MarketSurveyRequest_Form_PWS_N65236_25_RFPREQ_LSUBP00035_0001_REV 05_05_26.docx

November 2025 CMID#: NIWCA-TEMPL-0020 v 2.0

Market Survey (MS) for Services Procurements

REFERENCE NUMBER: N65236-25-RFPREQ-LSUBP00035-0001

**LARGE BUSINESSES DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE**

1. This Market Survey is issued for the purpose of assessing Small Business capabilities. Small Business firms having the capabilities to perform the tasking described in this MS are encouraged to respond. It should be noted that any resultant set aside contract or task order for services (except construction) will include the applicable limitations on subcontracting clause. If responding using similarly situated entities (SSEs), as defined in FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, the small business prime will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not SSEs. See FAR Clauses: 52.219-27 - Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-3 - Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole Source Award); 52.219-29 – Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns; 52.219-30 – Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program. Note: The respondent (prime) proposing an SSE arrangement will need to have the infrastructure and resources in place to manage the entire contract and task order(s).

2. The contractor will be tasked to accomplish the work as specified in the draft Performance Work Statement posted on the Government Point of Entry as Attachment 2 under the reference number cited above.

A. The Naval Information Warfare Center (NAVWAR) Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic (NIWC-Atlantic) is issuing this Market Survey for determining Small Business capabilities and is soliciting information from potential sources to provide engineering analysis and technical support services required to support the Shore Submarine Communications Systems (SSCS) to include SUBOPAUTH and LBUCS Program Support by providing components through system level engineering, Subject Matter Expert (SME) technical and training support for the modernization, sustainment and on-site technical support at NIWC Atlantic Charleston, SC, NIWC Atlantic Portsmouth, and Foreign Military Support (FMS). The Contractor shall provide personnel for on-site support twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days a week for 365 days per year at the following sites: Virginia, Hawaii, Italy, Japan, Washington and Georgia. The Contractor shall provide technical support for Shore Submarine Communications Systems located at the TACAMO sites in support of NIWC Atlantic and NIWC Pacific, TYCOMs and other commands as required to maintain sites fully operational and current.

B. The Government anticipates this effort to be a CPFF type contract with a Base + 4 Option Years period of performance. This is a follow-on contract for engineering, technical, and management support services to the Program Manager Warfare (PMW 770) Program Office, contract number N0017819D8323, task order N6523622F3001 and the incumbent contractor is Predicate Logic, Inc.

C. The Government’s estimated level of effort for this procurement, based upon Full Time Equivalents (FTE’s) will be approximately 29 per year. Each FTE is estimated to be 1,920 hours per year.

D. The Government’s estimated dollar range for this effort is: >$100M-$250M

E. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330 with a size standard of $26M.

F. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) status the contractor must have or exceed at time of contract award and maintain for the duration of the effort is CMMC Level 2 (C3PAO) for all information systems that will be used in performance of this effort to process, store or transmit FCI or CUI.

3. Responses shall be prepared so that, when printed, they meet the following requirements: 8.5x11 inch paper, single-spaced typed lines, 1 inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font. Tables may use 10-point font. Graphics or pictures are not allowed. Illustrations such as tables, flowcharts, organizational charts, process charts or other similar type informational charts may be used, and they will be counted against the page count limitations. Text entered into the Relevant Contract Experience Matrix, Attachment 1 shall be single spaced Times New Roman 10-point font. Respondents are responsible for ensuring the legibility of all tables, charts, and all documentation, and should assume that when their response is printed or copied, it will be done in black and white. When submitted, the format of Table 1 shall not be changed from how it appears in this document.

4. Responses shall include a Corporate Description section and a Corporate Experience section as described below (including SSE and Joint Venture (JV) if proposed).

Section 1: Corporate Description. Capability Responses must include all of the following information:

(1) Name of firm (prime)

(2) State the respondent’s size status and whether the respondent is registered in the applicable NAICS code listed in paragraph 2E above (for SSE(s) list the NAICS Code and size status for the NAICS code the prime contractor assigned to the effort the subcontractor will perform).

(3) Ownership (include SSE(s) or JV if applicable), including whether: Small, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), Women-Owned, HUBZone, Veteran Owned or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Business or both;

(4) Two points of contact, including: Name, title, phone, and e-mail address

(5) CAGE Code and DUNS Number (include SSE(s) or JV if applicable)

(6) Affiliate information, including parent corporation, SSE(s), JV partners, potential teaming partners, or subcontractors.

(7) A completed Table 1. Table 1 is a listing of the percentage of work a respondent can perform with respect to the stated requirements based on the respondent’s capabilities. This is an assessment and analysis of a respondent’s independent abilities as to what they can or cannot perform – exclusive of any potential subcontractor and team member information. Do not include any documentation or percentages for any company other than your own. For respondents planning to propose an SSE arrangement that complies with the requirements set forth in 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, or JV, Table 1 must be completed for each of the SSE(s) or JV members. In this case, additional Table 1 listings may be submitted on additional pages. If the prime contractor is planning to propose an SSE(s) or JV arrangement, the prime will also provide a summary table representing the combined percentage of the task that the prime and SSE(s) or JV members can perform (this value cannot exceed 100%). Respondents shall fill in Columns B and C of Table 1.

a. The percentages listed in Column A represent the Government’s estimated percentage of effort in each technical area that will be required relative to the overall effort of the task order.

b. Entries in Column B reflect the percentage work in each technical area that a respondent can accomplish as described above. The values in each of the rows of this column will be between 0 and 100%.

c. Values in Column C represent the percentages of the overall task order that the respondent can accomplish in each task area. For each task area, this is determined by multiplying the percentage listed in Column A with the percentage entered in Column B. The sum of the values in Column C represents the percentage of the overall task order that the respondent can accomplish. This value cannot exceed 100%.

