Sources Sought Notice_MDA22ABSSN02.pdf

Source Selection Sensitive See FAR 2.101 & 3.104

Sources Sought

Document Type: Sources Sought Solicitation Number: MDA22ABSSN02 Classification Code: A - Research & Development NAICS Code: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part

5.101 requiring the dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This Sources Sought notice is being conducted by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to seek possible sources for requirements reflected below. This is not a solicitation; request for proposal or quotation. Participation in this effort is voluntary with no cost or obligation to be incurred by the MDA. All costs associated with responding to this Source Sought will be solely at the respondent’s expense. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this contemplated effort. Submissions of capability statements will be separate from, and have no bearing on, submissions in response to any future Request for Proposal, if one is issued.

Eligibility to participate in any future acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice.

Response Time/Date: As specified in Beta.SAM announcement

Respond by Email to: anthony.kram@mda.mil sherman.mayle@mda.mil

Background:

The MDA is responsible for developing and fielding an integrated, layered Missile Defense System (MDS) to protect the United States and its allies from missile attack by providing homeland and regional missile defense. The MDS layered approach includes sensors, kinetic energy systems, directed energy systems, battle management, and command control elements that will engage threats at all ranges and throughout the battlespace.

Based on current information available, the MDA anticipates a 5-year contract, awarded to a company who can demonstrate the capability to provide qualified personnel and to perform Operations and Sustainment (O&S) activities ensuring that the Aegis Combat System (ACS) is available for Developmental Testing (DT), Operational Testing (OT), and Fleet tests.

Additionally, MDA is seeking companies who have capability, and who are interested, to provide expertise for engineering, integration, operations, testing and analysis for the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) and ACS.

The purpose of this sources sought notice is for market research to identify interested and capable alternative sources to conduct preventative and corrective maintenance, and repair equipment on the ACS located at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) in accordance with standard Navy practices. All responses received will be considered for meeting the MDA’s requirements and determination of final sole source or competitive acquisition strategy for the follow-on contract.

The current contract by which these services are being provided to the MDA is HQ0276-18-C- 0003, awarded to Lockheed Martin on September 5, 2018. This was solicited as full and open competition, but only one offer was received.

Description:

This is a follow-on requirement in support the AAMDTC ACS and associated equipment in the Re-constitutable Deck House, Deck House Support Building and Launch Facility at Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.

The Contractor shall ensure that the ACS is operational and available to support DT, OT, and Fleet tests.

ACS O&S Services:

The contractor will need to demonstrate expertise and capability to provide key personnel and daily O&S Services on location to the ACS and its elements/sub elements consisting of the following:

• AN/SPY-1D(V) (including Multi-Mission Signal Processor

• Vertical Launch System

• Command and Decision System

• Weapon Control System

• MK 99 Fire Control System

• Aegis Display System

• Aegis Computer Infrastructure

• Operational Readiness and Test System

• Aegis Training Domain

Duties include routine preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, calibrations, alignments, equipment adjustments, operation, and corrosion control on the ACS and components in accordance with standard Navy practices.

AWS Operations and Engineering Support:

The contractor will need to demonstrate expertise and capability to provide key personnel for conducting operations, systems engineering, integration support, and various testing for the AWS and its components:

• Aegis Computing Infrastructure

• Mission Planner

• Aegis Display System

• Weapon Control System

• Command & Decision

• Multi-Mission Signal Processor

• AN/SPY-1 Radar Control Computer Program

• Radar Control Computer Program

• Operational Readiness Test System

• Aegis Training Domain

Logistics and Engineering Studies Support:

The contractor will need to demonstrate expertise and capability to provide key personnel to update and maintain a unique Level 3 Technical Data Package (TDP), Ships Integration TDP, Combat System Site Interface Criteria to reflect configuration changes, and CDMD-OA for AAMDTC Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System, and AWS.

The contractor will need to demonstrate expertise and capability to provide technical expertise, analysis, applicable technical drawings, and design documentation to assist in the planning and analysis for future potential AWS/ACS integration projects. Engineering and technical analysis are required to conduct studies and provide on-site support at AAMDTC to support Host Nation design issues discovered during operations to aid in the development, design, and test of corrective actions.

Security Clearance:

The highest level of personnel and facility security classifications for this effort will be at the Secret level.

Response Instructions:

Vendors who are interested in this requirement and have the requisite capabilities shall submit a Capabilities Statement by the date and time required in this announcement. The capability statement shall include the information specified in the chart below. At a minimum, capability statements shall identify technical capabilities, key personnel expertise and qualifications, relevant experience in management and surveillance, of equipment and systems, as well as planning and coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance activities, installations, and repairs. Partial solutions will not be accepted.

The capability statement shall not exceed 10 pages.

Markings:

Proprietary information is neither sought nor desired by the MDA. If proprietary information is submitted, it must clearly be marked "proprietary" on every sheet containing such information and the proprietary information must be segregated to the maximum extent practicable from other portions of the response (e.g., paragraph markings, image markings, or use an attachment or exhibit). Respondents are responsible for adequately marking proprietary information contained in their response. Respondents to this request shall mark, protect, and transmit DoD Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 5200.48 “DoD CUI Program.” Do not send any classified information.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and its amendments have resulted in an increasing number of requests from outside the Government for copies of contract qualifications and proposals submitted to federal agencies. If a respondent’s submissions contain information that he/she believes should be withheld from such requestors under FOIA on the grounds that they contain “trade secrets and commercial or financial information” [5 USC§552(b)(4)], the respondent should mark its submissions in the following manner:

The following notice should be placed on the title page: “Some parts of this document, as identified on individual pages, are considered by the respondent to be privileged or confidential trade secrets or commercial or financial information not subject to mandatory disclosure under the FOIA. Material considered privileged or confidential on such grounds is contained on page(s) [enter page number(s)].” Each individual item considered privileged or confidential under FOIA should be marked with the following notice: “The data or information is considered by the submitter to be confidential or privileged, and is not subject to mandatory disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.”

Response Review:

The MDA intends to use government and third party, non-government (i.e., contractor) support personnel as subject matter experts in the review of responses received, including the review of any marked or unmarked proprietary information provided. Appropriate nondisclosure agreements will be executed between the third party, non-government support personnel and the MDA. As a general policy, contractors providing advisory and assistance services to the Agency, particularly in the engineering, acquisition support, and quality functional areas, cannot develop or support the development of the Agency’s procurement efforts. This separation of contractual responsibilities is critical to ensuring the Agency obtains independent and objective advice.

Submission of a response under this Source Sought constitutes a grant of authority by the respondent to the MDA to allow access to these third party individuals to any content of the submission that may constitute material within the ambit of the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C.

1905.

Respondents will not be notified of receipt or of the results of any review of this Source Sought;

however, the Contracting Officer may request clarification of submissions.

Contracting Office Address:

Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Sea-Based Weapon Systems (AB) Suite 160 Dahlgren, VA 22448

Primary Points of Contract:

Anthony (Shane) Kram Contracting Officer anthony.kram@mda.mil Phone: 540-663-6185

Sherman Mayle Contract Specialist sherman.mayle@mda.mil Phone: 540-663-7934

Capability information chart:

Information Requested Response Organization Overview Organization Name

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) Codes

Number of years of corporate experience

Provide services as Prime Contractor? (Yes/No) Previous Experience Provide examples of previous contracts where similar work has been performed satisfactorily

Geographic Scope Describe previous experience, current corporate footprint and ability to provide described services on the Island of Kauai

Point of Contact Provide name, address, telephone number, and email address of person to contact regarding this information