NOVASTAR Source Sought - NASIC S&TI Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- FA8604-20-R-7900
- Agency
- Aeronautical Systems Center Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- PSC
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson Afb Oh 45433 USA
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This pre-solicitation notice seeks sources to provide scientific and technical intelligence analysis support services to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Requirements include research, development and sustainment of hardware, software and systems capabilities to enable intelligence production, as well as technical intelligence production through collection, analysis, planning, processing, dissemination and archiving activities. Interested parties must demonstrate expertise in areas such as geospatial intelligence, measurement and signatures intelligence, signals intelligence, human intelligence, open source intelligence and technical intelligence. Responses to the sources sought notice were due by June 30, 2020. An industry day is planned for mid to late summer 2020 to discuss acquisition strategy for the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity NOVASTAR contract beginning in fiscal year 2021.
The NOVASTAR contract has no set-aside designations. Requirements are currently supported under contracts like ATEP II, AVIPSS7, CASP II, FAST IV, FME III, HAVESTAR VII, IMD, SESS III and MEGASTAR. Task orders will be awarded for work in air, space, missile, cyber and technical intelligence production support across the PSC codes D302 and R425. Award values are not specified but the NOVASTAR contract will replace existing contracts valued up to hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The base period of performance is five years with options that could extend the contract into the late 2020s.
Notice text
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
The Government is conducting market research and identifying, as potential sources, companies that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements of this contract supporting the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. These requirements are currently encompassed within the following contract vehicles:
Advanced Technical Exploitation Program (ATEP II): FA860415D7975, FA860415D7976, FA860415D7977
AVIPSS7: GS00Q14OADU325
CASP II: GS05Q15BMA0015
FAST IV: GS05Q15BMA0021, GS05Q15BMA0022
FME III: GS00F063CA
HAVESTAR VII: GS05Q15BMA0030
IMD: GSQ0515BMA0013
SESS III: GS05Q17BMA0005, GS05Q17BMA0006
IMD II: 47QFLA19A0018, 47QFLA19A0020, 47QFLA19A0021
MEGASTAR: 47QFLA19A0006, 47QFLA19A0007, 47QFLA19A0009, 47QFLA19A0010, 47QFLA19A0011, 47QFLA19A0012, 47QFLA19A0013, 47QFLA19A0014, 47QFLA19A0015, 47QFLA19A0019
This is not a request for proposals and no contract will be awarded as a result of this sources sought. Companies responding to this request are advised that participation does not ensure opportunities for participation in future solicitations or contract awards. The Government will not reimburse any company or individual for any expenses associated with preparation or participation in this request for information.
Program Description
National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) requires contract support for research, development, and sustainment of new and existing hardware, systems, and software capabilities enabling scientific and technical intelligence production for the United States Air Force (USAF), the Department of Defense (DoD), and National Level intelligence efforts. NASIC also requires contract support for the production of technical intelligence through collection, analysis, planning, processing, dissemination, archiving and associated activities for NASIC, the USAF, the DoD and National Level intelligence efforts. The work provides agile and innovative resource capability supporting technical analysis in the Intelligence Community, turning innovation into intelligence products, and constantly improving productivity in technical analysis product generation.
NASIC’s mission is to discover and characterize air, space, missile, forces, and cyber threats to enable full-spectrum multi-domain operations, drive weapon system acquisition, and inform national defense policy. Task Orders will be awarded to perform work in and across these mission areas.
6/26/2020: Update to extend Due Date to 7/10/2020. Attached Industry Q&As.
Update #1 ·
The Government is conducting market research and identifying, as potential sources, companies that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements of this contract supporting the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. These requirements are currently encompassed within the following contract vehicles:
Advanced Technical Exploitation Program (ATEP II): FA860415D7975, FA860415D7976, FA860415D7977
AVIPSS7: GS00Q14OADU325
CASP II: GS05Q15BMA0015
FAST IV: GS05Q15BMA0021, GS05Q15BMA0022
FME III: GS00F063CA
HAVESTAR VII: GS05Q15BMA0030
IMD: GSQ0515BMA0013
SESS III: GS05Q17BMA0005, GS05Q17BMA0006
IMD II: 47QFLA19A0018, 47QFLA19A0020, 47QFLA19A0021
MEGASTAR: 47QFLA19A0006, 47QFLA19A0007, 47QFLA19A0009, 47QFLA19A0010, 47QFLA19A0011, 47QFLA19A0012, 47QFLA19A0013, 47QFLA19A0014, 47QFLA19A0015, 47QFLA19A0019
This is not a request for proposals and no contract will be awarded as a result of this sources sought. Companies responding to this request are advised that participation does not ensure opportunities for participation in future solicitations or contract awards. The Government will not reimburse any company or individual for any expenses associated with preparation or participation in this request for information.
Program Description
National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) requires contract support for research, development, and sustainment of new and existing hardware, systems, and software capabilities enabling scientific and technical intelligence production for the United States Air Force (USAF), the Department of Defense (DoD), and National Level intelligence efforts. NASIC also requires contract support for the production of technical intelligence through collection, analysis, planning, processing, dissemination, archiving and associated activities for NASIC, the USAF, the DoD and National Level intelligence efforts. The work provides agile and innovative resource capability supporting technical analysis in the Intelligence Community, turning innovation into intelligence products, and constantly improving productivity in technical analysis product generation.
NASIC’s mission is to discover and characterize air, space, missile, forces, and cyber threats to enable full-spectrum multi-domain operations, drive weapon system acquisition, and inform national defense policy. Task Orders will be awarded to perform work in and across these mission areas.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NOVASTAR Q_A 26 June 2020.docx | DOCX document | |
| NOVASTAR Q_A 6_3_2020.docx | DOCX document | |
| NOVASTAR PWS 28 May 2020 Final.pdf | ||
| NOVASTAR Sources Sought 28 May 2020 Final.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Novastar draft RFP | Solicitation | |
| NOVASTAR RFI #2 - NASIC S&TI Services | Pre-Solicitation | |
| NOVASTAR Industry Day - NASIC S&TI Services | Special Notice | |
| NOVASTAR Source Sought - NASIC S&TI Services | Pre-Solicitation |
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