0004-Q_and_A.pdf

NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND

N00024-16-R-5363-0004

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The questions and answers here are intended to provide clarification only and

DO NOT constitute an amendment to the solicitation.

Question Answer

0004.057

Does the Personal Computer-Based Combat Direction

System (CDS) Electronic Warfare communications contain the ALQ-210 SIM referenced in the First

Article Inspection Procedures? If not, will the

Government provide the ALQ-210 SIM as GFE? If not, will the Government provide the manufacturer's name and/or sufficent data, including interface and performance specifications, for identification of a suitable alternative?

The Personal Computer-Based Combat Direction System

(CDS) Electronic Warfare communications does not contain the ALQ-210 SIM. The Government will not provide the ALQ-210 SIM as Government Furnished

Property (GFP) as it is not required for performance of this build to print effort.

0004.061

The GFI provided is insufficient to build the referenced CCA. Will the Government be providing the required Gerber files to manufacture the PWB required for this CCA?

The Gerber files were included in the Government

Furnished Information (GFI) package and can be found in the locations detailed below:

PRC Gerber Files

Disc: SEWIP Block 2 Subsystem AN/SLQ-32(V)6 Technical

Data Package Disc 2 of 3

File Locations: Product Drawings_Models and Associated

Lists_2\DVD_3 CREO_LM.zip\RASTER

File Name: 8494230.zip

Notes: When unzipped, the .art files are contained in the following directory:

prc_archive\worklib\prc\physical\FAB

0004.062

The classified disks do not appear to have the

AN/SLQ-32(V)6 Tactical Software as specified on the GFI list. The GFI due date was specified as

December 1, 2015. Is the Government planning on providing these artifacts as GFI?

The tactical software was provided with the GFI package. The compact disc (CD) provided is titled

"AN/SLQ-32(V)6 Tactical Software"

0004.065

If a contract manufacturer was used to produce these CCAs, will the Government provide the source?

The manufacturer who produced the circuit card assemblies is listed in the drawings provided within the GFI package. The drawings are provided in ACAD, PDF and native formats.

0004.066

The TDP calls out various Cable Running Sheets.

8493934G1 calls for Cable Running Sheets 8493937 quantity of 1.

8493945G1 calls for Cable Running sheets 8493947 quantity of 1.

77C736819G1 calls for Cable Running Sheets

77C736821 Quantity 1 as Reference.

77C736819G2 calls for Cable Running Sheets

77C736821 Quantity 1 as Reference.

77C736819G3 calls for Cable Running Sheets

77C736821 Quantity 1 as Reference.

Should the offerer assume that the costs of these cables be proposed with each unit or will these be provided by the installation activity?

Only a single set of these cables is necessary for system testing. These cables will not be provided by the Navy.

0004.067

The referenced drawing contains an FPGA. Will the

Government be providing the required FPGA source files to burn this chip?

The Navy will not be providing the FPGA source files.

Offerors shall procure material and assemble this item. Offerors will load firmware on board.

0004.068

The referenced table references a Combat

Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM).

We could not identify the manufacturer based on the part number provided. Will the Government provide the specified CEESIM as GFE? If not, will the Government provide the manufacturer's name and/or sufficent data, including interface and performance specifications, for identification of a suitable replacement?

The Navy will not provide the CEESIM as GFP.

The manufacturer is Northrop Grumman Corporation

Amherst Systems

1740 Wehrle Drive

Buffalo, New York 14221-7032 USA

Phone: 1-800-631-0610

Fax: (716) 631-0629 e-mail: amherstsolutions@ngc.com

0004.069

ESS Procedure Para. 3.3.1 references Thermotron

WS-CHMA-2(2)60C and Thermotron W-630-CHMA-

2(2)50C. Can the Government provided the specification for the Thermal Cycling Test

Equipment?

The Navy cannot provide the specification for the thermal cycling test equipment. Offerors shall utilize the thermal cycling profile within the

Environmental Stress Screening procedures (Para 4.1) and test equipment capable of meeting the provided thermal cycling profile.

0004.071

The RFP requires that the, "Offeror shall provide mesured data for any proposed item not currently listed in the TDP by specific partnumber including, but not limited to hardware, firmware, software, vendors and/or processes.

Documentation shall include measured data demonstrating form, fit and function requirements of the TDP are met." The TDP currently includes both NAVSEA formated drawings as well as

Procurement Control Drawings (PCDs) that include

"Approved Vendors." Would alternative vendors for a given drawing reference require this level of documentation? Can the Government please clarify this requirement and under what specific conditions an Offeror is required to provide this level of documentation?

Offeror's shall submit this level of documentation for any proposed alternate vendors. If a proposed vendor is not listed as an approved vendor in the technical data package (TDP), the offeror shall include in their proposal measured data demonstrating form, fit and function requirements of the TDP are met by the material proposed.

0004.072

Is the government aware of any ECPs or technical changes to the system that have been incorporated, pending approval, submitted, or anticipated? If,so, will these be made available to all prospective offerors prior to proposal submittal?

The Navy is aware of Engineering Change Proposals

(ECPs) and will provide a CD with incorporated Class 2 changes and anticipated Class 1 changes to prospective offerors that have previously requested GFI no later than 8 April 2016.

0004.073

FAIT Test Procedures make reference to a Pulse

Descriptor Word (PDW) Generator and Injector.

Will the Government provide as GFE? If not, will the Government provide the manufacturer's name and/or sufficent data, including interface and performance specifications, for identification of a suitable replacement?

The Pulse Descriptor Word (PDW) Generator and Injector will be added to the solicitation as GFP. Please see solicitation attachment N00024-16-R-5363 J-3 for an updated GFP inventory list.

0004.075

FAIT Test Procedures make reference to a Data

Extractor (DX) (ICAD and ES/RC Subsystems). Will the Government provide as GFE? If not, will the

Government provide the manufacturer's name and/or sufficent data, including interface and performance specifications, for identification of a suitable replacement?

The Pulse Descriptor Word (PDW) Generator and Injector will be added to the solicitation as GFP. Please see solicitation attachment N00024-16-R-5363 J-3 for an updated GFP inventory list.

0004.077

The First Article Test Plans and Procedures and

Factory Acceptance Test Plans and Procedures provided as GFI refer to test scripts that are not provided as GFI. Can the Government provide this data or clarify?

The test scripts referenced within the First Article

Test Plans and Procedures and Factory Acceptance Test

Plans and Procedures will not be provided. These test scripts were specific to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) chamber positioner and are not required.

0004.079

The SOW requires the contractor to perform a succesful first article test using the Government provided test procedures. Will all known deficiencies against the system (HW and SW) consistent with the configuration of the TDP released with the RFP be provided by the Navy?

In response to this question, approved waivers will be mailed to prospective offerors that have previously requested GFI no later than 8 April 2016.

0004.080

Can the Government verify that VME (Virtual

Machine Environment) is the correct usage of the acronym rather than VME (Versa Module Eurocard)?

Versa Module Eurocard is correct. Please see solicitation amendment N00024-16-R-5363\0004 for changes made to the solicitation as a result of this question.

0004.082

The following Antenna Array Procurement Control

Drawings (8494285, 8494286, 8494287, 8494288, 8494289, 8494291, 8494292, 8494293, 8494294, 8494295, 8494296, 8494297, 8494298, 8494299, 8494300, 8494301, 8494302, 8494303, 8494304, 8494305, 8494306, 8494308, 8494318, 8494343, 8494402, 8494404, 8494405, 8494406, 8501262) all contain the paragraph: 6.2 Approved Source(s) of

Supply. Only items described on this drawing are approved for use in the applications specified hereon. A substitute item shall not be used without prior approval by the qualifying activity. Identification of the “Approved source(s) of supply” herein is not to be construed as a guarantee of present or continued availability as a source of supply for the item(s) described on the drawing. Can the

Government define the qualifying activity?

The Navy is the qualifying activity for sources of supply.

0004.083

SOW 3.16 states in part; “The Contractor shall perform testing in accordance with the Test

Procedure, Factory Acceptance, provided here as

GFI”

and SOW 4.5 states in part; “The FAT shall be completed using the approved test procedure(s), which are provided as GFI”

These test procedures identify a set of "test tools" as a Combat Management System Simulator

(CMS SIM), Combat Electromagnetic Environment

SIMulator (CEESIM) libraries and a Pulse

Descriptor Word (PDW) Generator (for example) that are used in various tests. The specific test procedures have steps that direct the test operator to manipulate specific scripts and/or scenarios associated with these “test tools”.

These "test tools" are not listed in the GFI/GFP attachments. Will the government amend the

GFI/GFP/GFM lists as appropriate to provide these

"test tools" and associated software?

The test scripts referenced within the First Article

Test Plans and Procedures and Factory Acceptance Test

Plans and Procedures will not be provided. These test scripts were specific to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) chamber positioner and are not required.

0004.084

The ESS procedure lists the assemblies to undergo test and SOW Para. 3.15 ESS requires the

Contractor to perform ESS in accordance with the

GFI procedure as well as to provide updates to these procedures in accordance with CDRL T002.

Does the Navy consider it an acceptable change to perform at different level of assemblies specified in the ESS Procedures?

The Navy will consider any proposed deviation from the provided ESS procedures to be technically unacceptable.

0004.085

The TDP implies a significant amount of FGPA code that will need to be loaded as part of the assembly and test of the AN/SLQ-32(V)6, however, the GFI does not include a complete inventory of the Tactical Software and Firmware that needs to be controled and loaded. Will the Government provide a complete inventory of the Software and

Firmware Configuration Items with their associated hardware configuration items? Can the

Government confirm that the Firmware load procedures and tools are provided as GFE with the

AN/SLQ-32(V)6 Tactical Software?

The Navy confirms the Firmware load procedures and tools are provided with the AN/SLQ-32(V)6 Tactical

Software. A complete inventory of Tactical Software and Firmware will be mailed to prospective offerors that have previously requested GFI no later than 8

April 2016. The System User Manual, provided in the initial GFI package, details software loading procedures.

0004.087

The following documents were missing from the

TDP. Please provide the following documentation:

77A126072 External Interface Requirements

Specification

77A126087 Interface Description Document

77A126107 Configuration Management/Data

Management Plan

77A126526 PDF RF Module Specification

1850359 SVDD for Antenna Matching Analysis

Software matching-ssc.exe Antenna Matching Software

77A126533 Fiber Converter Specification

Firmware described on document 8494265

Firmware described on document 8494226

Firmware for F16838-000-AA (R16838-338-AA-AA.EXE

1. The following drawings were included in the

Government Furnished Information (GFI) package and can be found in the locations detailed below:

8494370 ICD/ENVELOPE/OUTLINE DRAWING ‐ AAPA ASSY

Data Package Disc 1 of 3

File Locations:

ProE: Block 2 Subsystem TDP Disc 1\Product

Drawings_Models and Associated Lists_1\Antenna Array

Panel Assembly

(AAPA)\CDRL_A031_Drawings_DVD1.zip\Cobham\Product

Drawings\Proe Files

PDF: Block 2 Subsystem TDP Disc 1\Product

Drawings_Models and Associated Lists_1\Antenna Array

Panel Assembly

(AAPA)\CDRL_A031_Drawings_DVD1.zip\Cobham\Product

Drawings\

File Name:

ProE: 8494370.drw.1

PDF: 8494370_B.pdf

8494380 ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE YIG SWITCH FO

RECEIVER

File Location: Product Drawings_Models and Associated

Lists_1\Antenna Array Panel Assembly

File Name: W8494380-RC.docx

8494382 ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE CONVENTIONAL

ANTENNA/SWITCH ASSEMBLY

File Name: W8494382-RB.docx

8494383 ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE FOR SEWIP MMW

ANTENNA ARRAY ASSEMBLY

File Name: W8494383-R-.docx

8494384 ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE SEWIP ANTENNA PANEL

ASSEMBLY

File Name: W8494384-RC.docx

8494385 ESS PROCEDURE FOR THE ANTENNA ARRAY PANEL

ASSEMBLY

File Name: W8494385-RD.docx

8494343‐1 CHILLPLATE, SEWIP

File Location: Block 2 Subsystem TDP Disc 1\Product

Drawings_Models and Associated Lists_1\Antenna Array

Panel Assembly

File Name: W8494343-RE.docx

8494402‐1 RADOME, ANTENNA ARRAY PANEL

Panel Assembly

File Name: W8494402-RH.docx

8502945‐1 ATTENUATOR, SMA M/F, AT2‐3 SELECT‐AT‐TEST

Panel Assembly

File Name: 8502945-1_pm.prt.1

2. The following drawings were included in the

Government Furnished Information (GFI) package as

Native files and can be found in the locations detailed below.

8494346 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM, ELEVATION BACKPLANE

Drawings\ACAD and Altium

File Name: 8494346-RB.dba.zip

8494347 MASTER PATTERN, ELEVATION BACKPLANE

Drawings\ACAD and Altium

File Name: 8494347-RB.dba.zip

The associated unclassified PDF drawings were inadvertently excluded from GFI package and will be mailed to offerors no later than 8 April 2016. The locations where the missing drawings belong in the original package and their file names are detailed below.

8494346 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM, ELEVATION BACKPLANE

Drawings

File Name: 8494346-B.PDF

8494347 MASTER PATTERN, ELEVATION BACKPLANE

Drawings

File Name: 8494347-B.PDF

The following unclassified drawings were inadvertently excluded from the original GFI package and will be mailed to offerors no later than 8 April 2016. The drawing titled “16838‐100‐AA LCU” will also be provided on the unclassified disc titled “Missing AN/SLQ-32(V)6

TDP Documentation_03/08/2016” detailed above.

16838‐100‐AA LCU

Disc: Liquid Conditioning Unit Technical Data Package

File Name: F16838-100-AA-AA.PDF

3. The classified drawing titled “77A126536 AAPA lite configuration” will be mailed to offerors no later than 8 April 2016. The locations where the missing drawings belong in the original package and their file names are detailed below.

77A126536 AAPA lite configuration

Disc: AN/SLQ-32(V)6 Supporting Documentation

File Name: S_77A126536_AAPA_SSC_PCD.doc

4. The following drawings are called out in the SEWIP

Block 2 Subsystem AN/SLQ-32(V)6 Technical Data

Package, however these specific labels drawings will not be provided.

8502996 LABEL,ADHESIVE, 1.250X0.25,POLYIMIDE,WHITE

8502996‐9 LABEL,ADHESIVE 1.250X0.25,POLYIMIDE,WHITE

0004.088

The classified disks do not include either the

Software Installation Instructions or the

Software Version Description for the AN/SLQ-

32(V)6 Tactical Software. Is the Government planning on providing these artifacts or equivalent as GFI?

The System User Manual, provided in the initial GFI package, details software installation procedures.

0004.090

Section L 2.1, Table 1 indicates that the IMS is part of Volume II.

Section L 2.3 Paper Submissions says in part:

"Volumes I, II, and III shall each be presented in a single binder separate from the remainder of the proposal." If the IMS becomes overly large, will it be acceptable to provide the IMS in a separate binder(s)?

Yes. Please see solicitation amendment N00024-16-R-

5363\0004 for an update to Section L effected in response to this question.

0004.092

Two provided drawings in the TDP, 8494167 and

8494168, call out a specification LS5909B110-3406 which hasn't been provided. Can the Government provide this specification?

The Navy declines to provide the referenced shim specification as it is not necessary to perform this build to print effort.

0004.093

Will the Government provide the following simulations to support executing the First

Article Inspection; PN77A126173: CoSite Radar

(DBR) and CMS (ALQ-210) simulations?

The Navy will not provide the CoSite Radar (DBR) or

CMS (ALQ-210) simulations as they are not required for performance of this build to print effort.

0004.094

The referenced section describes two custom test fixtures for ESS testing [Figures 3-1 and 3-2 of document 77A126176]. Will the Government provide these fixtures as GFE? If not, will the

Government provide the specifications, models and drawings so an alternative fixture can be procured or developed?

The Navy will not provide the referenced fixtures as they are not required for performance of ESS.

Demonstration of a successful strategy for satisfying

ESS requirements is the responsibility of the offeror.

The Navy declines to provide specifications, models or drawings which could be interpreted as mandating a specific approach to satisfaction of ESS testing requirements.

0004.095

In the GFE list, is the Personal Computer-Based

Combat Direction System (CDS) Electronic Warfare communications analagous to the Combat Management

System (CMS) SIM referenced in the First Article

Inspection Procedures? If not, will the

Government provide the CMS SIM as GFE? If not, will the Government provide the manufacturer's name and/or sufficent data, including interface and performance specifications, for identification of a suitable replacement?

The Navy will not provide the Combat Management System

SIM as it is not required to perform this build to print effort.

0004.097

The following documents were missing from the

TDP. Will the government please provide?

16838‐100‐AA LCU

77A126536 AAPA lite configuration

8494346 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM, ELEVATION BACKPLANE

8494347 MASTER PATTERN, ELEVATION BACKPLANE

8494370 ICD/ENVELOPE/OUTLINE DRAWING ‐ AAPA ASSY

8494380 ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE YIG SWITCH FO

RECEIVER

8494382 ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE CONVENTIONAL

ANTENNA/SWITCH ASSEMBLY

8494383 ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE FOR SEWIP MMW

ANTENNA ARRAY ASSEMBLY

8494384 ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE SEWIP ANTENNA

PANEL ASSEMBLY

8494385 ESS PROCEDURE FOR THE ANTENNA ARRAY PANEL

ASSEMBLY

8502996 LABEL,ADHESIVE,

1.250X0.25,POLYIMIDE,WHITE

8494343‐1 CHILLPLATE, SEWIP

8494402‐1 RADOME, ANTENNA ARRAY PANEL

8502945‐1 ATTENUATOR, SMA M/F, AT2‐3 SELECT‐AT‐

TEST

8502996‐9 LABEL,ADHESIVE

1.250X0.25,POLYIMIDE,WHITE

Please see the answer to question 0004.087.

0004.098

The following elements in the WBS (1.2 Platform, Integration, Assembly, Test, and Checkout, 1.6

Training, 1.10 Operational Site Activation, 1.11

Industrial Facilities, 1.12 Initial Spares and

Repair Parts ) aren't part of Section C Statement of Work (SOW). Can offerors assume that these elements can be marked "reserved" in the IMS?

Please see attachment J-S4 for a revised WBS which reserves WBS elements 1.2, 1.6, 1.10, 1.11, and 1.12 for future use.

0004.099

The following specification documents should be requested (as indicated in SOW C‐10, page 34) from the government to allow for development of non‐GFP Simulators called for in the GFI Test Plans and Procedures:

• System Requirements Document (SRD) 77A126071

• Interface Requirements Specification (IRS)

77A126072

• System/Subsystem Specification (SSS) 77A126073

Please provide the above listed documents.

The associated specifications will be mailed to offerors on an unclassified disc titled

“Specifications dated 3/30/2016”.

0004.100

"The following documents were missing from the

TDP. Please provide the following documentation:

77A126072 External

Interface Requirements Specification

77A126087 Interface

Description Document

77A126107 Configuration

Management/Data Management Plan

77A126526 PDF RF Module

Specification

1850359 SVDD for

Antenna Matching Analysis Software matching-ssc.exe Antenna Matching

Software

77A126533 Fiber

Converter Specification

Firmware described on document 8494265

Firmware described on document 8494226

Firmware for F16838-000-AA (R16838-338-AA-AA.EXE"

1. The following documents were included in the

Technical Data Package and can be found in the locations detailed below:

77A126526 PDF RF Module Specification

Data Package (CLASSIFIED)

File Name: S_77A126526_PDF_RF_Module_Class_Spec.doc

77A126533 Fiber Converter Specification

Data Package (CLASSIFIED)

File Name: S_77A126533_Fiber_Optic_Classified

_Appendix.doc

2. The firmware called out on documents 8494265 and

8494226 will be mailed to all offerors by NSWC CRANE

Software Support Activity no later than 8 April 2016.

3. The Firmware for F16838-000-AA (R16838-338-AA-

AA.EXE will be mailed to all offerors by NSWC CRANE

Software Support Activity no later than 8 April 2016.

4. The following files will not be provided as they are not required to perform this build to print effort.

77A126072 External Interface Requirements

Specification

Rationale: External interface requirements are documented in the Installation Control Drawings

(ICDs), which are included in the Technical Data

Package.

77A126087 Interface Description Document

Rationale: Interface Description Document is not required to support a build-to-print proposal.

77A126087 Configuration Management/Data Management

Plan

Rationale: Configuration Management/Data Management

Plan is not required to support a build-to-print proposal.

1850359 SVDD for Antenna Matching Analysis Software

Rationale: 1850359 SVDD for Antenna Matching Analysis

Software is not required to support a build-to-print proposal.

matching-ssc.exe Antenna Matching Software

Rationale: matching-ssc.exe Antenna Matching Software is not required not required to build antennas.

0004.101

Will the government please provide CR R‐ 0000116683 referenced on the SEWIP Lite Shelter drawing 77C736900?

CR R‐0000116683 is a drawing revision history for the SEWIP Lite (AN/SLQ-32C(V)6) Shelter. The Navy declines to provide CR R‐0000116683.

0004.102

Request removal: DFARS 2.7303(a) states: "Use the provision at 252.217-7026, Identification of

Sources of Supply, or one substantially the same, in all solicitations for supplies when the acquisition is being conducted under other than full and open competition".

DFARS provision 252.217-7026 has been removed from the solicitation in response to this question.