Deep-space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC)

Amendment 5 dated 14 Apr 2021 (Informational posting ONLY, no response required): The United States Space Force, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Special Programs Directorate, Space Domain Awareness Division (SMC/SPG), hereby announces that the DARC Acquisition will be procured as an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) through SMC's Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC). All interested and potential Offerors are notified that this is the last BetaSAM posting on the DARC Acquisition. All future announcements, notices, postings, and communications will be within and through SpEC Consortium Manager communication channels. Information on the SpEC OTA Consortium and how to become a member can be found at https://space-enterprise.org. Additionally, as of the date of this posting, the DARC Bidders Library at https://tdka-ws-002p.peterson.af.mil/DARC/ has been closed and re-established through the SpEC Information Center (SIC). All interested and potential Offerors will need to contact and work through the SpEC Consortium Manager to become a member of SpEC and to be granted access to SIC. The specific instructions for joining SpEC Consortium and for requesting access to the SIC are located on SpEC website at https://space-enterprise.org. Lastly, all interested and potential Offerors are requested to utilize SpEC OTA Consortium Manager Workflow e-mail inbox at contact@example.gov as the primary means of communicating and interfacing with the DARC Acquisition Team. The DARC Organizational Workflow e-mail box at contact@example.gov is still and will remain open but should only be utilized for unusual instances and exceptions to communicating through SpEC OTA Consortium Manager channels. If you are interested in information about Space and Missile Systems Center's Ombudsman program, please contact Colonel Michael S. Kennebrae, +1 (555) 000-0000, contact@example.gov, Address: SMC/PK Attn: Col Michael S. Kennebrae, 483 N. Aviation Blvd, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-2808. SMC Alternative Ombudsman is Ms Melissa Duong, +1 (555) 000-0000, contact@example.gov, SMC/PKF: Attn: Ms Melissa Duong, 483 N. Aviation Blvd, Los Angeles AFB, CA 90245-2808. Routine questions, such as clarifications, are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the primary POC. Amendment 4 dated 06 Apr 2021: The United States Space Force, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Special Programs Directorate, Space Domain Awareness Division, (SMC/SPG) is conducting a Technical Exchange Industry Day and One-on-One request for the DARC Program acquisition. Please refer to Attachment 12, DARC Industry Day Notification dated 30 Mar 2021, Attachment 13, DARC Technical Exchange Industry Day Conference Registration dated 26 Mar 2021, and Attachment 14, One-on-One Registration Form dated 30 Mar 2021. Amendment 3 dated 09 Feb 2021: The DARC program office kindly asks that you submit responses to the following Request for information (RFI) by close of business (COB) Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 11 February 2021. Please submit responses directly to the DARC workflow at contact@example.gov. Please refer to Attachment 11, DARC Questions to Offerors_SpEC. The Government continues to consider industry feedback and explore DARC acquisition strategy options that will best meet program performance requirements and delivery dates, while maintaining competition. Towards that end, the Government is evaluating the potential for the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) as the acquisition method to meet DARC requirements. Amendment 2 dated 30 Dec 2020: Due to the technical difficulties with Beta.SAM.gov, we are extending the registration period to allow for One-on-Ones with the Government concerning this announcement. Further detail is included in Attachment 9 - One-on-One Extension Registration Form. Responses are due 13 Jan 2021, 1500 Mountain Standard Time. Amendment 2 includes Attachment 9 - One-on-One Extension Registartion Form and Attachment 10 - Instructions to the Bidders' Library with an update to the website for External Certification Authorities (ECA) certificates and the DARC Workflow e-mail address. For future notifications and updates regarding this opportunity, please refer to this notice ID, FA8823-21-R-0001. Amendment 1 dated 02 Dec 2020: Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Industry Day #2 Announcement. When this announcement was originally posted as a separate announcement on 02 Dec 2020, the Government realized the notice ID did not relate back to this original notice ID. This notice is being updated to reflect the Amendment 1 to this announcement as Industry Day #2. This Amendment also includes three attachments. Attachment 6 - DARC Industry Day Notification 20201201, Attachment 7- DARC Industry Day Conference Registation 20201201, and Attachment 8 - One-on-One Registration Form. For future notifications and updates regarding this opportunity, please refer to this notice ID, FA8823-21-R-0001. Original Announcement: Industry Day Announcement and Request for Information in support of the Deep-space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE AIR FORCE TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION OR ULTIMATELY AWARD A CONTRACT. NEITHER UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS NOR ANY OTHER KIDS OF OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. *NAICS code 334511 was selected for the posting however a NAICS code has not been determined at this time. Please see attached documents for detailed infomation. Responses to RFI ONLY are due no later than 9 March 2020, 12:00 MDT. Responses for attendance to Industry Day, and VAR's must be submitted no later than 5 March 2020 COB.