Amendment_0001_to_LCPM_Solicitation_W900KK-17-R-0023.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to provide the updated Section L.10.0 “Factor 5 - Past Performance (Volume III)” to the solicitation and the updated Attachment 9 “Past Performance Questionnaire.” The proposal deadlines depicted in Section L.4.1 of the solicitation have not changed.

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9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer is extended, X is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN

REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

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2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

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18-Jul-2017

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ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - ORLANDO

ATTN: ALPHA DIVISION

12211 SCIENCE DRIVE

ORLANDO FL 32826-3224

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

SECTION L

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

L.1.0 INTRODUCTION

L.1.1 The Life Cycle Product-line Management (LCPM) source selection submission will encompass two distinct portions: 1) A pre-recorded video presentation and 2) A written proposal.

L.1.2 The Government is not responsible for nor will the Government pay any portion of the costs associated with the development of the offeror’s pre-recorded video presentation or written proposal.

L.1.3 Offerors are advised to register for an account in the LT2 portal to access necessary information for proposal preparation. An LCPM collaboration area has been established on the LT2 portal for supporting documentation. The

LT2 portal is accessible at www.lt2portal.mil. Directions are provided in Attachment 12.

L.2.0 VIDEO PRESENTATIONS (VOLUME I)

L.2.1 Video Presentation Summary

Video presentations will be conducted as follows: pre-recorded video presentations shall be submitted by each offeror to augment its written proposals. Each offeror shall video tape various speakers presenting for no longer than a total of two and one-half hours (2.5 hours). The presenters should use slides during their presentations;

however, no more than 75 total slides are to be utilized during the total video presentation. Copies of the slide presentation utilized on the video is to be provided. Slide presentations shall have page numbers and include a presentation cover sheet, proprietary data sheet, Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Technology Roadmap and presentation agenda. The presentation cover sheet, proprietary data sheet, IMS, Technology Roadmap and presentation agenda are excluded from the 75 slide limitation. The slides submitted for video presentations do not have font or margin restrictions and shall be submitted in Microsoft (MS) PowerPoint format (MS Office 2013 compatible). The printed hard copies of the PowerPoint presentation shall be in a standard 3-ring binder, printed in color, one slide per page, and with no notes.

The offeror’s video presentation shall describe the proposed LCPM design and solutions and demonstrate how the proposed approach meets or exceeds the requirements. The video presentation will be considered in conjunction with the written proposal.

The video may be organized in the manner deemed most effective by the offeror. The offeror shall have each presenter specifically identify which Factor or Sub-factor is being discussed during the video presentation. The source selection team is seeking sufficient information to allow the Government to fully understand each offeror’s

LCPM recommended approach. The offeror may elaborate on any aspects of its Technical and Management approach. However, the Government is interested in hearing the presenters elaborate on the following topics:

1) A description of how the offeror’s proposed tools and processes will be used to establish, manage and evolve the HPL. To include how the offeror will lower life cycle costs, reduce the life cycle footprint, reduce technical risk, opportunities for efficiency, and ability to proactively impact the LT2 Family of Training Systems.

http://www.lt2portal.mil/

2) A high level walkthrough of the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) for DO 0001 and IMS for DO 0002. To include the critical path, and any areas of potential schedule risk.

3) The offeror’s anticipated approach to implementing a new DO for Continuous Technology Refresh (CTR), technology insertion, concurrency, and upgrades.

4) A description of the technical roadmap and decision processes to address new/emerging technologies and technical implementation challenges.

The offeror shall identify any and all proprietary items utilized during the video presentation. Cost/Price data should be provided only in the Cost/Price volume of the written proposal and NOT as part of the video presentation.

L.2.2 Video Presentation Additional Guidelines

All offerors shall provide pre-recorded video presentations. The offeror will be allowed to submit the pre-recorded video presentation after the proposal due date as detailed in paragraph L.4.1. The speakers during the video presentation shall be team members (e.g. program management, technical personnel) who will work or perform a key role on the LCPM effort. Identification of all speakers, along with their company name and position, shall be made at the start of the video presentation.

All speaker notes shall be removed from video presentation slides, as they will not be considered part of the proposal submission. Offerors are advised that there shall be NO embedding of documents, hyperlinks, videos, or tool demonstrations incorporated in hard copies submitted or during the video presentations. No corrections are permitted to the slides or the video presentation after they are submitted to the Government. Slides which are not addressed during the video presentation will be removed from the offeror’s proposal and not be considered as part of the proposal submission.

If the information presented by the offeror during their video presentation differs from the offeror’s submitted written proposal, a weakness or deficiency may be generated by the Government which may result in an unfavorable adjectival rating. Additionally, in the event of a discrepancy between the video presentation and the written proposal, the digital (CD/DVD) copy of the written proposal will take precedence.

