H60_Applied Artificial Intelligence-Intelligent Automation_Sources Sought_Final_REV1.pdf

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, DAHLGREN DIVISION

Advance Notice/Sources Sought/Industry Day Notice

H60 Department Applied Artificial Intelligence/Intelligent

Automation Support Services

N0017827R3105

NOTE: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

The requested information is for planning purposes and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. All information and data received in response to the sources sought marked or designated as corporate proprietary information will be fully protected and held in strict confidence.

Scope - The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel to support the integration of state-of-the-art automation capabilities onto current and future naval systems. The support shall encompass all technical and engineering stages of the acquisition process, from material solution analysis to technical development, development and integration, test and evaluation, and fielding of safe and innovative weapon systems. Other duties indirectly supporting these efforts include providing business operational and financial support, management and analysis support, configuration management support, IA/ML Algorithm Development support, DevSecOps support, machine learning operations support, IT Infrastructure Engineering support, cybersecurity and systems/network, software engineering, system administration, and others. Specific programs or projects to be supported under this Task Order may require tasks to be completed under one or more of these areas.

Attachments - A draft Statement of Work (SOW) is attached. Estimated Level of Effort details are included below.

Incumbent – SimVentions under Task Order No. N0017819D8518/N0017824F3003 with Period of Performance that began on 10 May 2026 and is scheduled to ends of 9 May 2029.

Contract Type - A Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, Level of Effort, Task Order is anticipated. The award will be made on a best value basis.

Period of Performance - The performance period will span five years and include a Base Period of twelve (12) months, and four (4) Option Periods each consisting of twelve (12) months.

Location - Work is to be primarily performed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren

Division (NSWCDD) located in Dahlgren, Virginia, and the Contractor’s facilities.

Set-Aside - At this time, a determination has NOT been made to set-aside this procurement.

Responses to this Sources Sought will be evaluated and used to determine the set-aside status of this requirement.

Request for Capability Statements - Capability statements will be limited to current SeaPort-

NxG IDIQ MAC holders. In accordance with the SeaPort-NxG basic IDIQ MAC Paragraph C.8.2.

Competitive Ordering Process, a task order award will be made to the responsible Offeror whose proposal is the most advantageous to the Government under the selection criteria set forth in the solicitation. A set-aside determination has not yet been made regarding this requirement. Interested

Small Businesses are invited to submit capability statements. Capability statements shall not exceed 15 pages, not including resume summaries and shall include the following items:

(1) Sources Sought announcement number you are applying to and a description of the

Offeror's capabilities relating specifically to the attached draft SOW, specifically addressing relevant experience and understanding of the work for which this acquisition will support.

(2) A company profile including the DUNS number and a statement regarding current Small

Business status (including all applicable categories of Small Business: Service-Disabled Veteran-

Owned Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Business, Economically

Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business or

Small Disadvantaged Business).

(3) The specific qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the Contractor's personnel available to support this effort, including the personnel's security clearance level. Identify whether individuals are employees of the Offeror or of a planned team member (Sub-contractor) and identify the planned team member.

(4) Specific past performance on same or similar size and scope of work performed by the

Offeror as a Prime Contractor within the past five (5) years, including a description of the services provided, the dollar value of the effort, and the contract number.

(5) List prospective Sub-contractors and provide a statement with metrics that contain sufficient information concerning the ability to meet the Government limitations in FAR 52.219-

14 Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION 2021-O0008).

Request for Proposal (Solicitation) – Based on current milestones, it is anticipated that the

Solicitation will be available in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment, and System for Award Management portals (henceforth referred to as PIEE and SAM respectively) no later than May 2028 and will be open for approximately 30 calendar days. The formal Solicitation will supersede this Advance Notice.

Questions or clarifications - All questions are to be submitted through the PIEE portal.

Schedule - Capability Statements shall be provided by e-mail to Contracting Officer Jason

Simpson at jason.w.simpson.civ@us.navy.mil and Contract Specialist Carmell Beard carmell.t.beard.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 1200 EST on 09 July 2026.

Industry Day: As of the date of the publication of this notice, and subject to change, an Industry

Day will is tentatively scheduled to take place in November 2026, at a location to be determined.

A formal industry day announcement with details will be posted in PIEE and SAM.

mailto:jason.w.simpson.civ@us.navy.mil mailto:carmell.t.beard.civ@us.navy.mil

Labor Categories:

Labor Category List

Task Order Labor Category eCRAFT Labor Category Title eCRAFT

Code Work Site Qty

Key or

Non-Key

Personnel

Senior Program Manager MANAGER, PROGRAM/PROJECT II MANP2 KR-SITE 1 Key

Senior Software Engineer ENGINEER, SYSTEMS IV ESY4 GOV-SITE 3 Non-key

Senior Software Engineer ENGINEER, SYSTEMS IV ESY4 KR-SITE 5 Non-key

Systems Engineer ENGINEER, SYSTEMS III ESY3 GOV-SITE 2 Non-key

Systems Engineer ENGINEER, SYSTEMS III ESY3 KR-SITE 6 Non-key

Principle Software Engineer ENGINEER, COMPUTER IV EC4 GOV-SITE 4 Non-key

Principle Software Engineer ENGINEER, COMPUTER IV EC4 KR-SITE 5 Non-key

Software Engineer ENGINEER, COMPUTER III EC3 GOV-SITE 1 Non-key

Software Engineer ENGINEER, COMPUTER III EC3 KR-SITE 3 Non-key

Configuration Management Analyst

SPECIALIST, CONFIGURATION

MANAGEMENT I SCM1 KR-SITE 2 Non-key

Electrical Engineer ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS III EE3 KR-SITE 1 Non-key

Test Engineer ENGINEER III E3 GOV-SITE 4 Non-key

Test Engineer ENGINEER III E3 KR-SITE 2 Non-key

Mechanical Engineer ENGINEER, MECHANICAL III EM3 KR-SITE 1 Non-key

Cyverspace Specialist

SPECIALIST, INFORMATION SYSTEM

SECURITY II SISS2 GOV-SITE 3 Non-key

Systems Administrators SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR II SA2 KR-SITE 2 Non-key

Network Engineer ENGINEER, COMPUTER III EC3 GOV-SITE 1 Non-key

Network Engineer ENGINEER, COMPUTER III EC3 KR-SITE 1 Non-key

Integrated Logistics Support

Specialist LOGISTICIAN II LGT2 KR-SITE 1 Non-key

Technical Specialists SPECIALIST, QUALITY CONTROL II SQC2 KR-SITE 1 Non-key

Program Management Analyst ANALYST, MANAGEMENT II ANM2 GOV-SITE 1 Non-key

Program Management Analyst ANALYST, MANAGEMENT II ANM2 KR-SITE 1 Non-key

Junior Finance Analyst ANALYST, MANAGEMENT I ANM1 KR-SITE 1 Non-key

Procurement Analyst ANALYST, MANAGEMENT II ANM2 GOV-SITE 1 Non-key