GMD Future MDA20GMRFI01_12Mar20_Final.pdf

The Missile Defense Agency Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Element Capabilities

Request For Information

Approved for Public Release

20-MDA-10418 (12 Mar 20)

Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System Engineering, Test, Homeland Defense

Interceptors and Ground Systems Development & Deliveries and Operations &

Sustainment Request For Information#2

Agency: Other Defense Agency

Office: Missile Defense Agency

Location: MDA-CTG

Solicitation Number: MDA20GMRFI01

Notice Type: Special Notice

Synopsis:

DESCRIPTION:

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is conducting market research to determine potential strategies and industry capabilities to execute the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD)

Systems Engineering and Integration, Development, System level Test, Production, Fielding, Operations, and Sustainment.

This 2nd Request for Information (RFI) is part of the overall market research activity to collect, organize, maintain, analyze and present data in accordance with Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) Part 10.

This is a market research announcement for informational planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), nor is it to be construed as a commitment by

MDA. Information submitted will be considered as an exchange of information and may be used as part of future RFP(s). No RFP/solicitation will be issued at this time. Participation in this effort is strictly voluntary with no costs incurred or obligations made on behalf of MDA.

RFI responses will not be construed as an offer and will not be accepted by MDA to form a binding contract.

This RFI will assist MDA in making informed acquisition decisions related to defining work roles for the future GMD construct.

Based on the level of interest and capability of industry to perform in these areas, the

Government reserves the right to develop an acquisition strategy to pursue a solicitation as a single contract or as multiple contracts.

MDA reserves the right to request follow-up information and/or capability presentations from

RFI respondents, as needed, as a result of the information received from this RFI. The purpose of these follow-up questions and discussion is for MDA to better understand the market capabilities in relation to the various acquisition strategies available for this effort. Information received from follow-up questions and presentations is considered part of the overall market research activity per FAR Part 15.201.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND:

The GMD Program Element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) provides

Combatant Commanders the capability to engage and destroy intermediate and long-range ballistic missile threats in space to protect the U.S. homeland. The GMD Program Element integrates multiple sensors, communications systems, fire control capabilities, and Ground-

Based Interceptors (GBIs) to detect, track, and destroy intermediate and long-range ballistic missile threats during the midcourse phase of flight. The GMD Program Element is composed of two main components: GBIs and Ground Systems (GS), along with required communications, support equipment, training equipment, and facilities. The GMD Program

Element is a distributed capability with operational mission locations in Alaska, California, Colorado, and New York.

The GMD architecture provides for a defensive operations capability as well as the simultaneous conduct of operations, flight tests, ground tests, cybersecurity tests, and training.

MDA implements an evolutionary acquisition strategy to design, build, integrate, test, and field capabilities for missile defense in an incremental capability delivery approach.

Therefore, the GMD Program Element is involved simultaneously in multiple life cycle phases ranging from Product Development to Operations and Support.

As of February 2020, a single prime contractor manages the GMD Program Element under the

GMD Development and Sustainment Contract (DSC) HQ014712C0004/HQ014719C0004.

The DSC is a single contract that provides full end-to-end development and sustainment of the current GMD weapon system. The DSC’s period of performance is December 30, 2011 –

December 29, 2023.

GMD PROGRAM ELEMENT SCOPE:

GMD is currently exploring the work-scope construct shown in figure 1 below:

Figure 1 - GMD Work Scope Construct

This GM construct uses five major thrust areas to encompass the full scope of the GMD mission system.

1. Next Generation Interceptor: Responsible for full lifecycle of new interceptors for

GMD. This effort is being addressed in an independent set of RFIs with an imminent release of an RFP.

2. Ground Systems (Legacy and Future): Responsible for full lifecycle of the new ground system and sustainment of the legacy ground system.

3. In-Service Fleet: Responsible for sustainment of the existing fleet of Ground-Based interceptors.

4. System Operations: Responsible for operating the weapon system in partnership with military operators, fleet maintenance scheduling and deconfliction, site operations and coordination with host units, test support, and depot and parts management

5. Weapon System Integrator (WSI): Responsible for overall GMD integration including physical and logical integration of the GMD components, GMD system and MDA enterprise level integration, planning and execution of all necessary testing to verify and validate overall requirements compliance.