The video presentation does not constitute an oral presentation as that term is defined in FAR 15.102.

L.2.3 Video Format

The Video Presentation shall be submitted in WMV (Windows Media Video) format on a DVD (Digital Video

Disk) or CD (Compact Disc).

L.3.0 WRITTEN PROPOSAL

L.3.1 The offeror’s written proposal will be comprised of the (1) PowerPoint Presentation to the video; (2) Technical

Papers covering each subfactor in Factor 1, Technical, Factor 2, Management and Factor 3, Delivery Order 0002

Implementation; (3) Written information for Factor 4, Small Business Participation Plan, Factor 5, Past

Performance, and Factor 6, Cost/Price; and (4) Administrative Information. In preparing the written proposal, each offeror is encouraged to focus on their unique ideas and solutions to satisfying the Government requirements.

Note: The papers shall have page numbers and include a cover sheet, proprietary data sheet, and table of contents.

The paper’s cover sheet, proprietary data sheet, and table of contents are excluded from the 100 page limitation.

L.3.2 The POCs for this solicitation are identified below:

Primary

Jason N. Holden

Contract Specialist

Phone: 407-208-3312

E-mail: jason.n.holden.civ@mail.mil

ACC-ORL-OPA,

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando

12211 Science Drive

Orlando, FL 32826-3224

Alternate

KeYanna R. Boone

Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO)

Phone: 407-380-8078

Email: keyanna.r.boone.civ@mail.mil

ACC-ORL-OPA

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando

12211 Science Drive

Orlando, FL 32826-3224

L.3.3 All proposals must clearly and convincingly demonstrate that the offeror has a thorough understanding of the requirements and associated risks. The offeror is able and willing to devote the resources necessary to meet the requirements and has valid and practical solutions for all requirements. Mere reiteration of the requirement or standard reference material is unacceptable. It is the responsibility of the offeror to present enough information to be meaningfully evaluated by the Government without discussions. In presenting material in this proposal, offerors are advised that quality of information is more important than quantity.

L.3.4 Any data previously submitted in response to another solicitation, whether submitted to the Program Executive

Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Army Contracting Command (ACC) Orlando or another agency, should be assumed to be unavailable during this source selection process. Proposal data shall not be incorporated into the proposal by referring to another proposal or other source.

L.3.5 Elaborate brochures or other presentations beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal are neither necessary nor desired.

L.3.6 The paper and digital copy quantities are detailed in section L.5.0, Table 1. If a discrepancy exists between the paper copy of the proposal and the digital (CD/DVD) copy, the digital (CD/DVD) copy will take precedence.

L.3.7 In accordance with FAR Subpart 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition, the

Government intends to make award without discussions. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer. The Government will evaluate all proposals in accordance with the solicitation evaluation criteria, and if discussions are to be conducted, establish a competitive range comprised of all of the most highly rated proposals, based upon the ratings of each proposal against all evaluation factors and subfactors. If discussions are held, they will be conducted in accordance with FAR 15.306.

After evaluating all proposals in accordance with FAR Subpart 15.305(a), the PCO may also determine that the number of most highly rated proposals that might otherwise be included in the competitive range exceeds the number at which efficient competition can be conducted. Offerors are therefore advised that the PCO, for purposes of efficiency, may also limit the number of competitive range offerors, at their sole discretion.

L.3.8 Files shall not contain classified information.

L.3.9 Offerors shall not make any changes to the solicitation. Any objections to the terms and conditions of the solicitation should be addressed to the PCO prior to submission of the proposal by filling out the Industry

Question/Comment Form (Section J, Attachment 10) provided with this solicitation. If the proposal takes exceptions to the terms and conditions of the solicitation, all exceptions shall be denoted in a cover letter to the proposal; however, exceptions to the solicitation taken in the proposal may result in the PCO rejecting the offer as non-compliant.

L.3.10 Features or capabilities proposed by the offeror which exceeds the requirements of this solicitation will be incorporated into the awardee’s contract award.

L.4.0 PROPOSAL DELIVERY/FORMAT/CONTENT REQUIREMENTS

L.4.1 Proposal Volumes (I-V), except the pre-recorded video presentation, are due by 4:00PM Eastern on Monday, August 14, 2017 to the POCs listed in paragraph L.3.2 above. All proposals submitted must be in compliance with the full solicitation. It is the Prime offeror’s responsibility to ensure that the entire proposal (to include any separate

Subcontractor Cost/Price submissions) is submitted prior to the proposal due date and time. Subcontractor

Cost/Price proposals submitted separately are considered part of the Prime offeror’s proposal. If Subcontractor

Cost/Price Proposals are submitted separately directly to the POCs and are late, the entire proposal will be considered late. The pre-recorded video presentation is due by 4:00PM Eastern on Friday, August 25, 2017 to the

POCs listed in paragraph L.3.2 above.

