CH-53E Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD) Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU)

The Government has removed the FACE conformance standards from the CH-53E Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU) requirement. Please see attached document for additional information. The Government anticipates releasing the final Request for Proposal on the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) website at https://www.neco.navy.mil and the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov/ in April 2017.



Questions and comments on any documents posted regarding the subject requirement are welcomed and should be emailed to nicole.knight@navy.mil.



Be advised that questions, comments and answers may be posted on the solicitation websites.

NAWCTSD will host a Pre-solicitation Teleconference (mini-Industry Day) for the CH-53E Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU) focused exclusively on the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard. This standard is referenced for the development of software as a part of solicitation N61340-17-R-0035. The pre-solicitation teleconference will take place on Thursday, 06 April 2017 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm EDT.
The pre-solicitation teleconference will include a dedicated question and answer period allowing contractors to ask any questions related to the FACE portion of solicitation N61340-17-R-0035. Answers to the questions generated from this pre-solicitation teleconference will be provided to all potential offerors.
However, it should be noted that, all questions to the stated solicitation, unrelated to FACE, shall continue to follow normal protocol, with contractors submitting a completed L-1 Question and Answer Form and emailing it to Nicole Knight at Nicole.knight@navy.mil.
All interested TSC III Lot II vendors are welcome to call in to this teleconference and should request the dial-in number from NAWCTSD Contracts, Nicole Knight (nicole.knight@navy.mil) no later than 2:30 pm EDT on Wednesday, 05 April 2017. In this request, include your company name, attendees’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, and company address to confirm attendance. Subcontractor requests must be requested through the Prime Contractor.
All attendees’ for each company are encouraged to use only one call-in line.
The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard is the open avionics standard for making military computing operations more robust, interoperable, portable and secure. The standard enables developers to create and deploy a wide catalog of applications for use across the entire spectrum of military aviation systems through a common operating environment, resulting in lower implementation costs, standards that support a robust architecture and enable quality software development, more capabilities reaching the warfighter faster, and innovation and competition within the avionics industry.
FACE is maintained by The Open Group FACE Consortium, a government and industry partnership to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types.
The FACE Consortium is a vendor-neutral forum that provides standardized approaches for using open standards with avionics systems. The FACE Consortium works to develop and consolidate FACE open standards, best practices, guidance documents and business models.
The Government has included a brief entitled “FACE 101†for interested contractors to review prior to the teleconference. A NAVAIR Subject Matter Expert (SME) will present this briefing and attendees are encouraged to download the briefing so that they can follow along as he presents the materials. For more information regarding FACE, including the FACE Standards, FACE Data Architecture, The Open Group Architecture Framework Technical Reference Model, and related documentation, please visit the Open Group website at: http://www.opengroup.org/face.
Failure of an offeror to call-in to the conference or to submit any questions will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation.
Prospective offerors are advised that the teleconference will be held solely for the purpose of explaining the FACE Technical Standard as it relates to this solicitation.
All prospective offerors are advised that solicitation N61340-17-R-0035 will remain unchanged at the conclusion of the teleconference, unless this solicitation is amended in writing. If an amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgement and receipt of any such amendment shall be applicable. In no event, will failure to attend the conference constitute grounds for a claim after award of the delivery order.
Contracting Office Address:
N61340 Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
12211 Science Drive
Orlando, FL
Place of Performance:
Teleconference
Point of Contact(s):
Nicole Knight
Contract Specialist
407-380-8026
Nicole.Knight@navy.mil
Procurement Contracting Officer
Robert Orozco
Robert.Orozco@navy.mil
407-380-4173
.

NAWCTSD will host a Pre-solicitation Teleconference (mini-Industry Day) for the CH-53E Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU) focused exclusively on the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard. This standard is referenced for the development of software as a part of solicitation N61340-17-R-0035. The pre-solicitation teleconference will take place on Thursday, 06 April 2017 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm EDT.



The pre-solicitation teleconference will include a dedicated question and answer period allowing contractors to ask any questions related to the FACE portion of solicitation N61340-17-R-0035. Answers to the questions generated from this pre-solicitation teleconference will be provided to all potential offerors.

However, it should be noted that, all questions to the stated solicitation, unrelated to FACE, shall continue to follow normal protocol, with contractors submitting a completed L-1 Question and Answer Form and emailing it to Nicole Knight at Nicole.knight@navy.mil.



All interested TSC III Lot II vendors are welcome to call in to this teleconference and should request the dial-in number from NAWCTSD Contracts, Nicole Knight (nicole.knight@navy.mil) no later than 2:30 pm EDT on Wednesday, 05 April 2017. In this request, include your company name, attendees’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, and company address to confirm attendance. Subcontractor requests must be requested through the Prime Contractor.

