J -- Solicitation Notice for Fixed Very Low Frequency/Low Frequency (FVLF/LF) Transmitter and Antenna Systems.

Space and Naval Warfare System Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic has a requirement to provide professional engineering services in support of the Fixed Very Low Frequency/Low Frequency (FVLF/LF) transmitter and antenna systems. The contractor will be required to provide engineering services on an on call basis to conduct analysis and to identify/implement solutions for the FVLF/LF transmitter and antenna system problems created by design deficiencies, equipment obsolesce or technical changes which have resulted in a degraded reliability or in less than optimum performance. The FVLF/LF transmitting stations provide the primary broadcast communications link for the command and control of Strategic Submarine Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN) and Strategic Submarine Nuclear (SSN) submarines making it part of the Nuclear Command and Control Communications (NC3) architecture. Those stations were designed and constructed at various times over the past six decades. Consequently, each is unique and all are subject to problems peculiar to particular stations requiring the employment of consultants well versed in highly specialized areas of FVLF/LF transmitter, antenna, and antenna network theoretical and applications engineering. Timely solution to problems as they develop is necessary to ensure reliable communications to fleet commanders in command and control of submarines. This is a pre-solicitation notice, and the Government anticipates that a formal solicitation will be issued in December 2016 as a 100% Small Business Set Aside. All information is to be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. The NAICS code for this effort is 541330, and the small business size standard is $38.5 Million. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. The Government intends to issue a DRAFT RFP for this effort no later than mid October 2016. This document will be uploaded, and industry will be provided the opportunity to comment. Detailed information regarding submission requirements will be posted with the DRAFT RFP. In lieu of industry day, the Government would like to offer industry interested in proposing on this requirement the ability to meet individually face-to-face for thirty minutes. These meetings will be scheduled after the DRAFT RFP release to facilitate greater understanding of the requirement. The Government intends to conduct the meetings in late October or early November 2016. The purpose of the meetings is to only discuss this specific requirement, no other requirements or capabilities will be discussed. Please contact Jessica Stogner at contact@example.gov to schedule a date and time for this meeting. UPDATE: DRAFT RFP is released and provided in the attachments below to this Pre Solicitation Notice. Offerors should review this document in preparation for the forthcoming Solicitation. Comments on the DRAFT RFP Will be accepted through 18 October 2016 15:00 Eastern Time, via email to contact@example.gov. Requests for Face to Face meetings will only be accepted through 18 October 2016, 15:00 Eastern Time. Timely Face to Face Meetings requests will be scheduled for late October and early November. The purpose of the meetings is to only discuss the specific requirement, no other requirements or capabilities will be discussed. Please submit all questions and inquiries in writing to Mrs. Jessica Stogner, Contract Specialist, at contact@example.gov.