Sources sought for global satellite configuration control element (gscce) contract

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI), SOURCES SOUGHT FOR GLOBAL SATELLITE CONFIGURATION CONTROL ELEMENT (GSCCE) CONTRACT

Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS), Fort Belvoir, VA, is seeking information from potential offerors for the contemplated acquisition of Global Satellite Configuration Control Element (GSCCE) support services and supplies.

Interested sources should note that the majority of GSCCE data rights, drawings, software source code, and associated technical data are proprietary to the incumbent GSCCE supplier, Boeing Satellite Systems.
 
Large and small businesses that are experienced in providing military satellite control equipment support services are requested to respond to this RFI. Small business is defined by North American Industry Association Classification System (NAICS) 334220, (750 employees or less).
 
PM DCATS provides worldwide support for the Joint Warfighters by providing dedicated strategic satellite ground components and long haul terrestrial microwave communication systems, technical control facilities, command center upgrades, and deployed forces infrastructure.
 
The GSCCE is the major component of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite control segment, providing the ability to control spacecraft payload and monitor platform health, performance, and the state of the payload configuration. The GSCCE also provides control of payload components such as antenna beams, configuration of filters and switches, beam connectivity assignments, and control gain settings. Satellite control is performed via X-band or Ka-band links. Based on the number of strings installed, one GSCCE can control up to three WGS satellites simultaneously.

The Government contemplates awarding a single stand-alone contract for the required GSCCE support services and supplies. The contract, which will include both Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee and Firm-Fixed-Price Requirements, will be a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

The Government tentatively plans to include the following GSCCE support services and supplies in the pending solicitation.
a. The Contractor shall provide all system and software engineering services and products required to conduct Government GSCCE Post Production Software Support (PPSS).
b. The Contractor shall ensure that Information Assurance (IA) and associated security requirements necessary to maintain an Authorization to Operate (ATO) for deployed GSCCE systems at all sites are met.
c. The Contractor shall provide Technical Studies in support of maintaining and enhancing the GSCCE and its interoperability with other C4ISR systems.
d. The Contactor shall provide Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) for fielded and evolving GSCCE systems.
e. The Contractor shall implement enhancements to the capabilities of the GSCCE and verify system integrity after completion of those enhancements.
f. If directed, the Contractor shall be required to produce, test, and install additional GSCCE end items and associated ancillary items.
g. If directed, the Contractor shall transition the GSCCE Software Sustainability Environment (SSE) from the Contractor's facility to a Government-specified facility.
h. The Contractor shall update Technical Data Package, including drawings and software documentation, necessary to enable a manufacturer of similar equipment to produce physically and functionally equivalent GSCCE equipment.

The GSCCE Sustainment services contemplated will be performed at the contractor's facility and the following Government facilities.
a. Government Joint SATCOM Engineering Center (JSEC) Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
b. Government SATCOM Management sites in Colorado Springs, CO
c. Government Wideband Satellite Operations Centers (WSOCs):
(1) Landstuhl Germany
(2) Fort Buckner, Japan
(3) Fort Meade, MD
(4) Fort Detrick, MD
(5) Wahiawa, Hawaii
d. Government Earth Terminal sites where Remote Monitor and Control Element (RMCE) sub-system has been installed:
(1) Northwest NCTAMS, Virginia
(2) Camp Roberts, California
(3) Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
(4) Lago Di Patria NCTAMS, Italy
(5) Geraldton, Australia
(6) Harmon, Australia
e. Other facilities as required

Interested potential offerors are asked to provide the following specific information.
a. Name, address, and Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) code of your company.
b. Point of Contact (Name address, phone number, and e-mail).
c. Identify current products your company offers which most closely match the capabilities specified above.
d. Available product brochures, specification sheets, photographs, illustration and technical descriptions that describe your company's current products and services that most closely match the required capabilities.
e. An optional White Paper (no more than 20 pages in length) describing how your company's products and technical expertise could produce and deliver the required capability.
f. An identification of your company's past and current customers to which your company provided similar products and services, including a customer/company name and point of contact, phone number, and address/e-mail where they can be contacted.
g. Pricing structure for required supplies and services, including licensing, maintenance, upgrades, and integration.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), a response to this RFI is not an offer and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government will not award a contract on the basis of this RFI, nor pay for information provided in response. This information will not be returned. Corporate information marked Proprietary, such as non-public pricing or bid strategy, will be safeguarded. The final requirements and acquisition strategy for the GSCCE program may be different from what is described above.

Please submit responses with the requested information in PDF or Microsoft Word format no later than 13 November 2015.

All questions and responses should be directed to Eric Eischen [eric.t.eischen.civ@mail.mil] at Army Contracting Command - Rock Island.