(with PWS/SOW/SOO Paragraph Reference) Column A Percentage of Functional Area Effort in the Overall Task (Gov Est) Column B Respondent’s Projected Level of Effort in each Functional Area Column C Respondent’s Projected Level of Overall Task Effort (Col A) x (Col B)

*The Sum of the values in Column C represent the percentage of the task that the respondent can perform as the prime or SSE.

TABLE 1 – Respondent’s Level of Effort Capability [Fill in Tasking Description column – Add / Delete rows as necessary]

(8) Respondents (including SSE(s) or JV members) shall submit at least one, and no more than four (prime and SSE(s) or JV combined), citations of current and relevant work performed (see Attachment 1). The purpose for the prime respondent is to demonstrate the prime’s management infrastructure, capacity to procure, and ability to execute and manage an effort that corresponds to the technical tasking. The purpose for SSE(s) and JV members is to provide relevant experience and past performance for the technical tasking. This information is not part of the description of the corporate capabilities for technical requirements listed in the Draft PWS.

a. Current work is defined as work performed within the 3-5 years before the posting date of this market survey.

b. Common aspects of relevancy include similarity of services and support, complexity, dollar value, contract type, and degree of subcontract and teaming.

c. This effort, Shore Submarine Communications Systems (SSCS), requires a TS/SCI Facility Clearance Level (FCL) and provides technical and training support for the modernization, sustainment and on-site technical support for the SUBOPAUTH AND LBUCS Program Support to Government customers. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide permanent SSCS personnel for on-site engineering support year round at the locations called out in Section 3.17.1.

d. Information for each customer shall be provided by completing the Relevant Contract Experience Matrix provided in Attachment 1 to this template.

(9) Provide facility clearance level of the prime.

(10) Provide CMMC status type and current status for CMMC unique identifier(s) (UID) that would be used in performance of this effort to process, store or transmit FCI or CUI.

Section 2: Corporate Capabilities. To demonstrate the capability to perform percentages stated in Table 1 respondents shall summarize the work their company, employees or partnership has performed relevant to this planned requirement by demonstrating their experience and capabilities as outlined in the Draft PWS. Page Limitations are follows:

PWS/SOW paragraph 3.2, 3.10, Table 1 section A: 2 pages PWS/SOW paragraph 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, Table 1 section B: 1 page PWS/SOW paragraph 3.11, 3.5, 3.6, Table 1 section C: 2 pages PWS/SOW paragraph 3.17, Table 1 section D: 1 page

The definitions of current and relevant as listed in section 1 paragraph 4(8) above apply to the experience and capabilities cited in the response to this section. Respondents planning to propose an SSE arrangement that complies with the requirements set forth in 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting or JV arrangement shall submit each company’s experience and capabilities that are part of that SSE(s) or JV arrangement.

5. This notice is for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This is not a solicitation announcement. No reimbursement will be made for costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. The Government reserves the right to consider a set-aside for small businesses or one of the small business preference groups (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.). Responses that do not conform to the MS instructions may not be considered by the Government. Questions shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist via the email address listed below by the specified date. Questions submitted after the specified date may not receive responses.

6. Responses to this MS shall be submitted to NIWC Atlantic code 22130 via e-mail, E-Commerce Central, and other means of communication to Norma Rehbein-Hill at norma.z.rehbein-hill.civ@us.navy.mil. Use reference No. N65236-25-RFPREQ-LSUBP00035-0001 when responding to this Market Survey.

a. The closing date for this MS is: 22 May 2026

b. The closing time for this MS is: 5p.m. ET

c. The deadline for submission of questions is 12 May 2026—Please note that responses will not be answered until after 03 May 2026

7. Within a reasonable time after evaluation of responses, NIWC Atlantic will post the acquisition strategy decision on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE).

8. Support Contractors Contractor support will not be utilized in support of the review and evaluation of MS responses.

Attachment 1: Relevant Contract Experience Matrix

1. Customer Point of Contact (Name; Government agency, commercial firm, or other organization) Name:

Agency:

2. Customer POC Phone Number / Email (This information is required to verify offeror’s performance) Phone:

Email:

3. Contract Number or other control number Xx

4. Period of Performance From: To:

5. Contract Type (CPFF, FFP etc.)

Xx

6. Prime or Sub

7. Contract Value / Obligated Amount

$XX / $XX

8. Provide brief summary of the work performed.

Xx

9. Describe how the work demonstrates capability to perform percentages stated in Table 1 (For primes (only), describe management infrastructure, capacity to procure, and ability to execute and manage the effort).