Fort Knox, KY Digital Air-Ground Integration Range (DAGIR) Fielding

In accordance with FAR 5.204, this notice serves as the Government’s Pre-Solicitation Notice for the Fort Knox, KY Digital Air-Ground Integration Range (DAGIR) Fielding. The Government intends on issuing a final solicitation in May 2022.

In accordance with FAR 5.2, Army Contracting Command-Orlando provides the following information:

1. Action Code: N/A
2. Related notice ID #’s: W900KK-20-R-_TBD, W900KK-21-R-DRTS, W900KK-22-R-DRTS
3. Date: April 8
4. Year: 2022
5. Contracting Office ZIP Code: 32826
6. Product or Service Code: 6910 (Training Aids)
7. Contracting Office Address: 12211 Science Drive, Orlando, FL
8. Subject: Ft. Knox, KY Digital Air-Ground Integration Range (DAGIR) Fielding
9. Proposed Solicitation Number: W900KK-22-R-0018
10. Closing Response Date: 22 April 2022
11. Contact Point or Contracting Office: Patricia Ward, Contract Specialist, patricia.ward2.civ@army.mil
12. Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD, W900KK-22-R-0018
13. Contract Award Dollar Amount Estimated: <$10M
14. Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs): 0001, 0002, 0003
    CLIN 0001: Fort Knox DAGIR New Range, FFP, 1 LOT; CLIN 0002: New Equipment Training and Interim Contractor Support, FFP, 1 Job; CLIN 0003: Technical Data and Information, FFP (NSP), 1 Job
15. Contract Award Date: Q4FY2022
16. Contractor: TBD
17. Place of Performance: Actual Fielding will be at Ft. Knox, KY, but Government assumes that the contractor will be performing the build and Phase 1 testing at the contractor’s plant.
18. Set-aside Status: N/A,  Full and Open Competition
19. Description: The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Project Manager for Soldier Training Devices (PM ST), Product Manager for Live Training Systems (PdM LTS), Digital Range Training System (DRTS) has a validated requirement to install an additional DAGIR at Fort Knox, KY.  A DAGIR is the largest and most complex live fire range that the Army utilizes at its Home station.
     
    The DAGIR supports all Aviation gunnery tables to include diving fire and door gunnery.  It supports platoon level collective training for all gunnery tables for Abrams, Bradley, (and all dismounted infantry), and aviation.  DAGIR supports individual and crew qualification training.  It uses thermal targets, night illumination devices, hostile-fire, target-kill, and visual flash.  Its approximate footprint threshold is 4Km x 6Km.
     
    The range’s primary features included in this effort are:
     
    •             IT equipment utilizing the DRTS Live Training Transformation (LT2) software.
    •             After Action Review (AAR) System.
    •             Long Range Thermal Field Cameras (FCs).
    •             Vehicle and Dismounted (DMT) Player Units (PUs).
    •             Radio Communication System.
    Other features that are being provided to the range include:
     
    •             Stationary Armor Targets (SATs), Moving Armor Targets (MATs), Stationary Infantry Targets (SITs), and Moving Infantry Targets (MITs).
    •             Air/Ground Integration Village.
    •             Aerial Weapons Scoring System (AWSS).