SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Globally Networked Maritime Headquarters with Maritime Operations Center
- Notice Date
- 3/28/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, ONR, CODE ONR-02 875 North Randolph St., Suite 1425, Arlington, VA, 22203-1995, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- ONRBAA07-021
- Response Due
- 8/24/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/8/2007
- Description
- The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is advertising a research opportunity to invite proposals for the development of technology that supports the Globally Networked Maritime Headquarters with Maritime Operations Center (G-N MHQw/MOC) for planning and operational execution of plans. This Naval concept addresses the globally distributed nature of maritime operations and the need for new approaches to the problems this reality presents. Joint doctrine development also addresses some of these issues in the concept of the Joint and Coalition Force Maritime Component Commander (J/CFMCC). These concepts are related, and the J/CFMCC concept is included in the more broadly scoped MHQw/MOC. In fact, the FORCEnet Enabling Capability (EC) in support of which this BAA is issued as FNT08-06 Globally Networked Joint & Coalition Force Maritime Component Commander (G-N J/CFMCC). The program to develop needed technologies identified by the EC and addressed in this BAA is entitled: Globally Networked Maritime Headquarters with Maritime Operations Center (G-N MHQw/MOC). Two concepts of operations are relevant to the research opportunity : (1) MHQw/MOC) Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Draft Version 2.4, 31 Oct 2006); and (2) Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) TACMEMO 3-32-06 Final Draft June 2006. Offerors and interested parties should consult these documents before responding to the research opportunity described in this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Number 07-021. Section VII of this BAA contains information about how to obtain a copy of the documents. Section VII, Subsection 3.0 provides more discussion on the relationship between this research program and the J/CFMCC and MHQw/MOC concept evolution including the capability gaps that have motivated the program thrusts. Potential offerors should read Section VII to understand the context of this research initiative. Proposed capabilities for the G-N MHQw/MOC should be capable of providing support to the seamless global operation of the Plans, Future Operations, and Current Operations cells. The operations of these cells are described in NWDC TACMEMO 3-32-06, Sections 3.4 and 3.6. Potential offerors should ensure that their white paper, oral presentation (if invited), and full proposal (if invited) address specifically how their technology offering will enhance the capabilities of the Plans, Future Operations, and Current Operations cells. This ONR research opportunity relates to the operational level of war, focusing on capabilities to enhance naval forces' plans, future operations, and current operations. BAA Number# 07-021 does not focus on tactical level technology capabilities or technologies supporting warfare execution. Neither is BAA Number # 07-021 interested in technologies that will assist in purely administrative tasks, such as managing personnel or logistics, nor those supporting intelligence center operations alone. Certainly tactical, administrative and intelligence data and information are critical to planning and decision making in the MHQw/MOC or J/CFMCC context and must be considered as critical sources of sensor data and information, so reference to such may be made. Technology proposals that focus exclusively on tactical level execution, administrative tasks, or intelligence functionality and fail to address command, control and planning at the operational level will not be considered responsive to this BAA. Potential offerors should incorporate experimentation with technology as a significant part of the technology development effort. They should plan for table-top experimentation within six months of contract award to enable warfighters and acquisition program partners to engage in discussion of how the technology development will enhance warfighting. They should plan for limited technology experimentation in twelve to fourteen months after contract award, to demonstrate to acquisition program of record partners how technologies will integrate with existing and planned systems that will support MHQw/MOC and J/CFMCC capabilities. They should plan for limited objective experimentation, including participation in a Sea Trial event, in the last four months of the base period of contract performance to enable warfighters and acquisition program partners to witness that the technology development metrics have been met.
- Record
- SN01261395-W 20070330/070328221603 (fbodaily.com)
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