SOURCES_SOUGHT_LCAC_SBC4_Trainer_Update.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

LANDING CRAFT AIR CUSHION (LCAC) FY20 FAMILY OF TRAINERS & CURRICULUM

SYSTEM BASELINE CONFIGURATION (SBC) 4 BLOCK CYCLE (BC) 7 UPDATE

INTRODUCTION: The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), Orlando, FL, is seeking information for potential sources to update the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) curriculum and family of trainers with System Baseline Configuration (SBC) 4 Block Cycle (BC) 7 Variant 1.0, to correct identified deficiencies, and to update functionality in accordance with revised LCAC SEAOPS at the following locations:

• Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific (EWTGPAC), Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Coronado in San Diego, California (CA);

• Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic (EWTGLANT), Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLCFS) in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA).

The LCAC vehicle is a high speed, ship to shore, and over the beach amphibious landing craft that transports equipment, personnel, and weapon systems from ships located beyond the horizon, through the surf zone, and across the beach to hard landing zones beyond the shoreline. The LCAC family of training systems replicates craft functionality with part task training capability in the Operator & Maintenance Classroom trainer (20G8-F), desktop simulation in Virtual Environment LCAC (VELCAC) (20G9), and full immersion in the LCAC Full Mission Trainer (FMT) (20G6). Crew and maintenance training is allocated across the LCAC family of trainers as follows:

• Device 20G6 – Full Mission Trainer (FMT) – The LCAC FMT is a motion-based, operations team trainer for the Operator, Engineer, Navigator and Group Commander of the LCAC. The FMT replicates the LCAC Control Cabin of the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) configured craft. The LCAC FMT provides the craftmaster, engineer, and navigator training in all major LCAC mission tasks and operational conditions, including casualty and emergency conditions in a realistic physical environment over water and land. An FMT is installed at each schoolhouse, ETWGPAC and ETWGLANT.

• Devices 20G8-F – The 20G8-F Operations and Maintenance Classroom Trainer – The 20G8-F provides students with systems Operations familiarization and maintenance procedures training on virtual craft and components. The Maintenance trainers provide a means for training and evaluating students in familiarization and preventive (scheduled) and corrective (unscheduled) maintenance procedures. All restrictions and interferences are the same as in the actual craft.

o The deliverable software solution must provide one single identical software package that supports both the Operations and Maintenance software loads. Three 20G8-F classrooms are located at EWTGPAC and one 20G8-F Operations classroom is located at

EWTGLANT.

• Device 20G9 – Virtual Environment LCAC (VELCAC) – VELCAC is a high fidelity table-top Personal Computer (PC) based training system that emulates, in a combination of virtual and physical environments, the SLEP LCAC crew compartment physical configuration, functionality and dynamics of the instrumentations, displays and controls and their interactions with the simulated external environment. VELCAC is installed at EWTGLANT, EWTGPAC, ACU-4, ACU-5 and NBU-7.

ANTICIPATED SCOPE OF EFFORT: The contractor shall update LCAC training with SBC4 (CCD

582) and BC7 V1.0 (CCD 583) configuration-based deficiencies and SEAOPS changes. Changes are required in the LCAC FMT, VELCAC, and the Operations, Craft Control and LCAC Mechanical Maintenance Computer Based Training (CBT) to address revised operations procedures. To implement the SBC4 BC7 V1.0 configuration updates into LCAC training, the contractor shall be required to modify the LCAC trainer software across the LCAC family of trainers. The contractor shall update the displays, controls, and alerts in the LCAC trainer software that are affected by the SEAOPS changes. The contractor shall execute the following tasks, which are fundamental to completion of this effort:

• Update the Operations Course CBT.

o Update content for SBC4/BC7 functionality in a Windows 10 environment utilizing GL

Studio® and other supporting applications that supports existing Adobe Flash media.

• Update the Craft Control and Mechanical Maintenance Course CBTs.

o Update content for SBC4/BC7 functionality in a Windows 10 environment utilizing GL

Studio® and other supporting applications that supports existing Adobe Flash media.

o Update one required Instructor Led Training (ILT) Mechanical Maintenance Lesson utilizing current software version of MS PowerPoint.

• Update the Operations Course Curriculum based on Statement of Work.

• Update the Maintenance Course Curriculum based on Statement of Work.

