RFI.pdf

Military Sealift Command (MSC) Civilian Mariner Wireless Network (CivMar WiN) Installation and Sustainment

Follow-on Contract Request for Information (RFI)

Date: November 21, 2025

The Government invites industry to review the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and provide capability statements as requested below as well as comments on efficient and/or economical requirements development consistent with industry best practices.

I. Disclaimer This is a request for information (RFI) for market research purposes only and your response is not an offer. This RFI does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in preparation of any submission to this RFI, or to contract for services. All documents are drafts at this time and could change substantially when an official request for proposal is issued. Due consideration will be given to all feedback and any feedback received may be used to revise requirements.

Responses to this RFI will be accepted via e-mail to the address listed below. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this evaluation; capability statements will not be returned and will not be accepted after the due date.

All communications regarding this requirement will be posted to Contract Opportunities located at SAM.Gov (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities).

Pursuant to 48 C.F.R. Part 10, the Government is conducting market research to:

• Determine what sources exist that can satisfy the Government's requirements listed below

• Determine the capabilities of potential Contractors

• Determine the size and status of potential sources

• Determine the level of competition

II. Description of Requirement Civilian Mariner Wireless Network is being installed to provide a wireless network enabled by high throughput proliferated low Earth orbit (pLEO) satellite services onboard MSC ships to support internet connection of Mariner’s approved personal electronic devices and provide access to human resource, fiscal, training, and educational capabilities such as MyPay, personal email, banking, insurance, e-commerce, etc. Wireless access is provided in berthing and common spaces to include mess deck, lounges, etc. The network uses software defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) overlays and U.S.

based internet egress via a cloud edge network hosted and operated within a government cloud environment. The network also provides centralized management for administration, cybersecurity, configuration control, remote administration, and monitoring via a unified cloud management architecture hosted and operated within a government cloud environment. The network will be expanded to provide coverage of operational spaces to allow for integration of Azure hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) stack supporting Navy Flank Speed services which will allow for integration with the Navy Enterprise Network.

III. Instructions for Submitting Responses NOTE: Respondents are requested to title the subject line of the email transmitting their response as follows Insert Respondent Name Response to RFI – CivMar WiN Installation and Sustainment Follow-on Contract.

https://sam.gov/content/opportunities

Follow-on Contract Request for Information (RFI)

Date: November 21, 2025

Responses are limited to 15 pages (excluding cover page/letter) for capability statements and responses to questions. Responders shall include the information requested in the table below on their cover page.

Information Requested Vendor Detail Company Name:

Company Address:

UEI:

Cage Code:

Primary Contact:

Title:

Phone/Email:

Primary/Relevant NAICS:

Small Business? Y/N *List All Qualifying Socioeconomic Categories if a qualified Small Business:

Number of Years in Business:

Number of Employees:

Responses are expected to include the information below:

a. Identify successful efforts by the Contractor to provide recent example(s) of completed shipboard installations of pLEO enabled wireless networks with centralized management capabilities and government cloud integration. Example(s) should be within the past two years and should describe the scale and scope of the installations. Example(s) should also describe the contract type used as well as the network administration approach.

b. Provide suggestions or improvements to the PWS and/or products that could result in a better-defined requirement, or savings and efficiencies for both industry and the Government.

c. If a large business concern, please provide information detailing your organization’s overall strategy towards providing opportunities for small business concerns, and any partnerships or teaming arrangements with the same.

d. If you are a small business interested in proposing, and are not capable of providing all services in the PWS, what teaming efforts would you propose utilizing to accomplish the work as proposed in the draft PWS? What teaming arrangements have you done in the past?

e. Provide a list of Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts and/or other Government wide ordering vehicles you hold.

f. Please do not submit pricing with your response.

Follow-on Contract Request for Information (RFI)

Date: November 21, 2025

IV. CONFIDENTIALITY

The Government will not directly disclose or distribute information received in response to this RFI.

However, the Government reserves the right to use information provided to develop the requirements and acquisition strategy process that will be publicly released. Any such information used in this manner will be publicly disclosed. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). The Government will not use information provided in this response for evaluation purposes.

V. DUE DATE AND TIME FOR SUBMITTING RESPONSES

Responses to this request shall be submitted using only either the Portable Document Format (PDF) or Microsoft Word via email to dawn.m.brown185.civ@us.navy.mil and George Wiggins at george.w.wiggins2.civ@us.navy.mil no later than by 04 December 2025 at 4:00 PM Local Time, Norfolk, VA.

VI. LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

a. Draft CivMar WiN Installation and Sustainment Follow-on Contract PWS mailto:dawn.m.brown185.civ@us.navy.mil mailto:george.w.wiggins2.civ@us.navy.mil