EASR_Pre-Sol_Qs_for_FBO_Release_2015-08-4.pdf

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1 1 SOW

Section 1

Paragraph 77-88

Did the Government intent to highlight the referenced paragraph or was this done purely for an administratively purpose?

Please clarify the purpose for the highlight. Yes, the highlight was purposely done to draw attention to Draft RFP Commentary that was made in the absence of a complete RFP. This was included to provide clarity that the GFI information was not a requirement.

2 26 of 44 Model Contract

Section B, Notes C & D

It is stated under Notes C & D that profit of Long Lead Material may only be earned in the event that their respective LLM CLIN(s) are subsumed.

Please provide the Government’s definition of “subsumed”. Clarification to be provided in Section B, Notes in

RFP.

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Section B, Note H

Note H references CL Ns 0411 and 0412, but not such CL Ns are included in Section B of the Model Contract.

Please clarify CLINs 0411 & 0412 and add to Section B of the Model

Contract.

The noted CLINS have been updated.

4 41 of 44 Model Contract

Section C

Clause HQ C-02-0047

Removals

Clause uses the term “property” though no definition is given. Please clarify what is meant by “property”. Contractor acquired property in the performance of the contract

5 7 of 70 SOW

Section 2.2

It is not clear whether the publications listed under Section 2.2 are to be used strictly as guidance only or are a contractual requirement to be used.

Please define what these Guidance Publications are meant to represent and confirm that the publications listed under Section 2.2 are to be used for guidance only.

All publications in Section 2 2 should be used as guidance and should be referenced as such in

Section 3 of the SOW.

6 SOW Many Attachments are referenced throughout the SOW but have not been posted to FBO.

Please confirm whether these Attachments will be provided as part of the Classified CD or through a different avenue. If through a different avenue, please provide details on how to obtain them or when they will be made available.

The RFP will include Attachments that are not readily available to the public.

7 4 of 44 Model Contract

Section B

CLINs 0006 & 0006AA

Neither the model contract nor the SOW provides a description as to what is contained in these CLINs.

Please provide a detailed description as to what is contained in these

CLINs.

In Section C of the Draft RFP, a description of

CLIN 0006 is provided. Additional information will be provided in the RFP.

8 7 and 54 SOW

Section 3.1

Paragraph 305-307 and 2211

It is stated that, “The Contractor shall finalize design of EASR that meet EASR A-Specification (CDRL A013) and EASR External

(Logical) Interface Requirements Specifications (IRS) (CDRL A021)” and that PDR/IBR will be complete ~6 Months After Contract Award.

Comment: Even with a COTS solution currently in place, only contractors with previous EASR A-Specification and design knowledge can meet SRR in 4 months and PDR/IBR in 6 months after contract award. Question: t is stated in SOW Section 3.1.7 9 Milestone

Summary the major reviews are stated in the table, will the USN provide potential offerors flexibility in meeting the 3.1.7 9 Milestone

Summary dates, so long as SCSC delivery date is met 24 months after contract award.

Allow industry to provide an alternative schedule that will make the

EASR EMD need date and enable potential offerors the opportunity to initiate and finalize a design the meets the EASR A-Spec.

Release all GFI/GFE pertaining to EASR including ongoing government investments in ACRA / DAR and the two EASR ONR

Study Contracts.

The Government does not intend to release additional GFI. As for the milestone SETR event dates, the dates listed are approximations. The

SOW does state that each milestone/SETR is event driven and should be conducted when the entrance requirements have been met.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO EASR PRE-SOLICITATION #N0002415R5370

COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

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COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

9 Model Contract Section B

Supplies or Services and

Prices

FPIF CL Ns do not have a ceiling percentage associated with them.

Will the USN provide these percentages in the future?

Please identify ceiling percentage for the FPIF CLINs Ceiling percentages will be included in Section L of the RFP.

10 Model Contract Section C

Description and

Specifications

Contractor’s Proposal

(NAVSEA) (MAR 2001)

Table for identification of Order of Precedence artifacts references item (f) of FAR 52.215-8.

Please clarify if reference to item (f) is in error. Reference to item "f" is not in error

11 19 SOW

Section

3.1 2.15

Allocation of maximum weight, volume, power, cooling not listed. Is there a ship integration allocation or limit for power and support systems for either variant?

Recommend government provide allocation of weight and power for

EASR to allow offerors the opportunity to provide EASR solutions that reduce ship impact costs.

The allocation requested are provided in the

EASR SRD Section 3.10.

12 53 & 54 SOW

Section 3.1.7.9

What are the USN’s expected TRL and MRL for the PDR/IBR, CDR, and PRR events in the Milestone Summary table.

Please clarify the expected TRLs and MRLs. Section L & M of the RFP will provide information reference to maturity requirements. It is expected that MRL 8 will be achieved by the completion of

CLIN 0001. Entrance and exit criteria for the

SETR events are contained in the Technical

Review Manual that will be provided in the RFP.

13 General Section L & M not included in draft-RFP package. Will draft versions of

Section L & M be made available prior to final RFP posting?

Distribute preliminary versions of Section L & M prior to final RFP posting.

No. Sections L&M will be provided in the RFP

14 General Will the Government provide an electronic means for the submission of classified data deliverables?

Provide guidance for contractors to deliver classified data deliverables Electronic means will not be available for proposal submission. However, during contract execution, electronic means will be available for classified data deliverables.

15 Section B& C pages 7-23

CLIN 0401, 0402, 0403,

0404, 0501, 0502, 0503, 0504, 0601, 0602, 0701, 0702, 0703, 0704

Given the small inventory quantities over multiple years, has the Navy considered a multi-year procurement?

Multi-year procurement will not be used for this requirement

16 Section B&C

CLIN 406 States « Travel in Support of Item No. 0409 … « No Item No. 0409 is listed, probably should be 0405

Change to «Travel in Support of tem No. 0405 … « The noted CLINS have been updated.

17 DD254 Block 10. K. DD254 states that contractor requires access to SIPRNET. Request that the Government clarify the requirements for an offering company to provide “access to S PRNET,” to include but not limited to the timing of service relative to contract award.

SIPR Access required by contract award.

18 SOW N/A The Draft RFP did not include DD Form 1423’s that would facilitate an assessment of this effort.

Provide the complete DD Form 1423’s for all CDRLs for this effort prior to RFP release

The CDRLs DD form 1423 will be part of the RFP

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COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

19 SOW page 1 Section 1 Lines 77-83 The SOW mentions GFI data from ACRA will be made available at request of potential offerors. Will the EASR study results from the

InTOP TO10 be made available as GFI under this solicitation?

Consider providing comprehensive set of GFI materials from ONR projects related to EASR.

All releasable ACRA data was released with the

Draft RFP and will be available in the RFP. No

EASR InTOP study results will be released with the RFP.

GFI will be provided in accordance with Section J.

GFI includes documents not readily available to the public

20 SOW pages 1-6 Sections 2.1, 2.2 Lines 101-

The Draft RFP does not include the J attachments referenced as mandatory documents in Section 2.1 and 2.2. To facilitate an effective review of the draft RFP will the Government provide these attachments for review prior to the final RFP?

Deliver complete set of section J attachments as art of draft RFP. No additional attachments are to be provided prior to the RFP

21 SOW

Section 3.1.2.10, line 728 The SoW requires the contractor to maintain a EASR Interface

Requirements Specification (IRS) to external interfaces. Reference documents do not include interface definition for Air Traffic Control

(ATC) and NAVSSI. Will the Government provide the relevant

Interface Control Documents and RSs prior to the release of the final

RFP?

No additional Information will be provided in the

Draft RFP.

22 SOW pages 1-6 Sections 2.1, 2.2 Lines 101-

The Draft RFP references, but does not include, several documents seen as critical to assess whether an existing radar technology is suitable. These include: CVN-79/80 Topside Emitter List, LHA-08

Topside Emitter List, WS 23302G, Weapons Specification (WS) 35556

Weapons Specification 35569

PEOIWSINST 5000.8, PEO IWS 2.0 Risk Management Policy, 13

January 2014

Naval SYSCOM Risk Management Policy, NAVSEAINST 5000.8

NAVSEAINST 9400.2, Implementation of Naval Sea Systems

Command (NAVSEA) Afloat IA Governance and Guidance, 18 August

NAVSEA SW020-AH-SAF-010, Weapons Systems Safety Guidelines

Handbook, 01 Feb 2006

PEO IWS 2 Above Water Sensors Configuration Management

Plan/Procedures

NAVSE A Program Manager’s Guide to Performance Based Logistics, 08 October 2008

Recommend these documents be included as Section J attachments and provided prior to Final RFP.

GFI will be provided in accordance with Section J.

GFI includes documents not readily available to the public

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COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

23 SOW

Section

3.1 2.1

Item “g”

The SoW references a “Transition CDR” but does not provide requirements for this review.

Please clarify the scope of a “Transition CDR.” Clarification will be provided in the SEP

24 SOW page 10 Section 3.1.2.2 3 Line 435 mentions that the M&S Plan includes the capability to represent intentional and spurious harmonic electromagnetic emissions, but this is not described in the sections starting at line 457 through 478.

Please clarify. The SOW in the RFP will clarify what shall be addressed in the M&S plan

25 SOW

Section

3.1 2 2 3

Will the government be providing standard M&S tools to all bidders to support the required M&S Tasking? Will these be provided prior to the release of the final RFP?

The Government will not be providing M&S Tools to Offerors.

26 SOW

`Section

3.1 2 2 3

Will the Government be providing a standard set of test scenarios, threat and environmental models/ databases to provide consistency?

Will these be provided prior to the release of the final RFP?

The EASR SRD sets requirements for threats and environments. The EASR TPMs will outline test scenarios. The government does not intend to release prior to RFP

27 SOW

Section

3.4 3.1

Will the contractor need to include facility fees related to usage of the

ARTIST test site over the program test phase?

Clarify the scope to be performed by the customer and the contractor relative to test events at Government sites to ensure consistent cost estimates.

ARTIST test site will be provided as GFF. Facility

Fees related to ARTIST should not be included.

28 SOW

Sections

3.1.7 5

3.1.7.7

CDRL A133 appears to be duplicated as different CDRLs Correct the duplications CDRLs represent the government requirement.

29 SOW

Pages 57 & 61

Sections

3.7.1.4.1

3.7.1 9 3

CDRL F024 appears to be duplicated as different CDRLs Correct the duplication CDRLs represent the government requirement.

30 FBO Synopsis

The PCO's telephone number is incorrect in the Pre-solicitation notice. Correct to 202-781-2594 Corrected in Amendment 1.

31 Is there an incumbent contract or contractor associated to the requirement

If any, please provide the contractor's name and contract number No. this is a new government requirement.

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COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

32 N/A; SOW pg. 55 Section B, tems 0303 and

0304 and Items 0402 and

0404;

Att J-01, 3.6, lines 2230-

2238.

Items 0303 and 0304 are for the Long Lead Materials for Variant 1 and

Variant 2, respectively.

Items 0402 and 0404 are options where the Govt would buy two units each of Variant 1 and Variant 2, respectively.

SOW para 3.6 states that for CLIN 0303 and CL N 0304, the

“Contractor shall procure Production Long Lead Material (LLM) for one

(1) EASR production system listed in the Production Long Lead

Material List” (for First Unit Variant 1 and/or First Unit Variant 2)

The Government would achieve economies of scale by purchasing two shipsets of LLM if tems 0402 and/or 0404 were exercised.

Would the Government consider revising the LLM quantities in CLINs

0303 and 0304 to address the potential exercise of a 2 unit production quantity under CLINs 0402 and/or 0404?

We recommend creation of Item 0303AA for 1 Lot and tem 0303AB for 2 Lots for Variant 1.

We recommend creation of Item 0304AA for 1 Lot and tem 0304AB for 2 Lots for Variant 2.

The RFP represents the Government's requirements.

33 N/A Section B, tem 0406 Supplies/Services description states, “Travel in Support of tem No.

0409 Production Engineering Services” There is no tem No. 0409.

Item No. 0405 is for Production Engineering Services for EASR FY20

Production.

Please align tem No. 0406 with Item No. 0405. To be corrected in the RFP.

34 N/A Section B, tem 0707 Section B, Item 0707 states the CL N type is CPFF. Section B, under

“CONTRACT SUMMARY FOR PAYMENT OFFICE (COST/FIXED

PRICE) (FEB 1997)” states that tem 0707 is CPIF.

Please reconcile the discrepancy between the two conflicting CLIN types

The noted CLINS will be updated in the RFP.

35 N/A Section B and Attachment 4-

E

The hardware deliverable CL Ns in Section B, with the exception of

PIO Spares, specify FOB Destination. Attachment 4-E states that the shipping destination may be unilaterally changed by the Government at no change to CLIN pricing.

Request the FOB point for shipments be changed to FOB origin, particularly if the Inspection and Acceptance points for the option

Production CLINs are anticipated to be “Origin/Origin” by either delegation to DCMA or by IWS2 representatives.

To be corrected in the RFP.

36 N/A Section B, Note H Note H refers to CLINs 0411 and 0412. Schedule B does not include either of these CL NS; the last Option CL N in the series is CL N 0408.

Please clarify/define CL NS 0411 and 0412, or modify references in

Note H to align to the correct CL N(s).

The noted CLINS will be updated in the RFP.

37 N/A Att J-01 SOW Attachments J-05, J-07 thru J-14, and J16 thru J-20 are not referenced within the Statement of Work.

Should these attachments be specified within the Statement of Work?

If yes, please provide their correct titles and section(s) placement within the Statement of Work.

In the RFP, Attachments J-05, J-07 thru J-14, and

J-16 thru J-20 will be referenced in either the RFP document or the SOW as applicable.

38 N/A Att J-01 SOW The statement of work does not contain a reference to CDRL A011 or

CDRL A104.

Should there be CDRL A011 and CDRL A104? If yes, please provide the correct CDRL references and their placement within the SOW.

To be corrected in the RFP.

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COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

39 SOW pp. 1 - 6 Att J-01 SOW, Section 2 This is an extensive list of mandatory documents and guidance documents, and only a few are provided as Attachments to the SOW.

Would the Government consider providing all referenced documentation?

Please provide all mandatory and guidance documents with the RFP. GFI will be provided in accordance with Section J.

GFI includes documents not readily available to the public.

40 SOW pg. 1 Att J-01 SOW, 1.1, lines 91-

“EASR will be one sensor in a new sensor suite that is designed to meet the performance needs contained in the Battlespace Awareness

Initial Capabilities Document.”

Please provide as GFI the referenced Initial Capabilities Document so that offerors may best understand the USN’s sensor performance needs.

All applicable flow down requirements will be provided in the RFP.

41 SOW pp. 2 and 5 Att J-01 SOW, tem hh, line

161 and tem aaaa, lines 253-

Ref: CSDR Manual (DoD 5000.04-M-1), dated 04 November 2011

(Item hh) and DoD Manual 5000.04-M-1, Cost and Software Data

Reporting (CSDR) 253 Manual, 4 November 2011 (item aaaa).

These documents appear to be the same document and are referred to interchangeably throughout the Statement of Work.

Please confirm these documents are the same. Suggest using the

Item aaaa nomenclature as it is the proper name for the document.

An update will be provided in the RFP. These documents were the same and the references were consolidated. It is a mandatory document

42 SOW pg. 7 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1, lines 330-

“The Contractor shall deliver all required Contract Data Requirements

Lists (CDRLs) (Exhibit A) and receive Government approval for approval CDRLs.”

Please specify within each DD1423 CDRL item the time required for

Government approval after Contractor submittal.

In the RFP, the DD1423s will state the approval time in Block 16.

43 SOW pg. 10 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.2.2.3, lines

432-437

“The M&S Plan shall identify the Models and Simulations to be delivered to the Government. The identified Models & Simulations shall provide the Government with a high-fidelity capability to represent

EASR performance, including 1) Active array antenna performance, 2)

Intentional and spurious harmonic electromagnetic emissions, 3)

Adaptive processing, 4) Multi-mission scheduling, 5) AAW, 6), and 7) system power interface.”

Item 6 is missing from the sequence of required items

Please provide the performance parameter for item 6. To be corrected in thel RFP.

44 SOW pg. 22 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.2.21, line

“The contractor shall use the RAMSC Model (CDRL TBD) for O&S costs.”

Please provide the correct CDRL number for RAMSC Model. The

CDRL is listed as CDRL A094 in para 3.1.5.6.2.

To be corrected in the RFP.

45 SOW pg. 40 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.5.6.2, lines

1685-1687

“The Contractor shall document and maintain the allocation and assessments in the RM&A Assessment Report (CDRL A095).”

Is the RM&A Assessment Report (CDRL A095) the same as the

RAMSC Assessment Report (CDRL TBD) referenced in 3.1.5.6.5, lines 1718-1719?

To be corrected in the RFP.

46 SOW pg. 41 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.5.6.3, lines

1693-1994

“The Contractor shall perform Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis in accordance with MIL-STD-3034A ”

MIL-STD-3034A is not listed in Section 2, APPLICABLE

DOCUMENTS. Is this a mandatory document or a guidance publication?

To be corrected in the RFP.

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COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

47 SOW pg. 44 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.5.10, lines1825-1826

“The Contractor shall ensure that corrosion prevention and management are included in the AMDR-S and RSC design.”

Please replace “AMDR-S and RSC” with “EASR”. To be corrected in the RFP.

48 SOW pg. 45 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.5.14.1, lines 1851-1853 and

Section 2 Item cc, line 153

“The Contractor shall conduct Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) to generate and maintain Logistics Product Data (LPD) (CDRL A108) in accordance with SAE GEIA-STD-0007, using SAE GEIA-HB-0007B as guidance, ”

Section 2 states “SAE GEIA-STD-0007B, Logistics Product Data, dated May 01, 2013”. Which GEIA-STD is the correct one?

Please confirm the correct version of the referenced mandatory document.

To be corrected in the RFP.

49 SOW pg. 46 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.5.15, lines

1886-1887

“The Contractor shall use the RAMSC Model (CDRL TBD) to generate the spare parts list.”

Please provide the correct CDRL number for RAMSC Model. The

CDRL is listed as CDRL A094 in para 3.1.5.6.2.

To be corrected in the RFP.

50 SOW pg. 47 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.5.17.1, lines 1936-1939

“The Contractor shall generate the Training Plan in accordance with

OPNAVINST 1500.76C, Enclosure 2, Training Requirements

Planning, and as part of that process generate an EASR Front End

Analysis (FEA) (CDRL XXXX) in accordance with OPNAVINST

1500.76C, Enclosure 1, Front End Analysis (FEA). ”

Please provide the CDRL number for the EASR Front End Analysis, which is currently shown as (CDRL XXXX).

To be corrected in the RFP.

51 SOW pg. 48 Att J-01 SOW, 3.1.5.6.5, lines

1718-1719

“The Contractor shall report the FMECA summary in the RAMSC

Assessment Report (CDRL TBD).”

Is the RAMSC Assessment Report (CDRL TBD) the same as the

RM&A Assessment Report (CDRL A095) referenced in 3.1.5.6 2, lines

1685-1687?

To be corrected in the RFP.

52 SOW pg. 56 Att J-01 SOW, 3.7.1.2, Lines

2265-2267

“The Contractor shall maintain and execute the plans delivered under

CLIN 0001 CDRLs A004, A005, A007, A049, A050, A052, A088, A090, A093, A098, A102, A105, A107, TBD, and A115.”

Please update the TBD CDRL reference with the CDRL number. To be corrected in the RFP.

53 SRD, page 50 3 3.7

Operating and Instantaneous

Bandwidth

This section states that operation over a wider bandwidth than specified is desired but not required.

Will the Gov’t consider performance incentives for operating bandwidth wider than specified?

Performance Incentives are not included this requirement. Please review Section L&M of the

RFP when released for proposal instructions and evaluation criteria.

54 SRD, page 92 3 9 2 3.1

Land Clutter

Vehicle characteristics (RCS and speed) are provided in this section

(line 3247), but the required EASR performance is not specified or defined.

Please specify or define in the final RFP, within the SRD, the required

EASR performance applicable to this section.

A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

55 SRD, page 111 Section 3.10.8.2, EASR Interface

Requirements, Lines 3697-

“Requirements per section 3.10.6.2.1 through 3.10.6.2.7 shall [4] also be validated by test.”

Please correct the section numbers to 3.10.8.X X. A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

56 SRD, page 111 Section 3.10.8.2.2, Infrequent

Power Ramp Rate, Lines

3718-3720

“At all other times, the peak power deviation requirement per section

3.10.6.2.3 and the power ripple requirements per 3.10.6.2.4 and

3.10.6.2.5 must be met.”

Please correct the section numbers to 3.10.8.X X. A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

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- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

57 SRD, page 111 Section 3.10.8.2.2, Infrequent

Power Ramp Rate, Lines

3727-3729

“(U) Ramp shaping of EASR power dynamics during operation at the desired state or mode is not required as long as the peak power deviation requirement per section 3.10.6 2.3 and the power ripple requirements per 3.10.6.2.4 and 3.10.6 2 5 are met.”

Please correct the section numbers to 3.10.8.X X. A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

58 Classified Portion Table 3-3 Range and angle accuracies? Please clarify what missions are driving these requirements and why these specific accuracies are needed.

The requirements represent the needs of the

Government

59 General

Comment

What timeframe should industry expect to receive responses for the questions submitted to the EASR DRFP in addition to the timeframe bridging the DRFP and Final RFP? As well, will the USN hold an

Industry Day for EASR where they will disclose the EASR acquisition timeline?

Please identify the timeframe for responses and if an Industry Day planned?

No Industry day is planed for EASR.

60 23 J-02 SRD/para. 3.2.3.3, EASR Draft SRD Line 642

The requirement for 20 days of continuous use, but with 4 'down' days for maintenance does not define when the 4 down days occur nor if the a single event of down time counts as a full day or percentage of a full day.

QUESTION: Please clarify when this 4 day period will occur, immediately after the 20 days of continuous use or within the 20 day period? Please clarify what constitutes a down day.

A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

61 24 J-02 SRD/para. 3.2.3.4.3, EASR Draft SRD Line 685

The MBIT requirement to "detect and isolate faults to the first LRU in the call out list 98% of the time or better" seems to conflict with the requirement on line 722 that specifies "correctly identify the faulted

LRU 85% of the time and to the next higher assembly 98% of the time".

QUESTION: Can the Government confirm that the MBIT requirement on line 685 is to detect only (no isolation) and the requirement in section 3.2.3.5 specifies the isolation performance criteria?

A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

62 57 J-02 SRD/para. 3.3.14.1.1, EASR Draft SRD Line 1986

This paragraph states that the requirement equates to a total of sixteen (16). The requirement seems to specify a total of 3 x 4 = 12 per array face.

QUESTION: Can the government confirm the total is twelve (12) per array face and not sixteen (16)?

The Value Remains The Same. A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

63 51 J-02 SRD/para. 3.3.8, EASR

Draft SRD Line 1740

This requirement stipulates the system field of view and states that the requirement applies for all ship motion described in Section 3.9.5.1.

QUESTION: Can the Government confirm that it is their intent for the maximum elevation FoV requirement to apply to the Variant 1 system for all ship motion in Section 3 9 5.1.

The Government's intent is as stated and a clarification will be provided in the RFP

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- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

64 57 EASR Draft SRD section

3 3.14.1.2 OSM/Search Track

Performance

Line 1992 indicates that the EASR system performs OSM cued acquisition and tracking for RAM OSMs.

QUESTION: Is tracking of RAM required if no link or illumination communications to the missile are available?

The Government's intent is as stated

65 68 J-02 SRD/para. 3.4.3.2.2.1

EASR Draft SRD Line 2385

This requirement specifies the split track spawning acquisition probability and acquisition time.

QUESTION: Can the Government define the conditions under which the performance criteria apply (for example, target RCS, velocity and acceleration)?

A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

66 45 J-01 SOW Line 1851/para

3.1 5.14.1

This requirement specifies that the Contractor shall develop and provide Logistics Product Data (LPD) (CDRL A108).

QUESTION: Can the Government clarify if the contractor is to develop and provide LPD data for the EMD only, or includes the optional production unit(s) in Section B.

Under CLIN 0001 LPD data is generated for the

EDM. Under the production CLINs, LPD data will be updated upon CLIN exercising.

67 46 SOW 3.1.5.15 It is not clear if the Government plans to procure spares based on a having a Repair and Engineering Services contract in place. Doing so would be more cost effective and allow valuable repair data to be collected by the Government and Contractor to support future estimates for repair cost, repair turn around time, required depot piece-part spares and future PBL contracts.

QUESTION: Can the Government include the following additional assumptions in 3.1.5.15:

d.) Repair Turn-Around Time (RTAT) of 60 days e.) For non-repairable items, spares to cover full two-year period of

Government testing following Contractor LBTS testing f.) Confidence Factor of 99% for Single Point Failures items and 80%

Confidence Factor for non-mission critical / redundant hardware.

g.) Assume 1% washout rate for mil-std parts and 2% washout for

COTS

h.) The model used to generate the spares list will be delivered with the Spares List (CDRL A110)?

Suggest the Government also permit the Contractor to use a dedicated

Spares Model other than the RAMSC Model to generate the spares list, as it is presumed the Government desires the RAMSC Model to be optimized for the production unit’s configurations, not EMD.

A Spares contract is not contemplated. A 2 year complement of spares must be delivered to the

Government a the time of EDM acceptance. The requested assumptions will not be added.

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- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

68 63 J-02 SRD/para. 3.4.3.1, EASR Draft SRD Line 2161

The paragraph starting at line 2161 twice references "range and velocity" measurement accuracies.

QUESTION: Can the Government confirm that these are "range rate measurement accuracies" and not "velocity measurement accuracies"?

A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

69 68 J-02 SRD/para. 3.4.3.2.2, EASR Draft SRD Line 2359

There are several requirements (on lines 1542, 1583, 1587, 1739, 1942, 2281, and 2333) that are indicated as applicable to both Variant

1 and Variant 2; however, the associated functionality has only been specified for Variant 2 in section 3.4 3 2 2.

QUESTION: Please confirm that the requirements in 3.4 3 2 2 are only intended to apply to Variant 2.

A clarification will be provided in the RFP.

70 37 J-02 SRD/para. 3.3.1.3.2, EASR Draft SRD Line 1188

Table 3-2 identifies the key EASR system functions to include Anti-

Surface Warfare Search (section 3.5.2.1), Anti-Surface Warfare Track

(section 3.5.2.2), Weapon Support (section 3.3.14), Air Traffic Control

(section 3.7), and Weather Mapping (section 3.6.1). There appears to be no definition of task priority or which of these functions must operate concurrently while meeting the individually specified performance levels for each function. There is also no specification of the acceptable degradation in AAW performance when these functions are allocated system resources.

QUESTION: Please clarify which functions will be operating concurrently during mission operations and define acceptable performance when multiple functions are operating concurrently.

Not all functions are applicable to both variants, the functions that are designated for each variant have to be completed concurrently. Ancillary functions that degrade performance in primary surveillance regions are denoted. Clarification will be provided in the RFP.

71 49 J-02 SRD/para. 3.3.6.2, EASR Draft SRD Line 1664

The EASR system is required in section 3 3.6 2 to limit the radiated energy within specific sectors of the coverage volume. Requirements in section 3.10.8.2.3 limit the peak power deviation from the average power level. These requirements appear to be incompatible.

QUESTION: Can the Government clarify if the requirements in section

3.10.8.2 apply when operating in a low power condition and/or employing radiation inhibit sectors?

The requirements in section 3.10.8.2 apply when operating in a low power condition and/or employing radiation inhibit sectors. A clarification will be provided with the RFP

72 46 J-01 SOW /para 3.1.5.16, Line 1897

This requirement is for the Contractor to generate and maintain an

EASR Maintenance Manual (CDRL A111).

QUESTION: Can the Government please clarify if the Maintenance

Manual (CDRL A111) developed during the EMD Phase is to reflect the EMD and/or the LRIP configuration(s)?

The EASR maintenance Manual will reflect the current configuration.

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- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

73 65, 108 3.4,3.1,3.10 It is the Offeror's understanding that the Government intends to employ an Off-The- Shelf (OTS) radar that is tailored by ship and achieves a high degree of commonality in the EASR Variant 1 and

Variant 2 architecture and design. The EASR SRD Paragraph

3.4.3.1 indicates on lines 2243 and 2321 that the Volume Search sensitivity requirements are identical for both EASR Variants, while the angle accuracy requirements in Paragraph 3.4.3.1 and SWAP requirements in 3.10 are significantly different for the two Variants.

QUESTION: Was it the Government's intention to have the detection probability, fluctuation model, reference target size, and detection range specification be identical between a rotating antenna and a fixed antenna, while the ship fit and other key performance requirements are different?

The requirements represent the needs of the

Government.

74 General

Comment

When will the USN release section L & M of the RFP? Allow industry the opportunity to provide comments and suggested changes to sections L & M. This input will be provided for possible consideration of incorporation into the final RFP.

No. Sections L&M will be provided in the RFP

75 General

Comment

Disclosed within the SOW provided with the pre-solicitation notice, is the government's intent to leverage an existing radar system for EASR to minimize development and that ACRA\DAR is one example of a radar system that can be leveraged. Even though leveraging

ACRA/DAR into a solution for EASR is not a requirement for this solicitation, the USG states in the EASR SOW that "it may not meet all requirements for EASR"

Can the USG provide industry those EASR requirements in the existing ACRA/DAR radar system does not meet and any ACRA/DAR improvements and/or planned improvements in order for industry to better understand the maturity level of the ACAR/DAR radar system?

It is the responsibility of industry to determine the best solution for meeting the EASR requirements.

Available GFI on ACRA/DAR was released as

Government Furnished Information only. If an

Offeror leverages the information, the Offeror should determine how to use that information in order to meet requirements.

76 SRD

Availability Section

3 2 3 2

The Ao requirement of Section 3.2.3.2is written as hardware-only requirement; equation 3-1 specifies all MTBCF events have a spares and MTTR time associated with it. The MTBCF requirement in

Section 3.2.3.3 specifies that the "System includes all hardware, software a firmware."

Please provide a separate software reliability metric and restate the Ao equation to account for non-repair failures (e.g., software).

The Ao definition includes hardware, firmware and software.

77 SRD

Instantaneous Dynamic

Range Section

3 3.13.1

The requirement (shall[2]) is a single channel requirement specified at the A/D converter. We assume this requirement has been derived based on the specific subarray size associated with a reference system architecture.

Please re-phrase as a system-level performance requirement that is not dependent on any specific subarray size. This allows architecture trades for lowest cost while meeting system performance.

Clarification to be provided in the RFP.

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- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

78 SRD

Survive Without Damage

Conditions Section 3 9 3.1.4

The EME environment for EASR is similar to that of AMDR-S. In the

EME environments defined in Table 3-23 and Table 3-24, the USN

Emitter power density values appear to be consistently higher than those for the AMDR-S EME environment.

Please verify the EME USN Emitter power density values defined in

Table 3-23 and Table 3-24. If these numbers are correct, please provide context for the higher EME environment values.

These requirements will be reivsed in the RFP

79 General Will there be an EASR Industry prior to RFP release? Schedule EASR Industry Day, if applicable, and communicate date to potential offerors.

No Industry day is planed for EASR.

80 General Will the Government consider awarding multiple contracts during the

EMD phase to ensure best value of final product is achieved?

consider awarding multiple EMD phase contracts It’s the Government's intent to award a single award

81 General Section L & M not included in draft RFP-package. Will draft versions of Sections L & M be made available prior to final RFP posting.

Distribute preliminary versions of Section L & M prior to final RFP posting.

No. Sections L&M will be provided in the RFP

82 Section B & C pages 7-23

CLIN 0401, 0402, 0403,

0404, 0501, 0502, 0503, 0504, 06012, 0602, 0701, 0702, 0703, 0704

Would the government, for reduced cost purposes, modify the procurement of the productions options in the final RFP such that all units would be under single option in order to have more competitive pricing due to volume?

Combine all Variant 1 & 2 option to single production option. Cost Control is always an aim for the Government as represented in the incentive structure included.

The CLIN structure in Section B represents the

Government's requirement..

83 Section B & C

CLIN 0406 States "Travel in Support of tem No. 0409…" No item 0409 is listed, probably should be 0405

Change to "Travel in Support of Item No. 0405 …" The noted CLINs will be updated.

84 Section B & C

CLIN 0303 & 0304 Separate CLIN Options are stated for Variant 1 and Variant 2 Long

Lead Material Purchase. Would the government consider changing this to a singe option if proposed solution has Variant 1 & Variant 2 using many same system components.

Combine CL N 0303 & 0304 The CLIN structure in Section B represents the

Government's requirement..

85 SOW N/A Mentions CDRLs, yet no list of CDRLs were supplied in the

Government draft-RFP package.

Supply list of CDRLs prior to RFP release CDRLs will be provided in the RFP

86 SOW pages 1-6 Sections 2.1, 2.2 Lines 101-

Sections 2.1 and 2.2 list many document for the work to be performed under this SOW which were not included in the draft-RFP GFI package. Will these documents be included in final RFP GFI package?

Deliver compete set of document in final RFP package. GFI will be provided in accordance with Section J.

GFI includes documents not readily available to the public.

87 SOW page 8 Section 3.1.2.1 Item "g" Please clarify the scope of "Transition CDR" clarify "Transition CDR" The Transition CDR as well as other SETR events are described in the SEP which is an attachment to the RFP.

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- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

88 SOW page 8 Section 3.1.2.1 Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO/IWS)

Naval Sea Systems Command Research & System Engineering

Warfare Systems (SEA 05) Technical Review Manual (TRM), Version

2 is not listed in Section 2.1 Mandatory Documents. Will this document be provided by the Government?

Provide document to potential bidders. It is listed as mandatory in 2.1 t will be provided as part of the RFP

89 SOW page 10 Section 3.1.2.2 3 Line 435 mentions that the M&S Plan includes the capability to represent intentional and spurious harmonic electromagnetic emissions, but this is not described in the sections starting at line 457 through 478.

Remove line 435 declaration regarding 2) intentional and spurious harmonic electromagnetic emissions

The SOW in the RFP will clarify what shall be addressed in the M&S plan

90 SOW page 33 Section 3.4.3.1 Will the contractor need to include facility fess related to usage of the

ARTIST test site over the program test phase? If so, will these rates be provided in any GFI packages>

State that fees associate with usage of the ARTIST facility need not be accounted in proposal costing

ARTIST test site will be provided as GFF. Facility

Fees related to ARTIST should not be included.

91 SOW page 52 Sections 3.1.7.5

3.1.7.7

CDRL A133 appears to be duplicated as different CDRLs Correct the duplications CDRLs represent the government requirement.

92 SOW pages 57 &

Sections 3.7.1.4.1

3.7.1 9 3

CDRL F024 appears to be duplicated as different CDRLs Correct the duplications CDRLs represent the government requirement.

93 SOW page 49 Sections 3.1.7.3 Section states EVMS is required for this contract. Will that be imposed upon the prime contractor, major subcontractors, or all subcontractors? Will this be based on total contract value or per-option value?

Clarify to whom EVMS applies during the EDM phases. EVMS is required IAW DFARS 234 2

94 SOW page 54 Sections 3.2 & 3.3 Section states the contractor shall provide engineering services in accordance to NAVSEA 5252 242-9115 and that Technical

Instructions(s) outlining the scope will be provided. Will these be provided prior to final RFP release, with the final RFP, or at contract award?

Provide Technical instructions prior to final RFP release. The Technical Instructions will be developed when a services option CLIN is exercised.

95 SOW page 55 Sections 3.7.11 States TDP defined by CDRLs that were not correctly linked giving

Error! Messages in SOW document

Correct CDRL list To be corrected in RFP

96 SOW page 60 Sections 3.7.1.9 2 Section states EVMS is required for the production phases. Will that be imposed upon the prime contractor, major subcontractors, or all subcontractors?

Clarify to whom EVMS applies during the production phases. EVMS is required IAW DFARS 234 2

97 SOW page 61 Sections 3.7.1.9 2 3 Section states that IBRs conducted on subcontracts > $20M. Is this

$20M value per CLIN or total of all the CLINs, including options?

Clarify to whom BRs applies during the production phases. DoD acquisition policy 48 CFR Part 242 and 252 as flowed down to DoDI 5000.02 requires IBR's on any contract requiring EVM compliance.

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- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

98 SOW page 66 Sections 3.8 & 3.14 Section states the contractor shall provide engineering services in accordance to NAVSEA 5252 242-9115 and that Technical instructions(s) outlining scope will be provided. Will these be provided prior to final RFP release with the final RFP, or at contract award?

Provided technical instructions prior to final RFP release for accurate costing.

To be corrected in RFP

99 SOW page 38 Sections 3.1.5.2 CDRL A088 is defined differently on lines 1579 &1597 correct error To be corrected in RFP

100 SOW page 38 &

Sections 3.1.5.2 & 3.1.5.5.2 CDRL A091 is defined differently on lines 1580 &15662 correct error To be corrected in RFP

101 SOW page 22 &

Sections 3.1.2.21, 3.1 5.6 5,

3.1 5.15, 3.1.5.17.1, & 3.1.7.5

CDRLs are listed as TBD or not called out on lines 915, 1886, 1719, 1938, & 2145

Correct CLINs To be corrected in RFP

102 SOW page 50 Sections 3.1.7.3.1 &

3.7.1 9 2.1

Sections states a WBS and associated WBS Data Dictionary will be provided by the Government. Will these be provided with the final

RFP so as to align each offerors WBS structure?

Provide WBS with the final RFP package. To be provided in the RFP

103 SRD page 30 SRD Section 3.2.6.7 Section states "no less than 4 ports located at each antenna face." If the proposed solution is a federated antenna array, i.e., separate TX and RX antennas, is it required to have 4 ports per antenna (4 TX, 4

RX, total of 8) or 4 ports per face?

Require " no less than 4 ports " per array face regardless of proposed array solution (federated or common aperture)

To be provided in the RFP

104 SRD page 49 SRD Section 3.3.6.2 Section states "Degradation of performance commensurate " is acceptable but does not clearly state which requirements are allowed to be degraded.

Please clarify "Degradation of performance" and which requirements it refers to.

Clarification to be provided in the RFP.

105 SRD page 103 SRD Section 3.9.4.2.2 Section applies to any EASR system components located "at distances less than 20 feet from propulsion system …" Will locations of these propulsion systems and relative distances to intended EASR installment be made available so as to judge whether or not it applies?

Provide information / relative locations of intended installation to judge whether requirement applies to proposed EASR solution or not at time of final RFP release.

Clarification to be provided in the RFP.

106 SRD page 107 SRD Section 3.9.5.1 Section state "radar system shall [1] operate in a degraded capacity", but does not clearly state which requirements are allowed to be degraded.

Please clarify "Degradation of performance" and which requirements it refers to.

Clarification to be provided in the RFP.

107 SRD page 108 SRD Section 3.10.1 Section details max dimensions for Variant 1 & Variant 2 EASR systems. No "swept volume" is given for the Variant 1 though it is a rotating version. Will a maximum "swept volume" requirement be given, since the max "linear" dimensions, especially depth, do not relate when the system is rotated.

Create a swept volume" requirements for EASR variant 1 system. Dimensions for Variant 1 are now defined as a cylindrical swept volume. Clarification will be provided in the RFP.

108 SRD page 109 SRD Section 3.10.4 Section states that requirements are intended to be met with tilt-back angle for the array. This may or may not be feasible to meet other stated system requirements. Can this tilt-back angle be modified to meet relevant system requirements?

Reassess whether requirements can indeed be me with intended tilt-back and other system requirements

The requirements reflect the needs of the

Government

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- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the Draft RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

- Answers to classified questions, if not addressed below, will be included with the release of the RFP

109 SRD page 110 SRD Section 3.10.7 Section states that EASR SWAP includes "size, weight and signal throughput allocations of a legacy FF antenna", but no information is given regarding IFF antenna.

Include in final-RFP notional SWAP for FF antenna. Clarification will be provided in the RFP.

110 SRD page 2-8 SRD Section 2.2 Section lists mandated document for the EASR system that were not provided in draft-RFP GFI package. Will these document be included with final RFP package?

Include documents in final RFP GFI package The GFI list will identify all GFI documents and when they will be provided to industry.

111 SRD Section 4 Does the government intent the offerors to build (at least) two Variant

1 EDM units - one for Qualification testing and one for Delivery to

SCSC or can the delivered unit be the qualification unit? Multiple

Variant 1 systems would increased the EDM phase costs.

State whether a qualification unit will be accepted as the initial delivered unit

SOW defines number of units to be delivered.

112 SRD Section 4 Will the government allow representative subarrays or subsystems be utilized for verification testing during the qualification test phase or will a complete system need to undergo all tests.

Allow multiple subarrays and subsystems be utilized for qualification testing and detail which tests are required on the complete system.

The SOW defines contractor site testing

(system/sub-system testing) and Land Based testing requirements. In addition the SRD defines the verification methods to be used for qualification testing.

113 SRD Section 4 Doe s the government intend to witness all testing and approve/sign-off on all qualification verification tests at the supplier sites or will they do so on a final approval basis. This will impact the already aggressive schedule.

Allow approval on a final test report package rather that after each individual test.

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