MDA will assess respondents’ strategies and capabilities to either perfom to integrate the key requirements to develop, test, deliver, and sustain a major weapon system element.

The discussion below is intended to provide an overview of the scope of work needed to sustain the existing GMD Weapon System from as early as 2021 through 2031.

1. Next Generation Interceptor

- The Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) scope includes the systems engineering, design, development, integration, testing and manufacturing of an All-Up Round (AUR). The NGI will consist of an integrated booster and payload system and ground silo infrastructure

(electrical, mechanical, and functional interfaces) capable of surviving both the natural and hostile environments while countering the emerging threats

- This effort is covered under an ongoing contract action and scope is not to be included in responses to this updated RFI.

2. Ground System (GS) Component

- Execute design, development, integration, component-level test, delivery and deployment of GS components including the GMD Fire Control, In-Flight Interceptor

Communications System (IFICS), Data Terminals (IDT), GMD Communications Network

(GCN) and related communications components Launch Support Systems including Silos and

Silo Interface Vaults or Launch Equipment Rooms (not already included in the NGI work scope), and other GS related components included in the GMD Program Element of the

BMDS.

- Work in conjunction with the WSI lead for integration of the GS component into the

GMD element.

- Execute GS-Level traceability of requirements through concept definition, requirements definition support, M&S development, CM, analysis of alternatives, MBSE, trade studies, architecture definition and modifications.

- Establish metrics-based analytics to address definition and traceability of internal and external interfaces, algorithm and software development including verification and validation, system level physical and logical integration, component/product level integration, analysis of system effectiveness, program management, and weapon system data and lab management.

-Execute the design, development, delivery and deployment of upgrades to the baseline via GS builds utilizing GS design specifications.

- Execute hardware and software upgrades in accordance with Government provided installation kits/packages. Establish Contractor depot/OEM and developer relationships to plan and execute both on-site and depot maintenance efforts required to support the GMD

Program Element.

- Execute initial provisioning of required spares, repair parts, and consumables necessary to maintain the components of the GMD Program Element.

- Participate in the integration and component-to-component testing of all products to ensure interoperability. Support GMD’s conduct of in-phase Software Independent

Verification and Validation of Software throughout the software development cycle.

- Operate and maintain the GMD Element support and training equipment. Execute engineering releases, maintenance on current operational software, GMD allocated capability requirements, specifications, enhancements and defect repairs, designate a major or incremental software build, testing activities and fielding methods. Execute software and hardware to implement enhancements and defect correction in support of installed and test assets. Deploy software, hardware and firmware to each affected component at each test, training, and operational site and conduct a configuration controlled, quality witnessed checkout.

- Perform maintenance (preventative, schedule, and corrective) of the GMD Program

Element and associated infrastructure. Plan and execute product support to meet or exceed system availability rates. Schedule and support coordination and synchronization of maintenance activities as required by the asset management.

- Operate and maintain provided GMD Element support and training equipment. Manage and perform GMD system transitions between three Simultaneous Test and Operations (STO) environments: (1) Operations, (2) Maintenance, and (3) Testing.

- Maintain the replenishing of required spares, repair parts, and consumables necessary to maintain the components of the GMD Program Element.

- Conduct institutional training, develop and maintain training materials, support and sustainment training, Warfighter certifications, maintain training system availability at the

GMD sites in Colorado Springs, Colorado and at Fort Greely, AK using current (existing)

GMD Fire Control training devices and support BMDS and Combatant Command (COCOM) exercises.

3. In-Service Fleet

- Execute maintenance, upgrade, integration, component level test, delivery and emplacement of GBIs. The GBI fleet is made up of many configuration variations consisting of configuration (C) 1 and C2 Orbital Boost vehicles (BV) and Exoatmospheric kill vehicle

(EKV) capability enhancement (CE) I, CEII, and CEII Block 1 and all up round integration.

