Sources Sought Notice - LTRaC MAC 3 Open Season.docx

Sources Sought Notice: Potential Open Season for Live Training, Ranges, and Combat Training Centers (LTRaC) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) 3

INTRODUCTION: The U.S. Army Contracting Command APG-Orlando Division is conducting market research on behalf of the U.S. Army Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training, Test and Threat (CPE ST3), to assess industry interest and capability related to a potential open season/rolling admission for the Live Training, Ranges, and Combat Training Centers Multiple Award Contract 3 (LTRaC MAC 3).

LTRaC MAC 3 is a full-and-open multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract vehicle supporting complex life-cycle support activities for live-training ranges.

This notice is issued for market-research and planning purposes only. The Government has not determined whether it will conduct an open season or make additional awards.

DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES. THE GOVERNMENT WILL USE THE INFORMATION RECEIVED TO INFORM ITS ACQUISITION STRATEGY. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS NOTICE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND IS NOT BINDING ON THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION, INVITATION FOR BID, REQUEST FOR QUOTATION, OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, AND IS NOT A COMMITMENT BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO PROCURE THE SUBJECT SUPPLIES OR SERVICES. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR INFORMATION REQUESTED OR COMPENSATE ANY RESPONDENT FOR COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARING A RESPONSE. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS VOLUNTARY. FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE OPEN-SEASON SOLICITATION, IF ONE IS ISSUED.

IF A FUTURE OPEN-SEASON SOLICITATION IS ISSUED, IT WILL BE POSTED ON SAM.GOV. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR SAM.GOV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS REQUIREMENT.

SCOPE OF WORK: LTRaC MAC 3 is a full-and-open multiple-award IDIQ contract vehicle supporting complex life-cycle support activities for live-training systems. The MAC supports new products and equipment, continuous technology refreshment, modernization, studies, developmental efforts, systems integration, fielding, sustainment, and related efforts that are complex in scope, require integration of multiple subsystems, or apply across multiple sites.

MAC 3 supports requirements associated with:

· U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps live-fire ranges;

· Combat Training Centers;

· Homestation Instrumentation Training System (HITS);

· Synthetic Training Environment–Live Training Systems (STE-LTS);

· Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Capability – Instrumentation System (JPMRC-IS); and

· Digital Range Training System (DRTS) ranges, including Tier 2 Integrated Player Units and radio-frequency range-equipment technology refreshment.

Individual delivery/task orders may include trade studies, analysis and forecasting, data collection, design, development, impact assessment, information assurance, procurement, integration, installation, testing, system training, documentation, logistics support, and disposal, as applicable to the specific program requirement.

Any future open-season solicitation, if issued, is anticipated to require offerors to meet eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria substantially similar to those used for the original MAC 3 solicitation. Resulting awards, if any, are anticipated to have terms and conditions materially identical to the existing MAC 3 contractor pool.

Eligibility: This Sources Sought Notice is issued on a full-and-open basis under NAICS code 333310, Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing.

Respondents shall identify their current business-size status under NAICS code 333310 and identify any applicable socioeconomic status.

RESPONSES REQUESTED: Interested parties are requested to submit a capability statement addressing the following:

1. Management Approach Describe your management approach and processes that will be utilized throughout execution of tasks under LTRaC MAC 3.

2. Relevant Complex Live Training Range Experience Describe your company’s experience providing products, systems, or services supporting United States military live-training ranges, including Home Station ranges and Combat Training Centers.

Describe your experience performing, or your approach to performing, development of new capabilities, modernization, technology refreshment, or comparable work on live-training ranges involving one or more of the following:

· integration across multiple subsystems;

· work at multiple military installations or locations;

· complex modernization or developmental efforts; or

· Tier 2 Integrated Player Unit or radio-frequency range-equipment technology refreshment.

3. Live Training Transformation Capability Describe your company’s experience with, or approach to, utilizing Live Training Transformation (LT2) hardware or software product lines to support an effort on a live-training range. Address, as applicable, experience or capability related to:

Integrating commercial off-the-shelf hardware and LT2 software into a system;

Supporting compliance with an existing Authority to Operate or developing or updating artifacts for a new Authority to Operate; Applying LT2 processes when using LT2 product lines; or updating an LT2 component. Identify the applicable live-training-range program or comparable environment, if any.

4. Business Size and Socioeconomic Status State whether your company is classified as a large or small business under NAICS code 333310. If applicable, identify any socioeconomic status, including SBA 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Women-Owned Small Business certification.

5. Subcontracting Approach If your company anticipates subcontracting to obtain or deliver technical capability, identify the tasks proposed for subcontracting, anticipated subcontractors, and the estimated percentage of subcontracted effort anticipated to be performed by small businesses.

6. Government Property Management State whether your company maintains an entity-level property-management plan or system capable of managing Government-furnished property that may be provided under future delivery or task orders.

INFORMATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Responses shall be submitted electronically via email to the points of contact identified below. Responses shall include documentation of technical expertise and capability in sufficient detail for the Government to assess the respondent’s ability to compete for a potential future open-season solicitation.

1. Only email submissions will be accepted.

2. Responses shall be submitted in Microsoft Office-compatible formats, including .xlsx, .docx, or .pptx, or Adobe Acrobat .pdf format.

3. Classified material will not be accepted.

4. Material samples will not be accepted.

5. The cover sheet shall include:

· Company name;

· Address;

· Company website;

· Point of contact name, title, email address, and telephone number;

· CAGE code;

· Unique Entity Identifier;

· Business type and size;

· Applicable socioeconomic status, if any; and

· A statement indicating whether the firm is foreign owned, foreign controlled, or subject to foreign influence.

6. Responses shall be submitted to:

Roberto J. GotayGarcia, Procuring Contracting Officer roberto.j.gotaygarcia.civ@army.mil Amanda J. Harris, Contract Specialist amanda.j.harris42.civ@army.mil

7. Responses are due no later than 14 calendar days after publication of this notice.