TSS Production Contract RFI Update_20200226 Final.docx

Solicitation W909MY19RD0005 Request for Information (RFI) - Tactical Security System Production and Integration Contract

Request for Information (RFI) For the Tactical Security System Production and Integration Contract

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THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY – This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. Solicitations are not available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the United States Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the United States Government. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Responses are due by 1600 EST 11 March 2020. Please submit all RFI’s to Tamara Jenkins, tamara.n.jenkins.civ@mail.mil and rosetta.wisdom-russell.civ@mail.mil.

The subject line for the email submission shall read as follows:

Subject: RFI: “W909MY20RA019”- Tactical Security System (TSS) Production and Integration Contract- “Company Name”.

Product Management Force Protection Systems (PM FPS) is conducting market research to determine potential vendors in the marketplace that can produce and integrate units and perform life-cycle sustainment for the Tactical Security System (TSS) currently in development.

The effort will primarily entail:

· Integration and delivery of TSS kits comprised of primarily Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components based on a Government-owned Technical Data Package (TDP)

· Providing Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) including repairs, sparing, and obsolescence management/engineering changes during the production period

TSS is an Army Program of Record (POR) that reached Milestone B and entered the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase in October 2018. The Government anticipates entering the Production and Deployment Phase 4QFY20 with the award of a production and sustainment contract to support Full Rate Production (FRP) in 3QFY21. Quantities will initially include thirty-six (36) production units over five (5) years with the potential for additional units to replace aging quick-reaction systems in theater and to meet emerging requirements.

The TSS mission is to support short and long term security, surveillance and detection missions. These missions include but are not limited to: Internment/Resettlement (I/R) operations; perimeter security; internal security areas within base camps or installations; outside the perimeter, border or boundary, primary and high priority routes; Route Clearance; Homeland Security missions and any named areas of interest (NAI), or other missions as directed by the Commander.

The TSS is a modular, scalable, lightweight, rapidly deployable, ground based security and surveillance system of systems providing short and long term security and persistent surveillance. TSS and its components are designed to be employed as a stand-alone system, in a layered effort, or integrated with additional force protection (FP) systems. Integration with additional sensors will be obtained through network communications and software in line with Net-Ready requirements. TSS will be packaged in two tricon containers for transportation and storage with a built-in organization system allowing for gaining units to custom select components needed for the mission. TSS includes Near Real Time (NRT) imaging sensors and interfaces with motion, acoustic, seismic, surface and subterranean detection technology.

All sensor components will be COTS or Non-Developmental Items (NDI) with Government provided software providing the networking and Command and Control (C2) capabilities. The custom components will include a data and power distribution box and additional power management boxes. As part of the EMD phase, a build-to-print, production-level TDP will be developed as well as initial operator and maintainer manuals, supplemental manuals, and training materials. During the FRP phase, the TDP and manuals will be maintained by the contractor based on the Government provided configuration management plan and all system updates will be made in conjunction with the Government through Configuration Control Boards (CCBs).

Below are the life cycle sustainment support objective details that describe the Government’s product support strategy. The production and sustainment contractor is intended to provide Continental U.S. (CONUS) support with the option of providing Outside the Continental U.S. (OCONUS) field service representatives (FSRs) for installation, maintenance, and training.

A. Contractor Logistics Support Strategy Provide life cycle sustainment management to include Performance Based Logistics detailing the logistic elements necessary to sustain the operational availability of the payload. Perform intermediate level repairs, depot level repairs, repair facility capacity, Repair Turn Around Times (RTAT) detailing threshold and objective times for standard, non-standard, and planned maintenance, and the strategy for transportation and shipping, bench-stock, special tools and test equipment. RTAT for depot level repair should average thirty (30) days. If needed, provide OCONUS FSR support including installation, maintenance and repairs.

Conduct supportability analysis such as level of repair analysis (LORA), Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) - detailing Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), core logistics analysis (CLA), core depot assessment, transition plan for organic sustainment, business case analysis (BCA), cost benefit analysis, analysis of alternatives based on operational approaches and maintenance concept for the system.

B. Sustainment Engineering Support Capture and analyze failure data for predictive analysis; preventative maintenance strategy, inventory management for spare parts; general configuration management to maintain subsystem functions in support of the system; integrate Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) into the system support. Develop and implement required design changes through Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) to resolve operational issues. Work with the Government and external contractors for software and Government Furnished Property (GFP) updates. Comply with Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements and assist the Government in the Authority to Operate (ATO) renewal process.

C. Depot Source of Repair (DSOR) and Depot Material Repair and Management (DMRM) Develop the framework for establishing depot level repair capability to sustain the system; facilitate an organic depot capability through a public/private partnership (P3) to support a peacetime workload scenario; develop a Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Management Plan for managing component obsolescence; provide Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC); conduct incoming component inspections; test and verify that repairs are being conducted; manage manufacturer warranty services and maintain product software licenses.

D. Training Maintain and update the existing TSS operator and maintainer manuals. These manuals typically include operational and maintenance instructions, parts list, and related technical information procedures exclusive of administrative procedures. Maintain and update existing TSS training materials that feed embedded and instructor-based training curriculum. If needed, provide training to units OCONUS.

Respondents that can meet the TSS production and sustainment objectives outlined above and can provide best practice and superior sustainment solutions, please fill out the RFI Submission Items below. If you have already responded to a prior RFI for this effort, you may resubmit your responses with updates if necessary. Respondents are requested to provide their response in a Microsoft Word compatible file or PDF format. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified. Information received in response to this RFI will be safeguarded adequately from unauthorized disclosure. Please limit responses to thirty (30) pages or fewer. The font shall be Times New Roman and no smaller than 10pt with at least a one-inch margin.

