CPES - Sources Sought.pdf

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NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN DIVISION

V Department Integrated Combat Systems

Computer Program Engineering Support

The following is being provided in an effort to enhance competition and allow industry adequate time to develop acquisition strategies

This is a combined Sources Sought/Advance Notice only. This is not a request for proposals and does not obligate the Government to award a contract or task order.

This acquisition will provide the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) with Computer

Program Engineering Services (CPES) needed to support naval weapons and combat system development, test, evaluation, certification, In-Service support (including software maintenance and sustainment), training, and development of simulation systems. This effort includes support for Weapon System Element and Combat System

Domain Engineering; Fleet and Land Based Test Site Support; System Safety Engineering (SSE) analysis and risk characterization; Combat Systems Readiness; and Configuration Management Verification and Validation (CMVV).

The supported systems include, but are not limited to: Aegis, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), Guided

Missile Frigate (FFG)[R(2.1], Integrated Combat System (ICS), Littoral Combat System (LCS), Next Generation

Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG(X)), Ship Self Defense System (SSDS), Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), the

United States Coast Guard (USCG), Zumwalt, United States Marine Corps (USMC), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) program support. Additionally, this effort provides simulation, virtualization, and communication support for emerging technologies and future defense concepts.

The current effort is currently supported under Seaport-NxG Contract No. N0017819D7295 Task Order No.

N0017824F300, awarded to CACI, Inc. and Seaport-NxG Contract No. N0017819D8284 Task Order No.

N0017823F3004 awarded to Peraton, Inc.

Attachments – A draft Statement of Work (SOW), and a draft Personnel Qualifications and Level-of-Effort (LOE).

Additionally, a PIEE account will be required to access documents and information pertaining to Industry Day.

Contract Type – The Government contemplates award using a hybrid approach of Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) and

Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Level of Effort Task Order. The Government requests insight from Industry regarding specific SOW tasking that can reasonably be acquired via FFP contract type.

Period of Performance – The resultant order will have a Base Period of twelve (12) months, four (4) Option Years, each consisting of twelve (12) months, for a total of sixty (60) months, if all options are exercised.

Security Clearance Requirements – The Prime Contractor’s primary facility providing support to this requirement is required to have a Facility Security Clearance of TOP SECRET and safeguarding clearance of SECRET. All individuals performing support under this contract are required to have, as a minimum, a Department of Defense

Industrial Security Clearance of SECRET. Interim clearances are acceptable. During the performance of the Task

Order, higher level security clearances (TOP SECRET) may be required and will be identified at the WA level.

OCI - An Organizational Conflict of Interest Clause (OCI) as defined by FAR 9.505 will be included in the resultant

Request for Proposal (RFP) and task order. Offerors must certify to OCI or provide an acceptable mitigation plan.

Industry Day – Industry Day will be held on 17 August 2026 at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren

Campus, Room 110, 4224 University Drive, King George, VA 22485 at 10:00. Vendors interested in attending industry day need to notify both stephanie.long36.civ@us.navy.mil and samantha.l.price22.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 13 August 2026 with how many people will be attending (limit 2 per company). When notifying, please include visitors first, middle, and last name, citizenship, representing company, and cage code. A question and answer period will follow the brief.

Pre-registration for Industry Day is required.

Milestones – It is anticipated that the Solicitation will be available in the PIEE Solicitation Module by April 2027 and will be open for approximately thirty (30) calendar days. Performance is anticipated to begin no later than 19

January 2029.

RFP – The RFP number for the purpose of this announcement is N0017827R3108.

The Navy is utilizing the Solicitation Portal within the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) as an enterprise solution for soliciting and receiving proposals. All SeaPort MAC holders need to register PIEE accounts in order to receive the solicitation and submit an offer. *ONLY SEAPORT MAC IDIQ HOLDERS are eligible for award.

PIEE Module Vendor Registration Instructions can be found at:

https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/ce/cap/docs/piee/PIEE_Solicitation_Module_Vendor_Access_Instructions.pdf

Set Aside – A set-aside determination has not yet been made for this requirement. Once a set-aside determination has been made, an update will be posted in PIEE via an amendment to this sources sought.

Request for Capability Statements – The purpose of Capability Statements is to identify any businesses (small and large) with the appropriate expertise that might be interested in responding to a formal solicitation. Interested

Seaport-NxG businesses shall submit capability statements, not to exceed a total of ten (10) pages in length with font size nine (9) or greater describing their ability to fulfill this requirement. Capability statements shall include the following:

(1) A company profile including the UEI number, CAGE code, and a statement regarding current Small Business status (for NAICS 541330) (including all applicable categories of Small Business: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned

Small Business, HUBZone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned

Small Business (EDWOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business or Small Disadvantaged Business).

(2) A brief description of the Offeror’s capabilities relating to the draft SOW.

(3) The qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the Contractor’s personnel that would be available to support the effort and number of cleared personnel to potentially support this effort.

(4) Specific certifications of personnel related to the SOW.

(5) Relevant Corporate experience – Specific past performance on the same or similar work performed by the offeror, including a description of the services provided, period of performance, contract number, and dollar value of the effort.

(6) Address the ability to meet surge in any year of performance.

(7) Provide a statement and metrics that contain sufficient information concerning the ability to meet the government limitations in FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (Sept 2021) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008).

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No telephone responses will be accepted. Responses must be received no later than NOON EST on 12 August

2026 via e-mail to stephanie.m.long36.civ@us.navy.mil and samantha.l.price22.civ@us.navy.mil. Responses should reference “Computer Program Engineering Support”

Note: The requested information is for planning purposes and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. All information and data received in response to the sources sought marked or designated as corporate proprietary information will be fully protected and held in strict confidence.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT DEADLINES:

- Industry Day Registration: 13 August 2026

- Capability statements due date: NOON EST on 12 August 2026

- Industry Day: 17 August 2026

The Government will be accepting comments from industry. Comments will be considered in drafting the final requirement documentation. Comments and questions will only be accepted via the Contracting office and should be directed to the Contract Specialist, Stephanie Long (stephanie.m.long36.civ@us.navy.mil) and

Contracting Officer, Samantha Price (samantha.l.price22.civ@us.navy.mil).

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