L.4.2 The Government does not authorize submission of telegraphic or facsimile offers for this solicitation. Offerors shall mark the outside shipping container with the solicitation number, W900KK-17-R-0023. Offerors shall mail or hand-carry the hard copy and digital copies (CD/DVD) of the proposal to the primary and alternate POCs identified in paragraph L.3.2.

L.4.3 If the offeror hand-carries the proposal and/or any final proposal revision (as applicable), the offeror shall notify the POCs by email or phone at least 24 hours in advance of the intent to hand deliver the proposal. The email must include the name of the organization, along with the name and phone number of the individual delivering the proposal in order to arrange delivery.

L.4.4 For a hand-carried proposal, the offeror shall obtain a Proposal Receipt Form from the POC. The POC will annotate the date and time of proposal receipt, the number of boxes received and will sign in the “Signature of POC” portion of the form. The POC will also provide a copy of the Proposal Receipt Form to the offeror. The POC’s signature only denotes the receipt of the proposal; she/he is not responsible for the proposal delivery content or condition.

L.4.5 Electronic File Packaging. Offerors shall submit each proposal volume on a separate CD/DVD (number of electronic copies identified within L.5.0). CD/DVDs shall be appropriately marked with (1) offerors' Name and

Address, (2) Solicitation Number, (3) Volume Title, and (4) offerors' Proposal Reference Number and (5) distribution restrictions. All files on each CD/DVD shall be directly supported by Microsoft Office (MS) 2013, and verified to be free of any virus or malware. Data submitted in spreadsheet/workbook format shall be readable by

MS Excel 2013. All files shall be clearly identified with a filename appropriate to the content (e.g., Volume II

Technical Appendix-A). Please note, self-extracting ".exe" files are not acceptable. Note: Offerors may submit back-up documentation (e.g. letters of commitment, DCAA and/or DCMA rate agreements and vendor quotes), not available in a compatible MS Office 2013 format, in Adobe Acrobat (pdf.) file format.

L.4.6 All volumes of the paper copy shall be submitted in standard size 3-ring binders that will facilitate the insertion of change pages and additional information provided during the source selection process.

L.4.7 The proposal shall use no smaller than industry standard word processor 12-point proportional font utilizing

Times New Roman font. If both sides of sheets of paper are used, each sheet will be counted as two pages.

Volumes shall be printed on 8-1/2 x 11-inch paper. Tables or figures may be printed on fold out sheets, which will be counted as one page and shall not exceed 11 x 17 inches. Font size for tables and figures shall be no smaller than

8-point. If proposal volumes/sections exceed the limitations set forth herein, excess text will be removed from the back of that volume/section and not evaluated. Use at least 1-inch margins on the top, bottom, left, and right side margins. Pages shall be numbered sequentially by volume and marked with the offeror’s name and any applicable data use restrictions as specified in FAR Subpart 52.215-1(e).

L.4.8 All information shall be confined to the appropriate volume. Pricing information shall not be included in any volume other than Volume IV, Cost / Price, and Volume II, Small Business Participation Plan. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal and provide adequate basis for evaluation.

Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Each volume of the proposal shall consist of a Table of Contents which does not count against the maximum number of pages. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked.

L.4.9 OFFERORS ARE HEREBY ON NOTICE THAT A FAILURE TO SUBMIT ALL THE REQUIRED

DOCUMENTATION IN EXACTLY THE MANNER (TIMELINESS AND FORMAT) SPECIFIED IN THE

SOLICITATION MAY CONSTITUTE A BASIS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REJECT A PROPOSAL AS

NON-COMPLIANT AND THEREFORE UNACCEPTABLE AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE SOURCE

SELECTION AUTHORITY.

Furthermore, should an offeror indicate in its proposal that it cannot or will not meet any contract requirement;

provide an approach that clearly does not meet any contract requirement; or include data which prompts the

Government to question the offeror's compliance with any contract requirement, the Government may determine at its discretion that the offeror's proposal is non-compliant and therefore ineligible for award.

L.4.10 Following the release of the Final solicitation, offerors shall submit questions to the POC identified in paragraph L.3.2 by electronic mail (e-mail) with the solicitation number in the subject line. Questions to the Final solicitation are due not later than 12:00PM Eastern on Monday, July 17, 2017. Each question shall be submitted on an individual basis utilizing the LCPM Industry Question/Comment Form (Section J, Attachment 10) provided with this Final solicitation. The Government will address questions via the Federal Business Opportunities

(FedBizOpps) website. Answers will be posted, without offeror identification. The Government will not provide responses to questions that would reveal a potential’s offeror’s confidential business strategy, technical solution or any information that is considered unique to a particular offeror.

