RFI MFPR_final 20240708.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

ARMY RAPID CAPABILITIES AND CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE

3307 WELLS ROAD

REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA 35898-3801

SAAL-RCC-B 8 July 2024

MEMORANDUM FOR: Multi-Function Precision Radar REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

SUBJECT: The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) Multi-Function Precision Radar (MFPR) Request for Information

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS

TIME.

The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) is seeking information on potential sources that could provide the necessary technical skills, facilities, tooling, and personnel to support prototyping a Multi-Function Precision Radar (MFPR). Responses must clearly demonstrate technical qualifications, corporate capability, supply chain maturity to meet schedule, availability of facilities to include key manufacturing equipment, tooling, and special test and inspection equipment during the timeframe identified below, and integration and assembly expertise to provide a prototype MFPR solution, demonstrating the ability to deliver a minimum of two MFPRs no later than Q4FY27 to support an Operational Demonstration (OD) in Fiscal Year (FY)

28. Upon the conclusion of the OD the prototypes will be delivered to soldiers as a residual combat capability. Assumption for contract award is 3QFY25.

1. Overview

a. Current air and missile defense munitions require onboard guidance and targeting components that drive high munition procurement costs. MFPRs offer the potential to support Armament Systems in a variety of mission areas including search, detection, and precision tracking of threats and projectiles, navigation support via datalink, telemetry, end-game / fuzing support battle damage assessment, and confirmation of threat defeat. MFPR capabilities require accurate and low latency detection of hostile threats and MDACS projectiles, including in adverse weather conditions including heavy rain, snow, wind, dust, etc. and at long ranges. The MFPR tracks both the munition (cannon fired Hypervelocity Projectile (HVP)) and threat and communicates with the munition, using external GFP Command and Control Battle Manager (C2BM), and the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).

Accuracies and other characteristics of the MFPR must support threat interception by the HVP which does not have an onboard seeker.

b. The MFPR OD in FY28 will be composed of prototypes delivered under this RCCTO effort combined with prototypes delivered under separate Strategic Capabilities

SAAL-RCC-B

UNCLASSIFIED

Office (SCO) Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) developed for the Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System (HGWS).

2. Scope of Support Effort

The contractor will be required to perform the following tasks to deliver an MFPR prototype interoperable with SCO HGWS prototypes.

Develop, manufacture, integrate, assemble, and deliver MFPR prototypes leveraging existing fielded and mature technologies.

The MFPR Prototypes should:

• Perform in an operational band that is available or could be available for DoD use worldwide

• Provide precision radar track data and support projectiles in flight via a communications link

• Provide long-range, high-precision, and maximized angular coverage for search detection, identification, and tracking of threats

• High operational availability (e.g., high reliability, low mean time to repair, etc.)

• Capable of search, detection, and precision tracking of various air threats and friendly projectiles

• Operable in high airborne and surface clutter environments (rain, snow, dust, terrain, electrical fields, etc.) and mitigate to multipath over ground and/or water

• Interface with Government-provided C2BM

• Demonstrate supportability, safety, and cybersecurity characteristics in the MFPR design

3. Response Guidelines

a. Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a capability statement that describes the contractor’s ability to meet the requirements. Submissions cannot exceed five (5) pages, single-spaced, 12-point Arial or Times New Roman font with at least one-inch margins on 8 1/2” X 11” page size. Tables, drawings and header/footer information shall be 10-point Arial font or larger.

All questions, requests and submissions should be provided to the following Government POCs: Joshua Flinn, at joshua.e.flinn.civ@army.mil, and Sydney Horn, at sydney.m.horn.civ@army.mil.

mailto:joshua.e.flinn.civ@army.mil mailto:sydney.m.horn.civ@army.mil

Additional technical information for the scope detailed above and the prototype characteristics is available upon submission of a CAGE code to the Government POCs listed above. Upon validating the ability to access Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) a technical appendix will be provided.

All questions and clarifications from interested parties must be submitted to the Government POCs listed above, no later than Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 12:00 p.m.

