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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 26, 2008 FBO #2526
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A -- Integrated Topside (InTop) - Draft Sample Task 0001 - Draft Statement of Work

Notice Date

10/24/2008
 

Notice Type

Draft Statement of Work
 

NAICS

541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, ONR, CODE ONR-02, 875 North Randolph St., Suite 1425, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-1995
 

ZIP Code

22203-1995
 

Solicitation Number

N00014-09-R-0002
 

Response Due

1/16/2009
 

Archive Date

1/31/2009
 

Point of Contact

Kenesha Y Hargrave,, Phone: 703-696-5345, Vera G Carroll,, Phone: 703-696-2610
 

E-Mail Address

hargrak@onr.navy.mil, carrolv@onr.navy.mil
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is the lead organization for development efforts being initiated under the Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) Program. One of the technology projects headed by ONR under the INP program is Integrated Topside (InTop). InTop is a program that will support Radio Frequency (RF) multi-functionality and resource management in order to enable greater flexibility to adapt platform capabilities to rapidly changing tactical and strategic environments. InTop systems shall also be capable of integrating additional functionality through modularity, open interfaces, and the addition/deletion of hardware and/or software without impacting the fundamental system design. The InTop Program is to address the current condition where U.S. Navy surface combatants are increasingly employing large numbers of federated RF apertures to perform Electronic Warfare, Communication, and Radar functions; each function (and hence system) historically has its own aperture, electronics, operator, and logistics/maintenance tail. This classic stand-alone RF systems approach results in Electromagnetic Interference/Compatibility (EMI/EMC) problems that degrade system performance and increase life-cycle cost for the combatant. Ship RF signature and radar cross section are also difficult to reduce when restricted to stand-alone RF aperture/antenna approaches. Additionally, new communications and radar requirements are increasing space, weight and power demands on the topsides and masts of new platforms, and consequently lead to larger ships requiring increased generating capacity and at significantly higher cost. This problem of new requirements and limited space is even more critical on submarines with periscope/mast mounted systems. The Navy’s purpose is to support the Technology Development (TD) and System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phases of a Navy acquisition program. The program will develop in a spiral manner InTop TD phase System Advanced Development Model’s (ADM’s) suitable for proof-of-concept, and subsequent SDD phase systems for full system demonstration prior to acquisition, installation and deployment on various Navy platforms. InTop as an overarching program will adapt and develop new technologies and systems to support improved and affordable multifunction capabilities with open architectures (OA) that can be integrated with legacy and other InTop systems. InTop will provide system capabilities that can be scaled for the size and mission of the targeted platform, and incorporate a Navy developed Resource Allocation Manager (RAM) which will adapt the InTop systems in real-time to provide specific radio frequency transmit and receive sensor and communications functions. In order to address these issues of System size, weight, performance and RF signature and life cycle cost, ONR has sponsored research for new electronics components, RF apertures, and sensor and communications capabilities using broadband, multifunction, RF designs and advanced technologies. Related development and concept demonstration efforts include the Advanced Multi Function Radio Frequency Concept (AMRFC) Test Bed and the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) Advanced Development Model (ADM). AMRFC and subsequently MFEW were installed and tested at the Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Chesapeake Bay Detachment (CBD) site in Maryland. Future Integrated Topside concepts and systems may also be installed and demonstrated at this or other Navy test sites. This synopsis is to announce ONR’s intent to release the draft Statement of Work (SOW) (Attachment 1);and a Draft Sample Task 0001( Attachment 2) for the development, fabrication, and testing of InTop. This effort is for the spiral development, fabrication, testing and demonstration of an InTop System of Systems. This blanket Statement of Work and Sample Task 0001 is being released for all offerors to provide questions or comments to ONR. However, following the draft Statement of Work and Sample Task 0001 RFP Number N00014-09-R-0002 will be posted which shall provide for multiple awards of Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order (TO) Contracts. Multiple contract and task order awards are anticipated to investigate and adapt new technologies to support affordable multifunction capabilities, develop ADMs to test/demonstrate these new capabilities, and transition InTop capabilities for SDD and the Fleet. The scope of the tasks that can be issued under each task order award will encompass all efforts that lead to the management, development, acquisition, appropriate integration and test of RF sensor and communications functions into legacy and future platforms, with reduced cost, manning and impact on ship design relative to an assembly of federated systems with similar capability. Also, the scope shall capture major systems and component level procurement supporting the planned technology and systems demonstration for the study, design, fabrication, integration, and test & evaluation (T&E) tasks as required for the development of ADM, and subsequent Engineering Development Model (EDM) prototypes; and Limited Rate Initial Production (LRIP) installation of component systems of the InTop system of systems on various Naval platforms. This may include multiple task order awards per task order solicitation. Sample tasks is a representative of the major deliverables that are anticipated to be procured via separate task orders under the multiple award contracts that will be included in the RFP. Offeror’s abilities to perform under the contract will be evaluated based on the sample task proposals as well as additional criteria identified in the RFP. Offerors must show reasonable ability to work under one or more sample tasks to be eligible for basic contract award. Sample task 0001 proposals are for evaluation purposes, and may be used to issue any initial system study task order awards. Task order 0001 may be issued simultaneously with the RFP and awarded immediately after award of the basic contracts from this RFP. The anticipated basic contract award date is 28 February 2009. The contract will have a (5) five-year ordering period. The blanket Statement of Work under the contract intended to be awarded from this RFP will include the following types of tasks: requirements definition, trade studies, system and subsystem designs, threat analysis, development, fabrication, system integration, test, demonstration, production engineering, preparation of production documentation and qualification testing, and production and testing of limited quantities of system/subsystems for Navy platforms. The ensuing IDIQ contracts will allow for the issuance of orders by ONR, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) and related commands. ONR anticipates that the basic contract will have a maximum ordering ceiling of $800M. RFP N00014-08-R-0002 shall qualify potential suppliers for all phases of the InTop Program, award IDIQ contracts to those contractors determined to be qualified, and may award multiple initial Task Orders (TO) to a limited number of selected suppliers to: (1) conduct studies to define design approaches for Electric Attack (EA), and (2) investigate the integration of EA with a complementary Communications Transmit and/or Receive capability for surface combatants. Subsequent Task Orders may be competitive or sole source among the qualified recipients at the Navy’s discretion. Initial Task Orders issued on this IDIQ contract for Technology Development (TD) will focus on the successful Advanced Development and subsequent demonstration of selected InTop systems for various Navy platforms. Successful demonstration will include affordable integrated multifuctionality and other function and platform specific Key Performance Factors (KPFs). Deliverables under these TD efforts shall incorporate the technology, capacity and open architecture to support future integration of additional functions and/or enhanced performance. Proof of design scalability to support expanded RF functions and the application of multifunction RF technologies are mandates under this solicitation. The goals for the Technology Development (TD) phase of the InTop program are as follows: (1) Develop and investigate InTop and InTop system architectures as they apply to various platform design (ie. ship overall design in general, and topside design in particular) and performance parameters, and mitigate acquisition and Life Cycle Cost; (2) Establish Open Interfaces between appropriately selected system Software and Hardware Configuration items; (3) Develop, build and test ADMs of selected InTop systems including but not limited to surface ship and submarine applications; (4) Conduct InTop ADM testing that satisfies TD Phase requirements to enable a smooth transition to the SDD) Acquisition Phase with minimal changes in system architecture; (5) Develop, build and test critical elements and/or subassemblies which may be expected to further the objectives of the InTop Program; (6) Establish a capability (Navy/Contractor) to integrate new InTop systems with existing systems; and (7)Establish a Navy/Industry Integrated Product Team (IPT) to provide requirements and technical support to the InTop Program. This IPT shall include representatives from both the ship requirement, design and build domain and the sensor/communications requirement, design and build domains. The goal of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) Acquisition Phase is to develop, build and test Engineering Development Models (EDM), and subsequent Limited Rate Initial Production (LRIP) units, of selected InTop systems including but not limited to surface ship and submarine applications. All potential offerors interested in participating in any aspects of the Integrated Topside development and LRIP acquisition are advised to respond the solicitation and demonstrate qualification for award of an InTop IDIQ contract. It is anticipated that ONR will issue a RFP on or about 1 December 2008. Industry’s comments to the RFP should be provided by email to Kenesha Y. Hargrave at kenesha.y.hargrave@navy.mil on or before 19 November 2008. No hardcopies of the RFP will be mailed, faxed, or emailed. In order to submit a proposal under this solicitation, Offerors must possess a SECRET facility clearance with SECRET safeguarding. The RFP will be unclassified, but the technical specifications are classified “SECRET” and therefore will be provided under separate cover. The technical specifications will only be provided to interested Offerors who have a SECRET facility clearance with SECRET safeguarding. The technical specifications shall be mailed in hardcopy or on CD ROM to Offerors upon request via the following methods: Mail to the Office of Naval Research, One Liberty Center, Attn: Kenesha Y. Hargrave, ONR 0251, 875 N. Randolph Street, Rm. W1273E, Arlington, VA, 22203-1995; or Email to kenesha.y.hargrave@navy.mil. All requests should include RFP Number, Company Cage Code, Facility address, and Request Point of Contact information. Requests for the technical specifications can be sent immediately after publication of this synopsis. After award of the basic contract from this solicitation, additional task order solicitations may be submitted that include System Requirements Documents (SRDs) and/or other requirements documents classified at the “Secret” level. An Industry Day is tentatively scheduled for 12 Nov 2008 at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), 4555 Overlook Avenue SW Washington, DC 20375-5326 in Building 60 Auditorium. The security level will be SECRET. Visit Requests will need to be received by Mrs Cheryl Mcconnell at NRL {(202) 404-1856 (O); (202) 767-3658(F); cheryl.mcconnell@nrl.navy.mil} not later than 31 Oct 2008_. Offerors interested in attending industry day should send an email to Cheryl McConnell; Email address: cheryl.mcconnell@nrl.navy.mil for further information and to confirm final date, building/room number, and times of the Industry Day.
 

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Document(s)

Draft Statement of Work
 

File Name: Draft Sample Task 0001for the development, fabrication, and testing of InTop. (EA Comms Task Order 0001 SOW Final 10-23-08.pdf)

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File Name: Draft Statement of Work (SOW) for the development, fabrication, and testing of InTop. (Statement of Work 23 Sept 2008 rev1.pdf)

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