Potential Respondents shall describe their capabilities to successfully perform these services, in accordance with all applicable U.S. laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. The Army Contracting Command on the behalf of PM FPS is seeking the following information:

1. Company Name, Contact Name, Position, Telephone, E-mail, Cage Code, and Company URL.

2. Describe your ability to integrate COTS components into a functional kit including your ability to produce or procure custom auxiliary equipment such as cables and brackets and perform minor assemblies. Include your abilities to surge production for urgent fielding needs.

3. Describe your experience working with and updating a Government-owned TDP and implementing ECPs in collaboration with the Government. This includes maintaining overall kit/system functionality as OEMs make updates to COTS products.

4. Describe your experience/ability to update manuals, technical publications, and training materials IAW Army regulations while keeping usability and readability as a focus to the final product.

5. Describe your experience/ability to produce and sustain a final assembly of COTS products while complying with RMF controls and your abilities to assist the Government in the ATO renewal process.

6. Describe your abilities to perform acceptance and integration testing. This will include additional testing to incorporate ECPs and C2 software updates into the system.

7. Describe your company’s sustainment engineering approach through End of Life (EOL) to include: Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) management, warranty and software license management, system maintenance data, reliability and maintainability trends, root cause analysis of in-service problems, preventative maintenance, obsolescence management, configuration management, and resolution of safety related deficiencies.

8. Describe how/if your companies methodologies are consistent with the DSOR methodology and DMRM approach including support capabilities to sustain the system and an outline of planned transitions to determine the optimum depot-level maintenance support that considers organic, commercial, or a combination of organic and commercial sources of repair for the payload life cycle.

9. Describe your company’s process for detecting and repairing component defects before Government acceptance and the quality standards used to ensure a system is fully mission capable before going back out into the field. Do any of your existing processes include information required under Data Item Description (DID) DI-ILSS-80739?

10. Describe your company’s application of best business practices and processes as they relate to life cycle sustainment (risk management to optimize the payload life cycle sustainment cost; success stories for public-private partnerships for depot-level maintenance; supply chain risk management approach i.e. strategic supplier alliances with both US and non US component sources; value sustainment engineering; emerging technologies for sustainment and logistics; efficient supply support; distribution and transportation improvements; agile training capabilities; leveraging logistics data to reduce sustainment footprints).

11. Describe your company’s innovative improvements for configuration management; end-to-end sustainment IT solutions; sustainment operational logistics success stories; quality management programs, and approach to sustainment and logistics innovation.

12. Describe your company’s ability to provide OCONUS FSR support included providing qualified personnel that can meet the requirements of host nations and base commanders.

13. Do you consider the requirements above to be commercial (Kit assembly and creation and associated logistics support services) In accordance with the definitions of FAR 2.101? If so, under which definition do you consider them commercial (e.g COTS, Modified COTS, etc)?

14. If you believe the above requirements are commercial, or modification to a commercial item, do you provide similar products and services? Please indicate to whom and in what quantities.

15. Please identify your company's small business size standard based on the primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 334511– Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is 1,250 employees. For more information, please refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards.

Brief Summary of the company.

Company Information Company Name:

Company CAGE Code:

Company DUNS Number. If your Company holds a GSA Schedule contract (541 or other), please provide the Schedule number.

Company Address:

Company Website (if available):

Company Phone #:

Company email:

Company Representative and Business Title:

Company Socioeconomic Classification:

Please identify your company’s business size standard based on the primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 334511. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/tablesmall-businesssize-standards:

Small Business (SB), (8) (a), Woman-Owned (WOSB), Economically-Disadvantaged Women-Owned (EDWOSB), Veteran-Owned and Operated (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB), or Historically Underutilized Small Business-Zone (HUB Zone), Historically Black College and Universities/ Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)

16. If you identify your company as a Small Business or any of the SB subcategories as stipulated in Question #14, then is your company interested in a prime contract for the requirement?

17. Under the current SB recertification regulations, do you anticipate your company remaining a small business, under primary NAICS Code 334511?

NOTE: If you are a SB, answer questions 15A & B. All others skip to Question #16.

18. Does your company have experience as a prime contractor administering Multiple Award Contracts (MACs)?

19. If you answered "yes" to Question # 16, please provide as much of the following information as possible;

20. If your company is a large business or small business, please explain how you will utilize small businesses in meeting these requirements. Please include a realistic goal for work as derived from this RFI and indicate whether having socio-economic subcategory goals e.g. SDB, WOSB, EDWOSB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, etc. is feasible. If so, include those goals.

21. If you identify your company as a small business or any of the small business subcategories above, then is your company interested in a prime contract? If so, does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of these requirements? If not, please list which requirements your company can provide.

22. Is your company currently providing similar services (to include size and complexity) to another government agency (you may also include contract #s for government) or other non-government customer? If so, please identify the agency or non-government customer. If you are unwilling to share your customer's identity, please address whether your company offers the same or similar services commercially. Please provide Contract Number, Point of Contact (POC), email address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort?

23. What are the core competencies of your employees that would support the needs of the requirement? Also, provide the total number of individuals currently employed by your company that are capable of supporting the requirements.

24. Does your firm possess an approved Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) accounting system?

Respondents shall not be obligated to provide the services described herein and it is understood by the United States Government that the cost estimates provided as a result of this request are “best” estimates only.