E2FDS-Market_Survey2_-_FollowOn.pdf

As a follow-on to the original Early Entry Fluid Distribution System (E2FDS) Market Survey released in June 2014, the Government is looking to gain additional information on commercial industry capability to satisfy the Command and Control Module (C2M) component of the

E2FDS system.

1. Please answer all questions with detailed and specific information.

2. If you cannot answer a question, please indicate No Response.

3. Provide detailed information on your experience in these areas including the Contract

Number and/or Program/Project Name for which your company has gained this experience.

4. If your company is planning to outsource any part of the C2M please provide detailed information on the subcontractor’s experience including the Contract Number and/or

Program/Project Name for which the company you are planning to subcontract with has gained this experience.

Question 1: Looking to gain confidence that your company can deliver a communications network to remotely monitor and control up to 40 pump stations along a pipeline 50 miles long.

Please provide details on the communication network your company has experience that would demonstrate this capability. At minimum, please provide the following information with your response:

a. System Information (name, nomenclature, Government sponsor, NSA certification level, NSA certification date)

b. Cost Information (quantity, warranty, logistics/support)

c. System Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

d. Operational testing experience

e. Logistics, training, and repair experience

f. Ancillaries (antennas, modems)

g. Will this effort be performed by your company or by a subcontractor? If the effort is being performed by a subcontractor, please detail any agreements that are currently in place.

If your approach utilizes wireless communications, please answer questions h-i:

h. Waveform Information (waveform, link budget, capacity, routing architecture, performance data) Hardware Performance (frequency band, size, weight, power draw, range). How can the wireless radio be modified to meet spectrum requirements of countries outside US?

i. How will the system address communications to pump stations where line of sight is not supported due to terrain or ground clutter?

Question 2: Describe your Company's:

a. Software Engineering Institute, Capability Maturity Model Integration (SEI CMMI) level assessment. In the absence of a CMMI evaluation, present evidence of an equivalent industry standard software development process certification or present evidence of an equivalent mature software development process practiced in your organization.

b. Experience designing/developing/integrating software for closed-loop real-time control systems on distributed networks.

c. Experience designing/developing/integrating touch screen graphical user interfaces.

d. Will this effort be performed by your company or by a subcontractor? If the effort is place.

Question 3: What experience does your Company have incorporating Information Technology security protections in your designs to insure they meet Government security information assurance controls per DOD 8500.2 Information Assurance Implementation dated 6 February

2003 in the following areas? (Please answer each separately):

a. Securing embedded diagnostics and prognostics capabilities.

b. Development of secure software.

c. Mechanisms to secure communication between different modules within your system or with other systems.

d. Any other IT security mechanism implemented in your systems.

e. Will this effort be performed by your company or by a subcontractor? If the effort is place

Question 4: What experience does your company have certifying and accrediting a system that you have developed through DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation

Process (DIACAP), and if so, on what Systems and to what extent did your company support the

DIACAP activities?

Question 5: The Government intends to award up to two five year, Firm Fixed Price Indefinite

Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts that will include both the Engineering & Manufacturing

Development (EMD) phase and the Production & Deployment (PD) phase. A contract and minimum order quantity will be awarded to up to two successful offerors for the EMD phase after which a competition under fair opportunity in accordance with FAR 16.505(b)(1) will be conducted for the PD phase.

a. Would this contracting strategy preclude your company from competing for this award?

b. If yes, why?