ASTRA_Sources_Sought_250311_Final.pdf

ASTRA NASIC A&AS SUPPORT Sources Sought

Advisory Support & Technical Requirement Administration (ASTRA)

NASIC Advisory & Assistance Services

CAPABILITY SUPPORT

Sources Sought

1. The Government is conducting market research and identifying, as potential sources, companies that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements similar to the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) (Attachment #1), supporting the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. These requirements are currently encompassed within the following contract vehicle:

• NASIC Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) III: A&AS BPA #47QFLA22A0001

2. Companies are hereby advised that this is not a request for proposals and no contract will be awarded as a result of this sources sought. Companies responding to this request are advised that participation does not ensure opportunities for participation in future solicitations or contract awards. The Government will not reimburse any company or individual for any expenses associated with preparation or participation in this request for information.

3. The Government has not finalized an acquisition strategy for this requirement.

4. The Government is contemplating a Multi-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with a five (5) year Ordering Period.

5. The Labor CLIN is anticipated to be Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) or Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), pending finalized acquisition strategy. Additionally, Other Direct Costs (ODCs) and Material are anticipated to be Cost-Reimbursable (CR) CLINs. The total ceiling is estimated at $480M.

6. No set-aside determination has been made; however, the United States Air Force (USAF) is contemplating a total or partial small business set aside for this acquisition if there is sufficient demonstrated interest and capability. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is two or more small business prime contractors must be capable of performing at least 50% of the entire scope of the effort, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14(e)(1), Limitations on Subcontracting.

Small Businesses interested in performing as a prime should detail their capabilities for requirements listed in the draft PWS (Attachment #1); provide specific details and rationale as to how compliance with FAR clause 52.219-14 would be achieved and include specifics regarding joint ventures, teaming arrangements, etc.

7. If this acquisition is not a Small Business set aside, it is anticipated that contracts awarded to other than small business shall comply with FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan and FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting. Any Business interested in performing as a prime contractor for a total or partial small business set-aside should detail their capabilities for all requirements listed in the attached draft PWS.

Program Description

National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) requires advisory and assistant services contract support as outlined in the attached PWS and defined in FAR 2.101.

To ensure unbiased A&AS support, the offeror shall not participate in Task Order (TO) or Delivery Order (DO) work as a prime, subcontractor or consultant as part of any other contract supporting NASIC or one of NASIC’s mission partners, when the work is done in direct support of including but not limited to: NASIC, NASIC mission partner contracts, NOVASTAR, and/or MEGASTAR. In addition, the contractor’s expected program management and engineering support to NASIC contracting efforts will impose restrictions on the company’s ability to bid on other work.

Requirements The attached Draft PWS dated 10 February 2025.

Instructions

1. Attachment #1 is a description of the A&AS requirement and below is a Contractor Capability Survey, which allows substantiation of your company’s capability.

2. If, after reviewing these documents, you desire to participate in the market research, you should provide documentation that supports your company’s capability in meeting these requirements. Failure to provide adequate documentation may prevent the government from being able to adequately assess your capabilities. If you lack sufficient experience in a particular area, submissions are still encouraged, but please provide details explaining how you would overcome the lack of experience/capabilities prior to a contract award in order to perform that portion of the requirement (i.e., teaming, subcontracting, etc.).

3. Both large and small businesses are encouraged to participate in this Market Research.

Questions relative to this market research should be addressed via email to Meredith Budding (AFLCMC/PZIEC), meredith.budding@us.af.mil and Margaret Lennen (AFLCMC/PZIEC) margaret.lennen@us.af.mil.

Requested Responses

Part I. Business Information:

1. Please provide the following business information for your company and for any possible teaming or joint venture partners:

a. Company Name:

b. Address:

c. Point of Contact:

d. CAGE Code:

e. Phone Number:

f. E-mail Address:

g. Web Page URL:

h. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541330, Engineering Services. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design, development, and utilization of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes, and systems. The assignments undertaken by these establishments may involve any of the following activities: provision of advice, preparation of feasibility studies, preparation of preliminary and final plans and designs, provision of technical services during the construction or installation phase, inspection and evaluation of engineering projects, and related services. The Small Business Size Standard for this industry under the Engineering Services $25.5 million. The appropriate Product Service Code is R425 – Support-Professional: Engineering/ Technical. Based on the above NAICS Code, state whether your company is:

a. Small Business (Yes / No)

b. Woman Owned Small Business (Yes / No)

c. Small Disadvantaged Business (Yes / No)

d. 8(a) Certified (Yes / No)

e. HUBZone Certified (Yes / No)

f. Veteran Owned Small Business (Yes / No)

g. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (Yes / No)

h. System for Award Management (SAM) (Yes / No)*

* All interested contractors must be registered in SAM.gov and be registered in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS), with a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) score of 110 or higher, in accordance with DFARS 252.204-7020, NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment requirements, in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts.