L.4.11 Award Date. The Government anticipates an award on June 28, 2018. This information is provided for use as a basis for schedules and burden (labor, overheads, G&A, etc.) mid-point calculations. The contractor is not entitled to an equitable adjustment in contract price in the event the Government awards the contract before or after the specified award date.

L.5.0 PROPOSAL VOLUMES: The proposal must consist of Volumes I through V, as follows:

Volume I Technical and Management (Technical Papers 1-5)

Volume II Small Business Participation Plan

Volume III Past Performance

Volume IV Cost/Price

Volume V Administrative Information

Each Volume must consist of the following set forth in the table below:

VOLUME TITLE COPIES LIMITS

I Video Presentation and Slides

Technical and Management Papers

Factor 1 Technical

Subfactor 1.1: Hardware Product-line Implementation and

Evolution [Paper 1]

Subfactor 1.2: Logistics and Cybersecurity [Paper 2]

Subfactor 1.3: Product-Line Experience and

Understanding [Paper 3]

1 Hard

Copy

2 Digital

Copies

Volume I –

Video Presentation:

75 slides/2.5 hours (All slides must be presented)

Technical & Management

Papers: 100 total pages

Table 1

Note: Page Count: Those pages that exceed the page counts in the Table above for each volume and/or individual paper or presentation will not be evaluated. If there are more pages than specified above, the additional pages will be removed from the back of the particular volume and/or individual paper and will not be evaluated.

L.6.0 FACTOR 1 – TECHNICAL (VOLUME I)

L.6.1. Subfactor 1.1: Hardware Product-Line Implementation and Evolution [25 page limit, Paper 1]

The offeror shall describe its technical approach, processes and tools for establishing, managing, and evolving the

HPL. This shall include the offeror’s processes for selecting HPL components; its plan for leveraging and expanding the LT2 framework to support the HPL; its plan to use technical metrics and data analytics to facilitate decision making and manage the HPL; and its approach to applying the HPL to all future DOs.

The offeror shall describe its technical approach to lifecycle management for training realism and achievability that benefits the Government’s LT2 programs by reducing total ownership costs and logistics footprint, and increasing capability.

The offeror shall describe its near and long term technology visions and goals to support innovation, lifecycle impacts, benefits, and increase training relevancy/realism via a Technology Roadmap covering this five (5) year contract. The offeror shall detail its plan for implementing the Technology Roadmap in order to reduce the logistics footprint and total ownership costs across the LT2 Product-Line domain.

In preparing the written response to this subfactor, the offeror should consider the information below.

Factor 2 Overall Management Approach [Paper 4]

Factor 3 Delivery Order 0002 [Paper 5]

Subfactor 1.1 – 25 pages

Subfactor 1.2 – 20 pages

Subfactor 1.3 – 5 pages

Factor 2 – 30 pages

Factor 3 – 10 pages & 10 slides

II Factor 4 Small Business Participation Plan 1 Hard

Volume II – Unlimited

III Factor 5 Past Performance 1 Hard

Volume III – Unlimited

IV Factor 6 Cost/Price

1 Hard

Volume IV – Unlimited

V Administrative Information 1 Hard

Volume V – Unlimited

Regarding the HPL:

The LT2 focus is to support the LT2 vision to evolve common live training solutions and to improve cost efficiencies in a resource-limited environment, thereby to:

Protect the significant live training investment.

Provide for the continued development, production, and sustainment of LT2 products and ease the insertion of new and disruptive technology.

Realize objectives for return on investment and sustainment cost avoidance.

Enable managers to maintain visibility and provide enhanced configuration control of their systems, to avoid duplicating efforts.

It is the objective of the LCPM contract to develop a HPL by ensuring standardization, commonality, synchronization, maximum reuse, core asset reuse, and interoperability within the PM TRADE’s live training systems to include the LT2 P/L. It is the Government’s objective that the HPL should allow the Government to save significant resources (time and funding) in the future by utilizing this approach.

Regarding Technology Roadmap:

One of the main methodologies for the Army to maintain system relevance and to achieve life-cycle cost savings is through the development and insertion of new technologies into its training systems and the management of the training systems. All of the training systems, the HPL, and the processes/tools used to manage the product-lines need to evolve over time in order to remain relevant and to provide realistic training to the ever changing threats the Army faces. At the same time the programs will need to align with future requirements (Common Operating

Environment (COE), VICTORY architecture, etc.) of the DOD and Army.

