MSC Industry Day 1-08-10.ppt

Welcome to MSC Industry Day

January 8, 2010

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Secure Border Initiative (SBI)

Last Updated: 2/25/2009

Briefing Agenda, Purpose, Introductions, and Ground Rules, Mr. James Riordan, SBInet Executive Director (SBInet XD)

Briefing Agenda

1. Greeting, Government Team Introductions, and SBI Overview 1000 – 1010hrs: Agenda, Purpose, Introductions, and Ground Rules 1010 – 1025hrs: SBI Overview

James Riordan, SBInet XD

Mark Borkowski, SBI XD

2. Core Presentations 1025 – 1040hrs: MSC Project Overview 1040 – 1055hrs: MSC Operational Overview 1055 – 1110hrs: MSC Capabilities Matrix Walk-through 1110 – 1130hrs: MSC Contract Overview Mike Forest, MSC PM Steve Potter, SBPA Clay Hudgins, MSC Engr Janice Washington, MSC CO

3. Vendor Question and Answer Session: 1130 – 1230hrs Government Team (facilitated by the MSC PM and CO)

Purpose To facilitate discussion and clarify any issues or concerns communicated by Offerors

Provide Offerors with a better understanding of OBP’s needs and the operational environment likely to be encountered by MSC

Encourage open communications, allowable by law, during the proposal development process to ensure Offerors prepare high quality proposals for delivery to the Government

MSC Team Introductions Mark Borkowski, SBI Executive Director

James Riordan, SBInet Executive Director

Mike Forest, MSC Project Manager

Janice Washington, MSC Contracting Officer

Clay Hudgins, MSC Lead Engineer

David Belles, MSC Chief Logistician

Steve Potter, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent

Ground Rules No audio or video recording of the Industry Day Conference is permitted

Please hold questions until the end of all presentations

Please silence or turn off any cellular phones or other electronic devices

Written comments can be submitted via e-mail to MSC@dhs.gov

Today’s briefing slides will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website no later than four (4) days after this conference

Questions may be rendered verbally or on 3 X 5 cards

Written responses supersede oral responses

SBI Overview, Mr. Mark Borkowski, SBI Executive Director

MSC Project Overview, Mr. Mike Forest, MSC Project Manager

MSC Project Overview The Mobile Surveillance Capabilities (MSC) Project is:

Government Furnished Equipment (GFE):

System Testing Overview:

System Testing Overview (Continued):

MSC Operational Overview, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent (SBPA) Steve Potter

Office of Border Patrol’s Mission As the primary federal law enforcement agency between the ports-of-entry, the Border Patrol’s mission is to:

Prevent the entry of terrorists and their weapons of terrorism; and

Enforce the laws that protect America’s homeland by the detection, interdiction, and apprehension of those who attempt to illegally enter or smuggle any person or contraband across our Nation’s sovereign borders.

Office of Border Patrol’s National Strategy Gain, maintain, and expand operational control of the border using the right combination of personnel, tactical infrastructure, and technology. The Border Patrol’s Strategy consists of six core elements:

MSC Operations To further success of this mission, the Office of Border Patrol has identified a need for technology that provides OBP with:

The MSC shall provide OBP with:

Force multiplication through automation and wide area surveillance providing real time information to agents on the ground. This allows fewer agents to cover a larger area. It also can improve the quality of the law enforcement resolution and enhance officer safety by providing the agents on the ground with more information about the IoI (item of interest) that they are investigating.

An additional layer of situational awareness to enhance existing tactical infrastructure and provide surveillance where no real time surveillance capability existed before.

This technology shall provide OBP with:

Rugged design to provide a persistent surveillance in a 24/7, 365 capacity

Mobility, must be able to reach the deployment sites across the varying terrain of the southwest border and able to be redeployed to adapt to a shifting threat.

The environments of the southwest border are harsh and measures must be taken to protect the operator from exposure.

Ergonomic workspace

Temperature Extremes of both hot and cold are present in the southwest border.

10o to 124o F is a realistic range for ambient temperatures found on the SWB. However solar loading can create surface temperatures on the equipment that well exceed the upper ambient range

Examples of SWB Geography

Mountainous Terrain

Plains Terrain -Line of sight -Importance of increasing sensor height -Absence of high points -Soft ground, no maintained roads

River line Terrain

Shoreline Terrain

MSC Capabilities Matrix Walk-through, Mr. Clay Hudgins

Outline Purpose Of this presentation and the associated technical documents

Government’s Technical Documents

Offeror’s Technical Documents Emphasis on cross references to the Government’s MSCM and MSCEO

Structure of Capabilities Matrix (MSCM) document Structure of Environmental Objectives (MSCEO) document Concluding Highlights

Purpose of Presentation Purpose: provide an overview of MSC technical documents Mobile Surveillance Capabilities Matrix (MSCM) MSC Environmental Objectives (MSCEO)

Goals of the Government Technical Team in preparing these documents:

Clearly document capabilities needed by the Border Patrol Deliberately allow Offerors flexibility in crafting a best-value solution Provide a uniform format for Offerors to cross-reference their proposed solutions to the capabilities needed by the Border Patrol

Alert:

Government’s Technical Documents Capabilities Matrix document

Environmental Objectives document

Offeror’s Technical Documents Volume I: Offeror’s Technical Proposal Prepared per outline and format instructions released by Contracting Officer

Volume II: Offeror’s Cross Reference to the Government’s Mobile Surveillance Capabilities Matrix (MSCM)

Volume III: Offeror’s Cross Reference to the Government’s Mobile Surveillance Capabilities – Environmental Objectives (MSCEO)

Structure of Capabilities Matrix (MSCM)

*Any Offeror’s offered solution (proposal) failing to meet any single Threshold Acceptable Value will not be considered, which means that proposal will be rejected.

