Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) Training Virtual Environment

** This notice was formerly titled N00039-17-R-0007 CANES VE Training **

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), in support of the Program

Executive Office for Command Control, Communications, Computers, and

Intelligence

(PEO C4I) Program Manager, Warfare (PMW) 160, Tactical Networks, intends to

issue a

Full and Open competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) N00039-18-R-0009 for the

procurement of a Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES)

Training

Virtual Environment (VE) solution in Q2FY18 timeframe.



CANES is the Navy's Program of Record (POR) that consolidates and replaces

existing

afloat networks providing the necessary infrastructure for applications,

systems and

services required to dominate the cyber warfare tactical domain. CANES

represents a key

aspect of the Navy's modernization planning by upgrading cybersecurity, command

and

control, communications and intelligence systems afloat, and by replacing

unaffordable

and obsolete networks.



The Government anticipates issuing a single-award Indefinite Delivery

Indefinite Quantity

(IDIQ) contract. The contract will include a five (5) year ordering period.

The

Government anticipates utilizing a Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF) / Cost Plus

Fixed- Fee

(CPFF) CLIN structure for development of the Virtual Environment of the current

CANES

Operational Baseline, Trainers, and Hosting Environment. Notionally, it's the

Government's intent to issue the initial Task Order (TO) for the CANES

Operational

training baseline on a CPIF completion basis. Changes to the CANES Operational

Baseline

that will occur due to obsolescence and software changes, as well as the hosted

and

connected applications curriculum, will be issued on a CPFF Level of Effort

(LOE) basis.



This notice is provided for information only; it is not a Request for Proposal

and is not be

to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a contract. The

Government will not pay for any effort expended in response to this notice.

All

questions/comments are to be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist,

Susana

Wiker, email address at susana.l.wiker@navy.mil and Contracting Officer, Kim

Reidy,

email address at kimberly.reidy@navy.mil.



Future information, if released, will be synopsized on the Federal Business

Opportunities

(FedBizOpps) at https://www.fbo.gov/ and SPAWAR E-Commerce Central website at

https://e-commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/. Interested parties are responsible

for

monitoring these sites for additional information pertaining to this notice.