Global Positioning System (GPS) III Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment Award Notices

Boeing Network and Space Systems, El Segundo, California, has been awarded an $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for GPS III SV11+ navigation payload and space vehicle. The contractor will provide initial production designs and a navigation payload production design to include navigation payload brassboard test results. The locations of performance are El Segundo and Huntington Beach, California. The work is expected to be completed by July 8, 2018. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition which was listed on Federal Business Opportunities with three proposals received. Research Development Test & Evaluation funding from fiscal 2015 will be obligated in the amount of $5,000,000 at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colorado has been awarded an $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for GPS III SV11+ navigation payload and space vehicle.  The contractor will provide initial production designs and a navigation payload production design to include navigation payload brassboard test results. The locations of performance are Littleton, Colorado and Clifton, New Jersey. The work is expected to be completed by July 8, 2018. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition which was listed on Federal Business Opportunities with three proposals received. Research Development Test & Evaluation funding from fiscal 2015 will be obligated in the amount of $5,000,000 at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, California has been awarded an $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for GPS III SV11+ navigation payload and space vehicle.  The contractor will provide initial production designs and a navigation payload production design to include navigation payload brassboard test results. The location of performance is Redondo Beach, California. The work is expected to be completed by July 8, 2018. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition which was listed on Federal Business Opportunities with three proposals received. Research Development Test & Evaluation funding from fiscal 2015 will be obligated in the amount of $5,000,000 at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.

Industry comments are being sought in the potential Government acquisition of the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contract.  The GPS III Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contract is contemplated to be a competitive firm fixed price (FFP) acquisition with up to three contracts awarded.  The scope of this effort includes the current GPS III SV01-08 baseline with the addition of redesigned Nuclear Detonation Detection System (NDS), Search and Rescue/GPS (SAR/GPS), and Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) payloads, Unified S-Band (USB) compliance, Regional Military Protection capability and no changes to the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) or Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) interfaces.  The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) GPS Directorate (SMC/GP) intends to award the GPS III Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contract in the second quarter of fiscal year 2016.  The anticipated Period of Performance is 26 months for the basic contract, and two options for 6-months each, for a total possible Period of Performance of 38 months.

The draft Sections L & M and the draft Solicitation to include the draft Statement of Work (SOW) are posted for industry review and comments in the GPS III Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment Bidder's Library.  Please use the Comment Resolution Matrix (CRM) for consolidated comment submission.

This Special Notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes.  It does not constitute a solicitation (Request for Proposal or Request for Quotations) or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future.

Industry comments from small business and small, disadvantaged business firms are highly encouraged.  A responding firm should indicate if it is a small business, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, an 8(a) firm, a historically black college or university, or a minority institution.  The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 336414.  The small business size standard is 1,000 employees or less.  A determination of whether there are sufficient sources within industry to go forward with recommendations to conduct a restricted Production Readiness Alternate Source competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  

Comments and feedback are being sought with a suspense date of 4 August 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (PST).  Request all comments be submitted to Dominicke.Ybarra@us.af.mil with cc to Roy.Lee.11@us.af.mil.

The Government mandates participation from its Federal Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I), and Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors, during comment resolutions, specifically Aerospace, Canyon Consulting, and Quantech contractors will be used during the comment resolutions.

The aforementioned draft documents and other relevant materials are available from the Bidders' Library.  The primary point of contact for access to the Library is Dominicke Ybarra Dominicke.Ybarra@us.af.mil, 310.653.2499 and the secondary point of contact is Roy Lee, Roy.Lee.11@us.af.mil.