SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Kinetic Energy Interceptors Space Based Test Bed Request for Information
- Notice Date
- 5/5/2003
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Missile Defense Agency, MDA Deputy for Contracting (MDA/CT), 7100 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC, 20301-7100
- ZIP Code
- 20301-7100
- Solicitation Number
- HQ0006-03-0-0000
- Archive Date
- 7/3/2003
- Point of Contact
- Frederick Renz, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 695-9079, Fax (703) 697-7907,
- E-Mail Address
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Frederick.Renz@mda.osd.mil
- Description
- In January 2002, the Secretary of Defense directed the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) provide the US, its allies, deployed forces, and friends with a layered ballistic missile defense system. This ballistic missile defense system defeats missiles of all ranges and in all phases of flight. The Director, MDA, took the Secretary?s direction and tasked the Kinetic Energy Interceptors Program Office to develop a program yielding a kinetic boost/ascent phase capability against Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles as soon as practical. The Director further requested a competitive program rapidly delivering capabilities to the BMDS test bed. The existing program strategy consists of two major efforts. We plan to use a capability-based acquisition with the goal of determining what capability can be delivered, when. Contracts were recently awarded to two teams for the definition of a mobile, terrestrially based, boost/ascent test bed element. The contractors? efforts focus on delivering as early as Block 08 (January 2008-December 2009). The second element invests in the development of a space-based interceptor test bed. The Kinetic Energy Interceptors Program Office seeks information regarding industry?s ability to design, develop, and implement a space based test bed for ballistic missile defense interceptors. The Program Office is developing its procurement strategy to get this capability and wants industry help in constructing it. We envision a strategy resulting in a best value acquisition with full and open competition. Information desired at this time: 1. Executive Summary: 1.1 What type of program planning and strategy would you propose? 1.2 What is your proposed technical approach? 1.3 What is your proposed business approach? 2. Describe a recommended approach to design, develop and implement a space based test bed: 2.1 What is the general design concept? 2.2 What is the basic functionality required in a space based test bed? What is the key functionality required to enable an operational capability? 2.3 How would you allocate those functions within and between the different element segments (space and ground)? 2.4 What is the enabling technology for a space based test bed? How mature are the components used in the design? 2.5 How mature are the production and manufacturing processes you plan to employ? 2.6 What is the ground operations concept? 2.7 What test and evaluation assets and infrastructure are needed to support the operation of a space test bed? 2.8 What is the spiral development path of a space based test bed? What advances are required for each spiral? 3. Describe a high confidence development and test schedule for these production representative (stable configuration, built in a manufacturing facility by manufacturing personnel) space based interceptors for test: 3.1 What are the key development milestones and tests necessary to build and test a production element? When do these events occur? 3.2 What is the necessary flight test progression to produce three intercepts with production representative interceptors? 3.3 What are the key production processes that should be employed? 3.4 What processes should be used to ensure mission success? 4. Identify Production Off-ramp Opportunities: 4.1 What is your operational concept? 4.2 How can you trace your test bed concept to an operational concept? 4.3 What is the schedule for producing and deploying an operational concept? 4.4 What is your launch segment concept? 4.5 What is the boost/ascent performance of your operational concept against ballistic missiles of various types and ranges? 4.6 What is the inherent midcourse capability of an operational concept? 4.7 What Ballistic Missile Defense System sensor (s) and/or Command and Control, Battle Management and Communication capabilities are required to enable your approach? 5. Contact information: 5.1 Company name, address and primary engineering and program management points-of-contact with name, phone number and email address. 5.2 Provide a brief description of current and/or previous spacecraft and ballistic missile defense interceptor development experience. If you have questions related to this RFI, please contact Mr. Fred Renz, frederick.renz@bmdo.osd.mil. The Program Office will respond individually to each request. Your response to the RFI should be received at MDA no later than 4:00 PM EDT, 18 June 2003. The Program Office will conduct an Industry Day regarding a potential procurement in August 2003. Instructions for responses: You may submit your response, not to exceed 20 pages or 40 scripted power point charts, either electronically (soft copy) or physically (hard copy). Submission of proprietary information is not desired. Technical Point of Contact: Mr. Richard S. Matlock Richard.Matlock@bmdo.osd.mil 703 695-6637 MDA/KI Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future competition, nor will information provided in response to this RFI be used to exclude anyone from responding to any future Request for Proposals. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO ULTIMATELY ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR AWARD A CONTRACT. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO THIS RFI.
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