- Execute GBI-Level traceability of requirements through concept definitions, requirements definition support, M&S, CM, analysis of alternatives, MBSE, trade studies, architecture definition and modifications.

- Work in conjunction with the WSI lead for integration of the In-Service fleet component into the GMD element- Establish metrics-based analytics to address definition and traceability of internal and external interfaces, algorithm and software development including verification and validation, system level physical and logical integration, component/product level integration, analysis of system effectiveness, program management, and weapon system data and lab management.

- Execute engineering releases, maintenance on current operational software, GMD allocated capability requirements, specifications, enhancements and defect repairs, designate a major or incremental software build, testing activities and fielding methods. Execute software and hardware to implement enhancements and defect correction in support of installed and test assets. Deploy software, hardware and firmware to each affected component at each test, checkout.

- Execute the maintenance tasks associated with the GMD Peculiar Support Equipment

(PSE) in accordance with the prescribed service intervals.

- Support the assessment and dispositioning of various forms of software and hardware trouble reports (e.g., Test Incident Reports (TIRs), Test Problem Reports (TPRs), discrepancy reports, nonconformance reports, and BMDS Discrepancy Reports (BDRs)) arising from operations; flight, ground, and cybersecurity test events; training installations; labs; and other installed locations.

- Support WSI efforts related to executing the integration and test all products to ensure interoperability. Support in-phase Software Independent Verification and Validation (SW

IV&V) of software throughout the software development cycle.

- Perform maintenance (preventative, schedule, and corrective) of the Ground-Based

Interceptors associated infrastructure. Plan and execute product support to meet or exceed system availability rates. Schedule and support coordination and synchronization of maintenance activities as required by the asset management.

- Operate and maintain provided support and training equipment.

- As needed, procure required spares, repair parts, and consumables necessary to maintain the components of the GMD Program Element.

- Conduct institutional training, develop and maintain training materials, support and sustainment training, Warfighter certifications, maintain training system availability at the

GMD sites in Colorado Springs, Colorado and at Fort Greely, AK using current (existing)

GMD Fire Control training devices and support BMDS and Combatant Command (COCOM) exercises.

- Maintain readiness of the GBIs and ground systems to include reporting, analyzing, and assisting with issues and assets associated with operations, training, test and exercise events, scheduled system and site transitions, development activities, including necessary privileged user/system administrator (SA) functions.

-Operate and maintain the GMD Element support and training equipment. Execute engineering releases, maintenance on current operational software, GMD allocated capability requirements, specifications, enhancements and defect repairs, designate a major or incremental software build, testing activities and fielding methods. Execute software and hardware to implement enhancements and defect correction in support of installed and test assets. Deploy software, hardware and firmware to each affected component at each test, checkout.

4. System Operations

- Maintain readiness of the GMD Weapon System to include reporting, analyzing, and assisting with issues and assets associated with operations, training, test and exercise events, scheduled system and site transitions, development activities, including necessary privileged user/system administrator (SA) functions.

- Work in conjunction with the WSI lead for integration of the Operations component into the GMD element.

- Provide site and facility support to include requirements for logistics, security, and host organization liaison.

- Maintain field level depots as applicable.

- Develop and execute routine and periodic techniques and processess for state of health, verification of operational status of the GMD element.

- Provide day-to-day interface with warfighter operational units

- Develop, deconflict, prioritize, and execute operational schedule to synchronize all activities impacting fielded systems to include routine and corrective maintenance, operational availability, component and system testing, associated BMDS test and exercises, interceptor and ground system upgrades and updates, and other events as determined by the government.

5. Weapon System Integrator

- Integrate the overall end-to-end performance and function of the GMD Weapon System to include management of system engineering, system integration, system testing, and other services to support the GMD effort. Ensure the successful integration and interoperability of multiple sub-element products, and perform testing for validation and verification of the GMD portion of the BMDS. Perform Government defined requirements management for component and system-level ground, flight, and cybersecurity test and verification. Manage and maintain configuration and performance baselines to include change management and risk management and facilitate Government chaired baseline management boards. Provide data to support and conduct both a vertical and horizontal technical review of interoperability.

- Manage and maintain government’s Digital Engineering Environment to include MBSE tools, Integrated Digital Environments, and DevSecOps software packages.

- Execute GMD Program Element-Level activities for development, integration, fielding, maintenance, and the critical engineering processes to ensure delivery of an integrated GMD element capability which meets the BMDS performance specification including requirements verification and design compliance, models & simulation (M&S) execution, configuration management (CM) change management execution, risk management, model-based systems engineering (MBSE), architecture definition, definition and traceability of internal and external interfaces, algorithm and software verification and validation, system level physical and logical integration, system level integration, analysis of system performance and effectiveness, and weapon system data and lab infrastructure/management.

- Execute GMD system integration of the BMDS integration for vertical and horizontal interoperability with the BMDS and GMD system, components, and products. Support the integration of the component and product hardware and software into the GMD and BMDS

Government laboratories. Plan and Execute GMD system integration and scheduling including interoperability of components and products in test and operational environments.

In addition, execute development and integration of new functionality and capabilities using hardware and software technology insertion and obsolescence replacements to keep the weapon system capable of countering an evolving threat.

- Execute M&S capabilities at multiple levels of fidelity to support architecture definition and system performance assessment, with verification, validation, and accreditation to support specific intended uses.

- Manage and support planning, integration, and execution and analysis for the integrated

BMDS. Conduct internal testing and system level testing and verification and validation with matrixed support, as needed, during test execution surges.

- Demonstrate and verify GMD Program Element performance requirements through detailed laboratory, ground, flight, and cybersecurity test events. Provide support associated with day-to-day operations of the flight, ground, and cybersecurity test programs to include engineering support for test planning, execution, and analysis.

- Execute BMDS-level flight test – including System Ground Test activities to include

Integrated and Distributed testing; and Cybersecurity test events. Additional test events may include sensor characterization flight tests; real world, operational exercise type events; fast-type events, Warfighter Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) development events;

Targets of Opportunity (TOOs); GMD and BMDS Integration activities; and external element upgrades and trial periods.

- Provide Subject Matter Expertise knowledge of test resources, test range support, test assets, processes, knowledge of system test and System Test Labs, and facilitation/integration of cross-functional organizations.

- Manage GMD system test lab and infrastructure resources.

- Integrate GMD element training plans for end-to-end operation of the weapon system.

ACQUISITION CONCEPTS

MDA is exploring different approaches for fulfilling the GMD Program Element requirements. Acquisition approaches under consideration range from an award of multiple contracts to execute segments/missions of the program scope to a single contract to execute the entirety of the program scope. Essential to all of the acquisition approaches under consideration is the establishment of an enduring arrangement strategy for the execution of the

WSI functions across the program lifecycle, either under a single prime contract, or as one of the multiple contracts.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Address all questions concerning this RFI in writing via e-mail to GMD-Future@mda.mil.

Additional information on the GMD weapon system can be found at www.mda.mil.

http://www.mda.mil/

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, RFI submissions will only be accepted electronically. Responses to this RFI are due no later than March 27, 2020. All submitted information will be handled per standard DoD security marking guidelines.

Respondent’s information/documents submitted in response to this RFI will not be returned.

The Respondent’s information/documents should be complete, informative, clearly demonstrate competencies and expertise in executing and delivering robust systems engineering, systems integration, and test activities. MDA will not accept any responses submitted as classified information. Industry is encouraged to respond with information that is not constrained by proprietary data rights. If submission contains proprietary data, ensure that it is marked as such. MDA intends to use third party, non-Government (Contractor) support as subject matter experts to review RFI responses. Appropriate non-disclosure agreements have been executed to protect and safeguard industry information.

The resultant knowledge will enable MDA to achieve the best value acquisition of systems, commodities, components, technologies, capabilities, or services to fulfill its complex mission.

SUBMISSION FORMAT AND DESIRED CONTENTS

Interested vendors must provide an information package consisting of the following:

1) Respondents and/or Prospective Offerors (if a solicitation is issued) and its subcontractors/suppliers which must be U.S. firms/businesses and not foreign owned, controlled, or influenced.

Responses limited to a maximum page count of 70 pages. Each response shall be single-spaced, minimum 12-point Times New Roman font, and describe corporate experience and/or relevancy in the areas described in the requirements scope. Do not submit generic corporate marketing materials for this RFI.

Include a company profile which should entail: Company Name, Point of Contact, Address, Telephone and Fax Numbers, Email Address, DUNS Number, CAGE Code and/or Tax ID

Number, Facility Clearance Level, and all applicable socio-economic business/company profile

(e.g., Large/Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), 8(m) (both Woman Owned SB and

Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned SB), Tribally Owned entity, Alaskan Native

Corporation, Hawaiian Owned Organization, Service Disabled Veteran Owned SB, Historically

Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) SB, other, etc.).

2) PROGRAMMATIC: Responses should address the following questions listed below

(limited to 10 pages, maximum).

a) Describe your company’s small business approach executed under similar efforts that promoted MDA small business goals. What small business opportunities does your company envision?

b) What would be the recommended approach and what are the biggest risks in transitioning current technical activities and capabilities identified in the requirements scope, and how would your company mitigate these risks? What does the Government need to do to facilitate transition and mitigate risks?

c) Based on industry best practices, what contract structure would you recommend executing scope? (i.e. IDIQ, C-type)

d) If GMD scope were combined into a single competitive prime contract, would your company compete?

e) If all GMD scope is separated into multiple contracts based on the current work scope contruct, what scope would your company compete?

f) If all GMD scope is separated, what is your recommendation on the phasing of the contract awards?

g) What does your company see as potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) issues? What would be the OCI mitigation strategy? What OCI issues are prevalent among the scope areas listed above?

h) If all GMD scope is separated, would your company respond to a solicitation as the Weapon System Integrator in a separate contract?

i) What specific data would your company need that you do not currently have access to in order to bid? What specific data would you need in order to transition the work from the incumbent?

j) Does your company foresee any barriers to competition and/or entry (i.e., non-compete agreements, no-bid agreements, other non-related contracts) that would prevent your corporation/company from competing for or being awarded a contract for all or any specific portion of future GMD requirements. If yes, does this preclude your corporation/company from directly competing for future GMD contract actions as a prime or otherwise limit your participation as a subcontractor?

3) TECHNICAL CAPABILITY: Responses should address the following questions listed below.

a) Weapon System Integrator (WSI) questions (limited to 30 pages, maximum).

1. Over the course of the next decade, GMD will transition from the current configurations (C1/C2/CE-I/CE-II, CE-III Block 1) and supporting ground infrastructure to a new architecture configuration with Next Generation Interceptors

(NGI) and associated ground infrastructure. A key task for a WSI is managing the seamless integration of the new capability into a merged architecture GMD until the legacy capability is phased out.

(1a) Does your company have past performance managing system level integration tasks of a system with such a significant transformation? If yes, provide examples.

(1b) What contractual relationship would your company recommend with the OEMs and System Operations?

(1c) What is the risk to managing legacy configurations in parallel with new configurations to include multiple NGI concepts and associated Ground Systems? What risk mitigation strategies would you recommend?

2. The Government is considering a GMD acquisition strategy that involves a WSI contractor to assist the Government managing synchronizing, integrating, testing, and ultimately fielding GMD weapon system capabilities developed by multiple primes on different contracts as well as synchronizing sustainment updates and upgrades of the current configurations until de-militarization is complete.

(2a) If your company were to propose to a WSI acquisition, how would your company establish the required technical relationships with other primes to manage the HW/SW development, interface development, early testing, design change implementation, etc. to ensure an integrated and fully compliant capability at the system level?

(2b) What tools and processes would you recommend the WSI use to reduce overall integration risk in an environment where there are possibly multiple Interceptor and Ground System configurations?

(2c) Does your company have past performance integrating a complex system under separate contracts? If yes, provide example(s).

