FBO_Announcement_Industry_Day_2_-_27_Mar_18.docx

FBO Announcement: ARC Industry Day General Information

PURPOSE: The purpose of this announcement is to notify potential offerors of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Advanced Research Center (ARC) Follow-On Procurement Industry Day #2 and tour to be tentatively held April 11, 2018. Only U.S. Contractors with a SECRET Clearance will be authorized to attend the ARC Industry/Tour Day.

Background: MDA Advanced Research Center (ARC) provides the infrastructure and cybersecurity engineering necessary to support Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) and related Ground Testing in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Agile Testing (CI/CAT) environment under MDA contract HQ0147-07-D-0002.

This acquisition business classification is a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) set-aside in accordance with FAR 52.219-6. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)) with a size standard of 1,250 employees. MDA anticipates a WOSB set aside competitive award of a single cost type contract with Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), and Cost Reimbursable Cost Only Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) for a base period of five years and three, one-year option periods of performance (PoP).

To be eligible for award, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Offerors may obtain information on registration in SAM at https://www.sam.gov.

The following notices were previously posted for the Advanced Research Center.

1. HQ0147-16-ARC-RFI, sources sought, posted March 1, 2016

2. MDA17DTRFI02, Advanced Research Center (ARC) Request for Information for Industry Day, posted May 8, 2017

3. MDA17DTRFI03, Advanced Research Center (ARC) Request for Information for Industry Input for the statement of work and technical library content, posted May 8, 2017

4. MDA18DTRFI05, Advanced Research Center (ARC), Industry Day Briefing, posted November 21, 2017

5. MDADTRFI04, Advanced Research Center (ARC), Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Request for Information, posted October 24, 2017

6. MDA17DTRFI02, Advanced Research Center (ARC) Request for Information for Industry Day amendment to add “Industry_Day_Briefing_QAs_January_26,_2018.pdf”, posted January 26, 2018

7. MDA18DTPSN06, Advanced Research Center (ARC) Presolicitation Notice, dated February 15, 2018

8. HQ0147-18-R-0009, Advanced Research Center (ARC) Draft Request for proposals, dated March 13, 2018 Industry Day:

MDA Industry Day #1, held on October 16, 2017, was a technical overview of the ARC facility. The briefing from Industry Day #1 was posted on November 21, 2017 under FBO announcement MDA18DTRFI05.

MDA Industry Day #2 will be tentatively held on April 11, 2018 as an acquisition overview. An ARC technical tour will be offered in conjunction with Industry Day #2, however tours will be reserved only for industry participants that are capable of priming this acquisition as a WOSB. Maximum tour attendance is 6 individuals per eligible prime contractor. Tour attendees must be U.S. contractors and hold a minimum of a SECRET clearance. It is anticipated that tours will be provided on April 11, 2018 – April 13, 2018. Tours will be given to one vendor at a time. If you have a specific acquisition or technical question you wish addressed during industry day or during the tour, please provide it as instructed below. Please state the question as clearly as possible, giving as much information as needed in order to address the question either in an open forum or in writing at a later date. If the question is determined to be sensitive or can't be answered during the Industry Day event, a response will be provided in writing at a later date.

· Industry day Attendees: Submit the company name, address, CAGE code, name of the individuals attending, and security point of contact information to include a company email address. Attendees will be required to present a CURRENT photo ID (driver’s license, military ID, Company ID, or passport) matching the information provided above upon check-in. Please allow sufficient time for the check-in/verification process.

· Tour Attendees: Must be submitted as part of the eligible (WOSB) Primes’ tour request. The list of attendees cannot exceed 6 individuals and 2 substitutes, the list must include the individuals’ name, company name, company CAGE code, and the eligible Primes’ security point of contact. A substitute is allowed when one of the original 6 attendees is unable to attend. The eligible Prime will be responsible for ensuring all necessary documentation is in place to support your tour. Your company’s ARC tour group will ONLY include those 6 individuals on your company’s attendees list. We won’t co-mingle tour groups.

You will be notified of details for Visit Clearances and dates/times.

Companies are advised that the government may contact those who respond to this announcement, as needed, on a one-on-one case-by-case basis, to further clarify the information submitted. Eligibility to participate in any future acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice.

The Government will not pay for any direct or indirect costs that are incurred in responding to this draft request for proposal. Furthermore, this request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort.

Response/Due Date:

For the Industry Day Briefing please provide your Industry day Attendees' details and questions to ARC_Followon@mda.mil, attention "ARC Industry Day_Company Name" no later than April 04, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. central standard time.

For the ARC Tour please provide your Tour Attendees request to email: ARC_Followon@mda.mil attention “ARC Tour Request_Company Name” no later than April 04, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. central standard time.

Questions concerning this notice should be addressed to ARC_Followon@mda.mil.

Primary Point of Contact.:

Raenate' Graham, Contract Specialist raenate.graham@mda.mil Phone: 256-450-3452

Secondary Point of Contact:

Sherry B Trowbridge, Contracting Officer sherry.trowbridge@mda.mil Phone: 2564501552

Place of Contract Performance:

6728 Odyssey Drive Huntsville, Alabama 35806 United States

Set Aside:

Woman Owned Small Business