WASP Request for Information.pdf

FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR PART 10

Request for Information for Wide Area Surveillance Package

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (SOF)

Area of Interest:

WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE PACKAGE

Family of Systems

Point of Contact (POC):

Elizabeth M Lopez Mercado, Contracting Specialist elizabeth.m.lopezmercado.mil@socom.mil

Phone: 813-826-7069

Secondary Point of Contact (POC):

Nick Lakowski, APM Intern nicholas.j.lakowski.civ@socom.mil

Phone: 813-826-9390 mailto:elizabeth.m.lopezmercado.mil@socom.mil

OBJECTIVE

U.S Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is conducting market research in accordance with FAR Part 10. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP).

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes as market research. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. There is NO commitment by the Government to issue an RFP as a result of this RFI. This request for information does not commit the government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued.

Posted Date: April 30, 2024

Response Date: May 28, 2024

1.0 Background: United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) may have the need to procure wide area surveillance package (WASP) family of systems (FoS). USSOCOM is requesting information in the form of a capability statement on existing industry products that fill or can be modified to fill this need.

WASP systems are scalable, modular, processing platforms that ingest, record and store, analyze, display, export sensor data, and command and control (C2) sensors. The WASP system provides advanced internet protocol (IP) digital video system using high definition or greater video input streams from wired or wireless cameras. The core of the WASP system is its ability process sensor and video data through a central compute hub device and digital video recorder (DVR) providing days to weeks of recorded information storage for operator viewing, retrieval, and analysis. The WASP system can be utilized in a light/medium/heavy configuration dependent upon mission requirements, operating within an open architecture with the ability to feed data between instances, to other domains, and to other processing tools. The system integrates multiple sensors and cameras that provide the SOF operator a capability to capture information at the tactical edge and push it to the rear echelon(s) for further dissemination. Additional information on the three projected variants is detailed below:

The WASP-Heavy system would integrate and disseminate sensor and camera information based on mission sets from a large Forward Operation Base (FOB). WASP-Heavy is expected to ingest at minimum 16X HD Day/Night Cameras & 24 sensors (Example: Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), seismic, tripwire, magnetic, break PIR, PIR, etc.). With the ability to record, analyze, view live and or remotely view cameras and sensors and exportability to COP. The WASP- Heavy is desired to ingest 30X 4k Day/Night Cameras & 48 sensors (Example: Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), seismic, tripwire, magnetic, break PIR, PIR, etc.). With the ability to record, analyze, view live and or remotely view cameras and sensors and exportability to COP.

A WASP-Medium would integrate and disseminate sensor and camera information for SOF teams conducting executing missions from a team house. WASP-Medium is expected to ingest at minimum 8X HD Day/Night Cameras & 16 sensors (Example: Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), seismic, tripwire, magnetic, break PIR, PIR, etc.). With the ability to record, analyze, view live and or remotely view cameras and sensors and exportability to COP. Medium is desired to ingest 16X 4k Day/Night Cameras & 24 sensors (Example: Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), seismic, tripwire, magnetic, break PIR, PIR, etc.). With the ability to record, analyze, view, live and or remotely view cameras and sensors and exportability to COP.

A WASP-Light system would integrate and disseminate sensor and camera information for small two-man team pushed forward into denied/contested areas of operations collection information a specific target area. WASP-Light is expected to ingest at minimum 2X HD Day/Night Cameras & 8 sensors (Example: Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), seismic, tripwire, magnetic, break PIR, PIR, etc.). With the ability to record, analyze, view live and or remotely view cameras and sensors and exportability to COP. WASP-Light is desired to ingest 4 X 4k Day/Night Cameras & 12 sensors (Example: Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), seismic, tripwire, magnetic, break PIR, PIR, etc.). With the ability to record, analyze, view live and or remotely view cameras and sensors and exportability to COP.

