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Advanced Research Announcement (ARA), Call 04

Overview Information

NAICS Code: The NAICS code for this acquisition is 541715 and the small business size is 1,000 employees.

Federal Agency Name: Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RY Sensors Directorate

ARA Title: Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare (EW) System Technologies (TEMPEST)

ARA Number: FA8650-20-S-1958

Call Title: Mission Systems Open Architecture Prototyping, Experimentation, and Demonstration (MOAPED)

Call Type: Initial Call 04 Announcement

THIS IS A ONE-STEP SOLICITATION FOR CALL 04 ISSUED UNDER TEMPEST ARA.

Unless otherwise stated in this call, all requirements listed within the basic ARA announcement are considered applicable. Offerors should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.sam.gov in the event this announcement is amended or calls are issued.

Proposal Due Date and Time:

ONE-STEP Call

• PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME – Tuesday, 01 March 2022, 4:30 PM, Wright-

Patterson AFB local time (EST). NOTE: Proposals received at the Government office designated in this Call after the exact time specified above is “late” and will not be considered except at the Contracting Point of Contact’s discretion. Offerors may choose to only submit an electronic copy of the proposal. In this case, the Offeror should email the Contracting Officer (“CO”) at sarah.zwiesler@us.af.mil indicating the desire to submit electronically only. The CO will respond with an emailed link to DoD SAFE, a secure Department of Defense website designed for the exchange of sensitive information; the Offeror should then use this link to “drop off” their proposal. Offerors are still required to have emailed the CO and request the DoD SAFE link in enough time to have the proposal uploaded by the proposal due date and time. For hard copy proposal submission, it should be noted that this installation observes strict security procedures to enter the facility.

These security procedures are NOT considered an interruption of normal Government processes, and proposals received after the above stated date and time as a result of security delays will be considered “late.” Furthermore, note that if offerors utilize commercial carriers in the delivery of proposals, they may not honor time-of-day delivery guarantees on military installations. Be advised, if the U.S. Postal Service is used, this building only receives U.S. Postal Mail twice a week and delivery by that means may not meet the proposal due date and time. Early proposal submission is encouraged.

Submission: Proposals must be submitted to the Contracting Point of Contact (POC):

Sarah E. Zwiesler, Contracting Officer (CO), AFRL/RYKSE, Bldg. 45, 2130 8th St., WPAFB

OH 45433-7541.

Type of Contract/Instrument: The Air Force reserves the right to award contract(s) and/or Other Transaction(s) pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2373 or 10. U.S.C. 2371(b), based on the instrument deemed most appropriate. It is anticipated that the contract awarded under this call will be Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) completion type. Cost reimbursement contracts require successful offerors to have an accounting system considered adequate for tracking costs applicable to the contract.

Estimated Call Value: The total estimated call value is $49,000,000 (the AF reserves the right to exceed this amount if determined to be in the best interest of the Government).

Anticipated Number of Awards: The Air Force anticipates awarding one (1) CPFF contract for this call. However, the Air Force reserves the right to award some, all, or none of the proposals.

Brief Call Summary: See attached Statement of Objectives (SOO)

Address technical questions to the Technical POC:

Primary Technical POC Kenny Littlejohn

AFRL/RYWA

2241 Avionics Circle, WPAFB, OH 45433

(937) 713-8142 kenneth.littlejohn@us.af.mil

Secondary Technical POC Dr. Nick Kovach

AFRL/RYWA

2241 Avionics Circle, WPAFB, OH 45433

(937) 713-4253 nicholas.kovach.4@us.af.mil

Address contracting questions to the Contracting POC:

Sarah E. Zwiesler, Contracting Officer

AFRL/RYKSE

2130 Eighth Street, Bldg. 45, WPAFB, OH 45433

(937) 713-9919 sarah.zwiesler@us.af.mil mailto:kenneth.littlejohn@us.af.mil mailto:nicholas.kovach.4@us.af.mil mailto:sarah.zwiesler@us.af.mil

Full Text Announcement

I. Program Description: Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate (AFRL/RY) is soliciting technical and cost proposals on the following research effort.

Unless otherwise stated in this call, all requirements listed within the basic ARA solicitation are considered applicable. See basic ARA for further detailed descriptions of items listed below.

1. Statement of Objective/Needs: The objective of this effort is to develop and demonstrate through collaborative experimentation, technology and advanced component prototype solutions to evolve and expand emerging open architecture (OA) standards and approaches for current and next-generation Air Force and DoD weapon systems. This effort seeks to identify and reduce barriers to adoption as well as demonstrate and prototype tools, technologies, and prototype solutions to enhance OA standards. Open Standards of interest include, but are not limited to Big Iron, Scalable Payload for Electronic Attack Development (SPEAD), Common Open Architecture Radar Processing Specification (COARPs), Open Mission Systems/Universal Command and Control Interface (OMS/UCI), and COBRA. The program involves phases of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E), mission/weapon system development, production, sustainment, operational assessments and deployments through participation in support of Joint All Domain Command Control and Advanced Battle Management System. The MOAPED program also includes advancing other enabling technologies such as Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A), Data Lake/Warehouse, Development/Security/Operations (DevSecOps), Digital Engineering, and Cyber Survivability, which must inherently accompany advanced mission capabilities for their verification, validation, maturation, and experimentation. See Attachment 1 “Mission Systems Open Architecture Prototyping, Experimentation, and Demonstration (MOAPED)” Statement of Objectives.

2. Deliverable Items:

a. Data Items: See attached CDRLs dated 15 Dec 2021 (Attachment 2)

b. Software: To be determined based on contractor proposal. Any Commercial- Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software licenses proposed to be delivered to the U.S.

