Attachment_3-Solution_Paper_Template.docx

[Name of Company] [Address of Company]

UEI: [UEI]

CAGE code: [CAGE code] Operating Under Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) Status: [Yes or No]

Army Open Solicitation (AOS) Call For Solutions (CFS) Soldier Virtual Trainer (SVT) Weapons Skills Device (WSD) or Joint Fires Trainer (JFT)

[Specific Statement of Need addressed in Solution Paper]

[Company] certifies that, if selected for award, the Company will abide by the terms and conditions of the Base Agreement.

[Company] certifies that this Solution Paper is valid for two (2) years from the close of the applicable solicitation, unless a shorter duration is otherwise stated.

[A proprietary data disclosure statement if proprietary data is included. Sample:

This Solution Paper includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government, and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed, in whole or in part, for any purpose other than to evaluate this Solution Paper and negotiate any subsequent award. If, however, an agreement is awarded as a result of, or in connection with, the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose these data to the extent provided in the resulting agreement. This restriction does not limit the Government's right to use the information contained herein if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction is (clearly identify) and contained on pages (insert page numbers).]

Page 1 of 5 Attachment 4, SP

SOLUTION PAPER

(SP)

Note: Wording in BLACK is the template language. Wording in RED requires deleting and tailoring to your specific requirement.

SECTION 1: TECHNICAL Provide a detailed response tracing requirements back to the SOW (Attachment 4), and explaining how the Company plans to successfully deliver a completed prototype.

Section 1.1: Background/Problem to be Addressed This section provides a summary of what problem the proposed technology addresses.

Section 1.2: Industry Experience Describe company’s or team’s recent and relevant previous experience with similar projects. This experience should also include test, evaluation, and fielding that is similar to the required work of this prototype project. Projects worked in the last five years are considered recent.

Section 1.3: Proposed Milestones Provide an overview of key milestones and deliverables. A tabular presentation of this information may be used to provide this information. Milestones. Milestones will be developed in such a way that allows the Government to evaluate progress. These identified decision point milestones will conclude with a determination as to whether the project will or will not move to the next phase. The Government will be using an agile iteration cycle allowing for additional decision points throughout each phase to be determined at SOW and Milestone collaboration. Company shall identify these points in the milestone schedule submitted with their solution.

Section 1.4: Technical Strategy/Solution and Key Innovations Provide a brief overview of how the project will approach the problem, and the key innovations expected from the project. If the proposed effort is follow-on work to a previously funded effort, include a brief synopsis of what was accomplished, the previous project’s results, and how the proposed effort builds upon previous work.

Section 1.5: Technical Maturity Provide a summary of the current level of maturity of the technology your project intends to address.

Section 1.6: Success Metrics Provide the performance improvement metrics (e.g. capability, affordability, weight, etc.) that will be developed for the project and how they will be measured.

Section 1.7: Implementation and Transition Provide details of how the technological solution proposed will be implemented as an end item and/or brought to market in a commercial application.

SECTION 2: COST AND PRICING BREAKDOWN

Company shall submit a fixed price amount price for its solution, further divided into severable milestones in Attachment 6 – Cost and Pricing Breakdown. The Government is not dictating a specific price mechanism. However, proposed payments should be linked to clearly definable, detailed milestones in each milestone. It should be clear, with sufficient detail, what is being delivered at each milestone. The Company’s pricing milestones may vary from the defined decision points, depending on the proposed solution. Each milestone price should reflect the anticipated value the Government will receive toward accomplishment of the OTA goals and objectives at the time the milestone is completed. The price volume has no page number limitation. In addition, Company shall describe their licensing/pricing model(s) for their described Prototype Pilot solutions.

SECTION 3: ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE (ROM)

Company shall provide a ROM pricing for potential follow-on production activities.

Please note, the Follow-On ROM will assist in future planning efforts for potential follow-on efforts. The Follow–On ROM is not part of the evaluation.

SECTION 4: PARTICIPANTS

Section 4.1: Sub-Vendor List Provide a brief overview of the project team, and their roles and responsibilities for the project. Include a discussion of any potential Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCIs) from the sub-vendors and any mitigation measures to address those OCIs.

(Y/N)

SECTION 5: INTEGRATED MASTER SCHEDULE (IMS)

The Company must provide an image of the IMS for the project that should be resource loaded with each task including a predecessor (if applicable).

SECTION 6: TECHNICAL DATA RIGHTS

The Company must complete the Data Rights Assertions Tables in the below format for all technical data (including computer software documentation) and computer software to be developed or delivered under this prototype project. The data rights assertion table shall identify at the lowest segregable level the technical data (including computer software documentation) and computer software to be developed or delivered under the OT.

SECTION 7: TRACEABILITY MATRICES

The Company may provide traceability matrices in this section. If there are no traceability matrices to provide, please mark as RESERVED.

SECTION 8: ACRONYM DEFINITIONS

The Company should provide the definitions of all acronyms used throughout the Solution Paper.