Helicopter Operations Surveillance System (HOSS) Obsolescence Upgrade

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: #N68335-19-R-0373

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, NJ is requesting information pertaining to the design, manufacture, testing, production, delivery, support of the Helicopter Operations Surveillance System (HOSS) in support of the VLA program. The currently fielded HOSS is obsolete and requires an upgrade to meet the NAVSEA Surface Electro Optic and Infrared (EO/IR) Sensor Requirements and to address its current supportability issues. Intention of this upgrade is to transition HOSS from analog to a digital open system architecture and also introduce new sensors, while maintaining current system functional requirements.
The Government is seeking industry input to assist in identifying features and approaches to meet the general requirements described above. The Product Service Codes (PSC) and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes have been assigned. The PSC is 5836- Video Recording and Reproducing Equipment. The applicable NAICS code is 334310 - Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing with a size standard of 750 employees.

All interested businesses are encouraged to respond and should provide information that includes previous efforts and related data to Jennifer Betchen, jennifer.betchen@navy.mil no later than the response deadline specified below. All information should reference this Request for Information (RFI) number on the subject response line of the emailed response as well as on all enclosed documents. Responses must include the company name, address, CAGE code, point of contact name and email/phone, and company business size. Respondents may provide Rough Orders of Magnitude (ROM) on any currently available product or company capabilities that will meet the Navy's requirements. Any comments provided may or may not be included in a formal solicitation.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute as a solicitation. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this request for information. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. All data received in response to this RFI, marked or designated as corporate or proprietary, will be fully protected from release outside the Government. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future associated Request For Proposal that may be issued. If a solicitation is released, the requirement will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website: www.fbo.gov under N68335-19-R-0373. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. It is anticipated that any procurement that may result from this RFI will have a significantly compressed schedule for contract completion.
All responses should be received no later than 2:00 PM EST, 15 July 2019. Responses should be submitted electronically to the designated Contract Specialist, Jennifer Betchen, in Microsoft Word format or Portable Document Format (PDF) at the following e-mail address: jennifer.betchen@navy.mil. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Contracting Office Address: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Contracts Department, Code 25253JB, B562-3, Hwy 547, Joint Base MDL, NJ 08733.

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