Request for Information_AMSO Support Services_Amendment 0002.pdf

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/MARKET SURVEY REQUEST

for

ARMY MODELING AND SIMULATION (AMSO) SUPPORT SERVICES

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI), A MARKET SURVEY REQUEST IN

SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING SURVEY. THIS REQUEST IS FOR PLANNING

PURPOSES, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A SOLICITATION

ANNOUNCEMENT, INVITATION FOR BIDS, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS/QUOTES

OR AN INDICATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTRACT FOR THE ITEMS

CONTAINED IN THIS NOTICE. INTERESTED CAPABLE VENDORS ARE INVITED

TO PROVIDE RESPONSES. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REIMBURSE

RESPONDENTS FOR ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBMISSSION OF THE

INFORMATION BEING REQUESTED OR REIMBURSE EXPENSES INCURRED TO

THE INTERESTED PARTIES FOR RESPONSES.

Additionally, your response will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. As previously stated, respondents will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs associated with providing information in response to this RFI/market survey and any follow-up information requests. Furthermore, this request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.

TOPIC:

The Center for Army Analysis (CAA) and Army Contracting Command-Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) are conducting a market survey to identify small businesses capable of providing Modeling and Simulation (M&S) support services to the Army Modeling and Simulation Office (AMSO), the Strategy and Resources Branch (SR), and the Simulation Proponent and School Branch (SP).

The SR Branch support services include assisting the Army in M&S policy and strategy analysis; Army M&S Enterprise requirements and integration analysis; technical analysis to support Department of the Army resource decision-making (with consideration to Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) and the Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) processes); Army M&S Enterprise resource analysis; and the conduct of staff-level research to identify emerging issues and provide comprehensive solutions to those issues. In addition, support services include the utilization of M&S tools, services, standards to identify M&S capability gaps in support of the war-fighter, Army readiness and modernization priorities and the

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The SP Branch support services include instructor, schoolhouse, conference planning and support, Knowledge Management (KM) implementation and training, and personnel proponent lifecycle support across the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership and Education, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF) to assist the Army in managing, educating and training career field FA57 officers and Career Program (CP) 36 civilians. School house functions include use of the Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate (ADDIE) instructional systems design framework. The ADDIE framework will be used to identify needs, conduct an analysis of alternatives to make recommendations for best use of existing courseware, and if required, develop new courseware material. Critical tasks for this division include:

• teaching up to four (4) Simulation Operation Courses annually to qualify a minimum of one hundred four (104) FA57 officers and CP36 civilians;

• one (1) Intermediate and one (1) Advanced Simulation Course;

• two (2) Simulation Professional Courses targeting civilian M&S workforce;

• one (1) Exercise Planner Introduction Course (EPIC);

• one (1) Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Course (VV&A);

• eight (8) M&S community of practice courses;

• monthly M&S workshops;

• updating and revising courseware material in a fast and constantly evolving environment;

• performing workforce support across the DOTMLP to include life-cycle functions to include acquisition, training and education management and force structure concepts and analysis; and

• operating highly technical and complex computer simulations within the school’s Simulation Training Environment (STE) in accordance with the Department of Defense (DoD) Risk Management Framework (RMF) procedures for DoD Information Technology (IT) systems

It is critical to identify a wide variety of small businesses in the modeling and simulation training area and their capabilities to successfully compete this acquisition. The intent of the RFI/market survey is to identify potential sources of services.

MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE AND QUESTIONS:

Each response is requested to include:

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1. Part I. Business Information:

a. Company Name:

b. Type and Size of Business:

c. Manufacturer:

d. CAGE Code:

e. Company Point of Contact:

i. Name:

ii. Title:

iii. Telephone:

iv. Email address:

f. Business Address:

g. Web page URL:

2. Part II. Response to the following:

1. Provide demonstrated experience in Army operational planning and coordination across the Army Enterprise, the Army modeling and simulation community, and Army Knowledge Management.

2. Provide demonstrated experience with the DoD Software Acquisition Pathway and Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) processes as it relates to modeling and simulation requirements and the AROC process.

3. Provide demonstrated experience in supporting actions related to Department of Defense (DoD) modeling and simulation emerging technologies such as Virtual Interoperability and Prototyping Research Environment (VIPRE).

4. Provide demonstrated experience in the operation of a Mission Training Complex or other simulation training center environment while providing examples of planning, designing, building and executing exercises using various Live, Virtual, and Constructive Gaming (LVC-G) tools to construct and execute simulation training exercises.

5. Provide demonstrated experience in the understanding and executing of the ADDIE process for the development of intermediate and advanced level courses;

courseware development and preparation to include program of instruction (POI), lesson plans, course material preparation, instruction presentation, test and test control, course feedback and after-action reviews (AAR) in accordance with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Regulation and Quality Assurance requirements.

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6. Provide demonstrated experience in conducting online training using BlackBoard or other online learning systems and tools.

7. Provide demonstrated experience in Cybersecurity in accordance with the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800- 37, Risk Management Framework (RMF) Committee on National Security System (CNSS) Instruction 1253/1254, Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 8510.01, RMF for DoD I/T, and AR 25-2, Army Cyber Security.

8. Provide demonstrated experience in life cycle functions managing, developing, analyzing and improving force acquisition programs, recruitment strategies, sustainment actions, retention policies, research studies and life cycle management functions.

RESPONSES DUE:

Responses to this market survey are DUE BY 11:00AM, 01 July 2025. Please submit all completed questionnaires and any questions you may have via email to: Ms. Kelsey Greenwell, Army Contracting Command-DTA, at kelsey.d.greenwell.civ@army.mil

Please format the subject line of the response email as follows: “[Organization Name] response to Request for Information – AMSO Support Services”. Provide the email responses in PDF format. Only electronic responses will be accepted. All interested parties and organizations are encouraged to respond to this request for information. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified and properly marked.

No manufacturer/distributor shall be given a copy of another manufacture’s/distributor’s information collected in this survey.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. §1905 to protect information qualifying as “CONFIDENTIAL” under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) “CONFIDENTIAL” with any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (overbreadth in marking inappropriate data as “CONFIDENTIAL” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response -mailto:kelsey.d.greenwell.civ@army.mil

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3. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data.

4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends “CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS” and “CONFIDENTIAL

PORTION ENDS.”

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the government will also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses.

Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent’s marking of data as “CONFIDENTIAL” will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort.