Market Survey_MPF STS_Distribution A_FINAL.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT/MARKET SURVEY OF INTEREST

Product Manager Mobile Protected Firepower (PdM MPF)

System Technical Support (STS) Services

1. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. There is no risk to you for participating in this survey. Response to this market survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. The U.S. Government (USG) will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. However, this is an important opportunity for Industry to influence the application of requirements and the full range of other elements supporting the acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. There is no formal solicitation available at this time, no solicitation will be issued against this notice, and this request for information does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation. Respondents shall not be notified of the results of the survey or results of information submitted.

Respondents are required to provide responses for all the questions listed in the market survey to be deemed a complete market survey. The USG will not review incomplete market survey submittals. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. It is the responsibility of Industry, when providing any comments/responses, to properly mark such information that is considered proprietary or is otherwise restricted.

2. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION:

The USG acknowledges its obligations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation 3.104-4 to protect confidential information provided to the USG (18 U.S.C. §1905). Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secrets or proprietary restrictions placed upon qualifying data forwarded in response to this survey and to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following:

· Qualifying data must be clearly marked PROPRIETARY and be accompanied by an explanatory text so that the Government is clearly notified as to exactly what data so qualifies.

· Mark only data that is truly confidential.

· Do not mark data that is already in the public domain or is already in possession of the USG or third parties on an unclassified basis.

· Proprietary data transmitted electronically must have the PROPRIETARY legend on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail as well as at the beginning of the file. Proprietary information contained within the correspondence shall use the legends: “PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS” and “PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS.”

3. DISCLAIMER:

Any response to this Markey Survey that includes Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) shall be marked and handled in accordance with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information. Portion markings are not required.

The (USG) is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Nor is the USG obligated for like data in possession of third parties or for data which is afterwards placed in the public domain by the contractor or by third parties through no fault of the USG. Should the USG need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between USG offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place.

Reference herein to any specific commercial company, product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the USG or the Department of the Army (DA). The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the DA, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

4. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST:

Responses to this request for information should be sent electronically using DoD SAFE located at https://safe.apps.mil/ to Ms. Sophia Pace at Sophia.l.Pace.civ@army.mil and Mr. Michael Depeal at Michael.r.Depeal.civ@army.mil .You are requested to put “Market Survey Response for MPF STS (insert contractor name)” in the subject line in DoD SAFE. A separate email notification titled “Market Survey Response for MPF STS (insert contractor name)” shall be sent to those two above representatives (absent the survey responses), immediately following the submission in DoD SAFE, stating the market survey was submitted via DoD SAFE. If you require a link to be able to submit your response via DoD SAFE, please send an email request to the two above personnel at least 3 working days in advance.

Please include the following administrative information:

· Company Name

· Mailing Address

· Company website

· Location of facilities

· Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code

· North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) number

· Business size and eligibility under USG socio-economic programs and preference

· Does the company use a cost system that has been certified by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)

· Contact Information of person responding to Market Survey to include name, position, phone number and email address

Responses to the market survey are due on 01 DEC 2022, NLT 5:00 pm eastern standard time. Responses received after this electronically by DoD SAFE may not be considered. No telephone, hand delivered, faxed or mail delivered responses will be accepted. Please note that any questions or answers will be posted anonymously to this website. The cut-off date for questions is 25 NOV 2022, NLT 5:00 pm eastern standard time. Questions that are received by this office after the deadline will be considered late and may not be answered.

5. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SURVEY:

1. The survey response shall NOT exceed 50 pages.

2. Submittal will be in text format only.

3. Do not include pictures, graphics, etc.

4. Please respond to every question.

5. Number each response with the appropriate question number.

6. You do not have to repeat the question in your response.

7. If you cannot answer the question, please indicate “No Response.”

8. If a response will satisfy another question, state: “See response to question XX.”

9. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance.

10. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable the front page of your response package should state” “Proprietary Information Contained.” Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey.

11. As instructed earlier in this document, respondents to this market survey are specifically asked to appropriately mark any document that contains proprietary data, trade secrets, or other business sensitive information.

6. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this market survey questionnaire is to collect and obtain written information relative to industry capability to satisfy the Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS), Product Manager Mobile Protected Firepower (PdM MPF) requirement to provide System Technical Support (STS) Services. MPF will require 5 ordering years of STS level of effort and completion type efforts for program management, engineering, technical, and logistical services to support both a currently awarded a MPF Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract (W56HZV-19-C-0036) as well as a future planned MPF Full Rate Production (FRP) contract.

7. GENERAL INFORMATION: The MPF system provides early entry forces a mobile, protected, direct fire capability to apply immediate, lethal, long-range fires in the engagement of armored vehicles, hardened enemy fortifications and dismounted personnel that represents a long-term solution to the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) capability.

