Nimbus RFI Amendment for SAM 18Nov24.docx

SAM SYNOPSIS FOR PROCUREMENT ACTIONS

1. NOTICE TYPE: Special Notice (RFI)

a. AMENDMENT 1

2. SOLICITATION NO. FA8750-25-R-B001

3. RELATED NOTICE: NONE

4. TITLE: NIMBUS

5. ISSUE DATE 19 NOV 2024

6. RESPONSE DATE Month: 12 (MM) Day: 02 (DD) Year: 2024 (YYYY)

7. SET-ASIDE STATUS. TBD

8. PRODUCT SERVICE CODE: DA01

9. NAICS CODE: 541512

10. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE LOCATION: Rome, NY, 13341, USA in addition to various CONUS and OCONUS locations

11. DESCRIPTION:

This effort focuses on facilitating Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assurance and fielding missions through system engineering services such as: requirements development, logical analysis, solution design, Information assurance (IA) and test documentation implementation, integration, verification/validation of IA and security architecture, and certification/accreditation support for DoD major deployment systems. DOT&E is a heavy component during the integration and verification of system development and sustainment, but also throughout the entire life cycle of the system. The life cycle Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Cybersecurity Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems services can be applied to any program or system being contemplated to meet warfighter mission requirements and field technology with acceptable risk throughout the Department of Defense (DoD).

Major service efforts will be related to but are not limited to the following:

- Incorporating emerging sensors into the Intelligence Community (IC)

- Supporting global Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) architecture

- Managing integration between IC members and DoD Command and Control (C2) mission partners

- Intelligence Information technology (IT) Systems Analysis.

- Configuration and Database Management.

- Certification/accreditation through various AOs

- Cybersecurity services

- Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)

- Data Science and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)

- Risk management Framework (RMF) continuity

- Agile methodology

- Program Management Services

- Adversary Supply Chain Analysis

- IT capabilities with requirements defined by NASIC/GXK in an agile development environment

- Object-based discovery architecture

Mission partners include but are not limited to: AF Space Command, NASIC, AF Space and Missile Command, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, NSA, and the Intelligence Community.

The length of effort will be 36 months.

THE ORIGINAL SPECIAL NOTICE (RFI) IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

The previously noted magnitude is amended as follows:

FROM:

2,728,700 labor hours (total)

TO:

1,368,249 labor hours (total)

As such, the following request for respondent feedback (paragraph 3) is amended for clarification to reflect the following, and the date for submittal of capability packages is extended to 02 DEC 2024:

3. Describe your organizations ability to meet the technical requirements described in the Performance Work Statement Attachment 1. Do not simply restate the technical requirements. Specifically describe how the type, quantity, experience, and qualifications of personnel/labor categories and other organizational resources that would be used to meet the technical requirements. To scope the magnitude of effort required, it assumes approximately 1,368,249 labor hours (total), with industry average burdened rates in the range of $115-$160 per hour, including travel, and other direct costs accounting for an additional 15% of burdened labor. Address the availability of personnel with security clearances, to include TS/SCI. It is anticipated that at least 40% of proposed personnel will need to be TS/SCI cleared and available at time of award, with graduated increases in proportion over time. Work may need to be performed simultaneously at 5-20+ Government and Contractor locations across the United States.

RFI/SPECIAL NOTICE:

This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an indication that a contractual commitment will exist for this requirement. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Request for Information. No funds are available to fund the information requested.

SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE.

The solicitation is expected to be released approximately 60 days from this notice.

ADVANCE NOTICE:

Entitled : “Research and Development Sources Sought”

Responses to this sources sought amendment are requested if the previous magnitude was such that a determination was made not to respond to the original RFI. Responses are also requested from respondents whom may need to amend their response based on this change.

Responses are requested from large and small businesses and will be used for market research purposes and possible set-aside. Should the determination be made to select this as a small business set-aside, another notice will be posted reflecting such. Please respond and forward amendments to Matthew Collins, Contract Specialist, at Matthew.Collins.31@us.af.mil.

Respondents to this announcement should indicate whether they are a small business, 8(a) concern, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business. As discussed at FAR 19.502-2(b)(1) and (2), in making small business set-asides, there must be a reasonable expectation that offers will be obtained from at least two responsible small business concerns and, for R&D work, a reasonable expectation of obtaining from small businesses the best scientific and technological sources consistent with the demands of the proposed acquisition for the best mix of cost, performances, and schedules.

1. PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT: Shannon G. Sullivan, Contracting Officer, AFRL/RIKE, Shannon.Sullivan.2@us.af.mil

2. SECONDARY POINT OF CONTACT: Matthew J. Collins, Contract Specialist, AFRL/RIKE, Matthew.Collins.31@us.af.mil

3. TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT: Captain Sean A. Rist, Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR), AFRL/RIEBB, Sean.Rist@us.af.mil

4. ATTACHMENTS: DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS), dated 07 NOV 2024