Government under the contract shall be consistent with federal law and submitted to the Contracting Officer for review for acceptability. Although some license terms do not necessarily violate federal law, they may raise security concerns or limit use to such an extent that the license does not meet the Government's needs.

c. Hardware: To be determined based on contractor proposal.

3. Schedule: 51 months (48 months technical PoP with 3 months for final reporting)

4. Other Requirements:

a. Program Security Classification: Individuals must be US citizens and have a security classification level of TS/SCI and SAR.

b. Export Control: Information involved in this effort is subject to Export Control (International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR); therefore, a Certified DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, is required to be submitted with proposal.

c. Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS):

CPARS is applicable.

d. Unique/Special Clauses: TBD.

e. Associate Contractor Agreement: Anticipated.

f. Options: Options are not anticipated on this call.

5. Other Information:

a. Government Furnished Property (GFP) Availability: GFP is not anticipated at this time unless proposed otherwise.

b. Government Furnished Information (GFI) Software: GFI Software is not anticipated on this call.

c. Base Support/Network Access: Yes, Area B, Bldg. 620, MOAST and AVAMP Laboratory.

d. Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI): In order to mitigate any potential OCI (per FAR Subpart 9.5), AFFARS provisional clause 5352.209-9001 is incorporated in Section L of the Model Contract (Attachment 4) and AFFARS clause 5352.209-9000 will be added to any resultant contract. If an OCI is anticipated, contractor should provide appropriate mitigation plan for Government review as part of the Business Proposal.

e. Data Rights: Unlimited data rights are desired for this call. See detailed information contained within the basic ARA. Data Rights desired by the contractor should be included with submission as part of the Section K (Certs and Reps), contained in the Model Contract (Attachment 4).

II. Award Information:

1. Anticipated Award Date: June 2022

2. Anticipated funding:

This funding plan is an estimate only and not a contractual obligation for funding. All funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. Potential offerors should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations, funding in any or all areas may change with little or no notice.

FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 Total $9M $9.5M $11M $10.5M $9M $49M

III. Eligibility Information:

1. Eligible Offeror: This is an unrestricted solicitation. Small businesses are encouraged to propose on all or any part of this solicitation.

2. Other:

a. Foreign Participation: Foreign Participation is not authorized on this call due to the sensitive nature of the technology and its level of classification.

b. Export Control: This acquisition involves data that is subject to export control laws and regulations.

NOTE: You may be ineligible for award if all requirements of this solicitation are not met on the proposal due date, as identified in each call.

IV. Proposal and Submission Information:

1. Overview: Proposals submitted under this call shall be in accordance with the instructions provided both herein and within the basic ARA announcement. The Government intends to review resulting proposals and award all, some, or none of the proposal received without negotiations/discussions. However, the Government does reserve the right to negotiate with those offerors whose proposals have been selected for funding. Offerors should be alert for any call amendments that may change proposal requirements or permit extensions to proposal submission dates. No classified submittals will be accepted.

2. Proposal Instructions (One Step and/or Request for Proposal):

a. Technical/Management Proposal shall be limited to: 25 pages

b. Statement of Work (SOW) shall be limited to: 10 pages

c. Subcontracting Plans: For efforts to exceed $750,000, Subcontracting Plans shall be submitted in the cost/business proposal. Small business concerns are exempt from this requirement.

d. See information provided in basic ARA announcement (Section IV.3.).

V. Proposal Review Information:

1. Proposal - Peer or Scientific Review Criteria: Proposals will be reviewed through Peer or Scientific Review using the criteria below. The technical aspect, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be reviewed based on the following criteria that are of equal order of importance.

a. Technical Merit:

1. The offeror’s understanding of the scope of the technical effort.

2. Soundness of the offeror’s technical approach including whether the proposal demonstrates related experience and qualifications of technical personnel.

3. Proposal’s potential to advance technology and the state of the art and to meet mission and agency needs.

4. The potential to transition the research and development deliverables to future Government needs. Any proposed restriction on technical data or computer software will be considered

b. Cost/Price: The cost/price criterion includes the realism of the proposed cost. Cost/Price is a substantial factor, but ranked as the second order of priority. (If an offeror proposes the use of GFP other than any GFP identified in this ARA, and that proposed GFP provides the offeror an unfair competitive advantage, then regulation requires a rental equivalent be applied to the Cost Factor for evaluation purposes only.)

2. Proposal – Review and Selection Process:

a. Categories: Based on the Peer or Scientific Review, proposals will be categorized as Selectable or Not Selectable (see definitions below). The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on the Peer or Scientific Review, as well as importance to agency programs and funding availability.

1. Selectable: Proposals are recommended for acceptance if sufficient funding is available.

2. Not Selectable: Even if sufficient funding existed, the proposal should not be funded.

b. No other criteria will be used.

c. Prior to award of a potentially successful offer, the Contracting Officer will make a determination regarding price reasonableness.

NOTE: The Government reserves the right to award some, all, or none of proposals. When the Government elects to award only a part of a proposal, the selected part may be categorized as Selectable, though the proposal as a whole may not merit such a categorization.

VI. Award Administration Information:

Award Notices: Offerors will be notified whether their proposal is recommended for award on or about March 2022. The notification is not to be construed to mean that any contract award is assured, as availability of funds and successful negotiations are prerequisites to any award.

VII. Other Information:

Proposal Content Checklist: See basic ARA.

ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1: Statement of Objectives (SOO) entitled, Mission Systems Open Architecture Prototyping, Experimentation, and Demonstration (MOAPED), dated 13 Dec

Attachment 2: Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), dated 15 Dec 2021

Attachment 3: Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254)

Attachment 4: Model Contract FA8650-22-C-1043