Part II. Capability Information:

This section should include a brief description of experience in providing support for requirements similar to the attached PWS in both size and magnitude. The capability package must be clear, concise, and complete. The government is under no obligation to provide feedback to the company, or to contact the company for clarification of any information submitted in response to this request.

Please provide a brief response to the below items:

1. Describe your company’s knowledge and experience pertaining to expertise in the following mission sets:

a. Electro-Optical (EO)

b. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

c. Multi/Hyper-Spectral Imagery (MSI/HSI)

d. Thermal Infrared (TIR)

e. Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)

f. Airborne and Ground Radars, Passive Coherent Location (PCL)

g. Jammers

h. Direct Energy Weapons (DEW)

i. Cyber/Electronic Warfare (EW)

j. Tools and all source analysis for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR),

k. Foreign Materiel Exploitation (FME),

l. Persistent Infrared (PIR) capabilities with extensive expertise in overhead Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) related technologies

m. Data Fusion

n. Trajectory Reconstruction for air and missile systems

o. Visualization

p. Ground Based and Airborne EO

q. Mission planning for Radar for S&TI

r. Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Radar

s. Line-of-Sight (LOS) Radar

t. Non-Cooperative Target identification (NCTI) Radar

u. Bi-Static Radar

v. LASER

w. Radio Frequency (RF) data sources

x. Airborne EO for S&TI

y. Threat weapons systems technical intelligence

z. Technical reverse design and modeling

aa. Weapons systems operations

bb. Information Technology (IT), cloud computing, cloud development

cc. Data science & data engineering

dd. Update legacy architectures, integrate organic or external capabilities (HPC, future quantum, commodity cloud services), data management & governance

ee. Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ML, automation in support on S&TI analysis

ff. Other related technologies

2. NASIC also requires personnel with program management skill, Knowledge of the Intelligence Community (IC) and working relationships, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), and software development. With this in mind, describe your company’s ability to manage and track projects.

3. Describe your company’s ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI level facility (SCIF) in accordance with Industrial Security Manual (DoD 5220.22M).

4. Describe your company’s ability to access Top Secret/SCI level facilities, other than NASIC, in accordance with Industrial Security Manual (DoD 5220.22M).

5. Describe your company’s access to collateral-level secure facilities, other than NASIC.

6. Describe your company’s ability to obtain/maintain Top Secret/SCI level personnel with the ability to support Special Access Program/Control Access Program (SAP/CAP) and Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph requirements. Also include ability and experience to recruit and retain exceptionally qualified technical staff.

7. What is your experience quoting/pricing Firm Fixed Priced services tasks based upon a defined task order requirement? What is your experience with Cost Plus Fixed Fee service tasks?

8. Is the majority of your similar experience Federal or Commercial?

9. Does your company have the ability obtain a non-government SCIF within a 25-mile radius to NASIC and Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH and/or is your company capable of submitting a concept approval request for SCIF construction and sponsorship to NASIC/A4SO within 6 months of contract award?

10. Provide any general feedback on the requirement.

Part III. Communication:

1. If your company is interested, e-mail your responses to margaret.lennen@us.af.mil and meredith.budding@us.af.mil by 1400ET, 20 March 2025. Direct and succinct responses are preferred.

Marketing materials are considered an insufficient response. If additional time necessary for your company to provide a response, please reach out to Meredith Budding (meredith.budding@us.af.mil) and Margaret Lennen (AFLCMC/PZIEC) margaret.lennen@us.af.mil to request an extension.

2. All responses must be UNCLASSIFIED. No classified material will be accepted or considered with this Sources Sought Synopsis.

3. The response to Part I and II should be single spaced, 12pt font. In addition, identify a representative to support further Government inquiries and requests for clarification of the information provided.

Respondents should indicate which portions of their response are proprietary and should mark them accordingly. The USAF will handle proprietary items in accordance with FAR 2.101 and 3.104.