NRE, WRAs, & RoR for DAIRCM EMD Contract (N0001920C0041)

DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT 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 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. INTRODUCTION: The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River, MD announces its intention to award a modification to establish options for supplies and services under contract N0001920C0041 to support the AN/AAQ-45 Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasure (DAIRCM). The options will include non-recurring engineering (NRE) to develop additional hardware and software for the DAIRCM system. Once the NRE is performed, follow-on options include Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs) Engineering Development Models (EDMs) and Production Representative Models (PRMs) including sensors, processors, lasers and fiber kits to perform system qualification and test. This effort also includes an option for the repair of test assets in support of the AN/AAQ-45 test program. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible businesses capable of providing the services described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this notice. ELIGIBILITY: The Product/Service Code (PSC) most appropriate for this contract is 5865: Electronic Countermeasures, Counter-countermeasures and Quick Reaction Capability Equipment, that includes and is restricted to passive and active electronic equipment, systems, and subsystems designed to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of radiated electromagnetic energy or designed to insure our own effective use of radiated electromagnetic energy. All interested businesses are encouraged to respond. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance is anticipated to begin February 2022. ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE: The contract type is anticipated to be a mix of Fixed Price and Cost Reimbursable. PROGRAM BACKGROUND: The AN/AAQ-45 system is designed to detect and defeat a wide range of infrared seeking missiles and to provide aircrew notification of hostile fire (e.g. small arms and unguided munitions) and laser guided threats. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: Requirements include familiarity with the AN/AAQ-45 advanced technology to improve aircraft/aircrew survivability and aircrew situational awareness. Operational software improvements will incorporate a user interface to the mission computer, missile performance and defeat improvements, and ALE-47 (CMDS) Smart Dispense capabilities to defeat advanced threats. The Government did not procure the technical data for the AN/AAQ-45, so any interested business would have to negotiate for access to and use of that data from the original supplier, in order to fulfill the potential requirement in the time required. The effort in this procurement will satisfy the Government's minimum need. INCUMBENT: This is a follow-on requirement. The incumbent contractor is: DRS Systems, Inc., 100 N Babcock Street, Melbourne, FL 32935-6715. SUBMISSION DETAILS: Interested business shall submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten (10) 8.5 x 11 inch pages, font no smaller than 12 point, 1.5 line spaced) demonstrating their ability to perform the services described herein; Documentation should be in bullet point format. The capability statement package shall be sent by mail to V22 Contracts, Patrick Abell, V22114, 47123 Buse Road, Building 2272, Suite 453, Patuxent River, Maryland 20670 or by email to patrick.abell@navy.mil and christopher.harritt@navy.mil. Submissions must be received at the office and/or email cited no later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on 18 August 2020. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Christopher J. Harritt or Contract Specialist, Patrick Abell at the above email addresses. All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, and Points-of-Contact (POC) including name, phone number, fax number and email address.