DSIP_DVEWide_Market_Survey_2017June6Final.pdf

Market Survey

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

This is a Request for Information (RFI). No contract will be awarded from this announcement.

This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this market survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests.

Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. It is the responsibility of Industry, when providing any comments/responses, to properly mark such information that is considered proprietary or is otherwise restricted.

DISCLAIMER:

The United States Government (USG) is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Nor is the

Government obligated for like data in possession of third parties or for data which is afterwards placed in the public domain by the contractor or by third parties through no fault of the USG.

Should the USG need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between

Government offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place.

Reference herein to any specific commercial company, product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or the Department of the Army (DA). The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the DA, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST

Questions towards and responses to this request for information should be sent via e-mail to

Contract Specialist at john.j.finn75.civ@mail.mil. You are requested to put “BRADLEY A4 SMI and Optics” in the subject line of the e-mail. Any request for clarifications shall also be addressed to Contract Specialist at john.j.finn75.civ@mail.mil.

Responses to the RFI are due on 12 June 2017 at 9 am EST. Please note that all questions and answers will be posted anonymously to this website. The cut-off date for submitting questions is

10 days prior to closing. Questions that are received by this office after the deadline will be considered late and may not be answered.

Any information that cannot be sent via email can be sent on two (2) identical compact disks

(CDs) to the following address:

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren

ATTN: John J. Finn III

TACOM

6501 E 11 Mile Rd

Warren, MI 48397

INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY:

Manufacturer

a. Name: ________________________________________________________

b. Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________

c. Website: ________________________________________________________

Personnel Responding to RFI

a. Name: ________________________________________________________

b. Title: ________________________________________________________

c. Company Responsibility/Position:

d. Telephone/Fax Numbers:

e. E-Mail Address: ________________________________________________________

f. CAGE (commercial and Government entity) Code (if any):

OBJECTIVE:

The purpose of this market survey questionnaire is to obtain information on industry’s capability to provide two separate non-developmental items (NDI): (1) US ARMY BRADLEY A4 Driver

Viewer Enhance – Wide (DVE Wide) and (2) US ARMY BRADLEY A4 Driver Switch

Indicator Panel (DSIP).

If you have either a NDI DVE Wide and/or DSIP, please respond. The capability to provide either a DVE Wide or DSIP will be evaluated separately if needed.

Product Manager (PdM) Bradley is considering sources of production hardware, software, and support for logistics, project management, and quality support for Soldier Machine Interface

(SMI) and Driver Optic technologies onto the Bradley IFV A4 platform. These new technologies will interoperate with Bradley A3 technologies interfacing with the A4 platform systems.

1. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

a. Describe your company’s Driver Optics that provides the driver with a 107 degree wide by 40 degree vertical viewing area.

b. Describe your company’s indicator and switch panel that can be used by the

Bradley operator to power vehicle, minor diagnostics, and works in conjunction with other systems.

c. Describe your product performance with the Vehicle as it applies to the Soldier

Machine (Human Computer) Interface (SMI), Tactical Displays, and Vehicle

Operation and Maintenance.

d. Describe your company’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) certification. Identify the divisions(s) in your company that currently holds that certification.

e. Describe your Quality Management system (QMS). Is your company

International Organization Standardization (ISO) 9001 certified?

f. Describe your company’s component obsolescence plan/capability.

g. Describe your company's ability to provide fully qualified product for Bradley A4 production no later than June of 2018

h. How many Driver Optics is your company capable of producing per month?

i. How many indicator and switch panel is your company capable of producing per month?

j. Provide your facility clearance and what level of classification you process at your contract facility. Describe how your company handles Classified, Sensitive

Compartmented Information (SCI), and Special Access Program (SAP) data.

Response must discuss information, facilities, materials, equipment, and personnel.

2. Soldier Machine Interface (SMI)/Optics

a. Describe your product performance with the SMI. The SMI presents Bradley

Crew members/Maintainers with vehicle functionality and allows the

Crew/Maintainers to input commands and make selections in the vehicle system.

It also provides the Crew/Maintainers with status indicators, system information, and feedback.

b. Describe product operation with states and modes effects, SMI, Driver Interfaces, Commanders and Squad Leaders Display interfaces, screen architecture, operator input, pop up and dynamic messages, VHMS interface and keyboard, display screens (Malfunction(MALF)), Vehicle Version Identification (VVID),and

Embedded Vehicle Reprogramming (EVR)), and Embedded Vehicle Training

(EVT).

c. Specifically describe product performance with enhanced driver viewing, and vision in a day or night setting.

d. Responses should indicate if product(s) were ever fielded into a ground combat vehicle(s).

3. Capability: Test and & Evaluation

a. Describe your in-house testing capabilities. How have you applied MIL-STD-

810G?

b. Please describe your experience with Government Testing requirements such as component qualification testing, writing technical reports, and Safety Assessment

Reports using DI-SAFT-80102b?

c. What data analysis tools and data recorders for test and evaluation do you use?

Give examples of how you have applied to data analysis.

d. Please describe your organization’s experience with National Security Agency

(NSA) and Information Assurance certification?

4. Capability: Logistics

a. Describe your organization’s experience and capability in planning, establishing and managing an Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) Program that incorporates the following ILS Elements. This includes identifying computer-based tools/systems utilized:

i. Computer Resources

ii. Design Interface

iii. Facilities & Infrastructure

iv. Maintenance Planning & Management

v. Manpower & Personnel

vi. Packaging, Handling, Storage & Transportation (PHS&T)

vii. Product Support Management

viii. Supply Support

ix. Support Equipment

x. Sustaining Engineering

xi. Technical Data Management

xii. Training & Training Support

b. Describe your organization’s experience, skill and capability with developing (1)

Logistics Product Data, (2) Logistics Product Data Summaries, (3) Logistics

Management Information (LMI) using Department of Defense (DoD) adopted industry standard GEIA-STD-0007 (Logistic Product Data) and military standard

MIL-PRF-49506 (logistic management Information). Identify computer Based tools/systems utilized to manage and generate these product data items.