This synopsis is an update to the status of the Combat Environment Simulation (CES) follow-on requirements at NAWCWPNS. The objective of the Combat Environment Simulation Systems (CESS) Branch at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), China Lake, California, is the research, development, delivery, sustainment, and upgrade of threat systems and associated software used for pre-deployment aircrew warfighter training and weapons systems test and evaluation (T&E) at Department of Defense (DOD) Allied training and T&E Ranges. The follow-on will entail three separate competitions to fulfill the requirements being met under the current Multiple Award Contract (MAC). The first competition will be T&E/Training Threat/Target Systems (T4S), which will provide warfighter training and debriefing systems; the second will be the Aircrew Electronic Warfare Tactical Training Range (AEWTTR), which will provide ground Electronic Warfare (EW) and Surface-to-Air (SA) weapons threats; and the third will be the Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems (CEIS), which will provide time-space-position information (TSPI) instrumentation and unmanned threats and targets. Based on market research, Industry response, one-on-one discussions with Industry, and Government analysis in Fall 2014; and acquisition strategy approval in March 2015, the strategy will be as follows: T4S, AEWTTR, and CEIS will be solicited as predominantly Supply/Product with some ancillary Services. T4S and AEWTTR will be solicited as a Single Award, while CEIS will be solicited as a MAC. CEIS will have a small business set-aside component at the Order level to be used as applicable. T4S, AEWTTR, and CEIS will be solicited as Cost Plus Fixed Fee with some Firm Fixed Price line items. The SOWs for T4S, AEWTTR, and CEIS have been revised to remove redundancy. T4S and AEWTTR will use Scenario-Based Pricing for evaluation. This technique will be used to analyze offerors proposed costs and technical approach, and will entail pricing a sample task or two that will be representative of the work to be performed under this requirement. The scenario(s) provided in the competitive solicitation will fully define, in a SOW, a representative service and/or product that may be ordered under the resultant contract. For CEIS, the use of scenario-based pricing for evaluation purposes has not been determined. The Draft RFPs are currently scheduled to be released for Industry comment during the July-September timeframe, with some form of Industry Day and/or one-on-one meetings to follow after its release. Award is scheduled for August 2016. No response is requested at this time. This synopsis is only an update. The point of contact is Erin Strand, Contract Specialist, at
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