Mission Planning Support Contract IV_IndustryDay_Notification_24 Mar 2021.pdf

Industry Day Notification for

Mission Planning Support Contract (MPSC) IV

SCOPE

The Mission Planning Sustainment Program Office (AFLCMC/HBZBC) will host a Virtual Industry Day event on April 13-14, 2021 to discuss the United States Air Force (USAF) requirement for Mission Planning Support and Sustainment Services. To assist with acquisition planning and program strategy, the Mission Planning Sustainment Program Office is interested in meeting with industry representatives to answer questions and receive feedback regarding this requirement and potential risks with the intended strategy.

BACKGROUND

Mission Planning Systems (MPS) support and sustainment is obtained under the Mission Planning Support contract (MPSC) which provides configuration management and control, drafting and publishing of technical documentation, system checkout, fielding, supply, customer assistance visits, a twenty-four (24) hour/seven

(7) day a week Helpline, international support and training, combined test force support, Mission Planning Central (MPC) development and management, deployment and management of the MPS System Support Representatives (SSRs) at worldwide locations, transition to follow-on systems, including the new agile based JMPS-Open Mission System (JOMS), and support of all wing and unit level planning requirements and related efforts.

The Mission Planning Support contractor is responsible for the following primary Mission Planning Support service functions Aircraft and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Subject Matter Expertise (SMEs), Configuration Management, System Technical Support, Technical Publications, Computer Systems Administrator/Functional Systems Administrator, Mission Planning Central Support, Software Security, Foreign Military Sales Support Services and System Support Representatives (SSRs). New requirements regarding cloud computing and digital data transfer will be emerging on this contract, as well as the requirement to support the emerging agile based mission planning system JOMS.

LOCATION AND GENERAL DETAILS

The Industry Day event will be held virtually and will begin at 9:30 AM on Tuesday April 13, 2021. We will be using Defense Collaboration Services (DCS) at the following URL https://conference.apps.mil/webconf/MPSC- IV to conduct the event. This collaboration tool uses Common Access Card (CAC) enabled authentication. If a offeror is unable to authenticate using a CAC, please let us know and we will work to get an unauthenticated log-on, or provide the slide deck and teleconference number.

The event will begin with a general presentation by the Government of the agenda and objectives of this Industry Day. The presentation will include a general discussion of the program requirements, potential program and acquisition strategy risks, as well as a Q&A Open Forum.

Individual break-out sessions will start following the general discussion and will continue into the next day, Wednesday April 14, 2021 as needed. Please see the draft agenda for details.

https://conference.apps.mil/webconf/MPSC-IV https://conference.apps.mil/webconf/MPSC-IV

INDUSTRY DAY

1. The purpose of this conference is to provide open dialogue with industry in response to the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and general details of this program, as well as identify risks with the acquisition strategy. The draft PWS is attached to this announcement.

2. In order for this to be an effective exchange, the Government requests a list of agenda topics and any specific questions that industry would like the Government to address during the general presentation. Please submit your agenda topic recommendations and specific questions to the Industry Day POC’s not later than 4PM MDT on April 6, 2021.

3. At this time the Government does not intend to limit the number of representatives attending from each vendor.

4. In order to attend the Industry Day, each contractor must RSVP by providing the following information for all attendees who will be participating by 4PM MDT April 7, 2021 to the POC’s identified in this announcement:

a. Name, address and CAGE code of firm

b. Indicate status of company - Small Business (and type of Small Business) or Large Business. Note:

MPSC IV is intended to be a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside.

c. Full Name of individual, citizenship status, and contact information

d. Certification Number provided by the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office and a copy of your companies approved DD Form 2345

5. The Government is willing to have separate meetings with interested contractors, apart from the general presentation. If any contractor wishes to have an individual one-on-one session with Government personnel, these requests should be made by 4PM MDT on April 7, 2021. Individual time allocations will be made by the Government and a final agenda will be provided to contractors not later than April 8, 2021 to facilitate schedules. As a result of any individual one-on-one session, the government intends to provide all offerors with any Non- Proprietary information.

6. During the course of the Industry Day, the Government also seeks feedback from industry on the following specific areas:

a. Cloud computing technology

b. Program and Acquisition Risks

c. Proposed contract length

d. Time needed for proposal responses

e. Clarity of program requirements in the Performance Work Statement

DRAFT AGENDA

The following table is the draft agenda and is subject to change. After a final count has been taken of the interested parties, the final agenda will be sent to each interested contractor by April 7, 2021.

Industry Day – Tuesday April 13th 2021 and Wednesday April 14th 2021 Virtual- https://conference.apps.mil/webconf/MPSC-IV

Tuesday April 13th 2021 Wednesday April 14th 2021 0930-1000: Welcome and Introductions 0930-1000 Individual Break-Out Session #4 1000-1100: General Presentation 1000-1030 Individual Break-Out Session #5 1100-1115 Break 1030-1100 Individual Break-Out Session #6 1115-1200 Question & Answer Open Forum 1100-1130 Individual Break-Out Session #7 1200-1300 Lunch Break 1130-1300 Lunch Break 1300-1400 Follow up Discussion, if needed 1300-1330 Individual Break-Out Session #8 1400-1430 Individual Break-Out Session #1 1330-1400 Individual Break-Out Session #9 1430-1500 Individual Break-Out Session #2 1400-1430 Individual Break-Out Session #10 1500-1530 Individual Break-Out Session #3 1430-1500 Individual Break-Out Session #1

INDUSTRY DAY POC’s

Casey Hodson Lead Contracting Officer Ph. (801) 586-2144 casey.hodson@us.af.mil

Marshall Neilson Contracting Officer Ph. (801) 586-3809 marshall.neilson.1@us.af.mil

Christianna McElheny Acquisition Program Manager Ph. (801) 777-2805 christianna.mcelheny@us.af.mil https://conference.apps.mil/webconf/MPSC-IV mailto:casey.hodson@us.af.mil mailto:christianna.mcelheny@us.af.mil