All attendees’ for each company are encouraged to use only one call-in line.



The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard is the open avionics standard for making military computing operations more robust, interoperable, portable and secure. The standard enables developers to create and deploy a wide catalog of applications for use across the entire spectrum of military aviation systems through a common operating environment, resulting in lower implementation costs, standards that support a robust architecture and enable quality software development, more capabilities reaching the warfighter faster, and innovation and competition within the avionics industry.



FACE is maintained by The Open Group FACE Consortium, a government and industry partnership to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types.

The FACE Consortium is a vendor-neutral forum that provides standardized approaches for using open standards with avionics systems. The FACE Consortium works to develop and consolidate FACE open standards, best practices, guidance documents and business models.



The Government has included a brief entitled “FACE 101†for interested contractors to review prior to the teleconference. A NAVAIR Subject Matter Expert (SME) will present this briefing and attendees are encouraged to download the briefing so that they can follow along as he presents the materials. For more information regarding FACE, including the FACE Standards, FACE Data Architecture, The Open Group Architecture Framework Technical Reference Model, and related documentation, please visit the Open Group website at: http://www.opengroup.org/face.



Failure of an offeror to call-in to the conference or to submit any questions will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation.



Prospective offerors are advised that the teleconference will be held solely for the purpose of explaining the FACE Technical Standard as it relates to this solicitation.

All prospective offerors are advised that solicitation N61340-17-R-0035 will remain unchanged at the conclusion of the teleconference, unless this solicitation is amended in writing. If an amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgement and receipt of any such amendment shall be applicable. In no event, will failure to attend the conference constitute grounds for a claim after award of the delivery order.



Contracting Office Address:

N61340 Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

12211 Science Drive

Orlando, FL



Place of Performance:

Teleconference



Point of Contact(s):

Nicole Knight

Contract Specialist

407-380-8026

Nicole.Knight@navy.mil





Procurement Contracting Officer

Robert Orozco

Robert.Orozco@navy.mil

407-380-4173

NAWCTSD will host a Pre-solicitation Teleconference (mini-Industry Day) for the CH-53E Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU) focused exclusively on the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard. This standard is referenced for the development of software as a part of solicitation N61340-17-R-0035. The pre-solicitation teleconference will take place on Thursday, 06 April 2017 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm EDT.
The pre-solicitation teleconference will include a dedicated question and answer period allowing contractors to ask any questions related to the FACE portion of solicitation N61340-17-R-0035. Answers to the questions generated from this pre-solicitation teleconference will be provided to all potential offerors.
However, it should be noted that, all questions to the stated solicitation, unrelated to FACE, shall continue to follow normal protocol, with contractors submitting a completed L-1 Question and Answer Form and emailing it to Nicole Knight at Nicole.knight@navy.mil.
All interested TSC III Lot II vendors are welcome to call in to this teleconference and should request the dial-in number from NAWCTSD Contracts, Nicole Knight (nicole.knight@navy.mil) no later than 2:30 pm EDT on Wednesday, 05 April 2017. In this request, include your company name, attendees’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, and company address to confirm attendance. Subcontractor requests must be requested through the Prime Contractor.
All attendees’ for each company are encouraged to use only one call-in line.
The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard is the open avionics standard for making military computing operations more robust, interoperable, portable and secure. The standard enables developers to create and deploy a wide catalog of applications for use across the entire spectrum of military aviation systems through a common operating environment, resulting in lower implementation costs, standards that support a robust architecture and enable quality software development, more capabilities reaching the warfighter faster, and innovation and competition within the avionics industry.
FACE is maintained by The Open Group FACE Consortium, a government and industry partnership to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types.
The FACE Consortium is a vendor-neutral forum that provides standardized approaches for using open standards with avionics systems. The FACE Consortium works to develop and consolidate FACE open standards, best practices, guidance documents and business models.
The Government has included a brief entitled “FACE 101†for interested contractors to review prior to the teleconference. A NAVAIR Subject Matter Expert (SME) will present this briefing and attendees are encouraged to download the briefing so that they can follow along as he presents the materials. For more information regarding FACE, including the FACE Standards, FACE Data Architecture, The Open Group Architecture Framework Technical Reference Model, and related documentation, please visit the Open Group website at: http://www.opengroup.org/face.
Failure of an offeror to call-in to the conference or to submit any questions will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation.
Prospective offerors are advised that the teleconference will be held solely for the purpose of explaining the FACE Technical Standard as it relates to this solicitation.
All prospective offerors are advised that solicitation N61340-17-R-0035 will remain unchanged at the conclusion of the teleconference, unless this solicitation is amended in writing. If an amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgement and receipt of any such amendment shall be applicable. In no event, will failure to attend the conference constitute grounds for a claim after award of the delivery order.
Contracting Office Address:
N61340 Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
12211 Science Drive
Orlando, FL
Place of Performance:
Teleconference
Point of Contact(s):
Nicole Knight
Contract Specialist
407-380-8026
Nicole.Knight@navy.mil
Procurement Contracting Officer
Robert Orozco
Robert.Orozco@navy.mil
407-380-4173
.

