Epoch 2 Team Update to Industry (Post One-on-Ones) (20240726).pdf

Epoch 2 Team Update to Industry

(Post Second One-on-One’s)

26 July 2024

BLUF: The original objective cost value provided by the Government was intended to promote communication and gather feedback from industry on what capabilities could be achieved and cost driving requirements. No objective cost value, nor any other dollar value, is included in the Formal Request for Proposal Package and all its contents. Proposal Evaluation and Selection will be based on best value, i.e., the evaluation criteria within the program solicitation that will be provided to industry, to accomplish the mission together with available funding. The E2 Team is targeting to release Formal RPP by 31 July 2024.

The release of the Government’s objective value was not intended to discourage nor eliminate technically qualified proposals for Epoch 2. The Government intends to award to multiple vendors and encourages all interested offerors to submit proposals as we maintain our posture to award to any combination of the following paths: a highly capable technical solution & higher price; a lower capable technical solution & lower price;

and/or any combination which proves to be the best overall value and in the best interest of the Government.

The Government reaffirms that we will acquire as much capability in Epoch 2 as funding allows and rely on the combination of the selected Epoch 2 solutions together with Epoch 1 to provide the critical Global Tracking Access Initial Warfighter Capability to the Warfighter.

The Epoch 2 team has been diligent and taken your feedback seriously. This cooperation between the E2 Team and Industry is apparent in our many updates to technical documents and evaluation factors. It is important to note that the cost/price factor and the Technical Solution factor are now approximately equal in weight and, individually, are the most important factors. Thereby putting equal focus on reaching a technically sound proposal while balancing the reasonability and realism of cost/price. Overall, offerors are encouraged to submit realistic and achievable proposals which are advantageous to the Government in rapidly delivering critical Missile Warning/Missile Tracking capabilities to achieve the CDD defined Initial Warfighting Capability.

In conclusion, the objective cost value is not and will not be part of any formal documents within the Formal RPP for Epoch 2. Please continue to refer to the bidders’ library for formal documents as the Formal RPP is being prepared for release. It is the Government’s target to release the Formal Request for Prototype Proposal by 31 July 2024. Please continue to reach out to the respective POCs should you have any questions. Again, we thank all our industry partners for your cooperation and time over the past year in helping us reach this pivotal milestone in achieving Missile Warning/Missile Tracking capabilities at Medium Earth Orbit for the warfighter to stay ahead of the game throughout our Nation’s Great Power Competition. The Epoch 2 Team looks forward to a healthy competition and encourages all interested parties to submit a proposal.