OMFV_Sources_Sought.docx

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for Public Release Sources Sought / Market Survey Optionally-Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Program Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Posting Date: 15 Jun 2018 Response Required: 28 June 2018 Services Classification Code: AC42 -- R&D- Defense System: Tank/Automotive (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)

1. General Information There is no risk to you for participating in this survey. Participation in this effort is strictly voluntary with no obligation incurred by the United States Government (USG). The USG will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. However, this is an important opportunity for you to influence the development of requirements, our budget requests, and the full range of other elements supporting the acquisition strategy for this program. This survey, and all information herein is for informational planning purposes only and does not constitute a “Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid”, nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the USG.

2. Requesting For Official Use Only (FOUO) Information FOUO Information relevant to this sources sought is available to interested participants, for the purpose of submitting a white paper. In order for your company to receive this information, you must have an approved and current DD 2345 Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. The United States - Canada Joint Certification Program Office is the approver of these forms. For more information, please visit their website https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/PublicHome/jcp/default.aspx. We will only be providing the FOUO information to the custodian listed on the DD 2345 form.

If your company would like to receive the FOUO information, please send your email request to Mr. Keith DePoorter (keith.d.depoorter.civ@mail.mil) and Mr. Frank Wojcik (francis.a.wojcik.civ@mail.mil). Your request should contain the following:

· Your Company's name and address

· Your Name, Title, Office phone number and email address

· Copy of the approved DD2345

The USG will respond to requests within three (3) business days. Please note: an initial draft set of requirements is NOT currently available, but the Army intends to field a Bradley replacement. Any requests for the FOUO information will be fulfilled after both Government approval of release and vetting of Industry request. Please be advised, once your request has been approved, you will automatically receive any updated or additional FOUO information that becomes available during the duration of this sources sought.

3. Proprietary Information The USG acknowledges its obligations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation 3.104-4 to protect confidential information provided to the Government (18 U.S.C. §1905). Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secrets or proprietary restrictions placed upon qualifying data forwarded in response to this survey and to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following:

· Qualifying data must be clearly marked PROPRIETARY and be accompanied by an explanatory text so that the Government is clearly notified as to exactly what data so qualifies.

· Mark only data that is truly proprietary.

· Do not mark data that is already in the public domain or is already in possession of the USG or third parties on an unclassified basis.

· Proprietary data transmitted electronically must have the PROPRIETARY legend on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail as well as at the beginning of the file. Proprietary information contained within the correspondence shall use the legends: “PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS” and “PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS.”

Disclaimer. The 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.

Support Contractors:

The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent’s marking of data as “PROPRIETARY” will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available.

4. Submission Schedule All firms interested in participating are encouraged to submit comments on the requirements, schedule, and acquisition strategy in writing as described in Section #9. Firms that propose a whole system solution (i.e. not only components or subcomponents) may be invited to provide feedback directly (oral presentation) to Army Senior Leadership on 9 July. Selected companies will be asked to provide initial answers to questions (Section #9), the Vehicle Characteristics document (Attachment 01), and bio sheets for the individuals who will be representing the organization at the 9 July engagement with Army Senior Leaders.

Per the Questions section (Section #9) listed below, the following is the overview of the requested submission schedule:

· 28 June - Initial responses and questions due based on information contained in the sources sought.

· 29 June – Companies selected for 9 July engagement will be notified and asked to confirm attendance.

· 2 July (NLT 1200 hours) – Selected companies provide initial answers to questions (Section #9), the Vehicle Characteristics document (Attachment 01), and bio sheets for the individuals attending for Army Senior Leadership Read ahead.

· 9 July - Individual Feedback Sessions with USA/VCSA (by invitation only).

· 19 July - White papers submissions and additional questions due.

· Questions and responses related to programmatic issues and general concerns will be answered either through FedBizOps postings or during an OMFV Industry Day event held in conjunction with GVSETS on or about 9 August 2018 (tentative).

· 16 August - Written feedback due.

For all formal submissions, comments, or concerns to this sources sought please contact:

Keith DePoorter Email Address: keith.d.depoorter.civ@mail.mil

Brian Corrigan Email Address: brian.m.corrigan.civ@mail.mil

And

Frank Wojcik Email Address: francis.a.wojcik.civ@mail.mil

5. Purpose The U.S. Army, Project Manager Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV), herein after referred to as the United States Government (USG), is seeking information on performance capabilities, and technical data regarding Non-Developmental Item (NDI) and modified NDI combat platforms that could support the potential acquisition of a Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV), Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) platform. The USG would like to use this information to determine if the current requirements can be met with a low to moderate risk program that modifies an existing vehicle. The USG is also interested in soliciting industry input to determine if there are requirements that, with some adjustment, would allow other potential options to compete.

· The OMFV is an optionally manned platform that maneuvers Soldiers to a point of positional advantage to engage in close combat and deliver decisive lethality during the execution of combined arms maneuver, while simultaneously controlling maneuver robotics and semi-autonomous systems across the range of rural (open, semi-restricted and restricted) and dense urban terrain and environments.

· The OMFV will also replace the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle within the ABCT.

· The OMFV will need to establish and maintain contact between vehicle teams to maintain tactical situational awareness and must also possess the ability to communicate securely (via both data and voice) with higher levels of command in order to enhance overall situational awareness in a highly contested environment with more capable threats.

