OPF-Dismounted_Request For Information (RFI)_M67854-23-I-1045.pdf

M67854-23-I-1045

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

FOR

ORGANIC PRECISION FIRES - DISMOUNTED (OPF-D)

SYSTEM

GENERAL INFORMATION.

This Request for Information (RFI) initiates market research under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotations, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services.

Responses to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of a contractor's submission of responses to this announcement, or the Government's use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. The Government/Marine Corps may use the information provided to refine its acquisition strategy and statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Do not submit classified information as it will not be accepted.

The Organic Precision Fires - Dismounted (OPF-D) provides the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) with an organic, loitering, beyond line-of-sight, and precision strike capability. Marines will employ OPF-D at the tactical level to enable rapid engagement of armored threats beyond the range of direct fire weapons while minimizing collateral damage and exposure to enemy direct and indirect fires during distributed operations. The OPF-D will be transported via a variety of host vehicles.

The OPF-D will support dismounted forces through provisions to unload a single self-contained All-Up-Round (AUR) capable of launching munitions from the ground. The dismounted OPF capability will increase the target engagement capability by providing an Anti-Armor destruction capability at ranges beyond enemy detection and engagement ranges.

Program Manager Fire Support Systems (PM FSS), Portfolio Manager Ground Combat Element Systems (PfM GCES), Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) is requesting information regarding industry’s capabilities and related experience providing an anti- armor, anti-materiel, surface-to-surface loitering munition system.

This RFI seeks information regarding OPF capabilities for a potential FAR-based contract award in FY25 as pursuant to United States Code Title 41 – Public Contracts.

REQUESTED INFORMATION.

The Government requests the Vendor provide the completed table below in your RFI response.

Table 1

No. System Attributes Vendor Response

1 Organization Name, Address and Point of Contact information

Business Size/Type (i.e., 8(a) certified, disabled veteran-owned, veteran- owned, woman-owned, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Native American, or any other Small Business Administration approved designation)

3 System Name

Vendor Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) previously known as DUNS and CAGE Code

North American Industry Classification System code applicable to this RFI

Vendors Manufacturing Certification (e.g., ISO, IEEE, CMMC, etc.)

Munition Flight Range (Max distance from launch point with full battery, max achieved flight endurance)

Munition Communication Range (Max range before loss of link/control. Government min range is 25 Kilometers without handoff and 40 Kilometers with handoff)

System weight and cube by component (e.g., Ground Control Station (GCS), AUR, loitering munition, ancillary equipment, etc.)

Uplink/Downlink Frequencies, radio type, and number of available channels

11 Ground Antenna Type and performance data

12 Munition Antenna Type and performance data

13 Waveforms used

Controller Type and number of munitions that can be controlled simultaneously

Warhead Type/capability (Energetic Materials, Net Explosive Weights for all energetics in the system)

16 Fuze Type (e.g., Point or Proximity)

17 Target Types (e.g., Anti-armor, anti-material, etc.)

Programmable Flight Path Capability (e.g., preflight, inflight, flight ceiling limits and if capable of inflight adjustments, etc.)

19 Global Positioning System (GPS) Type

Behaviors: loss of link behavior, loss of GPS behavior, abort/waive off, render safe, ditch, ground avoidance capability, recover Loss Link Behavior, and ability to engage moving targets (max speed)

21 Endurance (Loiter time at max communication range)

22 Number of systems built to date, tested with results

Camera/Sensor(s) Type, Use, Capability, FOV, Resolution, Zoom Factor, Pivotable.

No. System Attributes Vendor Response

Launch Type (e.g., gas generator, vertical lift, etc.) Include any energetic material and the associated net explosive weight.

Current (FY23-FY24) Production Capacity (systems per month without facility upgrades; provide GCS and AUR separately)

Anticipated (FY25-FY28) Production Capacity (systems per month; provide GCS and AUR separately)

27 Location of Production or integration Facilities

28 Battery Type, Life and Certification status

29 Fuze type(s)

30 Laser type(s) and class

System Reliability (provide component reliability of GCS and munition separately, if available)

Probability of hit (stationary, standard NATO vehicle target, nominal environmental conditions, angle of attack (low, medium, high), degree of attack (aspect)) CEP

33 Training Capability (e.g., simulator, practice/inert round, etc.)

Munition speed (maximum and endurance) and if capable of inflight adjustments

System documentation (System Admin Guides, System User Guides)

36 Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation Information

The Government seeks additional information to support the system attributes listed above to include testing data, MIL-STD 810 data, insensitive munition data, safety certifications (HERP, HERF, HERO, ESD), calculations, product specifications, verification methods, system behavioral description, supply chain and manufacturing concern, etc. This additional information is excluded from the 15-page limit.

The response should also include the full system description and addresses the following. This additional information is excluded from the 15-page limit.

1. Describe GCS programming capabilities; waypoints, loitering points, abort characteristics, loss of link, ditch points, and hand off to another GCS. In addition, provide product specification of the GCS to include operating system and whether touch screen capable.

2. Describe the system’s behaviors and functions during an attack. Please address whether the system is capable of tracking and target locking automatically against selected targets. If capable of auto-tracking and target locking, then provide the system’s related performance parameters.

3. Describe system storage and transportation configurations. Include size, weight, ability to be stacked, number of cases, etc.

4. Describe any man-portable GCS configurations to support remote command and control of a munition. Include size, weight, backpack options, power requirements, battery life, etc.

5. Describe long term storage processes, inspections, and maintenance/sustainment of primary subcomponents to include batteries, energetics, and software.

6. If the system can be disassembled for stowage or transportation, describe if the disassembled components can be mixed and matched between systems, or if disassembled components are uniquely paired together to assemble a system.

7. Describe the system's Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) capabilities and performance. Please include the type of GPS (i.e., commercial or military) and any complementary PNT systems or technology used. If your system currently employs commercial GPS, discuss whether your system can upgrade to military GPS.

8. Describe the system's ability to operate in spectrum-contested environments and provide specific behaviors and functions that enable the system to operate in these environments.

9. Describe the characteristics and performance of the system's datalink to include the network type, security/encryption, maximum range, data throughput, waveforms used, frequency ranges, channel spacing, and resiliency capabilities (i.e., low probability of intercept/detection and anti-jamming capabilities). Please also include the name/model/nomenclature and SWaP requirements of the radios used by the system.

Additionally, please address whether your system has an approved spectrum certification request(s) and provide copies of associated DD-1494 form(s) as applicable.

10. Describe the characteristics and performance for each battery used with the system. If applicable, please provide any safety certifications and testing completed for each battery used with the system (e.g., shipboard compatibility, UL certification, etc.). If the system includes an internal munition battery, please address whether the battery is removable and provide the battery's change in capacity (i.e., state of charge) over time under nominal conditions when the battery is stored in the munition. If the munition's internal battery is removable, also provide the change in capacity over time when the battery is removed. If any batteries used with the system are rechargeable, please provide detailed recharging procedures, the charging time required under nominal conditions, and the number of batteries the associated charger can charge at one time.

11. Describe any fuze, software, or weapon system safety review boards completed for this system.

12. Describe the approach for validation and verification of safety critical proprietary software functions.

13. Describe the system’s cybersecurity controls. Discuss if the system has been through the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, has an existing Authorization to Operate (ATO), and provide any Government points of contact.

14. Provide munition launch procedures.

15. Describe any health status monitoring present in the system. Discuss any statuses that must be healthy in order to initiate launch.

16. Describe Operator level maintenance. inspection, and assembly procedures.

17. Provide system Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and supporting justification.

18. Provide rough estimate of unit cost by component at the current production capacity cited in the response in Table 1.

19. List existing relevant contracts/agreements with state and/or Federal Government agencies and other countries to include the contract number and POC information.

20. Please confirm that the system is Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Act compliant.

Additionally, the Government is concerned with Manufacturing Readiness and Capacity. Please address the following. This additional information is excluded from the 15-page limit.

1. Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) with justification; identify maturity shortfalls and associated costs and risks.

2. If the system is not currently in full-rate production, is the system design complete and stable to enter low-rate production?

3. Supply Chain Management and risks addressing long lead items and critical components.

4. Production capacity and scalability and schedule to maximum production rate with existing facilities.

5. Lead time from contract award to first delivery.

6. Identify the minimum sustainment rate to ensure continuous production.

Additionally, the Government is concerned with system accuracy and reliability. Please address the following. This additional information is excluded from the 15-page limit.

1. If available, provide relevant test data showing system accuracy throughout the entire flight phase from launch to detonation.

2. Provide data on launch, flight, and target engagement testing.

a. Include number of successful munitions launches out of number of munitions launch attempts. A successful munition launch includes the munition leaving the ground and achieving stable flight with successful completion of first waypoint.

b. Include number of munitions that hit the target out of the number of successful munitions launches.

c. Include number of live munitions that detonated out of the number of successful live munition launches.

3. Provide mean time between failure and failure rate data for major subcomponents.

RFI RESPONSE SUBMISSION.

Responses shall be provided in Microsoft Office or Adobe Acrobat format only and are subject to a 15-page total limit for responses to Table 1. Additional information requested in this RFI and provided to the Government is excluded from the 15-page limit. Document formats will contain 1" margins using a size 12 font. Zip files will not be accepted. Do not submit classified information.

All RFI question and responses shall be submitted electronically via the Department of Defense Secure Access File Exchange (DoD SAFE), https://safe.apps.mil/. The DoD SAFE supports file sizes up to 8 GB.

Responses may be submitted as a “guest” for any respondent that does not have a DoD Common Access Card. If submitting as a “guest,” contact the RFI points of contact for the DoD SAFE drop-off code needed for all submissions. The RFI points of contact and recipients of all documents submitted via DoD SAFE are the Contracting Officer, at Peggy.L.Smith1@usmc.mil and Contract Specialist at Laura.Ewers@usmc.mil. All responses shall reference "RFI#:

M67854-23-I-1045 (Company Name) Response to OPF RFI”.

RFI questions or comments shall be submitted no later than 12:00 PM Eastern time, on Tuesday, 20 June 2023. The Government intends to respond to as many questions as practical and will provide questions and answers via amendment to this announcement, posted to the Contract Opportunities website (http://sam.gov/content/home).

RFI responses shall be submitted no later than 12:00 PM, Eastern time, on Wednesday, 5 July 2023.

PROPRIETARY DATA.

The Government may use information received from this RFI to establish future Marine Corps requirements. Vendors deciding to submit competition-sensitive or proprietary information bear sole responsibility for marking the information for appropriate safeguarding. Proprietary information will be protected from unauthorized disclosure as required by Subsection 27 of the Office of Procurement Policy Act as amended (41 U.S.C. 423) and as implemented in the FAR.

NOTICE: The Government uses support contractor/non-Government personnel from ManTech International Corp, Science Applications International Corp (SAIC), and their subcontractors as consultants to help collect and review market information. The Government contractually binds these companies with respect to proprietary information by organizational conflict of interest and non- disclosure clauses. Supporting contractor personnel are procurement officials within the meaning of the Office of Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423) and as implemented in the

FAR.