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Modernizing Instrumentation Solutions for Test & Evaluation (MISTE) Pre-Solicitation Conference 10 December 2018

WELCOME

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Agenda

Monday, December 10, 2018

• 0830 – 0855 Sign In

• 0900 – 0910 Welcome COL Rich Haggerty

• 0910 – 0930 Administrative: Ron Miller, MISTE PM

• Team Introduction

• MISTE Acquisition Recap

• Market Research and Project Schedule

• 0940 – 1000 Base SOW, Contract Structure, Best Value Tradeoff

• 1000 – 1030 MISTE Program and Base Contract SOW Discussion

• 1030 – 1045 Break

• 1045 – 1130 Delivery Order 0001 SCETI Discussion

• 1130 -- 1215 Delivery Order 0002 TNM Discussion

• 1230 Closing Remarks: Ron Miller

Administrative

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NO RECORDING ALLOWED

No “classified” information will be shared during this session

Today’s attendees’ list and briefing slides will be posted on FedBizOpps

**No information exchanged during this session will be considered “Bid and Proposal Information” or “Source Selection Sensitive Information” unless otherwise specified

• Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

• Today’s Communications are “Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals” per FAR 15.201

– Pre-solicitation Conferences constitute an informal exchange of information

– Intended to provide insight into Government plans

– No guarantee as to Government’s final course of action

– Intended to improve the understanding of Government requirements and industry capabilities, thereby allowing potential offerors to judge whether or how they can satisfy the Government’s requirements

– Enhances the Government’s ability to obtain quality services at reasonable prices, and increases efficiency in proposal preparation, proposal evaluation, negotiation, and contract award.

• Informal Exchanges with Industry end with release of formal RFP

• Formal RFP is the only contract action to allow industry to formally respond with a proposal

Administrative

Introduction of the MISTE IPT:

Ron Miller, Assistant Program Manager MISTE Dan Veenstra, ACC-O Procuring Contracting Officer Joe Candelaria, ACC-O Contract Specialist Juan Orozco, Project Director System-of-Systems Controlled

Environment Test Infrastructure (SCETI) and Test Network Modernization (TNM)

Team Introduction

What is MISTE?

MISTE provides an enterprise approach to modernizing DT and

OT test instrumentation to deliver a common, reusable and interoperable set of test instrumentation, where applicable, that will continue to evolve as capabilities are fielded

This approach is referred to as the MISTE Test Instrumentation Systems Enterprise (TISE)

Enterprise management functions includes a system that optimizes the process of speed to award for successive delivery orders through effective collaboration with the Government that ensures expedited performance and full integration of program objectives

Fielding of capabilities will initiate the evolution of the TISE that assesses common requirements and creates a value-added function, based on lifecycle considerations

Acquisition Recap

Market Research and Project Schedule:

Market Research (per FAR Part 10 and DFARS 210) and Exchanges with Industry (per FAR 15.201) began in 2017. Since that time the Government has:

Published two separate Request for Information (RFI) on 20

December 2016 and 25 July 2017 respectively Conducted an Industry Day Event on 02 March 2018 Published a Sources Sought Notice on 05 April 2018 Performed multiple company capabilities site surveys and one-on-one sessions Determination has been made to publish the MISTE requirement as Full and Open Competition based on results of Market Research and posted under NAICS 334519 and PSC Group 6695

SCHEDULE: Program “Projects” Draft RFP Release 2nd QTR FY19 and Formal RFP Release 3rd QTR FY19

MISTE Acquisition:

Single Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with Firm Fixed Price and Cost Plus Fixed Fee Orders Ten Year Contract Term w/Total Estimated Value of $896M Per Army Regulation 73-1, PM ITTS IMO is the Army’s materiel developer for Army major test instrumentation systems MISTE will provide test instrumentation systems to the Army and

DOD T&E community including DoD Acquisition-defined Army and DoD Service Major Test instrumentation programs which are funded at the Major Range Test Facility Base (MRTFB)

Work to be performed under the MISTE contract includes test instrumentation system hardware and software design, integration, lifecycle support concepts, technology updates/upgrades, product performance verification, and manufacturing

MISTE

Mr. Dan Veenstra Procuring Contracting Officer Army Contracting Command-Orlando

MISTE has a broadly scoped Base Contract Statement of Work (SOW):

Broadly scoped SOW includes: Manufacturing, Engineering, HW/SW

Development and Integration, Test Instrumentation Systems Enterprise across the (TISE) pillars of Test Communication/Networks, Sensors and Data Collection, and Test Environments

Contract Structure:

Five Year Base Contract period with two, two-year Option periods and one, one-year Option period – Total Term is 10 Years if all Options are Exercised All contract years, including Options will be Priced

Source Selection:

Award will be made using FAR 15.101-1 Best Value Tradeoff Process Planned evaluation methodology consists of four (4) factors: Technical, Cost/Price, Past Performance, and Small Business Participation

Contracting

Mr. Ron Miller Assistant Program Manager, MISTE

PM ITTS IMO

Most recent MISTE SOW published with the Pre-Solicitation Notice Common themes for questions and requests for clarification were received in the following areas (to-date):

Q: Will there be a separate DO for establishing, implementing, and maintaining the TISE?

A: Yes, at some point after contract award Q: Where is the TISE to be hosted?