This statement only applies to those parameters for which the Government has specified a value for “Threshold Acceptable Value.” See upcoming slide.

*Any Offeror’s offered solution (proposal) failing to meet any single Threshold Acceptable Value will not be considered, which means that proposal will be rejected.

“Factor” describes the capability category (grouping of similar capabilities).

“MSC Capability (Subfactor)” describes a capability that the acceptable system will provide or possess.

“Parameter” describes the specific standards and conditions the capability (subfactor) will be evaluated against.

“Nominal Desired Value (Objective)” describes the desired (at a minimum) level of the capability’s parameters for enhanced system deployment and operations.

“Threshold Acceptable Value” describes the minimum level of the capability’s parameters acceptable for system deployment and operations.

*Any Offeror’s offered solution (proposal) failing to meet any single Threshold Acceptable Value will not be considered, which means that proposal will be rejected.

In the example of Parameter #1, the Gov’t specifies both a Threshold and an Objective value.

In the example of Parameter #2, the Gov’t specifies an Objective value, but chooses not to specify a Threshold Value.

In the example of Parameter #X1, the Gov’t chooses not to specify any value, but does request the Offeror to propose a value consistent with stated Capability (Subfactor) objectives.

In the example of Parameter #X2, the Gov’t specifies an Objective value, but chooses not to specify a Threshold Value.

*Any Offeror’s offered solution (proposal) failing to meet any single Threshold Acceptable Value will not be considered, which means that proposal will be rejected.

“Offeror Cross Reference” column is reserved for Offerors to fill-in and provide as Volume II of Technical Response.

Uses tables with a similar format to the Capabilities Matrix Is incorporated by reference into the Capabilities Matrix (MSCM) Ruggedization and Mobility Factors link the two documents MSC Environmental Objectives (MSCEO) Outline

Structure of the MSC Environmental Objectives (MSCEO) Document

The rightmost columns of these Tables are reserved for Offerors to fill-in and provide as a cross-reference in Volume III of Offerors’ Technical Response.

Concluding Highlights In preparing Technical Documents, the Government Team’s goals were

This presentation’s purpose is to further clarify existing documents

Contract Overview, Ms. Janice Washington, MSC Contracting Officer

MSC Proposal Timeline

Request For Proposal (RFP) posted FEDBIZOPPS on 12/28/09

Proposals due 1200hrs, Eastern Standard Time (EST) 1/29/2010

Questions & Answers deadline 1/15/2010

SOLICITATION DISCREPANCIES

Proposal due date listed in FEDBIZOPPS as 5:00 pm EST, 1/29/10. Should be 1200 EST, 1/29/10.

In Section I, clause I.6 should be deleted.

Improve alignment of the SOO to the CDRLs and CLINs; add list of CDRLs to Section J (attachments) of the RFP.

Although it is already requested in Section M (Evaluation Factors) of the RFP, the requirement to substantiate/provide evidence of system performance capabilities will be amplified in Section L (Instructions to Offerors)

Corrections to discrepancies will be posted within four (4) days.

Contract Overview Contract Type:

First Year (CLINS 0001- 0009):

a. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Funds

3. ARRA Reporting Requirements:

CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBER (CLIN STRUCTURE)

1. Step pricing: range pricing of units which shows an economic purchase quantity at which a significant price break occurs.

2. First Year:

CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBER (CLIN STRUCTURE) CON’T

Options:

Based on need Quantity depends on need within 12 month period Recurring CLINS Step pricing units Maintenance Unit spares

Financing payments allowed IAW 52.232-29 (Financing of Commercial Items)

SECTION L (Instructions to Offerors)

Volume I – Technical Proposal:

a. Three (3) documents – transmittal letter, executive summary, and performance work statement

Volume II – Price Proposal

SECTION M (Evaluation Factors)

Evaluation factors (in order of importance):

Failure to meet a discrete threshold in the capabilities matrix constitutes an offereror’s proposal as being non-compliant

Technical Factors (in order of importance): Detection; identification; tracking; ruggedization; reliability & maintainability; ease of use; and mobility.

Technical subfactors 2-7 are individually weighted less important than technical subfactor 1.

SECTION M (Evaluation Factors) (Continued)

Past Performance:

Basis of Award:

Questions & Answers Session

Summary

THANK YOU

For more information on SBI, please visit us on the Web: WWW.CBP.GOV/SBI Additional questions regarding the MSC Procurement should be sent to MSC@dhs.gov before the closing date (1.15.2010)