MRIC System Procurement Notice of Intent.docx

Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Systems Procurement Notice of Intent

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is for planning and informational purposes only and shall NOT be considered as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred in responding to this RFI or furnishing the requested information. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of a contractor's submission of responses to this RFI or the Government's use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this RFI. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

1.0 Introduction:

Program Manager (PM) for Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) is responsible for the development, fielding and sustainment of the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) Family of Systems (FoS), including Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC).

1.1 Purpose:

PM GBAD intends to negotiate and award one or more new contracts on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, with Raytheon Company 1151 E Hermans RD Tucson, Arizona 85756-9367 to procure, integrate, test and field:

· Up to 80 Tamir missiles to support the initial MRIC Prototype deployment

· Three Batteries of MRIC systems consisting of 1,840 Tamir missiles, 44 Expeditionary launchers integrated with Iron Dome Missile Firing Unit Launch Control Electronics (LCE), 11 mini-Battle Management and Control (mBMC) systems with Uplinks compatible with the LCE and integrated with expeditionary Command and Control (C2) (i.e., the Processing and Display Subsystem (PDS) from the USMC Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S).

· Logistics and technical support.

1.2 Background:

The MRIC system will be deployed to defend permanently and operationally fixed sites in the designated Area of Operations (AO). This integration provides the Marine Expeditionary Force an air defense umbrella that detects, tracks, identifies and defeats enemy cruise missile threats, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and other identified aerial threats. The MRIC system will leverage available surveillance radar and communication assets within the AO to enhance detection and identification of threats and improve situational awareness. The system will be interoperable with other theater air and missile defense systems to facilitate a defense-in-depth against aerial threats.

PEO LS designated the MRIC program a Middle Tier Acquisition Program (MTA) on 30 June 2020. To meet the residual capability requirements, the GBAD Program Office (PO) is designing, developing, integrating, and testing a single prototype MRIC system consisting of expeditionary C2 (i.e., the PDS from the CAC2S and a mBMC), four MRIC Expeditionary Launchers (MEL), and Tamir missiles. Several live fire test events conducted at White Sand Missile Range (WSMR) successfully demonstrated the technical capability maturity of the MRIC prototype.

On 12 Dec 2022, PEO LS approved PM GBAD to proceed in transitioning into the ‘certify the prototype for deployment’ phase of the rapid prototyping MTA strategy. This certification entails developing logistics and sustainment planning, additional testing to include tailored safety testing, assembling the deployable prototype, conducting the cybersecurity assessment, and procuring missiles.

The MRIC MTA Rapid Prototype Phase will culminate upon successful completion of a Quick Reaction Assessment (QRA), at which time it is anticipated a decision will be made to deploy and sustain the residual prototype capability. It is further anticipated the MRIC program will transition into MTA Rapid Fielding in early FY25 to procure the three Batteries of equipment listed in paragraph 1.1 and field to Low Anti-Air Defense Battalions (LAADs) in FY26, FY27 and FY28.

2.0 Requested Information:

Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to meet the requirements and past performance data no later than 1600 EDT local time, Quantico, VA on 8 September 2023. Respondents who may be able to support the specific end-items shall submit a response that clearly demonstrates their capability to deliver the necessary integrated MRIC systems. No alternatives are acceptable for this procurement. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

3.0 Responses:

Organizations possessing the required resources, and capabilities necessary to meet the requirement are invited to respond to this notice via an electronic submission of an executive summary not more than 5 pages in length when printed on 8 ½ x 11 paper using 12-point font and single spacing. All electronic documents must be in either Microsoft Word 2013 or later format (.docx) or Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf).

All responses must include the following information in the executive summary:

(1) Name and address of applicant/company (Corporate/Principal Office).

(2) Name, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of point of contact.

(3) CAGE Code and UEI.

(4) Business Size and relevant NAICS.

(5) Description of the organization’s capabilities to meet the stated requirement.

(6) State whether the Company has a Secret Facility Clearance and capability to safeguard Secret information.

(7) Data Right Assertions: State any data rights for the required supplies.

(8) Rough order of magnitude (ROM) on cost to deliver items identified in paragraph 1.1.

Please be advised that any proprietary information must be marked as such on a page-by-page and paragraph by paragraph basis. The Government will not assume that any of the information provided by a respondent is proprietary unless it is conspicuously marked on this basis. Moreover, the Government does not assume any duty to contact a respondent and inquire whether any unmarked information submitted in response to this notice is proprietary.

This notice does NOT constitute an RFP nor a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the Government is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Contractors are, once again, advised the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice.

4.0 Responses

Responses regarding this notice may be addressed to, nicholas.booth@usmc.mil by email only please. No responses will be accepted after 8 September 2023 1600 EDT.