The requirements are further defined within the FOUO information that can be provided upon request. Please refer to Requesting FOUO Information (Section #2) for guidance on how to submit a request.

6. Background The Secretary of the Army and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (VCSA) approved the Army’s OMFV Acquisition concept in May 2018. The Army’s tentative plan is to release a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) in January 2019 with contract award in early FY20. The acquisition strategy will focus on NDI vehicles with minimal to moderate modifications. The results received from this sources sought will help inform the AOA.

7. Sources Sought Intent This sources sought will be utilized to determine: #1. What platforms exist today that could meet this operational capability #2. What platforms exist that may require minor to moderate modifications to meet this operational capability. #3. Which requirements are difficult or risky to meet on this timeline. #4. Which of those challenging requirements could be met with additional development time, and how much time would be required? #5. Industry feedback is also sought on the Army’s acquisition approach (schedule, fixed price development contracts, potential to request a bid sample be submitted with the proposal to evaluate design maturity, etc.).

The USG will use Industry feedback in a series of invitation-only, one-on-one engagement sessions with USA/VCSA on 9 July 2018 to provide initial thoughts on how to fill Army needs and feedback on initial high level requirements. On 23 July 2018, the Army will release updates to all interested parties based on the initial feedback with a formal request for written feedback due from Industry by 16 August 2018. Senior Army leadership will decide on top level requirements tradeoffs and release updated requirements with draft specification language for comment in September 2018.

The USG intends to engage Industry by using the FBO website, Industry Days, or other face to face engagements as determined by the USG. The intent of these engagements is to conduct market research about the challenges industry may face in developing the OMFV to meet the current requirements, and the risks associated with developing an executable moderate risk acquisition program.

8. Instructions for Responding to this Market Survey A. Interested parties should respond with a letter addressing all of the administrative and survey information requested below.

B. For the purposes of this sources sought, interested parties may provide responses with regards to any combination of the listed tasks.

C. Please respond to every question in your response. If you cannot answer the question, please indicate this by responding with “No response.”

D. Please spell out all acronyms in their first instance of use.

E. To ensure proper handling of your response, please clearly mark any proprietary information in accordance with Section #3 Proprietary Information.

Administrative Information Required I. Company Name:

II. Mailing Address:

III. CAGE Code:

IV. DUNS Number:

V. Business Type (Indicate all that apply):

· Large Business

· Small Business

· 8(a)

· Disabled Veteran

· Hub Zone

· Minority Owned

· Women Owned

VI. Contact Information for Responding to this sources sought:

a. Name:

b. Title:

c. Mailing Address:

d. Telephone:

e. E-Mail Address:

Responses to this sources sought must be unclassified. Responses should be submitted electronically no later than 1700 hours on 28 June 2018 to Keith DePoorter (keith.d.depoorter.civ@mail.mil), Brian Corrigan (brian.m.corrigan.civ@mail.mil), Frank Wojcik (francis.a.wojcik.civ@mail.mil), and Munira Tourner (munira.h.tourner.civ@mail.mil).

9. Questions The USG prefers white paper responses are made against the FOUO set of requirements (available upon request). However, responses based on the information contained within this announcement will also be accepted.

1. Have you ever been awarded a contract from the USG as a Prime Contractor to develop or produce a ground combat vehicle?

2. Is your interest as a subcontractor or as a prime contractor?

3. The USG baseline schedule calls for delivery of 12 complete prototype systems and one Ballistic Hull and Turret beginning no later than 14 months after contract award, with complete delivery no later than 22 months after contract award. Given that baseline schedule, do you believe that you could modify your existing platform and develop a production ready design to achieve these requirements? Please explain how and provide rationale. If not, please explain which specific requirements make this timeline too risky to achieve, and how much additional time would be required to meet them.

a. Please fill out Attachment 01 titled, “Vehicle Characteristics” with your existing and proposed/modified vehicle attributes.

b. What limited to moderate modifications would need to be made to your platform to meet these requirements?

4. Are there specific requirements which, if adjusted, will allow you to offer a design which might benefit the USG through an accelerated schedule, enhance capability, and reduce cost and risk?

5. What is your overall feedback to the requirements?

a. What requirements do you believe conflict with each other? Please describe which requirements and why.

b. Are there any singular requirements that you see as high risk to meet and why?

c. What is the USG not asking for that may be a missed opportunity in this solution space?

6. What existing vehicle(s) would you propose to meet this set of requirements?

7. Please provide, with supporting rationale, feedback to the proposed base schedule with risk levels and associated costs to meet the timeline (ROM costs are recognized by USG as non-binding and will not be shared outside the USG and will not influence the eventual competition. USG is seeking understanding of internal program cost estimate realism).

8. Please provide any questions to the information contained within the sources sought. As stated in Submission Schedule (Section #4), select questions may be responded to during the USA/VCSA one-on-one engagement sessions if submitted by 28 June 2018. However, you may also submit additional questions to us with your white paper submission, by the closing date of this sources sought. A future posting to the FBO website will contain questions and answers to programmatic issues and general concerns.

Attachment 01 – Vehicle Characteristics

Documents Available Upon Request (may not be immediately available):

DRAFT Requirements (FOUO) Proposed Program Schedule (FOUO)