ATI_BAA_Attach_4_Special_Topic_Area_5_Track_Filter_rev2.pdf

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Attachment 4

Special Topic Area 5

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

BMDS ARCHITECT (MDA/DEB)

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON THE

Advanced Track Filter Characterization

27 March 2017

ATI BAA Special Topic: Advanced Track Filter Characterization.

The List of changes as a result of 22 March 2017 Industry Day questions and answers:

WHITE PAPER PREPARATION INFORMATION

Based on the White Paper deadline extension to 19 April 2017, the deadline to request the

Government Furnished Information (GFI) for White Paper preparation, to include the 22 March 2017

Industry Day presentation slides, is extended to 31 March 2017.

Each interested offeror may submit more than one White Paper.

Higher classification level White Paper submissions (e.g., TOP SECRET, SCI, or SPECIAL

ACCESS) are acceptable, if necessary to describe the offeror’s innovative tracking filter design. For transmission of these higher classification White Papers, if desired, the higher classification level information may be segregated into an annex separate from the main paper, and submitted separately from the Unclassified or Secret white paper response; or the paper may be submitted as one document at the appropriate classification level.

If a responding company intends to submit a White Paper at a classification level above collateral

SECRET (TS, SCI or SAP), they are to contact Ms. Kari Anderson at kari.anderson@mda.mil or

(571) 231-8148 in order to make arrangements.

Subcontracting and teaming arrangements are permitted.

If an offeror requires additional GFI for contract performance (if selected) beyond the planned GFI identified, the offeror is requested to identify the GFI in their White Paper, to include title, description, rationale, date required, and impact if not received.

The awarded contracts period of performance are anticipated to be 12 to 18 months in duration. No contract options are planned, and the inclusion of contract options is at the discretion of the

Government.

At contract award of the selected contractor or contractors, a common set of GFI will be provided to all contractors receiving a contract award.

The awarded contract(s) will include, toward the end of the period of performance, a Government independent assessment of the contractor’s filter design and executable code against Government provided operational scenarios.

The GFI provided for contract performance (if selected), will be classified as SECRET/NOFORN.

Executable code delivered by contractors as part of contract performance (for awarded contracts), must be marked appropriately Government Purpose Rights or Unlimited Rights in accordance with

DFARS Part 227 and associated contract clauses.

Supplemental Information on Advanced Track Filter Characterization

1. Background. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is responsible for developing a Ballistic

Missile Defense System (BMDS) to defend the United States, friends and allies, and deployed forces from ballistic missile attack. Additionally, as the Technical Authority (TA) for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), MDA leads systems engineering tasks and activities that support development, testing, and integration of Service and MDA IAMD-related systems to achieve joint IAMD capabilities.

The BMDS and the joint IAMD capabilities of tomorrow must be able to address new and emerging ballistic and non-ballistic missile and air threats and operate within an integrated, layered Air and Missile defense system architecture.

2. Synopsis. MDA requests white papers from U.S. only private industry, qualified accredited domestic educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations that define potential new track filters and a characterization of these filters against a common operationally realistic threat scenario, to meet new and emerging threats. The specific area MDA is considering in this solicitation is an Advanced Track Filter Definition and Characterization Task.

The Agency envisions multiple track filter definition and characterization studies. These studies may lead to continued design maturity, laboratory experimentation and testing; and potential integration into existing and future air and missile defense systems.

3. Description. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is interested in the evaluation and characterization of innovative tracking filter designs which offer robust, consistent track estimation and prediction techniques. The performance of these designs will be characterized against sets of sensor measurements from advanced air breathing and missile threats that accurately represent threat kinematics and contain representative sensor measurements errors including sensor bias.

Respondents shall submit a white paper in accordance with Section 5, that documents their filter design and their approach for performing filter performance characterization studies against a Government provided operational scenario; that includes threat trajectories, sensor measurements and blue force sensor location(s). Submissions can address end‐to-end concepts as well as concepts that could be inserted into interceptors, sensors, or command, control and battle management systems. However, the desire for an apples-to-apples comparison of filter approaches requires the performance characterization to be performed against a common set of sensor measurements.

