MC2SC_SOURCES_SOUGHT_SYNOPSIS_20161207.doc

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

Mobile Command and Control Support Contract (MC2SC)

FA8723-17-R-0002

07 Dec 2016 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

1. TITLE: Mobile Command and Control Support Contract (MC2SC) THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE AIR FORCE TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION OR ULTIMATELY AWARD A CONTRACT. NEITHER UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS NOR ANY OTHER KINDS OF OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

1.1 All information contained in this Sources Sought Synopsis is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding to the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Air Force to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside the organization. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response by interested parties to this Sources Sought, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Mobile Consolidated Command Center (MCCC) Program Office wishes to identify potential prime contractors for the MC2SC acquisition.

1.2 The purpose of the MC2SC acquisition is to award a contract, or contracts, to sustain, modify and provide operational support primarily to the MCCC platform and additionally to the Space and Missile Systems Center SHU-52A Non-Expandable Shelter for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Mobile Constellation Control Station (MCCS). The Government plans to add provisions to this support contract to allow for similar sustainment and modification work to be performed on other similar Government mobile High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) hardened command and control (C2) platforms under separately awarded Task Orders/Delivery Orders (TO/DO). In addition, the selected contractor will manage and maintain a Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) Logistics Support Facility (LSF), used to support the sustainment and modification of the MCCC/SHU-52A Shelter. The planned award is for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) service contract, with multiple contract types and multiple contract line items, to include, but not be limited to: Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Fixed Price Incentive Firm (FPIF), Cost plus Incentive Fee (CPIF), Cost plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), and Cost Reimbursement (CR) line items. The Government contemplates a one-year base period with four (4), one-year option periods for sustainment support. Each modification effort will be on a separate TO/DO under the ID/IQ contract.

1.3 Small Business – This announcement is open to all interested small businesses. It is the Government’s perspective that the MCCC program is conducive to small business participation and strongly encourages small business to consider whether their capabilities would enable performance on this contract. Responders to this sources sought shall indicate if they are a small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a) concern, woman-owned small business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB Zone) small business, veteran-owned small business or a service disabled veteran-owned small business under the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 541330 with a standard size of $35.5M annual revenues. Interested parties who believe they have the requisite capabilities to perform as a prime contractor for this effort should submit statements addressing the specific requirements in this notice and identify the vendors’ capabilities to complete these requirements, including, but not limited to a description of corporate experience with similar projects and information on applicable industry certifications at the individual and organizational level. Please refer to section 6 for specific submission requirements.

2. The MCCC is comprised of High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) hardened semi-trailers enclosing a Multiple Level Access/Multiple Level Secure (MLA/MLS) Command and Control (C2) network operations and communications center. The MCCC platform must be sustained to provide survivable and endurable C2 of strategic and space forces for situation monitoring, tactical warning, force management, force direction and decision support. In addition, this contract will provide for internal integration among platform network and communication systems, as well as for external integration of these systems with other C2 systems (e.g., MILSATCOM, GCCS, Network Engineering/ Management, secure/unsecure telephony, etc.).

The SHU-52A Non-Expandable Shelter for AEHF MCCS is comprised of (HEMP) hardened semi-trailers enclosing AEHF in-band Satellite C2 Subsystem (ASMCS), C2 terminal equipment and mission planning and crypto key translation elements. The AEHF MCCS SHU-52A Shelter platform must be sustained to provide/meet contingency and endurance mission requirements at geographically separate prepositioned locations. These shelters were part of an interim terminal capability to meet system requirements due to Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) delays. Direction has since been made to make this platform a permanent shelter solution to meet endurance mission requirements.

The objectives are:

2.1 Mission Integrity - The contractor shall assure the Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) of the MCCC and AEHF MCCS SHU-52A Shelter platforms, to include Operational Availability (Ao), integrity of C2 functions and any system upgrades or changes.

2.2 Principle Platform Technical Focal Point - The contractor shall, within the MCCC/AEHF MCCS communities, serve as the principal focal point for the interaction and integration of MCCC/AEHF MCCS systems with "network-wide" C2 systems (e.g., MILSATCOM, GCCS, telephony and the like). The contractor shall also provide technical expertise on the MCCC and AEHF MCCS systems and interfaces [e.g., HEMP hardened, mobile semi-trailers, Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM), Global Command & Control System (GCCS), telephony, etc.]

2.3 Technology Upgrades – The contractor shall assure flexibility and adaptability to changing mission requirements by integrating new and upgraded technologies with existing and evolving capabilities. This modification work will maintain existing and foster future interoperability with other Combatant Commanders or component commands and their associated systems.

3. The sustainment effort includes: Depot Level Repair of the operational system at the LSF and at geographically separated operational sites, Programmed Depot Maintenance, specialized engineering and engineering study support, as well as maintaining a Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL). The Sustainment scope of effort will also cover fabrication, repair, Test and Evaluation (T&E) and operations support associated with a mobile C2 system (communications, computers, networks, hardness, transportability, power, and the like) and periodic HEMP testing for recertification. In addition Sustaining/Systems Engineering (to include Risk Management, Configuration Management (CM), Quality Assurance (QA), and Operational Safety, Suitability & Effectiveness (OSS&E)), Design Interface, Supply Support, Maintenance Planning and Management, Support Equipment/Automatic Test Systems, Facilities, Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation, Technical Data Management/Technical Orders, Manpower and Personnel, Training, Computer Resources, Protection of Critical Information and Anti-Tamper Provisions must be provided. The contractor shall also provide management and maintenance of the following areas: Cost, Metrics, Spares (to include depot and emergency), Security, Data (technical manuals, drawings, other tech data, Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL), etc.), Authorization and Accreditation (A&A), Technical baseline control; i.e., CM, Interface Control Documents (ICD)s, System-Subsystem Specification, System-Subsystem Design Description, and other Program Documentation.

4. The modification effort includes management of: requirements, Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Cost, Authorization and Accreditation, Training, SIL upgrades, Systems Engineering disciplines (Risk, CM, QA, OSS&E, Logistics, T&E) and Systems Integration activities associated with projects to upgrade MCCC systems and infrastructure. Also included are specialized engineering, manufacturing and test, and efforts associated with a mobile C2 system (communications, computers, networks, hardness, transportability, power, and the like).

5. The contractor shall provide the required support at the following locations: the GOCO LSF located in Albuquerque, NM; and F.E. Warren AFB, WY. Support may also be required at other Continental US (CONUS) locations based on the location of the MCCC and AEHF MCCS assets at the time depot support is required. Management of the GOCO involves facility maintenance, to include: Office, Classified Work Areas, Warehouse, Industrial areas (high bays) and a large back lot for parking, repairs and testing. The scope of this effort will also cover utilities, janitorial, government workspace, classified and unclassified network management, Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL) management, security management and tooling. The GOCO is a 50,000 sq. ft., 1960s era building with approximately 30,000 sq ft of secure areas, some of which are capable of TS/SCI processing. The facility sits on 4.5 acres, which comprises the main building, several out buildings for storage and other purposes, as well as a large parking lot for asset parking, maintenance and test. Additionally, permanent on-site support, which serves as the contractor’s liaison with the MCCC operational unit, provide the principal means for conducting most minor depot level maintenance at the MCCC operational unit. NOTE: Incumbent contractor utilizes a separate, nearby facility, utilizing approximately 15,000 sq ft, to house and manage the majority of MCCC parts.

6. The Government requests interested offerors to submit a statement of their qualifications electronically to the following e-mail address: esc.hsik.mccc@us.af.mil. Responses from prime contractors will only be considered and must be received NLT 6 Jan 2017. The intent of this sources sought is to identify potential prime contractors. Sources interested in being a prime shall submit a qualification package not exceeding ten (10) one-sided pages, 12 pitch font, one inch margins and include the following information regarding their ability to meet the requirements of a prime contractor on this solicitation:

6.1 Past experience on projects similar to what is anticipated for the MC2SC and why you believe your company is capable of performing as a Prime Contractor.

6.2 Demonstrate your understanding of the problems the MC2SC must address and what potential risks you foresee which would preclude successfully achieving the objectives set forth above, to include:

6.2.1 Mission integrity

6.2.2 Principal technical focal point

6.2.3 Fault resistant integration of new and upgraded technologies

6.3 Vendor’s Commercial and General Entity (CAGE) code and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) code

6.3 Demonstrated capability in HEMP hardened mobile systems and competency in the operations and sustainment of multi-level classified environments, to include migration to net-centric operations. Key competencies to be considered: systems engineering, engineering and technical disciplines as they relate to HEMP hardened, mobile, communications and C2 systems, MILSATCOM, program and financial management, security management, logistics and test.

7. Offerors should indicate their ability to provide TS/SSBI cleared personnel upon contract award and prior to contract award for review of classified information in the bidder’s library. Work shall be performed primarily at the MCCC GOCO LSF, Albuquerque, NM.

8. The Government will consider information received in response to this notice in formulating the acquisition strategy including, but not limited to, development of the Performance Work Statement, incentive strategies, evaluation criteria for award, and evaluation standards. Firms should indicate whether they are a large business or small business under NAICS code 541330 “Engineering Services - Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons” with a size standard of $35.5M annual revenues. Due to security restrictions, only US firms will be authorized to submit a proposal.

9. Interested contractors should ensure any potential Organizational Conflicts of Interest have been mitigated, or are in the process of being mitigated to the satisfaction of the Contracting Officer. This is especially critical if a company is presently supporting the Government through an Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) contract. The Space C2 and Surveillance Division uses the Professional Acquisition Support Services (PASS), Engineering and Technical Support Services (ETASS), and Specialized Cost Services (SCS) IV contracts for A&AS support.

10. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will not reimburse the contractor for any cost associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice.

11. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from interested firms during this phase of the acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the Program Director or PCO, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government official. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The AFLCMC Primary Ombudsman is Deputy Director, Acquisition Excellence Directorate, AFLCMC/AQ, Lt Col Kenneth L. Decker, Jr. kenneth.decker.1@us.af.mil. The Ombudsman should be contacted only with issues or problems brought previously to the attention of the Program Manager and/or PCO and not resolved satisfactorily at that level.

12. Your response should be submitted via the MCCC mailbox: (esc.hsik.mccc@us.af.mil), in searchable PDF or MS Office 2010 compatible electronic format in 12 pitch font. Responses greater than 5 Megabytes (MB) should be on CD-ROM or DVD in ISO 9660 format addressed to: Capt Jetha Taylor, USAF, Strategic Warning and Surveillance Division/HBQK, 1050 E Stewart Ave, Bldg 2025, Peterson AFB, CO 80914.

13. The information received will assist in formulating an MCCC acquisition strategy decision. Responses are due no later than 06 Jan 2017, 2:00 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST). Responses received after this date and time may not be reviewed.

14. Address all questions to the Contracting Officer: Capt Jetha Taylor, USAF, e-mail: esc.hsik.mccc@us.af.mil.

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