NAWCTSD will host a Pre-solicitation Teleconference (mini-Industry Day) for the CH-53E Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU) focused exclusively on the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard. This standard is referenced for the development of software as a part of solicitation N61340-17-R-0035. The pre-solicitation teleconference will take place on Thursday, 06 April 2017 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm EDT.



The pre-solicitation teleconference will include a dedicated question and answer period allowing contractors to ask any questions related to the FACE portion of solicitation N61340-17-R-0035. Answers to the questions generated from this pre-solicitation teleconference will be provided to all potential offerors.

However, it should be noted that, all questions to the stated solicitation, unrelated to FACE, shall continue to follow normal protocol, with contractors submitting a completed L-1 Question and Answer Form and emailing it to Nicole Knight at Nicole.knight@navy.mil.



All interested TSC III Lot II vendors are welcome to call in to this teleconference and should request the dial-in number from NAWCTSD Contracts, Nicole Knight (nicole.knight@navy.mil) no later than 2:30 pm EDT on Wednesday, 05 April 2017. In this request, include your company name, attendees’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, and company address to confirm attendance. Subcontractor requests must be requested through the Prime Contractor.

All attendees’ for each company are encouraged to use only one call-in line.



The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard is the open avionics standard for making military computing operations more robust, interoperable, portable and secure. The standard enables developers to create and deploy a wide catalog of applications for use across the entire spectrum of military aviation systems through a common operating environment, resulting in lower implementation costs, standards that support a robust architecture and enable quality software development, more capabilities reaching the warfighter faster, and innovation and competition within the avionics industry.



FACE is maintained by The Open Group FACE Consortium, a government and industry partnership to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types.

The FACE Consortium is a vendor-neutral forum that provides standardized approaches for using open standards with avionics systems. The FACE Consortium works to develop and consolidate FACE open standards, best practices, guidance documents and business models.



The Government has included a brief entitled “FACE 101†for interested contractors to review prior to the teleconference. A NAVAIR Subject Matter Expert (SME) will present this briefing and attendees are encouraged to download the briefing so that they can follow along as he presents the materials. For more information regarding FACE, including the FACE Standards, FACE Data Architecture, The Open Group Architecture Framework Technical Reference Model, and related documentation, please visit the Open Group website at: http://www.opengroup.org/face.



Failure of an offeror to call-in to the conference or to submit any questions will be construed to mean that the offeror fully understands all requirements of the solicitation.



Prospective offerors are advised that the teleconference will be held solely for the purpose of explaining the FACE Technical Standard as it relates to this solicitation.

All prospective offerors are advised that solicitation N61340-17-R-0035 will remain unchanged at the conclusion of the teleconference, unless this solicitation is amended in writing. If an amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgement and receipt of any such amendment shall be applicable. In no event, will failure to attend the conference constitute grounds for a claim after award of the delivery order.



Contracting Office Address:

N61340 Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

12211 Science Drive

Orlando, FL



Place of Performance:

Teleconference



Point of Contact(s):

Nicole Knight

Contract Specialist

407-380-8026

Nicole.Knight@navy.mil





Procurement Contracting Officer

Robert Orozco

Robert.Orozco@navy.mil

407-380-4173

SPECIAL NOTE: Previous related postings were under RFP number N61340-16-R-1187. The last posting on 17 Mar 2017 stated the RFP number would be updated. The RFP number has been updated to N61340-17-R-0035.
This posting is a DRAFT RFP for the CH-53E CFTD BCU. The DRAFT RFP and associated documents are included as attachments to this posting. The government reserves the right to include additional RFP provisions including, among other things, Organizational Conflict of Interest.
The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) has a requirement for upgrades to the baseline configuration of the CH53E Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD) 2F220 located at Marine Corps Air Stations (MCAS) Kaneohe Bay, HI.
This requirement will be competed as a fair opportunity procurement under FAR 16.505(b) to eligible Training Systems Contract (TSC) III, LOT II small business prime contractors. All final documents will be included in the Request for Proposals (RFP). The government is finalizing the RFP and anticipates releasing the final RFP on the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) website at https://www.neco.navy.mil and the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov/ in April 2017. The currently designated RFP number is N61340-16-R-1187; however that RFP number is anticipated to change to reflect a fiscal year 2017 issuance. A notification will be issued once the RFP number is updated.
A Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU) is planned for two USMC CH-53E pilot training devices.
This effort is for the modification and upgrade of the USMC Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD), Device 2F220, at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, HI, and for the design, fabrication, installation, and test of a new CH53E CFTD Device 2F246 located at MCAS Futenma, Japan, to replace the existing CH-53E Aircrew Procedures Trainer (APT), Device 2F171. The BCU will ensure that the flight simulators continue to provide high fidelity flight training. The BCU program will incorporate technology upgrades to enhance USMC pilot level of proficiency and extend the useable life of these training devices. This effort replaces or upgrades obsolete hardware and software to include, but not be limited to: Host computer, Instructor Operator Station (IOS) computers, Program Support Equipment, Visual System, Control Loading System and the Input/Output (I/O) components.
Both Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) equipment will be utilized to alleviate obsolescence and reduce supportability issues for the anticipated service life of the trainers. COTS will be used to the maximum extent possible.
The existing CH-53E Aircrew Procedures Trainer (APT) Device 2F171 at MCAS Futenma, Japan, is rapidly approaching its End of Life. This BCU program will enable the sundown of the 2F171device and, to support the training requirements at MCAS Futenma, a new replacement build CFTD, Device 2F246, is anticipated to be delivered and Ready for Training (RFT) in fiscal year (FY) 2020.
Questions and comments on any documents posted regarding the subject requirement are welcomed and should be emailed to nicole.knight@navy.mil.
Be advised that questions, comments and answers may be posted on the solicitation websites.
.

SPECIAL NOTE: Previous related postings were under RFP number N61340-16-R-1187. The last posting on 17 Mar 2017 stated the RFP number would be updated. The RFP number has been updated to N61340-17-R-0035.



This posting is a DRAFT RFP for the CH-53E CFTD BCU. The DRAFT RFP and associated documents are included as attachments to this posting. The government reserves the right to include additional RFP provisions including, among other things, Organizational Conflict of Interest.



The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) has a requirement for upgrades to the baseline configuration of the CH53E Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD) 2F220 located at Marine Corps Air Stations (MCAS) Kaneohe Bay, HI.

This requirement will be competed as a fair opportunity procurement under FAR 16.505(b) to eligible Training Systems Contract (TSC) III, LOT II small business prime contractors. All final documents will be included in the Request for Proposals (RFP). The government is finalizing the RFP and anticipates releasing the final RFP on the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) website at https://www.neco.navy.mil and the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov/ in April 2017. The currently designated RFP number is N61340-16-R-1187; however that RFP number is anticipated to change to reflect a fiscal year 2017 issuance. A notification will be issued once the RFP number is updated.



A Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU) is planned for two USMC CH-53E pilot training devices.

This effort is for the modification and upgrade of the USMC Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD), Device 2F220, at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, HI, and for the design, fabrication, installation, and test of a new CH53E CFTD Device 2F246 located at MCAS Futenma, Japan, to replace the existing CH-53E Aircrew Procedures Trainer (APT), Device 2F171. The BCU will ensure that the flight simulators continue to provide high fidelity flight training. The BCU program will incorporate technology upgrades to enhance USMC pilot level of proficiency and extend the useable life of these training devices. This effort replaces or upgrades obsolete hardware and software to include, but not be limited to: Host computer, Instructor Operator Station (IOS) computers, Program Support Equipment, Visual System, Control Loading System and the Input/Output (I/O) components.

Both Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) equipment will be utilized to alleviate obsolescence and reduce supportability issues for the anticipated service life of the trainers. COTS will be used to the maximum extent possible.



The existing CH-53E Aircrew Procedures Trainer (APT) Device 2F171 at MCAS Futenma, Japan, is rapidly approaching its End of Life. This BCU program will enable the sundown of the 2F171device and, to support the training requirements at MCAS Futenma, a new replacement build CFTD, Device 2F246, is anticipated to be delivered and Ready for Training (RFT) in fiscal year (FY) 2020.



Questions and comments on any documents posted regarding the subject requirement are welcomed and should be emailed to nicole.knight@navy.mil.

Be advised that questions, comments and answers may be posted on the solicitation websites.