L.6.2 Subfactor 1.2: Logistics and Cybersecurity [20 page limit, Paper 2]

The offeror shall describe its Total Life Cycle System Management strategy for meeting all DOs’ logistics support requirements to ensure efficient system operation and maintenance are maximized for current and future systems, and to minimize new/unique system parts, support equipment, personnel or maintenance skills. The offeror shall describe its products and processes to analyze and share life cycle sustainment data in accordance with the LT2 Data

Interface Control Documents (ICD). The offeror shall detail its approach to identify and handle obsolescence, concurrency, high failure rate components, and implementing more cost effective components. The offeror shall detail its strategy and procedures for developing content for the Logistics Product Data / Logistics Product Data

Summaries (LPD/LPDS), training materials, and technical documentation for all DOs resulting in long term cost reductions.

The offeror shall describe its plan for a smooth transition to a Post Deployment Software Support / Post Production

Software Support (PDSS/PPSS) contractor for continued Cybersecurity sustainment. The offeror shall detail its approach to security engineering given a migration to a distributed architecture (e.g., private cloud, Army Data

Management Centers) to address secure configuration management, Risk Management Framework (RMF) compliance, and continuous monitoring of assets.

In preparing the written response to this subfactor, the offeror should consider the information below.

Regarding Logistics Management:

One of the biggest challenges that PM TRADE faces in its life-cycle management of its programs is the on-going requirement to keep its systems operational after the Original Equipment Manufacturer has completed fielding of the system and transitioned the system to STRI’s life-cycle sustainment contractor. The Government is looking for ways to improve the logistics processes as they pertain to life-cycle management, for example performing failure rate analysis, planning for rather than reacting to obsolescence, reducing sustainment costs, reducing the cost/time required to develop logistical documentation, etc.

Regarding Cybersecurity:

The Government is interested in ensuring cybersecurity compliance is addressed during implementation of technical refreshes and hardware updates to LT2 Product-Line systems with sustainment to be performed by a Post

Deployment Software Support (PDSS) contractor. It is a big challenge for the Government to create an efficient and cost effective transition for a technical refresh as sustainment is transferred to the PDSS contractor. In many cases the PDSS contractor must re-engineer the system to create efficiencies in sustainment to reduce the amount of travel to the site. The end goal is to manage the system’s cybersecurity requirements when cybersecurity personnel are not resourced to be on site, leveraging the operator/maintainer when necessary for simple, documented procedures.

PM TRADE is attempting to leverage innovation to make cybersecurity compliance more cost effective and while remaining secure.

In executing the contract, it would not be unusual for the selected contractor to encounter the following:

The XYZ Program currently has twenty one systems fielded in various CONUS and OCONUS locations. The LCPM contractor will perform an upgrade that will become the new baseline for the type accreditation of XYZ program.

L.6.3 Subfactor 1.3: Product-Line Experience and Understanding [5 page limit, Paper 3]

The offeror shall describe its technical understanding and experience with a hardware centric product-line regarding a product's or product-line's configuration from concept development to disposal. The offeror shall detail its experience with continuous change management, challenges and risks of a hardware centric product-line introduced by numerous technical factors (e.g., variations, enhancements, innovations, etc.) with various stakeholders.

The offeror shall describe its understanding and experience with the LT2 Product-Line methodology and the LT2

Product-Line domain.

The offeror shall describe its strategy for synchronizing the technical (technical management processes and technical processes) relationship between the HPL and existing LT2 Software Product-Line to ensure compatibility of products, ease of component reuse and reduction in life cycle costs

L.7.0 FACTOR 2 –MANAGEMENT (VOLUME I): Overall Management Approach [30 page limit, Paper 4]

The offeror shall describe its HPL management approach to overall cost, schedule and performance. The offeror shall describe its management metrics to measure and quantify the contractor’s organization efficiency and the

Government's Return on Investment that the HPL has achieved in support of the PM TRADE business goals.

The offeror shall describe its Configuration Management process and management vision for the evolution of the

HPL assets over time as well as managing variation within the LT2 Product-Line domain.

The offeror shall describe its organizational team structure, subcontractor selection and management, internal project team and planned roles for critical positions to manage LCPM over the life of the contract and describe the benefits.

The offeror shall describe its management lines of authority and responsibilities to accomplish the LCPM DOs with external teams.

The offeror shall describe issues and anticipated key risks associated with managing the scope of the LCPM contract and its mitigation strategies to address the issues and risks identified. The offeror shall describe its risk and opportunity management approach for potential opportunities (good ideas) to include its tradeoff analysis process relative to LCPM. The offeror shall describe its potential opportunities relative to LCPM and the LT2 Product-Line domain, including potential future benefits and its process for pursuing opportunities.

The offeror shall provide its Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and IMS covering all the work performed under DO 0001 through the establishment of the initial HPL, covering the key milestones, timelines, critical paths, and the linkages between the DOs including all options.

The offeror shall detail its approach for managing multiple DOs concurrently, each with their own set of requirements, schedules and Government teams. The offeror shall detail its approach to ensure that the requisite skills and experience base are sufficiently represented to complete each distinct DO.

In preparing its written response to this Factor, the offeror should consider the information below.

