Bulk Charger Industry Day Announcement.pdf

PdM Soldier Warrior Industry Day Announcement

Solicitation Number:

Agency: Department of the Army O ice: Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground Date: 17 October 2024 Notice Type: Special Notice Synopsis:

UBC-X Bulk Charger Industry Day:

The Product Manager Soldier Warrior is hosting a Universal Battery Charger – Extreme (UBC-X) bulk charger Industry Day on 17 October 2024. This Industry Day allows the PdM to present the current program information as it relates to the future procurement of the UBC-X. The event structure will consist of two phases.

Phase I, to be held in the morning, will be presentations provided by the PdM program team to provide information on program schedule, performance specifications, and contracting strategies that will be considered as part of the bulk charging e ort in FY 2025. This will include an open question and answer period.

Phase II, to be conducted during the afternoon, will consist of one-on-one meetings between potential proposers and members of the PdM team. If needed, one-on-one meetings will also be scheduled the following day, Friday 18 October. This format will consist of one-on-one discussions with interested vendors to provide individual forums to present their inputs and feedback on the performance specification requirements, schedule, and potential trade-space based on the Government information that was presented in this posting and during Phase I.

One-on-one sessions are limited to companies that are serious about being considered as a prime vendor for the UBC-X. Each company requesting to meet with the Government will be allowed a maximum of three (3) representatives to participate in the one-on-one session and allotted up to 45 minutes to communicate their innovative solutions to the specific focus areas and needs listed below.

Each potential prime vendor requesting a one-on-one is required to (at a minimum) to be able include the following information during the meeting:

Description of the overall approach to a bulk charger design, including key technologies and their maturity as well as expected performance.

Insights into opportunities to achieve the following, including potential changes in requirements that could enable these, and lead to a better overall solution:

o Performance in extreme environmental conditions, specifically high/low temperature and rain o Production cost reductions o Interoperability with existing military Small Unit Power equipment o E orts to minimize weight and volume

If a formal presentation is planned, please keep it to only important information and limit the number of slides to no more than 20 and company background information to no more than 2.

Companies requesting a one-on-one shall communicate this to the PdM POC listed below when responding to this announcement. Note: Due to the potential for a large number of one-on-one requests, some of these meetings may be held the following day (Friday, 18 October).

Industry Day Instructions:

1. The conference will be held in person from 9:30 to 4:30 EDT at Courtyard Springfield:

6710 Commerce St Springfield, VA 22150

2. Attendance is limited to United States Department of Defense (DoD) personnel and PdM approved U.S DoD contractors. When requesting approval, a written request answering the following information must be submitted:

a. Those companies interested in attending the conference are requested to submit an email with the subject line “Attend UBC-X Bulk Charger Industry Day ” to peosoldierstp@army.mil, no later than 07 October 2024. Please consolidate all attendees from your company on one list and indicate if you desire a one-on-one session. The required information is listed below:

i. Organization:

a) Organization name

b) Certified Small Business: Yes or No

c) Certified Minority-Owned Business: Yes or No

d) US Owned Yes or No

e) Foreign Owned Yes or No

ii. Request one-on-one session: Yes or No

iii. Length of time required to present the one-on-one presentation (not to exceed 45 minutes)

iv. Primary company Point of Contact name and contact information

v. Name, citizenship and title of each participants

vi. Email addresses of participants

vii. If participants meet requirements listed in Note 2

3. Any questions for PdM to address to the broad audience during the Open Q&A session during Phase I should be provided prior to the conference by email to the Government POCs listed below by 07 October 2024. Any questions that would reveal proprietary or sensitive information shall be clearly marked and discussed during the closed one-on-one session. Any follow-up questions during the conduct of the conference will be addressed by the U.S. Government and answers will be posted on SAM.gov shortly following this Industry Day

4. All company information briefed during the conference will be provided to the Government with proper markings prior to the conference via DoD SAFE site with data in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Adobe PDF format. To request a SAFE link, please email peosoldierstp@army.mil.

Note (1): At no time will any information considered to be classified above Unclassified by the DoD or any U.S. Government, Federal, or State Agency may be presented or electronically transmitted via an unclassified means.

Note (2): There is an Operations Security requirement to assure all company attendees meet access requirements IAW 32 CFR 117, NISPOM and DoDM 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). CUI information is not releasable to the public, therefore please coordinate with your Security Managers and:

a. Respond if your company and/or individuals attending both the open presentation and one-on-one discussion DO or DO NOT meet the requirements stated above.

b. Provide your responses no later than 5:00 PM EDT, 7 October 2024

c. Send your responses directly to: peosoldierstp@army.mil

5. Confirmation of registration for the conference and your one-on-one time slot will be provided by email no later than 11 October 2024.

Contracting Point of Contact(s):

Kristin L. Anderson Contract Specialist Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground Division D, Branch H 6515 Integrity Court, Building 4310 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013 Kristin.l.anderson24.civ@army.mil

Gerald (Jerry) Simmons Contracting O icer Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground Division D, Branch H 6515 Integrity Court, Building 4310 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013 gerald.a.simmons2.civ@army.mil

PdM Points of Contact(s):

Kevin Chu (Primary POC) kevin.chu.civ@army.mil

Phone: 571-668-1614 The draft agenda is below. The final agenda will be distributed via email along with the confirmation email provided no later than 11 October 2024.

Agenda: 17 October 2024

0845 – 0930 Check-in 0930 – 0945 Welcome & Introduction 0945 – 1000 PM SWAR Overview 1000 – 1015 Soldier Tactical Power Overview 1015 – 1055 UBC-X Acquisition Overview 1055 – 1105 Acquisition & Contracting Q&A 1105 – 1120 Break 1120 – 1150 UBC-X Performance and Requirements 1150 – 1200 Performance and Requirements Q&A 1200 – 1330 Lunch – O site on your own 1330 – 1630 One-on-one Meetings