2.0 REQUESTED INFORMATION

2.1 Capability Statement: Request you submit a Capability Statement that presents your technical capability for providing a solution to the WASP system as it relates to the scope identified above. The Capability Statement should address/discuss the projected specific requirements identified below:

a) FoS must have a common operating system and interface across variants.

b) FoS integrates commercial and government types of cameras and sensors. Provide a list of sensors and cameras, protocols and interfaces currently integrated into the proposed solution and associated level of integration

c) FoS must have the ability collect, store, analyze, display, and disseminate all data to other applications such as Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) or other government sites using publicly available or government data standards.

d) FoS must have the ability to setup, program, configure, and command and control sensors and cameras using the common operating system and interface.

e) FoS must integrate any vendor’s sensors and cameras with minimal effort when standard interfaces and protocols are used (i.e. ONVIF, VISCA, PELCO, RTSP, etc...).

f) FoS must be capable of accepting power by local facility grid power, ground/maritime vehicle power interface, and military/commercial standard batteries.

g) FoS must be able to stream connected sensor and camera data in near real time.

h) FoS must be ruggedized to meet environmental standards for worldwide operations.

i) FoS SWAP-C is of primary importance for deployable operations.

j) FoS user interface must be intuitive and user friendly to minimize training requirements.

k) FoS user interface must be remotable or remotely accessed.

l) FoS must comply with DoD cybersecurity requirements. IAW industry and

USSOCOM/DoD/NIST policies and procedures, the following frameworks/guidelines should be utilized but not limited to: Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical

Implementation Guides (STIGs) and/or Security Requirements Guide (SRG), DoDI 8500.01, Cybersecurity, and DoDI 8510.01, Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information

Technology (IT).

m) FoS must comply with DoD anti-tamper requirements. IAW DoDI 5000.83 and

“Technology and Program Protection (T&PP) Guidebook” for implementing DoDI 5000.83

n) FoS must use a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA).

o) Contractor must identify production capacity for each variant on a per year basis. Also requires an approximate timeline estimate for long lead-time or supply chain constrained items.

p) The contractor must comply with DFARS 225.7, Prohibited Sources.

2.2 Responses: Companies shall include a Cover Page with the following information:

a) Company name, mailing address, CAGE code, Point of Contact (POC), to include telephone number and email address.

b) Any available existing contract vehicles (e.g. GSA Schedule, GWACs, etc.), as well as the contract numbers.

c) Current status of facility and personnel security clearance.

Capability Statements shall be limited to 10 pages, in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format.

Additional pages are acceptable as supporting technical appendixes. Capability Statements shall be submitted by e-mail to the POCs identified below. Alternately, statements may be transferred via DoD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil/).

Responses must be unclassified and any proprietary information provided must be marked accordingly. To protect such data, each page containing such data must be specifically identified and marked with a legend similar to the following: “The following contains proprietary information that (name of Responder) requests not be released to persons outside the Government, except for the purposes of review and evaluation.”

All replies must be provided to the Government no later than Tuesday, May 28th, at 2:00 p.m.

Eastern Daylight Time. All inquiries and responses concerning this action shall be sent in writing via email to: elizabeth.m.lopezmercado.mil@socom.mil;

nicholas.j.lakowski.civ@socom.mil. Senders are responsible for ensuring the complete transmission and timely receipt.

All inquiries to this notice shall be sent via e-mail to elizabeth.m.lopezmercado.mil@socom.mil;

nicholas.j.lakowski.civ@socom.mil

Any submitter’s attention is directed to the fact that Government Support Contractor personnel may review and provide support to Government personnel when reviewing submissions.

Contracting Office Address:

7701 Tampa Point Blvd MacDill AFB, Florida 33621-5323

Primary Point of Contact:

Elizabeth M. Lopez Mercado, Contracting Specialist elizabeth.m.lopezmercado.mil@socom.mil Phone: 813-826-7069

Secondary Point of Contact:

Nick Lakowski, APM Intern nicholas.j.lakowski.civ@socom.mil Phone: 813-826-9390 mailto:elizabeth.m.lopezmercado.mil@socom.mil mailto:donna.guarrera@socom.mil mailto:donna.guarrera@socom.mil