Regarding life-cycle management:

Currently, PM TRADE conducts fielding and total system life-cycle management for a diverse array of live training systems through an equally diverse mix of contracts. The LCPM contract’s objective is to consolidate the contractual execution of life-cycle management toward unity of effort and to also implement a HPL to achieve cost savings and standardization of hardware components to the greatest practicable extent. The challenge for the

Government is to effectively and efficiently manage the roadmap toward an HPL with an emphasis on knowledge of legacy systems and integration of new and emerging technologies back into the HPL. Governance of these methodologies will be implemented by the LT2 Core Asset Working Group (CAWG), industry partners, the LCPM contractor, CPM Next contractor, Warfighter Focus and Army TADSS Maintenance Program (ATMP) contractors, PM TRADE Assistant Product Managers for their individual programs, and PM TRADE leadership.

Regarding the execution DO 0001:

The effort to stand up the HPL forms the initial basis for achieving a workable HPL. As such, the background work on the HPL must be conducted in a logical and timely manner in order to expeditiously establish the HPL and realize cost-benefits of stream-lined operations. The standing up of the HPL will entail the analysis of multiple systems/programs at multiple sites to establish baseline criterion and then synthesize the base data back into the

HPL. This paper shall cover the offerors plan on how they will execute the establishment of the HPL as part of the

DO 0001 effort.

Regarding multiple DOs:

In executing the contract, it would not be unusual for the selected contractor to encounter the following:

PM TRADE currently has multiple programs of record with fielded systems in various locations requiring both CTR and hardware obsolescence resolution. These programs of record have not completed their CTR and obsolescence management requirements in anticipation of LCPM addressing their comprehensive life-cycle management tasks.

The Government is likely to experience times when it issues five (or more) delivery orders all within 120 days after basic contract award and the award of DO 0001 and DO 0002. The delivery orders could include work under a wide variety of conditions, such as:

a. Digital Range Training System (DRTS) at three locations

b. Target Modernization at 20 locations

c. Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Capability Instrumentation System (JPMRC-IS) at one location

d. Homestation Instrumentation Training System (HITS) at two locations

e. Integrated MOUT Training System( I-MTS) at 10 locations (in addition to the SOW 2 I-MTS sites)

L.8.0 FACTOR 3 – DELIVERY ORDER 0002 (VOLUME I) [10 page Limit, Paper 5 & 10 Slides]

The offeror shall describe its proposed technical and management approach to produce and deliver the requirements identified within the DO 0002 Performance Specification and SOW. The offeror shall cover the identification, mitigation, and implementation of management and technical risks/challenges. The offeror shall provide its

Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) covering all the work performed under DO 0002 to include key milestones, timelines, critical paths, and dependencies. The offeror shall describe its approach for managing overall cost, schedule and performance and how those elements will be balanced to ensure the Government's requirements are met on DO 0002. The offeror shall describe its analysis approach to meet the LCPM goals while contributing to the

HPL objectives as they pertain to DO 0002.

The offeror shall provide ten slides (represents 10 pages of the written proposal; not part of the video presentation slides) showing the technical design details of the following: Range Operator Control (ROC) room, After Action

Review (AAR) room, training building equipment rooms, camera systems and interoperability between hardware and software. As part of the technical design slides, the offeror shall include a list detailing the Original Equipment

Manufacturer (OEM), nomenclature and part number for the proposed internal cameras, external cameras, servers, network storage and workstations as well as identify any proprietary hardware components.

In preparing its written response to this Factor, the offeror should consider the information below.

The DO 0002 effort is indicative of the typical Continuous Technology Refreshment (CTR) scope of a LCPM contract DO. The Government is seeking a level of innovation and strategy to employ the initial HPL and to make this effort more efficient and cost effective as the initial HPL continues to evolve and mature.

L.9.0 FACTOR 4 – SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION PLAN (VOLUME II)

This volume shall consist of the offeror’s Small Business Participation Plan. To be eligible for award, the Offeror must adhere to the directions and submit the following information under Volume II.

L.9.1 Small Business Participation Plan

The Small Business Participation Plan shall stand on its own merit without reference to a separate Small Business

Subcontracting Plan that is required for large businesses. The information provided should assume that no cross-reference will be checked, and that all claims, approaches, and statements must be clearly articulated in their entirety within the proposal volume being submitted. The Small Business Participation Plan will be incorporated into any resulting contract award.

All offerors, both small and large businesses, are required to submit a Small Business Participation Plan that shall clearly demonstrate a viable plan for meeting or exceeding the Small Business Participation goal of no less than

27% of the ID/IQ $465M total contract value (cumulative of all DOs) in each 12 months of the five year ordering period with representation from small business (SB), small disadvantaged business (SDB), service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB), woman owned small business (WOSB) and Historically Underutilized Business

Zone small business (HUBZones). For example, a delivery order award funded in the amount of $1,000,000.00 would have a small business participation goal of at least $270,000.00. Small business offerors can meet the small business participation goal through performance as a prime small business, or a combination of performance and small business subcontracting.