3. The Government expects that a potential WSI Contractor would establish and maintain a standardized CM program that will assure alignment between legacy

GMD CM baselines and those baselines that are to be developed for future components in separate acquisitions. Alignment of requirements, interfaces, and baselines for both legacy and emerging designs is essential to the success of the

GMD program. The WSI contractor’s CM program will assist the government in establishing and implementing the necessary third party CM controls to assure alignment between related CM baselines.

(3a) If bidding on the potential WSI acquisition, what CM tools, processes, and venues will you propose to develop and maintain?

(3b) What information or technical data will be required from the Government in order to build this CM program for control of the legacy architecture?

(3c) What information or data deliverables will be required from the development acquisitions to establish the needed CM control of those emerging baselines?

(3d) Assuming the future development component and below capabilities will be procured under separate acquisitions, how will you interface with multiple developers to ensure oversight of all CM baselines?

(3e) How would you address and what agreements would you think necessary to protect proprietary data of others, should that become necessary?

(3f) Does your company have past performance developing, managing and integrating disparate CM programs which will meet the government’s needs for total visibility of Hardware (HW), Firmware (FW), and Software (SW) configurations of each delivered end item?

4. The Government envisions a system level integration facility owned by the

Government on Redstone Arsenal and potentially operated by a WSI Contractor to execute both current architecture development and sustainment activities and to oversee integration of current and future capabilities to include independent verification and validation events.

(4a) Does your company have any concerns or risks with this approach?

(4b) Has your company successfully developed, integrated, and operated an integration facility of the scope required to support GMD system level integration activities? If yes, provide example(s).

(4c) Does your company have integration facilities available that would preclude the government from providing this facility? Please describe.

(4d) Does your company have past performance executing system level integration and verification activities in a government provided facility? If yes, provide example(s).

5. The Government’s engineering management strategy includes transitioning to a digital engineering environment. The Government envisions that a WSI acquisition could include scope to manage and maintain a digital engineering environment that will include all facets of the systems engineering V and integrates and maintains component and lower level inputs. This environment will support everything from architecture laydowns, system level requirements and their decomposition to lower levels, design maturity, interfaces and interface documentation, modeling and simulation tools, test documentation and results, as well as end-to-end fielded architecture models.

(5a) Does your company have past performance developing, integrating, maintaining and leveraging a digital engineering environment for a complex system across multiple contracts? Please provide examples.

(5b) If your company proposes to a potential WSI acquisition, how would your company propose to operate in a government owned digital engineering environment with respect to information control and assurance?

(5c) What tools would you recommend be part of the digital engineering environment to be used for technical effeciencies, risk reduction, component interface controls, configuration management and change control? Do you have experience managing digital engineering environments across multiple classification levels (UNCLASS, SECRET, TS, SAP)?

(5d) What are the integration points between the digital engineering environment and software development under the Development, Security, and Operations (DEVSECOPS) concept?

(5e) What approach would your company recommend for implementing and integrating software deliveries using Development, Security, and Operations

(DEVSECOPS)?

(5f) What systems engineering functions would you recommend automating in the digital engineering environment for efficiencies?

6. How would your company execute system integration planning including interoperability of components and products in test, maintenance, and operational environments?

7. The WSI has responsibility for integrated testing of all the GMD elements to verify and validate integration requirements both internally and externally to GMD. The WSI will be required to synchronize testing for flight, ground, and cyber in multiple simulated and actual environments while the system is in test, maintenance, and operational modes.

(7a) What would be your company’s recommended approach to plan and execute testing in operational, maintenance, training, exercises, and test environments including external interface testing with other BMDS elements?

(7b) How would your company plan, integrate, execute, and analyze system level flight, ground, and cyber tests across multiple contracts?

(7c) Describe your company’s technical expertise in support of the Government to define and develop system test requirements to support feasibility analyses and assessments of ground/flight/cyber test planning activities.

(7d) Describe how your company participated and assisted in the development and execution of cyber test event requirements, cyber test plans, cyber test planning activities, cyber test objectives; test data, test resource, cyber test readiness reviews, infrastructure requirements, and test configuration.

