Pre-Solicitation_Notice.docx

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice only; no proposals are being requested at this time. Furthermore, no draft Request for Proposals (RFP), Statement of Objectives (SOO) will be available prior to release of the solicitation.

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), Marine Corps System Command (MCSC) has a requirement to procure Product Support Integrator services. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (CREW) product office, as part of the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), MAGTF Command, Control, and Communications (MC3) ¸ Force Protection Systems (FPS) product group has procured over 10,000 CREW systems. CREW systems are high power, modular, programmable, multiband radio frequency devices designed to deny enemy use of selected portions of the radio frequency spectrum. The USMC CREW systems shall include the CREW Vehicle Receiver Jammer (CVRJ), Thor III, Modi, and an additional mounted/dismounted new procurement known as the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) solution set. Each system should be considered proprietary NDI systems. The USMC CREW systems have been fielded in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF), and as part of the selected MEU's.

The MCSC plans to award a single-award Firm Fixed Priced, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for these support services.

The solicitation will be unclassified. Offerors must have a facility clearance that allows access to and storage of SECRET materials to have their proposals considered.

Award will be made to the responsible Offeror whose offer represents the best value to the government in terms of technical/risk approach, past performance, management, and price. This procurement will be conducted using full and open competition. Evaluation factors will be set forth in the RFP. The Government intends to release RFP No. M67854-14-R-2517 on or about 10 February 2014, and will be posted on the internet at the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov.

The online version of the RFP will include all documents of the solicitation package. No hard copy of the RFP will be available. Amendments, if any, will be posted at the same location as the RFPs. The complete RFP package, including amendments, should be downloaded and reviewed prior to submitting a response. The proposal shall be submitted in hard copy form. It is the responsibility of those responding to the RFP to obtain all amendments and/or other applicable documents. Offerors are instructed to hold all questions until the RFP has been issued. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL COMMUNICATION SHALL BE MADE VIA E-MAIL WITH THE CONTRACTING OFFICE. PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS ARE CAUTIONED AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION WITH THE SOURCE SELECTION TEAM. In order to be eligible for award, interested parties must be registered into the System for Award Management (SAM), http://www.sam.gov.

“Distribution approved for Public Release; distribution unlimited, per DoD 5230.24 and OPSEC/Security Review conducted January 27, 2014.”