Support- professional: engineering/technical

Added: Aug 24, 2015 1:59 pm Modified: Sep 21, 2015 10:00 amTrack Changes The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ) on behalf of the U.S. Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) intends to issue a competitive 100% small business set-aside Request for Proposal (RFP) for the award of multiple five (5) year, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for contractor software engineering services in support of Tactical Mission Command Applications (TMCA). The Fire Control System & Technology (FCS&T) Directorate and Mission Command Team supports a wide spectrum of products including, but not limited to: Tactical Applications (TacApps), Command Post of the Future (CPOF), Command Web, and other current and future programs related to Command Post Client (CPC). The FCS&T Directorate and Mission Command Team requires contractor assistance with providing high quality software support services including software standards knowledge & capabilities and software process & performance analysis. The software standards knowledge & capabilities support includes domain knowledge in government and commercial standards. The software process & performance analysis support includes software process assurance, implementation, tracking, and analyzing performance. The contractor(s) shall provide all necessary personnel, supervision, management, materials, and services to fully support these efforts within specified requirements and will be included in the individual task orders. The applicable NAICS for this effort is: 541330 "Engineering Services". The total maximum ceiling value of all contracts awarded is $25,000,000.00.

The highest Distribution Level for this solicitation/contract is: Distribution Statement D. The following three (3) applicable documents are limited distribution and available upon certified request only:

1. The "Maneuver Control System (MCS), Battle Command Common Services (BCCS), and Command Post of the Future (CPOF) Security Classification Guide (SCG)" dated 29 July 2008 is a Distribution Statement D document, detailed as follows:

Distribution Statement D: Distribution authorized to Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only by specific authority of AR 380-5. Date of determination is approval date of this document. Other requests shall be referred to the Office of the Product Manager, TBC, ATTN: SFAE-C3T-BC-TBC, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703

The MCS, BCCS, and CPOF SCG contains information exempt from mandatory disclosure under FOIA. Exemption 3 applies.

Export Control Warning: All technical documents that are determined to contain export-controlled technical data shall be marked "WARNING - This document contains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et. seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, Title 50, U.S.C., App. 2401 et. seq. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties. Disseminate in accordance with provisions of DoD Directive 5230.25." When it is technically infeasible to use the entire statement, an abbreviated marking may be used, and a copy of the full statement added to the "Notice To Accompany Release of Export-Controlled Data" required by DoD Directive 5230.25.

Destruction Notice: Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.

2. The "ARDEC / Weapons Software Engineering Center (WSEC) Policies" dated 21 October 2014 is a Distribution Statement D document, detailed as follows:

Distribution authorized to Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. DoD contractors only; Administrative or Operational Use; 25 April 2012. Other requests shall be referred to the Director, Armament Software Engineering Center (Armament SEC) Weapons & Software Engineering Center, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806

Export Control Warning: All technical documents that are determined to contain export-controlled technical data shall be marked "WARNING - This document contains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et. seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, Title 50, U.S.C., App. 2401 et. seq. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties. Disseminate in accordance with provisions of DoD Directive 5230.25." When it is technically infeasible to use the entire statement, an abbreviated marking may be used, and a copy of the full statement added to the "Notice To Accompany Release of Export-Controlled Data" required by DoD Directive 5230.25.

Destruction Notice: Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.

3. The "Maneuver Control System (MCS) Interim Program Protection Plan (IPPP)" dated 21 August 2006 is a For Official Use Only (FOUO) document.

To obtain a copy of the MCS, BCCS and CPOF SCG, ARDEC/WSEC Policies, and MCS IPPP: Interested parties to this solicitation shall mail/email a signed and approved copy of their "Military Critical Technologies Data Agreement (DD Form 2345)" or a copy of their applicable license issued by the U.S. Department of State if the offeror is a non U.S. company. After receipt of this document, the point of contact (POC) listed below will provide a "Technical Data Questionnaire (AMSTA-AR Form 1350)" and a "Non-Disclosure and Non-Use Agreement" to be completed and signed by the interested party. Once all documents are complete and received by the POC, the limited distribution documents will be provided. It is critical that interested parties provide these documents to initiate their request for the limited distribution documents in a timely manner as a proposal submission date will not be extended based on an untimely request.

U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey
ATTN: Margaret Stroynowski
ACC-NJ-JA
Bldg. 9, Phipps Road
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000
malgorzata.stroynowski.civ@mail.mil

THIS SYNOPSIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). Further, this synopsis is not a guarantee of a future RFP and should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the U.S. Government. Responses to this synopsis are not considered proposals and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government anticipates an RFP to be posted to FedBizOpps https://www.fbo.gov/ on or about 8 September 2015. The proposal submission date will be thirty (30) days after issuance of the RFP.