PARCS RFI 1.pdf

Action Code: Request for Information

Reference Number: FA2517PARCS2023

Description: Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) Operations, Maintenance and Support (OM&S)

Response Date: Responses will be accepted up to issuance of official Solicitation Anticipated Award Date: January 2023

Contracting Office Address: Space Operations Command/Space Acquisitions Management – Directorate (SpOC/SAM-D) 135 Dover Street, Peterson-Schriever Garrison (PS-GAR) Colorado 80914

Product Service Code: M1BG

NAICS Code: 517919 – All Other Telecommunication

SUBJECT: FA2517PARCS2023 Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) Operations, Maintenance and Support (OM&S)

The Space Acquisitions Management – Directorate (SAM-D) at PS-GAR is issuing this Request for Information as a follow up the Sources Sought in conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this non-personal services requirement for 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week (24/7/365) phased-array ground-based radar OM&S for the PARCS requirement. Responses from industry are being requested and will be used for market research purposes. Information submitted will be used by the United States Space Force to facilitate acquisition planning and will not be disclosed outside the agency. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests.

This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research. Submission of information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this market research.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME.

Response:

Interested sources should complete the RFI Matrix, attaching up to two (2) additional pages if necessary, and email the responses to Jennifer Allen, Contracting Officer, at jennifer.allen.15@spaceforce.mil with a copy to Marie Kuhn and Maj Justin Roberts, at marie.kuhn@spacefore.mil and justin.roberts.3@spaceforce.mil. The contracting officers identified are the only Government authorized points of contact for this RFI; all correspondence must be directed only to them.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

mailto:jennifer.allen.15@spaceforce.mil mailto:marie.kuhn@spacefore.mil mailto:justin.roberts.3@spaceforce.mil

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Information submitted by the respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary. The Government will use this information as part of our on-going market research.

2. As a prime, does your company have experience working with Host Tenant Support agreements. If so, please provide a CPARS reference.

3. Please provide a recommendation for contract type with the rationale for your selection.

PERIMETER ACQUISITION RADAR ATTACK CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM MARKET RESEARCH

*Please note: The only authorized Points of Contact for this requirement are:

Jennifer Allen at jennifer.allen.15@spaceforce.mil or Marie Kuhn at marie.kuhn@spaceforce.mil or Maj Justin Roberts at justin.roberts.3@spaceforce.mil.

Reference Number: FA2517PARCS2023

Please provide answers to all of the questions below. If additional pages are required, provide as an attachment. Additional page limitation is 2 (two).

1. As a prime, does your company have experience working with a union. If so, please provide a CPARS reference.

4. Please provide a recommendation, if any, for the use of incentives with the rationale for your selection.

8. This requirement calls for 8570 certifications. As a Prime, does your company understand these requirements and will you be able to provide personnel with these certifications. If so, please provide a CPARS reference demonstrating capability.

9. Please provide a recommendation on the use of oral proposals and is your company willing to provide an oral proposal?

5. Historically the Government has scheduled a 60 day phase-in period prior to performance start. The Government is looking to revise this timeline. Please provide a recommendation for a phase-in period with the rationale for your selection.

6. As a Prime, does your company have a facility clearance? If not, will your company have it's facility clearance before contract award? (Currently proposed for January 2023)

7. Please identify any potential organizational conflicts of interest.