(7e) Lab test facilities and system level test services are required to support system level development, integration, verification, and assessment of the GMD

Program Element. Address your company’s current capabilities to provide such facilities and services.

b) In-Service Fleet questions: (limited to 5 pages, maximum)

1. Does your company have the current capability to integrate and de-integrate a GBI and to conduct Hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) testing? Please explain.

2. Does your company have the current capability to sustain, improve, develop, test and improve the performance of the CE-I and CE-II EKV or/and BV software and hardware? Please explain.

3. Does your company have the capability to conduct survivability and Stockpile reliability testing on an EKV or/and BV? Please explain.

4. Does your company have ideas and concepts on how to conduct Service Live

Extension Testing (SLE) or Service Live Extension Program (SLEP) on the current

GBI fleet? Please explain.

5. Describe your concept for field and depot level repair work and interaction with the

WSI and System Operations leads.

6. What contractual relationship would your company recommend with the OEMs, System Operations, and the WSI?

c) Ground Systems questions (limited to 10 pages, maximum):

1. Integration & Test, manufacturing, and repair facilities are required to successfully deliver GS software and hardware capabilities. What current capabilities does your company possess to provide such facilities and services, including model integration at the element and system levels?

2. Describe your approach on developing and integrating additional GS capability builds to accommodate future BMDS assets, and developing and integrating legacy

GS upgrades while maintaining the integrity and funcitionality of the operational GS element.

3. Identify concepts for cooperation/collaboration with software and hardware developers who may be providing additional products for the weapon system as the threat evolves over time.

4. Describe your company’s capabilities and experience in developing, integrating, and fielding ground systems products to include: fire control, terrestrial and satellite communications, launch support, in flight communications with the interceptor, models and simulations, and missile fields.

5. Describe your company’s capability and experience to conduct DEVSECOPS development, which includes software and hardware.

6. Describe your company’s capability experience in migrating “ada” software to modern programming languages.

7. Describe your company’s capability and experience in implementing cybersecurity resilience concurrent with development.

8. The GS hardware is largely Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS). What is your company’s recommended approach to providing effective logistics support of a large, closely coupled COTS system with multiple COTS processing elements integrated with system specific non-COTS interfaces into a geographically distributed, real time, timing critical, and fire control system? Please provide your views regarding leasing of the major elements with a rolling tech refresh clause versus purchase. If the Government continues to require COTS to be purchased, what periodic tech refresh contractual provisions would you envision and what process would you use to determine cost effective frequency of technical refresh?

9. Describe your concept for field and depot level repair work and interaction with the

WSI and System Operations leads.

10. What contractual relationship would your company recommend with the OEMs, System Operations, and the WSI?

d) System Operations questions (limited to 10 pages, maximum):

1. The weapon system availability is paramount to GMD development, test and sustainment activities Describe how your company would manage transitioning from legacy contractor and manage availability across possibly four different contracts/contractors.

2. GM is pursuing a NGI and will field new ground system capabilities during this next contract Describe how your company would manage and execute support to fielding new hardware without impacting existing weapon system availability.

3. Describe how your company on other programs has been able to drive down product support cost/Life Cycle and O&S costs.

4. How would you recommend structuring the O&S and the split-out contracts to maximize operational readiness and availability of the GS while minimizing both current and Life Cycle Costs/Total Cost of Ownership?

5. What metrics would your company recommend for incentivization to ensure weapon system key performance parameters: operational availability, material reliability, material availability, also to such metrics as lower level critical sub-system reliabilities and availabilities.

6. What contractual relationship would your company recommend with the OEMs and the WSI?

7. Under the current contract, most depot level repair work has been performed by the

OEMs. Most Line-Replaceable Units have been supplied by the OEMs. How would your company envision that process going forward? Again, what would your company relationship to the OEMs need to be?

e) Cybersecurity (limited to 5 pages, maximum):

1. What would be your company’s recommended approach to developing cyber resiliency requirements in order to ensure the system can detect, react, and operate through a cyber-contested environment?

2. Describe your company's capability and experience in implementing cybersecurity resilience concurrent with development.

3. How does your company address cyber risk with respect to system operations?

What is the company’s approach to cybersecurity implementation by balancing compliance with risk?