• Update Classroom Trainer, FMT and VELCAC.

o Update FMT Universal Keyboard (UKB) control model to reflect new SEAOPS procedures.

o This task will require software updates to the existing applications GL Studio® for Windows 10 environment compatibility.

o Test and install at:

EWTGPAC

EWTGLANT

o Deliver VELCAC installation media for 3 additional locations

NOTE: DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) FOR LANDING CRAFT, AIR CUSHION (LCAC)

SERVICE LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM (SLEP) CURRICULUM AND TRAINER UPDATE FY2020

IS BEING PROVIDED AS AN ATTACHMENT.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The preponderance of the effort can be completed at the contractor’s facility with installation, integration and final testing to be conducted at the trainer sites. The anticipated allocation of work among the places of performance is:

Location % On-Site Government % Off-Site Contractor

EWTGLANT 30 70

EWTGPAC 30 70

PROGRAM BACKGROUND: The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Training System Division, FL, is designated as the training system acquisition agent for PMS-377 to contract for the task to accomplish this Baseline update on training device(s) 20G6 FMT, 20G8-F Classroom (Operations and Maintenance variants to include Course Curriculum), and 20G9 VELCAC. DiSTI accomplished the last trainer baseline updates of the LCAC Family of Trainers under contracts N61340-18-C-0018.

A general summary of the trainer changes under the SBC4 BC7 effort is provided below. NOTE: THIS

DESCRIPTION MAY NOT ENCOMPASS ALL CHANGES TO THE LCAC FAMILY OF TRAINERS.

• LCAC functionality baseline Model Update: The virtual model used in the FMT, VELCAC, and Operator and Maintenance courses will need to be updated.

• Maintenance Course CBT Update.

• Operator Course CBT Update: Changes entail the modifications required to implement SBC4

BC7 functionality updates as defined in SEAOPS. While major changes are not required, all the checklist steps will need to be recaptured and programmed into Flash. Popups for all the new NOTES/CAUTIONS/WARNINGS will need to be created. The tracked steps will be re-organized and the software that walks the student through each step will need to be updated.

RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS: Responses by interested parties shall be written and should provide documentation on their firm’s experience in similar updates, capabilities, schedule, and cost/rough order of magnitude (ROM) to meet the requirements that demonstrates the ability to fulfill the trainer enhancements and tasks presented in this Sources Sought.

EXPERIENCE: Implementation of the SBC4 BC7 configuration will require modifications to the curriculum, CBT, and LCAC training devices, including 20G6 FMT, 20G9 VELCAC, and 20G8-F Operations and Maintenance Classroom. Companies should provide details showing their experience with amphibious ship well deck operations, LCAC crew stations, Navy curriculum development, software products employed on the LCAC family of trainers, Reusable Software Objects (RSO), as well as work that is substantially similar to this effort and any relevant experience on US Navy Surface trainer simulation developments.

CAPABILITIES: Interested parties should provide a brief company introduction and details on the company/organization, including any potential teaming arrangements. Include information on program management, systems engineering, requirements management, risks, and software development plans and processes. Discuss any customary business practices that might affect the firm’s fulfillment of the requirement or its relationship with the Navy customer. To successfully accomplish this effort, candidates must have experience and knowledge related to:

• LCAC operations and crew responsibilities.

• LCAC control cabin equipment and operation by the crew.

• LCAC Control Alarm and Monitoring System (CAMS).

• The DiSTI Corporation’s GL Studio®.

• LCAC Host and IOS functionality

SCHEDULE: The Government anticipates the effort to require first delivery to be completed by July 30, 2021. Installation test and acceptance to be accomplished during scheduled class break of November 17, 2021 through January 18, 2021. Companies should provide comments as to their likelihood of satisfying the requirements stated above.

ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE (ROM): Interested parties should provide a cost/ROM to meet the requirements that demonstrates the ability to fulfill the trainer enhancements and tasks presented in this Sources Sought.

NOTE: THE ANTICIPATED GOVERNMENT’S BUDGET FOR THIS EFFORT IS $300K.

SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION: Responses from large corporations should discuss any potential participation by small, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, or woman owned small business concerns.

SIZE STATUS: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 333318, size standard of 1000 employees. The Product Service Code is 6910. Companies must identify their size status, the results of which will be utilized as guidance to determine any potential set-aside basis.

SUBMISSION DETAILS: Interested parties shall submit responses by email to Xavier Rojas, at xavier.e.rojas@navy.mil and copy Reagan Gill at reagan.gill@navy.mil. Please submit all written questions by email to Xavier Rojas, at xavier.e.rojas@navy.mil. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of any subsequent RFP will be accepted prior to its release.

One electronically submitted response shall be received no later than 10:00 am Eastern Time on 8 June 2020 and reference: LANDING CRAFT AIR CUSHION (LCAC) SBC4 TRAINER UPDATE – Sources Sought, No. N6134020R0104.

Submissions shall be no more than ten (10) 8.5 x 11 inch pages excluding tables, spreadsheets, and graphics; with a font size no smaller than 10 point; and single line spacing. Documentation should be organized into the following sections: Experience, Capabilities, Schedule, Cost/ROM, and Small Business Participation. All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, Points-of-Contact (POC) including name(s), phone number, fax number, and email address.

NAWCTSD will use the responses to the sources sought to make an informed decision concerning the strategy it will pursue to meet its objectives and, if NAWCTSD elects to proceed with a procurement, to structure the solicitation to maximize commercial sector interest.

DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND

SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN

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AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE

AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY

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