DCGS-A Capability Drop-1 Synopsis

Solicitation Number W56KGY-17-R-0026 is hereby issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the procurement of the DCGS-A Capability Drop 1 Requirement. The Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) has the need to acquire in support of Project Manager Distributed Common Ground System-Army (PM DCGS-A), a commercial item that is a combined hardware and software solution to meet the interoperability, security, training, usability, and data management capabilities at the PM DCGS-A Battalion (BN) while reducing the hardware footprint (size, weight, and power). The acquisition is issued as a competitive full and open competition award in accordance with FAR PART 12 Commercial Item Procedures. This will be a 5 year contract, plus a 5 year option period, for a total of 10 years. Solicitation W56KGY-17-R-0026 is issued as a Request for Proposals. The Solicitation and all public attachments are available on this Federal Business Opportunities Posting. All offerors are responsible for downloading all documents including amendments at the Federal Business Opportunities website without further notification from the Contracting Officer. Please note that if you require access to the FOUO attachments (0002, 0003, 0005, 0008, 0010, and 0015), you will need to send an email to Ms. Prettina Biedenkapp at Prettina.J.Biedenkapp.Civ@mail.mil and Mr. Jim Farnsworth at James.E.Farnsworth8.Civ@mail.mil for access. All proposals, shall be submitted at the appropriate address listed in the solicitation no later than 4:00PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 31 October 2017. Please send all requests to Ms. Prettina Biedenkapp Prettina.J.Biedenkapp.Civ@mail.mil and Mr. Jim Farnsworth James.E.Farnsworth8.Civ@mail.mil. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.