A: Government will not stipulate where TISE is to be hosted Q: Which community members will require access to the TISE?

A: MISTE Awardee and PM ITTS IMO Q: Is establishing the enterprise approach retroactive?

A: No, begins with MISTE award where applicable Q: How will the Government evaluate “excessive pass through cost?”

A: Evaluated under Cost Reimbursement DO’s IAW Section L, M & I clauses of the RFP & contract award ** SOW revisions are expected to be reflected with release of the DRAFT RFP **

Base Contract SOW Discussion

Mr. Juan Orozco Project Director, SCETI & TNM

PM ITTS IMO

PM ITTS IMO has a requirement from the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) to provide the Atmospheric Conditions Enhancement (ACE) for the System-of-Systems Controlled Environment Test Infrastructure (SCETI) at Redstone Test Center (RTC)

ACE will include the development of Snow Development Capability (SDC), Fog Development Capability (FDC), and enhancements to the existing Atmospheric Measurement (AM) capability to measure those new environmental conditions

SCETI is an outdoors instrumentation test system currently under development at Redstone Test Center (RTC) and used to verify the functionality of aircraft sensor assemblies within degraded visual environment (DVE) conditions

SCETI will be comprised of an Emulated Flight Capability (EFC) to replicate rotary winged flight scenarios with the sensor assemblies secured to a payload structure, a Rain Development Capability (RDC) to develop DVE rain conditions, and an AM capability to characterize rain

SCETI will be operated from a Government-provided Test Control Center (TCC) using the RTC/Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) Architecture for Test and Evaluation of Hostile Fire (RATH), an architecture developed at RTC based on the Test/Training Enabling Architecture (TENA)

SCETI Delivery Order Overview

SCETI Operational Concept / OV-1

This system has a delivery and acceptance requirement of 24 months after Date of DO Award

The Statement of Work is accompanied by detailed Performance Specifications

The Offeror’s response to this Delivery Order as part of the Technical Proposal Submission to the RFP will be evaluated for award

The Offeror’s Firm Fixed Price (FFP) proposal for this delivery order will also undergo a price analysis that will include a technical analysis of the appropriateness of the proposed labor mix, hours, other direct costs, proposed travel, and subcontracting/purchasing

SCETI Delivery Order Overview (cont.)

Current SCETI SOW published with the Pre-Solicitation Notice Common themes for questions and requests for clarification were received in the following areas (to-date):

Q: Will the Government consider changing DO type to CPFF?

A: Under consideration. Final determination reflected in RFP.

Q: DO does not make correlation to the Base SOW for the TISE?

A: To be corrected before DRAFT RFP is issued Q: Will the Gov’t develop a list of assumptions relevant to this acquisition?

A: Yes, it’s in the works

SOW revisions are expected to be reflected with release of the DRAFT

RFP

SCETI Discussion

PM ITTS has a requirement from ATEC to modernize the Test Network at Electronic Proving Ground (EPG), in Ft. Huachuca, AZ as part of the Test Network Modernization Program (TNM)

The goal of the overarching TNM Program is to establish an enterprise environment for commonality, interchangeability, and interoperability – this process will standardize architecture, configuration, hardware and network management tools across ATEC test centers

EPG Test Instrumentation Systems Network (TISN-EN) solution shall address reliable, secure, data distribution requirements such as network redundancy, bandwidth and network availability, and standard network architecture

Future requirements include enterprise-level connectivity across all Army Test Evaluation Command (ATEC) Test Centers relying on standardized core Internet Protocol (IP) transport service network (Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Service Network with security stack services

TNM Delivery Order Overview

• Replacement of “end of life” (EOL) network equipment

• Increase Bandwidth (100G/40G)

• Add redundant capability to enhance reliability and availability

• Add Network monitoring and management capability

Note: No infrastructure work being performed (i.e.

fiber, HVAC, building, etc.)

Operational Concept / OV-1

This system has a delivery and acceptance requirement of 36 months after Date of DO Award

The Statement of Work is accompanied by detailed Performance Specifications

The Offeror’s response to this Delivery Order as part of the Technical Proposal Submission to the RFP will be evaluated for award

The Offeror’s Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) proposal for this delivery order will also undergo a Cost Realism Analysis that will include a technical analysis of the appropriateness of the proposed labor mix, hours, other direct costs, proposed travel, and subcontracting/purchasing

TNM Delivery Order Overview

Current TNM SOW published with the Pre-Solicitation Notice

Common themes for questions and requests for clarification were received in the following areas (to-date):

Q: Will the Government consider changing DO type to FFP?

A: Under consideration. Final determination reflected in RFP.

Q: DO does not make correlation to the Base SOW for the TISE?

A: To be corrected before DRAFT RFP is issued

TNM Discussion

Q: Will the Government provide an updated site network map for

EPG?

A: Yes, if required Q: Are there any requirements to upgrade fiber at EPG in association with TNM?

A: No Q: Will the Government develop a list of assumptions relevant to this acquisition?

A: Yes, it’s in the works

SOW revisions are expected to be reflected with release of the DRAFT

RFP

TNM Discussion (cont.)

Closing Remarks

*** Slides will be posted on FedBizOpps *** DRAFT MISTE RFP early 2nd QTR

FY 19

*** RFP NET late 2nd QTR FY 19