L.9.1.1 All offerors, both small and large businesses, are required to submit Small Business Participation Plan information in accordance with DFARS 215.304 that shall include the following:

a) Type of Business of Prime Contractor

Check all applicable boxes and fill out all applicable fields:

[ ] Large

[ ] Small (also check type of Small Business below)

[ ] Small Disadvantaged Business

[ ] Woman-Owned Small Business

[ ] HUB Zone Small Business

[ ] Veteran Owned Small Business

[ ] Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

b) Total Contract Value: $465,000,000

c) Dollar Value performed by offeror as a Prime Contractor: $__________

d) Identify the proposed Dollar Value and Percentage of Total Contract Value awards to both large and small business. All percentages should use TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE as a baseline. Include only first tier U.S.

subcontractors.

Dollar Value Percentage of Total Contract Value

Large: $ %

Small: $ %

Total: $465,000,000.00 100%

Note 1: Small includes: Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Women-Owned Small

Business (WOSB), HUBZone small business (HUBZone), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), and Service-

Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Only include once regardless if represented in multiple groups.

Note 2: Include the prime offeror’s dollars and percentage. When combined, large and small business totals must equal 100% of Total Contract Value.

e) The offeror shall populate the following table to identify all anticipated Prime and subcontracted supplies/services. When combined, Prime and anticipated subcontracted totals must equal 100% of the Estimated

Contract Ceiling Value of $465M. The sum of the Estimated Total Dollars for Each Service/Supply for the stated SB subcontractors should ultimately lead to achieving the Small Business Participation goal of no less than 27%. The offeror shall create as many rows in the table as necessary to adequately identify all subcontractors.

Pursuant to Sections 8(d) of the Small Business Act, a concern is small for subcontracts which relate to Government procurements if it does not exceed the size standard for the NAICS code that the prime contractor believes best describes the product or services being acquired by the subcontract. In other words, the size of your subcontractors and suppliers is determined by the NAICS code of their subcontract, which may or may not be the same NAICS code as the one for your prime contract with the Government.

Name of Company

(Include CAGE

Code)

Anticipated NAICS

Code for Each

Subcontractor

Type of

Service/Supply

Estimated Total

Dollars for Each

Service/Supply

Prime offeror: N/A

Large:

Small:

The offeror shall provide a short description of the specific services to be provided and the nature of complexity by each SB, the rationale supporting SB selection(s), and the estimated total dollar value for each service. Complexity is defined as the level of involvement for performance of functions provided by the SB concerns. The offeror shall provide an explanation pertaining to the process the offeror uses for identifying and selecting SBs for subcontracted work and how the process will be used on this contract to meet the offeror’s SB Participation goal.

f) Extent of Commitment

The offeror shall provide documentation regarding individual and enforceable commitments to utilize any Small

Business, as defined in FAR Part 19, as subcontractors. Copies of such commitments should be provided as part of your small business participation plan.

g) Prior Performance Information

All offerors shall substantiate past utilization of SBs. This evidence shall consist of three past relevant contracts to include evidence of attainment of Small Business Participation goals as a percentage of Total Contract Value/Price over the past three calendar years to include goal identification and achievement. A SB offeror shall include its own performance in the documentation. Any information concerning long-term relationships with SB subcontractors, such as mentor-protégé relationships, supporting the offeror's past utilization of SBs on relevant contracts, should be reported.

In addition, all offerors are to provide a description of performance, over the past three calendar years, in complying with the requirements of FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns to include a description and available documentation of the methods employed to promote SB utilization, the internal methods used to monitor such utilization, and any other information substantiating that the offeror will satisfy the requirements of FAR 52.219-8.

Large Business offerors shall provide proof of compliance with the requirements of FAR 52.219-9, Small Business

Subcontracting Plan, for the past three calendar years under three separate relevant contracts, including documentation of the goals such as copies of SF 294 Individual Subcontract Report using the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting

System or SF 295, Summary Subcontract Report if the offeror has a Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting

Plan. If submitting SF 295 as a result of a Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plan, provide actual achievements that correlate with the past three calendar years under the three separate relevant contracts identified.

Large Businesses that have never held a contract incorporating 52.219-9 shall so state.

Offerors consisting of a joint venture (JV) that do not have three past relevant contracts can satisfy the above requirements by submitting the information of that of the managing partner of the joint venture.

