Joint Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) 3.3 Industry Day

This announcement is to invite industry to participate in a Joint Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Industry Day on Wednesday, 20 February 2008. The Industry Day will be held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723. Directions to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab will be provided upon registration and can be obtained from the following website ? http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/visitor/default.asp. Please contact Michele Cuffee-Brown, contact@example.gov to register. Breakfast and lunch will be provided at a cost of $20.00 per person. Briefings will be held at the Kossiakoff Center/Parsons Auditorium. Each company is allowed up to 4 personnel for conference attendance, with the caveat that if the government receives more interest than auditorium capacity, the government reserves the right to limit larger parties so that all intere! sted companies can participate. The DRAFT detailed agenda is provided below. Briefings will be classified at the SECRET//REL USA, AUS, CAN, GBR// level; requiring each participant to submit a security clearance prior to the meeting. These briefings are intended to be a follow-up since the first industry day with a more in-depth discussion of the problem statement for the JCREW 3.3 effort. If you plan to participate in the discussions, please submit clearances to Incoming Visitor Control, FAX +1 (555) 000-0000, Voice Confirmation Phone +1 (555) 000-0000. Foreign nationals from GBR, CAN, and AUS wanting to attend the briefing must go through their respective Embassies to submit clearance information to Johns Hopkins Visitor Control through the Navy International Programs Office (NIPO). This process takes approximately 30 days. All visitors will need to check in at the visitor/pass office (details provided at the web link). The Department of Defense (DoD) is initiating a develop! ment effort to counter the long-term, worldwide IED threat. The Naval Sea Systems Command is planning to execute procurements to address these combined threats. The acquisition strategy is to maintain competition through the development phase by awarding one or more development contracts. Each development contract will require design, develop, and fabrication of a system of systems including an integrated approach for test of man-portable (dismounted), vehicle mounted (mounted), fixed site, and coalition partner (FMS) Counter-RCIED Electronic Warfare (CREW) capabilities. By incorporating technical advances over the existing CREW systems, these contracts will demonstrate the next generation of an integrated CREW, system of systems. The Government anticipates awarding one or more contracts on or about the 1st Quarter FY09 with initial delivery planned for on or about 2nd Quarter FY12. The DoD will provide specific details of the acquisition strategies during the Industry Day on 20 February 2008. The information provided is for information! only and is not a Request for Proposal (RFP), and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a contract or order. The Government will not pay for any effort expended or any material provided in response to this announcement nor will the Government return any data provided. Vendor Teaming/ Business to Business (B2B) Relations: At the December 4, 2007 Industry Day, attendees unanimously requested to share their B2B contact information with other attendees. This information is being provided with the briefing CD?s that are being shipped to attendees and also the B2B contact information will be available at the JCREW Clearinghouse- https://jcrew.muwinfodesk.navy.mil/. Draft Agenda: 0700 Check-in, 0800 Intro Remarks and Purpose, 0820 JCREW 3.3 Program Overview, 0830 Test Strategy Overview, 0850 JCREW 3.3 Acquisition Strategy, 0920 Unclassified Q&A Session, 0945 Break, 1000 Classified Session, 1100 Lunch, 1200 ? 1730 Classified Session, 1730 Q&A, 1800 Wrap-up/Adjournment. Points of Contact for this announcement are: Eric Islinger: contact@example.gov Tara Davis: contact@example.gov Maryann Keyser: contact@example.gov