The White Paper will describe the filter design to include approaches and rationale for track filter application (radar tracker, overhead tracker, seeker/interceptor tracker, etc.);

an assessment of the proposed performance metrics; and an assessment of the filter design robustness, scalability, and flexibility.

The White Paper will also describe the respondent’s facilities and ability to perform a characterization study, which includes exercising the filter design against Government-provided sensor measurement data from blue force sensors against operationally relevant threats and assessing the filter performance against Government-provided performance metrics. Finally, the White Paper will describe the respondent’s experience in developing and fielding advanced tracking filter algorithms within air and missile defense systems.

The preferred concepts for this effort shall have the following attributes:

Applicability across multiple sensor categories (fire control radars, overhead infra-red, passive, surveillance radars, interceptors, etc.)

Adaptability for future threats and sensors concepts

Ability to produce track states with consistent covariance and minimal track state error in presence of significant maneuvers

4. Government Furnished Information (GFI). GFI will be provided, upon request, to aid in the preparation of white papers. Any technical data furnished by the Government in response to topic inquiries is in an “as is” condition without any warranty as to its accuracy, completeness or adequacy. The respondents shall use this technical data at their own risk. The Government assumes no responsibility for such furnished data/documentation nor will the Government have any liability for a respondent’s response should such data/documentation prove to be inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise defective.

The following information will be made available for White Paper preparation:

A. CLASSIFIED SECRET description of the operational laydown of blue forces

B. CLASSSIFIED SECRET description of the threat and trajectories

C. UNCLASSIFIED description of the performance metrics

All requests for GFI must be submitted to the technical point of contact; Mr. Miguel

Rivera at miguel.rivera@mda.mil with a copy sent to Mr. John Swan at john.swan@mda.mil no later than 31 March 2017. The requests should be on company letterhead and must include the following information:

Verification of facility clearance level (either copy of DSS approval letter and/or company cage code).

Verification that the company has storage capability to the SECRET level.

Verification that the respondent understands that the data provided will be handled, retained, or destroyed in accordance with the DD254 and the NISPOM regulations in

DoD 5220.22-M for retention and destruction of classified materials. GFI documentation must be destroyed or returned within 180 days after the contractor has been notified that

BAA White Paper submissions have been reviewed and assessed.

Physical Address where classified data should be sent along with responsible points of contact and phone numbers. Identify whether or not classified Federal Express (Fedex) packages may be sent to the physical address provided. Alternatively, identify a classified email address to which the documents may be provided.

Verification of intent to respond to subject BAA, to validate the need to know.

Any classified questions regarding the GFI must be submitted to the technical point of contact;

Mr. Miguel Rivera at miguel.rivera@mda.smil.mil with a copy sent to Mr. John Swan at john.swan@mda.smil.mil.

5. White Paper Responses:

a. With the exception of specific submission instructions for this special topic located in paragraphs “e.” and “f” below, the white paper submission, evaluation, and award selection for this special topic is in accordance with the MDA ATI BAA, HQ0147-15-ATI-BAA, Section VI Application and Submission Information, Section VII Evaluation Information, and Section VIII Award Selection.

b. The White Paper submission deadline for this special topic is 19 April 2017

c. The White Paper, including any annex, shall not exceed 10 pages in length. (See the MDA ATI BAA, HQ0147-15-ATI-BAA, Section VI, for more information on

White Paper page limitations.)

d. The Government expects responses to consist of an UNCLASSIFIED White Paper with the option of including a CLASSIFIED annex.

e. UNCLASSIFIED White Papers shall be submitted to the technical point of contact;

Mr. Miguel Rivera at miguel.rivera@mda.mil with a copy to Mr. John Swan at john.swan@mda.mil or via FEDEX. The preferred method of submitting the unclassified White Papers is via the AMRDEC safe site. The address of the

AMRDEC safe site is https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/.

f. Collateral SECRET CLASSIFIED White Papers shall be submitted to the technical point of contact; Mr. Miguel Rivera at miguel.rivera@mda.smil.mil with a copy sent to Mr. John

