Kinetic Kill Hardware-in-the-Loop (KHILS) Simulation Technology for Advanced Research (KSTAR)

The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Munitions Directorate, is currently conducting market research seeking capabilities statement from potential sources, including small businesses (SB), 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned (EDWOSB), Woman-Owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) small business that are capable of providing specific research and development innovations and provide capabilities to the Government in the interrelated and complimentary research areas of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) Simulation Development, Weapon Engagement Research, HWIL Simulator Technology Development, and weapon sensor phenomenology modeling. To perform required tasking, weapon expertise and experience is required in the areas of guidance, navigation, control, weapons sensors, and associated algorithms. All interested vendors shall submit a response demonstrating their capability to perform this effort to the Primary Point of Contact listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 541712, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), with a size standard of 1000 persons. Respondents should indicate their size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, or SDVOSB). Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought is voluntary. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government's assessment of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: In an effort to provide offerors as much information as possible prior to the release of the solicitation, the Government will provide the relevant Annex data package related to the KSTAR program and a DVD of the Kinetic Kill Hardware-in-the-Loop facility upon written request from the offeror and proof of Certified Contractors Access List (CCAL) certification. Prospective offerors shall provide this written request to Melissa Campbell, Contracting Officer, melissa.campbell@us.af.mil and include: (1) a certified copy of a DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement; (2) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code; and (3) the name, phone, email, and fax of the person requesting the information. For further information on JCP, contact the Defense Logistic Information Service at 1-877-352-2255 or on the web at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/. All interested vendors shall submit a capabilities statement that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. The capabilities statement should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed 15 pages. Small businesses with only partial capabilities of this requirement are encouraged to submit their capabilities statement demonstrating the portion of the requirement they are capable of providing/performing. This information will allow the Government to identify areas of possible breakout or possible subcontracting opportunities. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: melissa.campbell@us.af.mil. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads "FA8651-17-R-0096, KHILS Simulation Technology for Advanced Research (KSTAR)." If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 3:00 P.M. (CST) ON 22 JULY 2016. Direct all questions concerning this requirement to Melissa Campbell at melissa.campbell@us.af.mil.