IP2LMR_Request for Information_FINAL.pdf

M67854-26-I-4920

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

INDO PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP LAND MOBILE RADIO (IP2LMR)

INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY REFRESH

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. This RFI is intended solely for market research under Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. A draft Statement of Work (SOW), Attachment 1, is available at this time. To obtain a copy of Attachment 1 please contact the Contracts personnel identified below via email. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure devices or to issue a solicitation. Contractors are advised that the

Government will not pay for any information received as a result of this RFI nor will it accept any responses as offers. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Contractors should mark any proprietary information clearly and appropriately. The Government will not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified. Responses will not be returned. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The Government may provide additional information and issue additional RFIs at its discretion.

Responses shall be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist: Ms. Francesca Deza, francesca.deza@usmc.mil, or Contracting Officer: Mr. Todd Ingold, todd.ingold@usmc.mil, no later than 14:00PM EST on 6 February 2026. Any clarifications or questions regarding this request shall be submitted no later than 14:00PM EST on 16 January 2026 via email to francesca.deza@usmc.mil and todd.ingold@usmc.mil.

BACKGROUND: Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) and Program Executive Office

Digital & Enterprise Services (PEO Digital), are issuing this RFI to conduct market research and assess industry capabilities to provide a turn-key hardware and software refresh of the

Association of Public Safety Communications Officials(APCO )Project 25 regional trunking system fielded and operating as the Indo Pacific Partnership Land Mobile Radio (IP2LMR)

System.

The solution must integrate into legacy and evolving systems including the Army’s Base

Emergency Communications System (BECS )Enterprise and it must support interoperability, cybersecurity compliance, lifecycle sustainment, and integration with other BECS components, including Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Enterprise Mass Warning and Notification

(EMWN), Next Generation 911 (NG-911), and the First Responder Broadband Network

(FRBN). The solution must also integrate with the USMC’s Consolidated Emergency Response

System (CERS).

The following additional factors have been considered by the Government and are provided to help interested parties respond to this RFI:

1) USMC and DoD partner requirements include a combination of features and capabilities that exceed the standards framework of the APCO P25 program.

2) The requirements include non-disruptive delivery of the system upgrade, to include the mailto:francesca.deza@usmc.mil mailto:todd.ingold@usmc.mil mailto:francesca.deza@usmc.mil mailto:todd.ingold@usmc.mil continuous maintenance and support of users, sites, and devices on partner systems that require prior approval to operate on the IP2LMR system.

3) PEO Digital requires a phased rollout of the upgrade that must ensure and enable the simultaneous and continuous operation of legacy sites in conjunction with upgraded sites as the upgrade is executed over up to four fiscal years.

4) OEM must be certified to meet all J/F-12 and Host Nation Approval requirements in

Japan, South Korea, and the USA.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: PEO Digital & Enterprise Services Public Safety Systems

(PEO-D PSS), is requesting responses to determine the availability and technical capability of sources to potentially provide the products and services as described herein. This is a market research effort only. No proposals are requested or will be considered at this time.

INSTRUCTIONS: Responses to the following RFI questions should be submitted in no more than 25 pages. All responses must include the following: Business name and address; Name of company representative, title, and contact information; CAGE code; Unique Entity Identity

(UEI); and NAICS codes your company operates under.

Responses shall include the following:

1) Describe your company’s capability to quickly staff and successfully perform tasks described herein. The Government is most interested in your company’s experience delivering equipment and services in the identified locations. Please include a detailed explanation of your company’s history and experience with the tasks and efforts you provided, to include specific references to instances of successful and recent deployment and support of equivalent technology refresh hardware, software, and technical services at each associated USMC partner DoD facilities.

2) Review and comment on Attachment 1, Draft IP2LMR Infrastructure Technology

Refresh SOW. Comments inserted within the body of the SOW shall not count against the page count requirement. Summarize and provide narrative feedback on the SOW as part of the 25-page response.

3) It is anticipated that work on any future contract will primarily be accomplished at the

Government’s facilities. Indicate if you have a current Secret Facility Clearance, and if so, indicate when it expires.

4) Specify the NAICS code your company believes best fits this requirement and provide detailed supporting rationale.

5) Please explain your company’s ability to participate in the planned procurement that presumes a cost-accounting environment. Accordingly, specify what types of labor categories your company would anticipate for this effort.

6) Offerors should discuss and quantify, to the extent practicable, any costs and benefits to support their proposed management strategy.

7) Provide feedback on whether the requirements identified within this RFI are reasonable, considering the requirements that come from subscribing to and operating with an established set of mature systems and fleets of devices. If not, explain what clarification(s) or changes your company recommends that would allow better responses to this potential requirement.

8) Provide information on your company’s abilities, limitations, or inabilities to support service of the defined locations and systems.

9) Provide any recommended personnel qualifications, certifications, and training required.

10) Provide Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) pricing for the prescribed hardware, software, engineering and integration services, training, travel, and 2-years of post-upgrade warranty and technical services support. Please provide a detailed bill of materials (BOM) and services pricing organized by the associated Government facility

(base). Alternatively, BOM and pricing information may be organized by military branch

(Army, Air Force, Navy and USMC) and area of operation (Hawaii, mainland Japan, Okinawa, South Korea).

11) Characterize your company’s established resources for providing continuous, centrally managed, in-theater technical support (in person and remote) at the identified facilities.

12) Describe whether your technicians are certified and trained to install and maintain

Motorola Solutions, Inc. ASTRO 25 infrastructure and subscriber devices and, to the extent required, work on the established legacy APCO P25 LMR systems supporting

USMC users at identified facilities.

13) Include a summary of existing federal government contract vehicles you offer your products and services through, to include contract number and contract type (e.g. Federal

Supply Schedules; GWACs such as NASA SEWP; etc.).

14) Briefly provide any other information your firm believes would enhance any future procurement or that would improve the communications systems used by our first responders.

Note, for any respondees who intend to submit proprietary information with their responses, MCSC intends to utilize only Government personnel to process and review all responses to this

RFI.