The MPF system characteristics include the following:

· Tracked vehicle with a minimum crew of three soldiers (commander, gunner, and driver);

· Crew protection from small arms, heavy machine gun, overhead artillery, underbelly mine, side improvised explosive device (IED), and kinetic energy (KE) threats; utilizing ammunition available in the Department of Defense (DoD) inventory, a main gun applying precise, lethal, long-range fire;

· Vehicle capable of performing while on the move, in day, night, and all-weather conditions;

· Sufficient platform speed and mobility to successfully keep pace with other vehicles in the formation;

· Communications system, which permits the simultaneous ability to transmit or receive both internal and external communications among all vehicle occupants;

· Sufficient size, weight, power and cooling (SWaP-C) to facilitate integration of IBCT tactical network modernization technologies.

STS efforts for the MPF vehicle and PdM MPF will primarily include program management, logistic and sustainment, engineering, and test support activities. Logistics support will include Supportability Analysis, Logistics Support Packages and Logistic Test Support, Provisioning requirements, On-site Field Service Representation (to include Engineering and Mechanics), Technical Publications, Fielding, Vehicle Deprocessing, New Equipment Training support, Operator training, Field Level Maintenance training, Modified Work Orders(MWO) development, verification and installation, MWO personnel and all require tools and equipment for MWO installations, MWO kit storage and kitting, and Maintenance requirements. Engineering support will include Systems Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Obsolescence Management, Configuration Management, Data Management, Engineering Change Proposals, and Process Engineering Changes. Test support will include identification of Failure Modes and Mechanisms, System Validation/Testing, Qualification Testing, Quality Assurance and a Reliability and Maintainability Program.

MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONAIRE

1. Test Support:

a) Describe your experience installing and verifying performance of fire control systems for ground combat vehicles. Discuss the engineering, logistics and testing requirements associated with your experience. Please provide specific examples of your experience related to direct fire weapons, fire control software, and electronic control boxes. Have you developed any unique test equipment to complete the installation and checkout of the fire control hardware and software?

b) Does your company have experience with the identification of failure modes (through modeling, analysis, and/or test) that may be induced by user or maintainer error?

2. Engineering Support:

a) Describe your process and experience with Configuration Management with regards to ground combat tracked vehicles. Please include how it addresses Engineering Change Proposals, Modified Work Orders, and vehicle design modifications due to both production driven changes (i.e. PPAP) as well as Requirement changes (i.e. lethality / survivability).

b) Does your company have experience with integration of both SINCGARS and Handheld, Manpack & Small Form-Fit (HMS) radios on combat vehicles, to include the technical management of changes to ICDs and/or Radio Transmitters, Power Amplifiers, Antennas and B-Kit integration hardware.

c) Describe your company’s software engineering process, software release cycle and its configuration management. Please also address your software engineering experience, your technology management to handle new technologies and software, and lifecycle software management. Your process should clearly describe all software aspects such as resource management, development, test and integration, etc.

d) Describe how your Systems Engineering Process guides, directs and supports the execution of the various detailed engineering efforts and activities.

e) Describe how your company would manage the daily operations for each of the following engineering support services: Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR); logistics engineering support; and systems engineering support.

3. Facility Clearance/Classification:

a) Please identify if you have a facility clearance and what level of classification you can process at your contractor facility. Describe how your company handles classified data and hardware. Response must include program title, contract number, facilities, materials, equipment, and personnel. Do not submit classified data in your response.

b) Describe your experience in handling and storing of / accounting for encryption data devices / hardware. Do not submit classified data in your response.

4. Quality:

a) Please describe your Quality Management System for performing vehicle maintenance.

b) Describe your approach to in-house quality testing to include test facilities and fixture

c) Do you have knowledge of the Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process? Does your company have a problem resolution tracking program?

5. Logistics Support:

a) Describe the company’s experience, skill, and capability of developing (1) Logistics Product Data, (2) Logistics Product Data Summaries, (3) Logistics Management Information (LMI) using DoD adopted industry standard GEIA-STD-0007 (Logistics Product Data), and military standard MIL-PRF-49506, LMI.

b) Describe your company’s capability and experience in development of technical data for the operation, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of material systems; development of technical data for Long Life Reusable Containers (LLRC); and development of technical data for repair parts support for systems provided in the last three years for any Government agency.

c) Describe your company’s approach to provide on-site support to ensure successful USG and User events such as Production Qualification Testing, Performance / RAM Testing, and New Equipment Training

d) Describe your companies experience with MWO development and verification, MWO kitting services, MWO kit storage and management, and Contractor applied MWOs.

6. System Technical Support (STS) Program Management:

a) Describe your company’s approach to proposal development, negotiations, and overarching program management of multiple awarded Work Directives across numerous functional areas for any/all similar STS services in the last three years provided for any Government agency, to include but not limited to the following: examples of service(s) performed, timeframe, and location of performance.

7. Contracting:

a) Are the STS services provided considered Commercial or Non-Commercial? If so, in what way are the services considered Commercial or Non-Commercial?

b) Are there any warranties offered on STS services? If so, what are the details of the warranty?

c) Do you offer any general pricing information on STS services? If so, what are the general pricing information?

d) Describe your experience working with Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). Provide program names and contract numbers relating to the experience. Include the functions DCMA participated in (contract management, quality assurance, test, etc.)

Distribution Statement A: Distribution Unlimited