(noon) central time. Any questions submitted after this time may not be acknowledged.

b. The Government anticipates the receipt of UNCLASSIFIED white papers in response to this solicitation; however, if the offeror believes classified data is necessary to present a contractor's past performance and/or approach, then a written request must be submitted to the Government POCs listed above, no less than 5 calendar days BEFORE the capability statement due date. If approved by the Government, then a separate written classified annex may be included in the capability statement. This annex may not exceed the classification of collateral SECRET and must be delivered in accordance with the 32 CFR Part 2117, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). Capability statements shall not contain any information above SECRET or contain any restrictive markings (e.g., special access program (SAP), NATO, CNWDI, WNTEL, etc.) The CONFIDENTIAL marking is reserved as a security marking in accordance with AR 380-5 and the NISPOM and shall not be used as a marking for company proprietary information. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be properly marked. The Government review team reserves the right to request further clarification to enhance our understanding of the respondent's submittal.

c. Interested sources responding to this RFI must have demonstrated expertise in the production of technically sophisticated weapon system components, supply chain management, integration, and assembly, a facility clearance of SECRET, strong configuration management, and quality controls, prototype experience, test experience, and the ability to support multiple concurrent weapon system integration activities.

Information from submitted papers may be taken into consideration for future efforts. At a minimum, responses to this RFI must address the following:

(1) Concept for delivery of up to four MFPRs in Q4FY27 and associated assumptions.

(2) Pathway to incorporating government-provided C2BM into the MFPR concept.

(3) Total ROM cost, broken out by FY, including schedule.

(4) Pathway to incorporating prototypes into operational demonstration in FY28, to include safety and material release requirements.

MFPR Prototype Capabilities: Provide summary of predicted and demonstrated performance characteristics of proposed MFPR: Detection range estimates against various airborne threats (e.g., Fixed-Wing aircraft, Rotary-Wing aircraft, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Subsonic Cruise Missiles, Supersonic Cruise Missiles, and other advanced threats), Blake Chart, range measurement precision, angle measurement precision, clutter rejection, multipath mitigation, and total field of view.

Company data to include company name; address; point of contact; CAGE Code; socio-economic status under NAICS 541715 (e.g., other than small business (SB), SB, woman-owned SB, veteran-owned SB, etc.); and proposed role in the acquisition (e.g., prime offeror, subcontractor). If an SB, discuss your firm’s ability to perform at least 51% of the requirement. Responses from SB concerns will aid the Government in determining if any future efforts regarding this topic can be set aside for SBs and/or small business subcontracting goals should the Government decide to issue a solicitation. Companies who wish to respond to this RFI should send responses via email no later than Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Central to the Government POCs listed above.

4. Non-Government Personnel

The Government may use Contractor Support Personnel (CSP) to assess responses to this RFI. The CSP will be required to submit to the Government a Non-Disclosure Agreement reflecting the effort(s) that they will be supporting. The Offeror’s submission of a capability statement under this RFI indicates concurrence with the aforementioned use of CSP.

Offerors are advised that employees of the firms identified below may serve as non-government advisors in the review and evaluation of capability statements. Such firms are expressly prohibited from competing on the subject acquisition.

KODA Technologies; 620 Discovery Drive Building 2, Suite 100 Huntsville, AL 35806-2816; (256) 900-1002

Radiance Technologies, 310 Bob Health Dr., Huntsville, AL 35806,

(256) 704-3400

Capstone Research Corporation, 1525 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 105, Huntsville, AL 35806, (256) 836-4550

In accomplishing their duties related to the capability statement evaluation, the aforementioned firm may require access to proprietary information contained in the offerors' capability statement. Therefore, these firms may execute an agreement with each offeror that states that they will (1) protect the offerors’ information from unauthorized use or disclosure for as long as it remains proprietary and (2) refrain from using the information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. To expedite the evaluation process, each offeror must contact the above companies to effect execution of such an agreement prior to the submission of proposals. Each offeror shall submit copies of the agreement with their capability statement, if applicable.