L.10.0 FACTOR 5 – PAST PERFORMANCE (VOLUME III)

Offerors shall submit eight (8)* Government and/or commercial contracts for the prime and major subcontractors, in performance or awarded, during the past 3 years, from the issue date of this solicitation, which are relevant to the efforts required by this solicitation. Areas of relevancy include past performance (within the past 3 years) that is similar to cost, schedule, and performance requirements on programs in the context of LCPM efforts which includes tasks such as CTR, Hardware Obsolescence, Product-line Development, Product-line Management, Configuration

Management, LT2 Participation, Model Based System Engineering, IA System Certification ( DIACAP/RMF), Army Live Collective/Individual Training and Training Systems (design, development, integration, fielding, testing, training, etc.). *Offerors are limited to a total of 8 contracts combined.

Contract data concerning the prime offeror shall be provided first, followed by each proposed major subcontractor, in alphabetical order. At least one (1) relevant contract shall be submitted for each major subcontractor. Major subcontractor is defined as one who will be providing critical hardware/services or whose subcontracts are estimated to be cumulatively more than 10% of the total contract value over the life of the LCPM contract. The Government is not limited to Past Performance information submitted by offerors in conducting Past Performance evaluations.

The Government may consider a wide array of information from a variety of sources, but is not compelled to rely on all of the information available.

This volume shall be organized into the following sections:

L.10.1 Section 1 – Contract Descriptions

This section shall include the following information in the following format:

a. Contractor/Subcontractor place of performance, CAGE Code and DUNS Number. If the work was performed as a subcontractor, also provide the name and prime contractor and Point of Contact (POC) within the prime contractor organization (name, and current address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers).

b. Government contracting activity or Commercial entity, and current address, Procuring Contracting Officer or

Contract Manager’s name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

c. Government or Commercial entity’s technical representative/COR, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

d. Government contract administration activity and the Administrative Contracting Officer’s name, address and current email address, telephone and fax numbers, as applicable.

e. Contract Number and, in the case of Indefinite Delivery type contracts, GSA contracts and Blanket Purchase

Agreements, include Delivery Order numbers.

f. Contract Type (specific type such as Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Reimbursement (CR), Time and Material

(T&M), etc.). In the case of Indefinite Delivery contracts, indicate specific type (Requirements, Definite Quantity, and Indefinite Quantity) and secondary contract type (FFP, CR, T&M, etc.)).

g. Awarded price/cost.

h. Final or projected final price/cost.

i. Original Delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion of work.

j. Final or projected final, delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion of work.

L.10.2 Section 2 – Performance

Offerors shall provide a specific narrative explanation of the contracts listed in Section 1 (L.10.1) describing the objectives achieved and detailing how the effort is relevant to the requirements of this solicitation.

For any contracts that did not/do not meet original schedule or technical performance requirements, provide a brief explanation of the reason(s) for the shortcomings and any corrective action(s) taken to avoid recurrence. The offerors shall list each time the delivery schedule was revised and provide an explanation of why the revision was necessary. All requests for deviation and requests for waiver shall be addressed with respect to causes and corrective actions. The offerors shall also provide a copy of any Cure Notices or Show Cause letters received on each contract listed and a description of any corrective action implemented by the offeror or proposed subcontractor.

The offerors shall indicate if any of the contracts listed were terminated and the type and reasons for the termination.

L.10.3 Section 3 – Subcontracts

Offerors shall provide an outline of how the effort required by the solicitation will be assigned for performance within the offeror’s corporate entity and among the proposed subcontractors. The information provided for the prime offeror and each proposed major subcontractor must include the entire company name, company address, CAGE Code, DUNS number and type of work to be performed by citing the applicable Government SOW subparagraph number. This section shall also include written consent of major subcontractors to allow the disclosure of their subcontractor’s past performance information to the offeror. In addition, letters of commitment shall be included for all major subcontractors for their past performance to be considered.

L.10.4 Section 4 – New Corporate Entities

New corporate entities may submit data on prior contracts involving its officers and employees. However, in addition to the other requirements in this section, the offeror shall discuss in detail the role performed by such persons in the prior contracts cited. Information should be included in the files described in the sections above.

L.10.5 Past Performance Questionnaire

For all contracts identified in Section 1 (L.10.1), Past Performance Questionnaires must be completed and submitted. A Past Performance Questionnaire is provided as Attachment 9 to the solicitation. The offeror shall complete Part I of the Past Performance Questionnaire and email it to both the cognizant Program Manager and

PCO of the Government Agency or commercial entity representative responsible for the past/current contract. Any questionnaires submitted by other than the Government Agency or commercial entity will not be considered. The individuals shall be instructed to electronically complete Part II and III of the questionnaire and email the entire questionnaire to the primary solicitation POCs identified in Paragraph L.3.2 by the established proposal due date.

Questionnaires received late may be accepted and reviewed at the discretion of the PCO, if he/she determines that it will not cause an undue delay to the procurement process.