response:

TOPIC 5: Describe your Company’s facilities and locations of the facilities including driving miles from NAS Patuxent River to perform the requirements of the Statement of Work at the UNCLASSIFIED and SECRET levels. Please include any existing IT infrastructure or connections to Government networks.

TOPIC 5 Company Response:

TOPIC 6: Describe your company's experience in development and delivering simulation environments with a focus on aviation training and operation test of new weapons models. What is your experience in delivering vendor developed weapons systems in simulation environments. What is your experience with Joint Simulation Environment, Next Generation Threat System (NGTS) or other military simulation environments.

TOPIC 6 Company Response:

TOPIC 7: Describe the Company’s ability to begin performance upon the anticipated contract start date of Summer / Fall of 2027.

TOPIC 7 Company Response:

The following section is OPTIONAL and will not be included in the capability determination. These responses are requested to help the Government understand the position of industry related to each topic and craft the best possible solicitation. The Government does not intend to provide a direct response to the inputs provided. Please limit the response to no more than 15 pages.

TOPIC A:

The Government is considering the structure of this requirement to be a Single Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity type contract over the issuance of a C-type or F-type (Task Order(s) issued under a Multiple Award Contract) contract with the utilization of Technical Direction Letters to maintain appropriate management of individual projects, customers, funding, etc. The Government would appreciate feedback on the proposed contract type, the inclusion of a completion based CLIN (CPFF or FFP) and any examples of where these contract types did or did not work well for historically similar scale and complexity of requirements.

TOPIC A Company Response:

TOPIC B:

The Government requests feedback on the proposed labor categories and qualifications in Attachment 1. This includes the inclusion of additional, combining, or derivative labor categories that industry believes will be advantageous to industry and the Government in the ability to recruit and retain the required technical expertise to execute the requirement.

TOPIC B Company Response:

TOPIC C:

IF it is determined this requirement is suitable for award as other than an IDIQ, the Government is open to considering the utilization of existing Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC) and other agency strategic sourcing vehicles. Industry is encouraged to identify potential alternative acquisition approaches. If you are currently an awardee on an existing GWAC / strategic sourcing vehicles, please identify the contract vehicle, the NAICS code of that vehicle, and your size standard under that vehicle.

TOPIC C Company Response:

TOPIC D:

The Government is considering the inclusion of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 certification as a condition of contract award. Please describe your current state of certification or readiness for CMMC Level 2 and any information the Government should take into consideration as part of this decision.

Topic D Company Response:

TOPIC E:

The Government is seeking industry input into the considerations of what labor categories and skill levels should be considered “professional” for the purpose of the Total Compensation Plan in accordance with FAR 22.1103 and FAR 52.222-46. Please provide input with regards to labor categories, skill levels, and rationale for consideration as “professional”.

TOPIC E Company Response:

TOPIC F:

The Government is seeking industry input to support the development of the cost proposal requirements. Similar to the current contract, the Government anticipates an average of 4 - 6 concurrent task orders with an average of 100 individual unique projects across all task orders. Specifically, the Government is requesting industry provide their estimated labor categories, skill levels, level of effort hours requirements per year, and description the anticipated contract management activities for this IDIQ that would NOT be covered under the proposed indirect rates. The purpose of this request is to ensure the Government is adequately accounting for those overarching management activities in the labor categories, skill levels, and level of effort hours in addition to those required for the direct technical project work. Additionally, the Government is open to other suggestions from industry on how these aspects should be addressed in the RFP both technically and from a cost prospective, for example “Should we allow the Contractor to propose their own labor mix and hours based on background information versus having the Government provide the mix and hours?”

TOPIC F Response:

TOPIC G:

The Government is considering the use of alternative contracting approaches for this requirement. Specifically, the Government is considering the inclusion of the ability to issue Fixed Price orders for highly defined deliverable based projects to be performed predominantly at the Contractor site(s) and/or highly stable level of effort requirements at both the Government site and Contractor site(s). Please provide your feedback on this potential approach including how the Government should include in the pricing or establishment of the basic contract ceiling and recommended criteria the Government should consider before electing to use Fixed Price over Cost Plus Fixed Fee Level of Effort. Please include the impact to your ability to perform or the likelihood to propose for the requirement.

TOPIC G Company Response:

TOPIC H:

The Government wants to understand if there are any barriers prohibiting competition within Industry with respect to this procurement.

TOPIC H Company Response:

TOPIC I: The Government is considering conducting an industry day and/or a pre-solicitation event for this requirement. Please provide feedback on desired content, format (in person or virtual), and timing of these events.

TOPIC I Company Response:

TOPIC J: The Government is considering utilizing either Corporate Experience or Past Performance as one of the evaluation Factors. Additionally, the Government is considering using only Relevant (with minimal thresholds) and Not Relevant and the degree of similarity / relevancy would be taken into consideration as part of the Performance Confidence rating. The Government is requesting industry feedback on preference and rationale for use of Corporate Experience or Past Performance and minimal threshold characteristics of contracts to support relevancy definition development.

TOPIC J Company Response:

TOPIC K:

Industry may use this response topic to provide any other feedback, not already addressed, associated with the sources sought, the requirements, potential evaluation factors the Government should consider, or other aspects of the pre-solicitation activities and source selection process.

TOPIC K Company Response: