PUBLIC_RELEASE_NON_KINETICFIRES_RFI_31MAY24.pdf

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

Request for Information (RFI) for

Technologies to support Multi-Layered Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Targeting and Battle

Damage Assessment Processes

DISCLAIMER:

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION: No award will be made as a result of this request. This

RFI is for informational and planning purposes only; this is not an Invitation for Bid, a

Request for Proposal, or a Request for Quotation. No solicitation document exists and a formal solicitation will not be issued by the Government after receiving responses to this

RFI. The Government will not be liable for payment of any costs incurred in response to this RFI and is under no obligation to act in any way on the information received. No costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will be reimbursed. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing a future acquisition strategy, Performance Work Statement, Statement of Objectives and/or

Performance Based Specification(s). Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response.

PURPOSE:

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and

Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center is surveying the market to locate/identify interested

Business Concerns to Multi-Layered Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Targeting and Battle

Damage Assessment (BDA). The US Army C5ISR Center, Engineering & Systems

Integration (ESI) is interested in receiving information from companies that have solutions for supporting multi-layered deliberate and dynamic targeting and battle damage assessment for both kinetic and non-kinetic effects.

BACKGROUND:

As the military continues to focus on how to support Large Scale Combat Operations

(LSCO) where armed forces are engaged in intense combat with many targets, the Army would like to reduce the time that it takes to action and assess targets in these fast paced dynamic targeting force on force situations. To shorten these timelines, C5ISR Center requests solutions to automate processes that computers can do faster than humans, leverage Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), and other analytic techniques to find targets of interest or changes in target status after actioning a target as well as integration of these novel capabilities into visualizations and systems that the warfighters depend on to improve collaboration between warfighting functions.

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RFI Multi-Layered Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Targeting and Battle Damage Assessment Processes

Ref. CUI Attachment 0001

INFORMATION REQUESTED: Interested parties with the ability to design and prototype a Multilayered Targeting and BDA Capability should submit a Whitepaper not to exceed

15 pages in length. At a minimum, the Whitepaper should address the following information:

I. Cover letter providing:

1. Company Information

a. Company name

b. Date of Incorporation

c. Number of years in business

d. Number of employees

e. Primarily location(s) where work is performed

f. Mailing Address

g. Company Website

h. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Codes and Data

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) code (if the company has one)

2. Company Point of Contact

a. Name

b. Title

c. Mailing Address

d. Email Address

e. Phone Number

II. Technical Information

This section should include a description of your company’s experience and capabilities in the following areas:

1. Ref CUI Attach 0001

The proposed solution can reside on secret and/or top secret security domain and can assume that a cross domain solution exists.

The solution will be transitioning to partners from:

• Program Executive Office Intelligence Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO

IEWS)

• Program Executive Office Command Control Communications - Tactical

(PEO C3T)

We are asking industry to provide a response to this RFI that includes the following tasks:

1. Clearly define technical approach and the capabilities addressed.

2. A Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimate for each capability per year, not to exceed 3 years, to include potential integration efforts necessary for the technology to transition.

3. Clearly state the software licensing rights of the proposed technology.

4. State how this effort can transition into a Program of Record (POR) and what level of effort is needed to transition this effort.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

All documents shall be portion marked IAW DoDM 5200.01-V2. Submission of proprietary and other sensitive information shall be marked and identified with disposition instructions

(submitted material will not be returned).

• Subject line should be: ESI Targeting & BDA Technology RFI Response

• Unclassified responses must be to: usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.esi-bus-ops-acq-baa@army.mil.

• Responses with CUI:

• In order to provide a complete response to this request all interested parties must request access to the controlled document. To gain access to Attachment 01, your company/entity must be certified by the Joint Certification Program (JCP).

Your entity/company’s Data Custodian requester (designated) on block 3A of the DD Form 2345 is the only authorized individual that can download the controlled attachment. Your entity/company is responsible for the protection of the controlled document after the download.

• If your entity/company is not pre-certified by the JCP, you will need to apply for certification by completing a DD Form 2345 and emailing it to jcp-admin@dla.mil.

Detailed information regarding the JCP application procedures are available at the JCP website at https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Services/JCP/. The ESI Directorate will not review the JCP application or issue the JCP certification.

Please direct any questions regarding the JCP certification process to jcp-admin@dla.mil.

• To request access to download the controlled attachment, click on the tab for “Attachment/Links, then click on the title of the controlled document. When you receive the pop-up window to request access, enter the reason for the request in the window, making sure to include your entity’s CAGE Code and JCP Certification Number then hit submit. Once the notice is submitted, the access status on the controlled document will change to “Pending”. The Access POC will review your request, granting access if requirements are met or reject for correction.

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• For submission of SECRET or higher classification material to C5ISR Center, please contact usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.rti-industry-engagement@mail.smil.mil.

• Responses submitted by contractors that contain U.S. classified military information

(CMI) generated in conjunction with a DOD program should be classified in accordance with the applicable Security Classification Guide (SCG). Please include a copy of the SCG with the submission. Only U.S. citizens are authorized to respond to this RFI.

Note: All correspondence including the Request for the Reference Design Document and Whitepaper shall have correct CUI markings in accordance with DoDI5200.48 –Controlled Unclassified Information

(CUI).

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