Swan at john.swan@mda.smil.mil or via FEDEX (IAW NISPOM requirements).

g. White Papers may be classified up to and including TOP SECRET SENSITIVE

COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION and or SPECIAL ACCESS. Non-collateral classified documents must be sent IAW guidance received per paragraph 5.h below.

h. Higher classification level White Paper submissions (e.g., TOP SECRET, SCI, or

SPECIAL ACCESS) are acceptable, if necessary to describe the offeror’s innovative tracking filter design. For transmission of these higher classification White Papers, if desired, the higher classification level information may be segregated into an annex separate from the main paper, and submitted separately from the Unclassified or Secret white paper response; or the paper may be submitted as one document at the appropriate classification level.

i. If a responding company intends to submit a White Paper at a classification level above collateral SECRET (SCI or SAP), they are to contact Ms. Kari Anderson at kari.anderson@mda.mil or (571) 231-8148 in order to make arrangements.

j. MDA classification guidance does not authorize use of the NOFORN caveat.

Information may only be marked as NOFORN if derivatively classified from a threat source document that is marked as such. Any designs or software developed or hardware built under this task shall provide license rights no more restrictive than Government purpose rights.

k. The appropriate SCG or derivative classified source document must be followed by those interested parties submitting white papers. Contact the MDA Security Point of

Contact (POC) listed below for specific classification instructions for any situation where no clear SCG direction is available or known, and the proposer believes the work, if successful, would merit classification due to either technical and/or quantitative performance or capabilities. Respondents must possess all required personnel security clearances, facility clearances, and other infrastructure requirements necessary to conduct/perform such classified work.

l. Export Controlled Data. The work will likely involve export-controlled technical data. Therefore, please include a completed DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement, with certification number and expiration date, along with each submission. The U.S./Canada Joint Certification Program allows access to such data in order to facilitate meaningful information exchanges that could contain unclassified technical data disclosing military critical technology with military or space application that is under the control or in the possession of the U.S.

Department of Defense. (Note: See http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/ for information regarding this program and form. The U.S./Canada Joint Certification Program normally returns an approved and signed certified form, which includes a certification number and expiration date within 5 days of receipt). If unable to complete the form as a qualified U.S./Canada contractor, please submit a statement explaining why export-controlled technical data is not needed in the work.

m. The mailing address for all correspondence via FEDEX is:

Missile Defense Agency

Attn: MDA/DEB

5222 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

n. Each interested offeror may submit more than one White Paper.

o. Subcontracting and teaming arrangements are permitted.

p. If an offeror requires additional GFI for contract performance (if selected), beyond the planned GFI identified, the offeror is requested to identify the GFI in their White Paper, to include title, description, rationale, date required, and impact if not received.

http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/

q. The awarded contracts’ period of performance are anticipated to be 12 to 18 months in duration. No contract options are planned, and the inclusion of contract options is at the discretion of the Government.

r. At contract award of the selected contractor or contractors, a common set of GFI will be provided to all contractors receiving a contract award.

s. The awarded contract(s) will include, toward the end of the period of performance, a

Government independent assessment of the contractor’s filter design and executable code against Government provided operational scenarios.

t. The GFI provided for contract performance (if selected), will be classified as

SECRET/NOFORN.

u. Executable code delivered by contractors as part of contract performance (for awarded contracts), must be marked appropriately Government Purpose Rights or Unlimited

Rights in accordance with DFARS Part 227 and associated contract clauses.

6. Marking. Submissions must comply with the instructions set forth in the MDA ATI BAA, HQ0147-15-ATI-BAA. Potential sources are responsible for adequately marking proprietary information contained in their response. Respondents MUST mark any proprietary information as such on a page-by-page basis. The Government intends to use third party, non-Government (contractor) support personnel as subject matter experts in the review of received responses including the review of any marked or unmarked proprietary information. The Government has executed appropriate non-disclosure agreements between the third party, non-Government (contractor) support personnel and the Government and those are on file with the Government. A submission of a response to the BAA constitutes the respondent's acknowledgement and agreement that the Government may disclose information in the response, including any marked or unmarked proprietary or source selection information, to these third party non-Government (contractor) support personnel.

Unclassified white papers must not contain information classified by an applicable SCG or other derivative classified source document. Classified annexes must be marked, protected, transmitted, and handled IAW applicable NISPOM requirements.

7. Industry Day Announcement. The Government is planning an industry day for 22 March

2017 beginning at 0900. The morning session will discuss the general Advanced Track

Filter Characterization concept requirements, and the details of the operational scenario and associated threat data. Following the open session, the Government will conduct 20 minute one-on-one meetings with vendors interested in providing an offer as a prime contractor for this effort.

Industry day and one-on-one sessions will be classified up to the SECRET/NOFORN level;

therefore, only U.S. citizens having at least a Secret security clearance may attend. No person will be allowed to attend without a processed Visit Authorization Request (VAR) on file. All attendees must submit a VAR in accordance with the instructions described in the

Visitor Access Request Procedures described below at least 7 working days in advance of the date of the session. Potential participants are encouraged to submit their VARs as early as possible.

Visitor Access Request Procedures

The Advanced Track Filter Characterization Industry Day and all one-on-one sessions will be held at Von Braun III (VBIII), Huntsville, AL. Specific rooms will be provided as each participant is registered. All confirmed attendees must submit a Visitor Access Request

(VAR) in accordance with the instructions below:

The Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) is the preferred method for companies or organizations to submit Visit Access Requests. The SMO code is

DDAAUH. Include the meeting name (Advanced Track Filter Characterization

Industry Days) in the block with the Technical POC’s name in the JPAS Visit Cert.

The MDA Technical POC for the Industry Day sessions is Mr. Miguel Rivera, Miguesl.Rivera@mda.mil, 256-450-4239. Duration of visit is one day.

Non-JPAS visit requests must be sent from company or organization security departments and may be faxed or mailed to:

o MDA Visitor Control [FAX]: (256) 450-3222 o MDA Visitor Control [Email]: MDAAccessControlHSV@mda.mil o NOTE: To confirm receipt, a participant can call MDA Visitor Control at: (256) 450-o Non-JPAS visit requests must include the following information:

Full Name

SSN

Date of Birth

Citizenship

Clearance Level

Date Clearance Issued

Dates of Visit

Reason for Visit

MDA Government Point of Contact

The Government will limit morning session attendance to two attendees per company and one-on-one sessions to three individuals per team, including prime contractors and teammates.

One-on-one sessions are intended to facilitate a better understanding of the concept or approach being considered by industry partners and to improve the utility of the responses, but they are not required. Sessions will be scheduled in blocks at the convenience of the

Government. Each of the assigned one-on-one sessions will be limited to twenty minutes.

Questions of a general and non-proprietary nature asked during one-on-one sessions that would enhance industry understanding of Government requirements may be posted or emailed to all attendees (with corresponding Government responses).

mailto:Miguesl.Rivera@mda.mil

Registration for industry day and one-on-one sessions will close at 1700 on 13 March 2017.

If industry partners wish to participate in industry day and/or a one-on-one session with the

Government a request in writing should be made to Mr. Miguel Rivera, Miguel.Rivera@mda.mil with a copy provided to Ms. Deborah Looman, deborah.looman.ctr@mda.mil and Mr. John Swan, john.swan@mda.mil via email. Verbal or telephone requests will not be accepted.

8. Points of Contact (POC):

a. Technical/Security Questions:

Mr. Miguel Rivera

Unclassified E-mail: Miguel.Rivera@mda.mil

Classified E-mail: Miguel.Rivera@mda.smil.mil

256-450-4239

b. Contracts Questions:

Mr. John Swan

Unclassified E-mail: John.Swan@mda.mil

Classified E-mail: John.Swan@mda.smil.mil

256-450-4033

c. Industry Day Attendance and Registration:

Ms. Debbie Looman

Unclassified E-mail: deborah.looman.ctr@mda.mil

256-313-9859 mailto:Miguel.Rivera@mda.mil,