Tech Questions for RFI.docx

Signature Management Exercise, Experimentation and Demonstration Technical Support

· Describe your company's past experience on previous projects (no more than three examples) similar in complexity to this requirement. Include contract numbers, a brief description of the work performed, period of performance, agency/organization supported, and individual points of contact (Contracting Officer or Program Manager). Include your company's responsibility/role as a prime and or subcontractor on each of these projects.

· Please provide your approach to accommodate this requirement and your risk mitigation strategy.

· Describe briefly the elements of your company and the nature of the goods and/or services you provide. Include a description of your staff composition and management structure.

· Describe the major risks you foresee in executing an effort of this scope. What steps would you likely take to mitigate the risks?

· Describe the percentage of the effort that will be provided by small business, including the rationale to support that percentage.

· Describe any other relevant topics, concerns, and information that will help the USG in forming an acquisition strategy.

· Are there any commercial business practices unique to your industry? If so, please describe.

· What are your past experiences in providing technology development solutions for airbase signature management and passive defense in the electro-optical (includes visible and infrared), and radio frequency spectrum? What past experiences in providing integrated system level solutions that is at a technology readiness level 6 or higher?

· What capacity can you support quick-turn tradeoff digital design capability analyses (i.e digital designs/architectures, modeling & simulation assessments, etc)? Please specify tools of use.

· What capacity can you support cost efficient and timely prototypes for demonstration purposes? What capacity of flexibility can your technologies provide for durability (extreme weather, shipping constraints), scalability, application variability, etc.? What is your manufacturability capacity (aka MRL)?

· What capacity of technical support and services can you provide for future operational & maintenance support?