SOURCES SOUGHT
69 -- Joint Terminal Control Training and Rehearsal System
- Notice Date
- 4/28/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333319
— Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ASC - Aeronautical Systems Center, 2300 D StreetWPAFB, OH
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- PIXS5180
- Response Due
- 4/17/2007
- Point of Contact
- Charlene Jeong, 937-255-4955
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 28 APRIL 2008 - ** PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ** This announcement constitutes a Pre-Solicitation Notice IAW FAR 5.204 for the JTC TRS program. Detailed information on the Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) can be found at https://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixs_solicitation.asp?id=5180. The 677th AESG/TO, Aeronautical System Center (ASC), is planning for the FINAL RFP release. The solicitation number associated with this effort is FA8621-08-R-6299. PRESOLICITATION NOTICE DISCLAIMER: All data contained herein at https://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixs_solicitation.asp?id=5180 is for information only and is subject to change. The data is for general purposes ONLY and SHALL NOT be used in preparation of any offer to the Government. In the event of discrepancy between the information shown on this Web Page and the actual FINAL RFPsolicitation documents, the actual FINAL RFP solicitation documents and amendments thereto shall govern. The United States of America assumes no liability for the completeness or accuracy of the data contained herein and any use of such data inconsistent with this disclaimer shall be solely at the risk of the user. **End of Notice ** _________________25 April 2008: The purpose of this post is to provide potential offerors the opportunity for exchanges with the Government regarding program cost estimates and the methods of estimating such costs. IAW AF Mandatory Procedures (MP) 5313, it is critical that potential offerors understand what cost models and methodology the Government will be using. (Ref: DRFP). In an effort to facilitate exchanges, telecons will be offered. Telecons are scheduled for Wednesday, 30 April 2008, from 1300-1600. Telecons will be limited to 30 minutes each. Exchanges are limited to program cost estimates and the methods of estimating such costs only. Potential offerors, who desire a 30 minute telecon to discuss program cost estimates, should contact Charlene.Jeong@us.af.mil by NLT COB Monday, 28 April 2008. (See attached file labeled JTC TRS MPC Methodology Charts.pdf) _______________________23 April 2008: The following announcements are hereby posted: 1) Due to a change in JTC TRS requirement(s) that may affect bid proposal,OPTION CLIN 0005 - USSOCOM 120-day Initial Delivery Capability (IDC) delivery is hereby deleted in its entirety from the JTC TRS program. This effort is no longer an optional requirement on the JTC TRS program. 2) Additionally, publication of the Industry Day 2 Questions and Answers (Q&As), and Industry Day 2 Briefing slides are hereby posted. Any Questions made during Industry Day briefing relevant to the IDC have been excluded from the Industry Day Q&As (Ref. announcement #1 above). See attached files dated 23 Apr 2008. __________________________23 April 2008: The following clarification is offered to Industry regarding Foreign-Owned (FO) companies bidding on the JTC TRS contract. For a Foreign-Owned company to become eligible for award upon submittal of JTC TRS Proposal but no later than time of contract award, the following criteria must be met: 1) For a company to bid as Prime, that is subject to Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) entity, they must be FOCI compliant by contract award; 2) Prior to contract award of the JTC TRS contract, which requires access authorization(s) and which requires offerors/bidders and all tier parents, (i.e. tier parent means ultimate parent and any intervening levels of ownership, if the offeror/bidder is controlled by another organization), are required to submit complete, current, and accurate information, certification, and explanatory documentation which define the extent and nature of any relevant FOCI relationship over the offeror/bidder and tier parents for use by the Government in determining the risk presented by that FOCI. 3) A U.S. company is considered to be under FOCI whenever a foreign interest has the power, direct or indirect, whether or not exercised, and whether or not exercisable through the ownership of the U.S. company's securities, by contractual arrangements or other means, to direct or decide matters affecting the management or operations of that company in a manner which may result in unauthorized access to classified information or may affect adversely the performance of classified contracts. (see NISPOM. 2-301, for more specific details at this reference). _______________________17 April 2008: For further clarification about Foreign-Owned companies and WPAFB Gate Entry Foreign Disclosure Office procedures, the following information is provided to Industry: The requirement for a U.S. only company/U.S. subsidiary to be the Prime has not changed. Foreign National attendees are required to follow appropriate visit procedures for access to Wright-Patterson AFB. All FN attendees will meet at Gate 1B, located on Springfield Street (near the Air Force Museum) for escort to the sessions. Note: Any U.S. citizens attending these meeting as a representative to a Foreign- Owned company, will be held to the same access and escort requirements mentioned above. Direct any questions to Mr. Ronald Hannan, (937) 255-8584, email: Ronald.Hannan@wpafb.af.mil, Security Office for coordination prior to the meeting. ________________ 16 April 2008: The JTC TRS Team has received clarification from the acquisition security office as to the ability of foreign-owned companies to participate in a one-on-one session. See attached filed labeled JTC TRS 1v1 Invite. ______________ 11 April 2008: The purpose of this post is to clarify the submission of Comment Resolution Matrix (CRM) and Questions and Answers (Q/A) publications.Questions/Answers from the Industry Day Briefing are considered public record and will be posted on PIXS, however, questions/answers from the one-on-ones sessions will not be posted. Additionally, CRM questions/answers will not be individually posted, however, questions common to multiple CRMs may be posted on PIXS and will be sanitized as appropriate. Industry should submit electronic version of CRM and questions presented in the one-on-one sessions no later than close of business, Monday, 14 Apr 08 to charlene.jeong@us.af.mil._________________10 April 2008: The JTC TRS Industry Day 9 April 2008 Sign-In Sheets are hereby posted to PIXS for Industry review. See attached file labeled JTC TRS Industry Day Sign-In Sheets.__________________7 April 2008: Second posting. The READ-AHEAD briefing is hereby posted for JTC TRS Industry Day to be held Wednesday, 9 April 2008.__________________ 7 April 2008: Due to the complexity and number of computer system issues with FBO, the system generated errors have been resolved and the JTC TRS Bidders Library is now viewable. To access FBO, vendors should navigate to www.fbo.gov and log-in. To access the JTC TRS Bidders Library, vendors should search under the Label name JTC TRS Bidders Library. The solicitation number associated with the notice is FA8621-08-R-6299 when navigating the new FBO website. Vendors should be aware the documents contained in the JTC TRS Bidders Library are labeled "Explicit Access Required". The sensitive, but unclassified documents for this solicitation are export controlled. Vendor information may not contain this level of permission which is required to view the related documents. In order to view documents, vendors may need to edit their vendor profiles. Vendors continuing to receive "Document are visible but locked" messages are encouraged to call the new FBO HelpDesk at Telephone (703) 351-0200 x2015 or (703) 373-7039 or Email: help@fbo.gov.________________3 April 2008: NOTICE - There has been a change to Fed Teds web site for accessing JTC TRS Bidders Library. To streamline processes, as of Monday 31 March 2008, the FedTeds website has been discontinued and the JTC TRS Bidders Library has been transferred to the new Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website. To access the JTC TRS Bidders Library, vendors should search under the Label name JTCTRS99 when navigating the new FBO website. Vendor accounts may have been affected by this transition. To access FBO, vendors should navigate to www.fbo.gov and log-in using the new FBO with integrated FedTeds functionality. Please note the Interested Vendor function has been renamed to the Authorized Vendor List. Please direct any questions to the new FBO Help Desk: Email: help@fbo.gov or telephone (703) 373-7039. _________________1 April 2008: The purpose of this posting is to provide Industry a current JTC TRS Comment Resolution Matrix (CRM) Rev. 1 dated 1 April 2008. All previous CRM versions have been deleted.__________________31 March 2008: The purpose of this posting is to provide Industry a REVISED JTC TRS Comment Resolution Matrix (CRM) dated 31 March 2008.__________________________________________27 Mar 08: For access to the Bidders Library for JTC TRS DRFP, the FEDTEDS release of solicitation number FA8621-08-R-6299 is hereby posted. Vendors should register at the following FEDTEDS website:https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.VendorLogin?OpenForm&SolicitationNumber=FA8621-08-R-6299 ______________________________________27 Mar 08: The release of the Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) for JTC TRS is hereby posted to PIXS. The solicitation number associated with this effort is FA8621-08-R-6299. Additionally, the Bidders Library has been populated and is located at the following website: https://www.fedteds.gov/. In order for a potential offeror to register for FedTeds, they must have the following information: Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN), DUNS number or CAGE Code, Status as a DoD contractor, Telephone Number and Email address. The Government will periodically release (on FEDTEDS) library documents that between now and the FINAL RFP release date. Prospective offerors requesting access to the FedTeDS library shall provide evidence that they are a current DoD contractor or subcontractor. In regards to the newly posted DRAFT documents, the Government welcomes offeror review/comment, identification of any errors, inconsistencies, ambiguities, or inappropriately stated or unachievable/un-executable requirements and tasks in advance of the second Industry Day. Please use the comment resolution matrix (also posted on PIXS) to document comments and questions on the DRFP documents. The Government will be conducting a second Industry Day and a set of "one-on-one" meetings with potential offerors on 9-11 Apr 08. For more details, see the Industry Day announcement. The anticipated release date of the FINAL RFP for this program is May 2008. If there are any questions, please contact Charlene Jeong, Contract Negotiator at Charlene.Jeong@us.af.mil or Mel Boykins, Contracting Officer at Melvin.boykins@wpafb.af.mil_________________________ 18 March 2008: The purpose of this post is to provide Industry the JTC TRS Industry Day #2 Announcement. See attached file labeled JTC TRS Industry Day 2 Announcement.pdf._________________________________________10 Jan 2008: The purpose of this post is perform administrative changes as indicated below. NOTE: POC for PSpec comments/inquiries has been changed to read Ms. Charlene Jeong in lieu of Mr. Richard Rovinsky.*************************************** 19 Dec 2007: The purpose of this post is to provide Industry another DRAFT of Performance Specification v 3.0 dated 14 Dec 07. The latest version of the Draft JTC TRS Performance Specification is attached for industry review and comment.This release of the Performance Spec represents a significant improvement as compared to the previous version released to industry. Since this release has been reorganized, track changes are not presented. This version reflects the recently posted announcement concerning the potential development of a fixed system under the JTC TRS development effort. Future plans and associated requirements are identified in section 6 of this Specification. Any additional changes between now and Draft RFP release may be provided with track changes based on this baseline release, Ver 3.0. Request your written feedback by email to Ms. Charlene G. Jeong, (Charlene.Jeong@wpafb.af.mil) by 17 Jan 08. Any additional written comments may be withheld until the next Industry Day one-on-one sessions. ******************************************13 Dec 2007: The purpose of this post is to clarify NAICS code for the SB set-aside determination posted on 10 Dec 2007. For the Small Business Determination, the NAICS code remains at 333319 and the size standard is 500 employees. ******************************************* 10 Dec 07: The purpose of this post is to provide Industry the current status on the JTC TRS Program. See attached file labeled JTC TRS status 10 Dec 2007.pdf. *******************************************PROGRAM SCOPE: The Joint Terminal Controller Training and Rehearsal System (JTC TRS) project under the Tactical Airborne Control System funds developments necessary to provide Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) capable high-fidelity Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), and Combat Control Team (CCT) training and rehearsal system. The JTC TRS will be able to connect to DMO networks to allow geographically separated high-fidelity close air support platforms and JTACs/CCT teams to train together. The JTC TRS will enable operators to conduct Joint Close Air Support (JCAS) training/mission rehearsal using tailored, dynamic scenarios that are relevant to mission tasking. Furthermore, the system will be capable of providing air traffic control training for CCT using tactical application of austere airbase operations. Using a system of systems approach JTC TRS shall have the capability to network in Increment 1 to aircrew full mission trainers and mission training centers, and by Increment 2, to Air Support Operations Centers (ASOCs) for Joint Tactical Air Strike Requests and air-ground coordination of Joint fires. JTC TRS will also allow JTACS/CCT teams to use their actual equipment in the trainer. Its primary focus is to provide a persistent total air-ground virtual training environment for networked air ground training and mission rehearsal capability that will develop both JTAC/CCT skills and train those air crews assigned to accomplish complex JCAS missions in close proximity to ground forces. JTC TRS will be fully interoperable with joint/sister Service air ground simulation using industry standards. SEE BELOW ATTACHMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. For more information on "Joint Terminal Control Training and Rehearsal System ", please refer to: https://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixs_solicitation.asp?id=5180
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