RFI - Communications System requirement.docx

This Request for Information (RFI) is for market research purposes only.

This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary. Any information provided to the Government is strictly voluntary and at no cost to the Government. All requirements identified in this RFI are tentative and will be finalized prior to the formal release of any Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government DOES NOT intend to award a contract in response to this RFI at this time. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an RFP, request for quote (RFQ), or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services.

The information provided may be utilized by the Vandenberg Space Force Base, Space Launch Delta (SLD) 30, Digital Transformation Office (DTO) in developing its acquisition strategy should a decision be made to proceed with acquiring the items/services listed in this RFI. The information received in response to this RFI may be included in one (1) or more future solicitations.

All responses shall conform to the market research questionnaire template beginning on page 3 of this document.

SLD 30 DTO is seeking U.S. sources with the capability to provide the items/services listed in this RFI. All responses shall be emailed to the attention of the Contracting Officer, Alvaro Guzman, at alvaro.guzman.1@spaceforce.mil. All responses to this RFI must be received NO LATER THAN 20 DECEMBER 2024 at 4:00 p.m. PST.

An industry facing ask me anything session will occur on 12 December 2024 at 1200 PST Via MS Teams for industry to solicit responses from the government on the operational need of the mass communication system.

MS Teams link:

https://dod.teams.microsoft.us/l/meetup-join/19%3adod%3ameeting_252d6904017c4aa9b398bc505c3d624b%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%228331b18d-2d87-48ef-a35f-ac8818ebf9b4%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a7da2921-507e-4169-a67a-3e90a2935528%22%7d

Specific Meeting details if the link does not work are:

Meeting ID: 993 802 033 794 Passcode: XW6T9aG6

Dial in by phone +1 410-874-6740,,94758798# United States, Odenton Find a local number Phone conference ID: 947 587 98#

*****Requirements—Communication System***** SLD 30 requires a Communication System that to conform with Defend the Mission Communication Sharing System needs.

Vandenberg SFB Requires a communication system to share operational information with local stakeholders and base operators from commercial off the shelf technologies.

The operational intent of this capability is to forcibly alert digitally connected people when events on Vandenberg present major risk to life, major degradation of VSFB services or operational status (FPCON/HPCON/CYBERCON) changes, or other commander approved operational statements.

The service shall have both subscription with approval verification offering (for interested or operationally identified personnel) and a mass alert functionality (comparable to Amber, Earthquake alerting).

*****Communication System must meet the following additional requirements*****

The data sharing desired for the communication platform include:

· Time of event

· Severity of event

· Geographic Location of event or area impacted

· Direction to local personnel and members to remain out of harm’s way if outside of impacted area

· Direction to local personnel within the impacted area on inbound services

The User Interface shall conform to human centered design principles to include no more than three click message dissemination, geospatial zoning for communication transmission via an NGA approved mapping data and controlled unclassified information markings for internal government mass alerting.

Alvaro Guzman

ALVARO GUZMAN

Contracting Officer

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Company Name

Website URL

Physical Address

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SAM UEI

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Active Government Contract Numbers (If Applicable)

1. Please list your associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and corresponding business size status under each NAICS code.

*Business Sizes:

- Large Business - Small Business

- 8(a) Small Business - Small Disadvantaged Business

- HubZone Small Business - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

- Women-Owned Small Business - Joint Venture/Teaming Arrangement

2. Are you capable of providing the requirement? Identify barriers, if any.

(Continue response on a separate sheet of paper if necessary.)

3. Based on the requirements described, please provide a brief description of your company’s capabilities, anticipated teaming arrangements, and a description of similar products offered to the Government and to commercial customers. Any responses involving teaming arrangements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners.

4. How do you plan to ensure and test digital transmission and receipt of directions to non-DoD personnel?

5. Are you familiar with FEMA mass alerting systems and interfacing with homeland security communication systems?

6. Do you foresee an option to auto generate NOTAM/NOTMAR when necessary?

7. If your solution is license dependent, can you provide rough order of magnitude costs for seat licenses or deployed instances?

8. Is your solution in use at a separate DoD/DHS installation or Executive Branch controlled area?

***Return completed MR Questionnaire to the Contracting Officer, Alvaro Guzman, at alvaro.guzman.1@spaceforce.mil. ***