Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (JEMSO) Warfighter Support

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT to determine the availability and technical capability of small businesses and large businesses (including the following subsets, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Certified 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses and Woman Owned Small Businesses) to provide the required products and/or services. The JSC is seeking information for potential sources to provide ongoing operational engineering and spectrum management support to the Department of Defense (DOD) JEMSO community. Contracted support will help ensure electromagnetic environment (EME) dominance and reliable communications during operations, exercises, contingencies, and Operations Other than War (OOTW). To ensure EME dominance and reliable communications the warfighter requires ongoing, spectrum management, electronic attack (EA), and electronic protection (EP) support from the Joint. Additionally, this support provides the staff, training, and resources to deliver Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) operations planning and interference resolution to warfighting units. Expertise sought after are qualified JEMSO analyst and spectrum managers in support of Combatant Commands (CCMD) or Joint Task Force (JTF) contingencies; deploying technical experts to take field measurements and analyze incidents of electromagnetic interference (EMI), determine causes, and recommend methods of resolution; and developing, operating, and maintaining DoD's standard spectrum management systems. Contracting staff will also be responsible for analyzing national and international electromagnetic spectrum issues and advising executive decision-makers on the technical viability of policy and implementation options. Expected Contract Award Time: January 2022 Location: Annapolis, MD DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. CONTRACT/PROGRAM BACKGROUND: Contract Number: HC1047-16-D-0008 Task Order 0003 Contract Type: Hybrid Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Incumbent and their size: Peraton, Large Business Method of previous acquisition: Full and Open competition under Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Services for Operations, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Engineering, and Strategic Planning Support (OES) Multiple Award IDIQ Period of performance: Jan 2017- Jan 2022 REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: The objectives are to provide immediate, basic, and advanced spectrum operational support to the DoD and its collaborative partners (e.g. NATO, Coalition Forces, and National Regulators). This project addresses the tactical and strategic needs of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Community in regards to immediate operational support, training, test, database support, policy and regulatory evaluations, and software/?hardware development and evaluation. Under this effort, the contractor shall: Provide normal duty hour monitoring for incoming operational support requests, with the ability to respond with immediate engineering support. The team provides managerial, technical, and engineering support to the DSO. Managerial support typically include the tracking to completion of operational support requests, as well as associated ancillary and preparedness activity required to maintain readiness, to include: (1) maintenance of accounts to access required networks, portals, databases, email, and tools, (2) installation of required analysis tools, and (3) maintenance of current analysis input data Be the Subject Matter Expert's (SME's) on current and future JEMSO tools. Tools include (but are not limited to) Spectrum XXI (SXXI), Spectrum XXI- Modernization (SXXI-M), Coalition Joint Spectrum Management Plan (CJSMPT), Afloat Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Program (AESOP), Joint Automated Communications Electronic Operating Instructions (CEOI) (JACS), Joint Spectrum Interference Resolution Online (JSIR-O), Systems Planning Engineering and Evaluation Device (SPEED), Builder, The Global Positioning System (GPS) Interference and Navigation Tool (GIANT), and Mercury. Depending on the mission, Support teams may be placed in an on-call status, as directed by the COR, to provide remote/deployable support when requested by the CCMDs, the JS, JTF Commanders, warfighting units, or their representatives. Support teams also provide the warfighter requesting reach-back support when requested. Provide direct engineering analysis support to CCMD, JTF, JS, and JS Information Operations/Special Technical Operation (IO/STO) cells, and indirect support to operational military planning that is provided through the Joint Information Operations Center (JIOC), service IO centers, other joint organizations that support IO, and the intelligence community. Team members who provide direct support and services may deploy to support an exercise or contingency operation. Indirect support typically provides reach back support via telephone or email in order to field questions related to JEMSO, JEMSO tool development, and JEMSO analytical reports and studies that support the warfighter. Provide technical and field engineering support to Joint Spectrum Interference Report (JSIR) Program in accordance with the CJCSI/M 3320.02 series. Team members are the technical experts in interference resolution, maintaining and overseeing the JSIR Online (JSIRO) repository, and support interference resolution tasks, maintain oversight, and represents the organization on DOD interference issues. Typical interference databases used to help resolve interference issues are JSIRO, Builder, Joint SATCOM Management Planning System (JSMPS), Skyweb, Sea Watch, Google Earth, Joint Spectrum Data Repository (JSDR), the PERCON database, Spectrum XXI (SXXI) and Spectrum XXI-Modernization (SXXI-M). Team members are also the SME's on a variety of spectrum receivers and analyzers and software (e.g. PR100, RFEye, MANCAT etc.). The JSC will also be adventuring into the virtual training environment. The contracted team will need possess a strong software development background in order to facilitate the modernization of JSIRO and developing a virtual training environment for the entire organization. Responsible for researching, tracking, analyzing, and organizing space systems activities and satellite technical information for all launched satellites. Team members contact commercial entities including Headquarters USAF/XOO (30-Day Launch Forecast publisher) to determine when satellites will launch. Team members also update all required satellite charts, industry directories, and handbooks produced by the JSC. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Work performed under this task requires staff cleared to the Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS-SCI). Contractor must provide proof of current security clearance level. SOURCES SOUGHT: The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 541330 Engineering Services (https://www.naics.com/search/), with the corresponding size standard of $16.5 Million dollars (https://www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards). To assist DISA in making a determination regarding the level of participation by small business in any subsequent procurement that may result from this Sources Sought, you are also encouraged to provide information regarding your plans to use joint venturing (JV) or partnering. Please outline how you would envision your company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed JV/partner would be combined to meet the specific requirements contained in this announcement. In order to make a determination for a small business set-aside, two or more qualified and capable small businesses must submit responses that demonstrate their qualifications. Responses must demonstrate the company's ability to perform in accordance with the Limitations on Subcontracting clause (FAR 52.219-14). SUBMISSION DETAILS: Responses should include: Business name and address; Name of company representative and their business title; Type of Small Business; CAGE Code; Your contract vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of the product and/or service, to include ENCORE III, SETI, NIH, NASA SEWP, General Service Administration (GSA): OASIS, ALLIANT II, VETS, STARS II, Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) (including applicable SIN(s)), or any other Government Agency contract vehicle that allows for decentralized ordering. (This information is for market research only and does not preclude your company from responding to this notice.) Your potential interest in this effort (e.g., prime, subcontract, teaming, joint ventures) Address the following technical capabilities: Describe your experience working with the JEMSO community, software development, knowledge of spectrum analyzers, associated software packages, and JEMSO related tools. Describe your training experience during contingency operations and exercises affiliated with the DoD. Describe any experience you have had working with classified data related to the IO/STO world, GPS, and Satellites. Provide three examples of analytical products you have produced using any JEMSO Tool, spectrum receivers/analyzers, and JEMSO databases. Explain how you would develop an unclassified virtual training environment utilized by organizations within and external to DOD; while at the same time maintaining a good DOD security posture. Vendors who wish to respond to this should send responses via email NLT May 13, 2021 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) to anthony.m.langer.civ@mail.mil and michael.s.heaney2.civ@mail.mil. Interested businesses are requested to respond with a white paper. Submissions shall not exceed five (5) pages, single spaced, 11-point type with at least one-inch margins on 8 1/2 X 11 page size. Cover pages are not included in the page limit. Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government and contractor personnel reviewing submitted responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 USC 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.