MPSC IV_IndustryDay_Notification_12_Jan_2022.docx

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 Feb 1-2, 2022 to discuss the Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) (FA8217-22-R-0001) for United States Air Force (USAF) requirement for Mission Planning Support and Sustainment Services. This requirement is referred to as the Mission Planning Support Contract IV. The Mission Planning Sustainment Program Office is interested in meeting with industry representatives to answer questions and receive feedback regarding the Draft RFP. A review of key documents including the Draft PWS, Sections L and M, and other pertinent documents will be conducted.

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 MST on Tuesday Feb 1, 2022. We will be using Microsoft Teams to conduct the event. A meeting link will be sent approximately one week prior to the event, and will include a dial in number and a copy of the slides in the event of technical issues. The Draft RFP documents can be found within the SAM posting for this requirement.

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 discussion of the program requirements, a review of key Draft RFP documents, as well as a Q&A Open Forum. Individual break-out sessions, if requested, will start on Wednesday Feb 2, 2022 as needed. Please see the draft agenda for details.

INDUSTRY DAY

1. The purpose of this conference is to provide open dialogue with industry in response to the Draft RFP, acquisition strategy, if necessary, and general details of this program. The Draft PWS and all other documents to be reviewed were released with the Draft RFP in December 2021, and will be included with the Microsoft Teams meeting information prior to the event.

2. In order for this to be an effective exchange, the Government requests a list of specific questions that industry would like the Government to address during the general presentation that have not already been submitted during the Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) process. Please submit your specific questions to the Industry Day POC’s not later than 4PM MST on Jan 25, 2022. All questions which have previously been submitted during the Draft RFP process will be answered and sent out prior to the event.

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 MST January 26, 2022 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 MST on January 26, 2022. Individual time allocations will be made by the Government and a final agenda will be provided to contractors not later than January 28, 2022 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. Time needed for proposal responses

b. Clarity of program requirements in the Performance Work Statement

c. Clarity of information, requirements, and evaluation criteria in Section L and M

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 January 28, 2022.

Industry Day – Tuesday Feb 1, 2022 and Wednesday February 2, 2022 Virtual- Microsoft Teams Invite Pending

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