58--Radar Equipment, Airborne

UPDATE 3/2/2015 W56KGY-15-R-0011 was posted to ASFI on 27 February 2015. You may access the solicitation documents at the following link: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/solicitation_view.cfm?psolicitationnbr=W56KGY15R0011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE - SPECIAL NOTICE This is a Special Notice in anticipation of the release of the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced (ARL-E), Solicitation Number: W56KGY-15-R-0011. This notification provides an opportunity for all potential Offerors to submit their current clearance information for verification. The Classified and For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents will not be released on FedBizOpps for security purposes. All interested Offerors that would like obtain the classified and FOUO documents must be cleared for access prior to receipt of the documents. 1. To obtain the final CLASSIFIED portion of the Performance Based Specification (PBS), all Offerors must have a valid U.S. facility clearance of Top Secret, Top Secret storage capability, and have technical personnel with Top Secret/Special Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance in order to have access to classified documents for this solicitation. In order for this information to be verified, the Offeror must provide: a. Company name and address b. Contact information for their Facility Security Officer c. CAGE code for their Top Secret Facility Clearance d. Name, social security number, and email address of one (1) of their Top Secret/Special Compartmented Information (SCI) cleared technical personnel or prove that their firm meets the security requirements The Government will verify facility clearance and proper safeguarding procedures for each respondent and provide a solicitation DD Form 254, Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification and the final classified portion of the PBS. If you have previously submitted a request for the draft classified portion of the ARL-E PBS and have received a solicitation DD Form 254, you DO NOT have to provide the above security information but MUST still SUBMIT a request for the final version of the PBS. 2. To obtain the FOUO, all Offerors must provide the information as listed above from a - c. This Special Notice is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). Any interested vendor who believes they can meet this requirement should respond to this notice. All response to this Special Notice should be submitted via email to: Mr. Tyler Restrick, Contract Specialist E-mail address: contact@example.gov Phone No. +1 (555) 000-0000 And Ms. Ercilia M. Del Orbe, Contracting Officer E-mail address: contact@example.gov Phone No. +1 (555) 000-0000 ****Subject line must read, Request for ARL-E Classified PBS and FOUO Documents, Solicitation W56KG-15-R-0011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BREAK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The United States Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) intends to solicit and award an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with Cost Reimbursement and Fixed Price task orders for a period of five (5) years for the Airborne Reconnaissance Low - Enhanced (ARL-E) system which includes Mission Equipment Payload (MEP) design, MEP systems integration, aircraft integration, testing, configuration management, technical and logistics support, and sensor procurement for the Airborne Reconnaissance Low - Enhanced (ARL-E) Systems. The ARL-E system will replace nine (9) ARL-Multifunction (ARL-M) systems with nine (9) ARL-E systems through upgrading the air platform from existing Dash 7 to Dash 8-315 Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) airframes, re-hosting/upgrading current ARL sensors, adding new QRC sensors [Wide Area Surveillance (WAAS), Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Hyper Spectral Imaging (HSI)], and integrating with Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A). ARL-E supports a rapid plug and play, quick connect/disconnect, mounting system to allow the installation of various combinations of sensor-types in support of a wide-range of theater operations. ARL-E will provide tactical commanders the ability to persistently monitor their operational environment, allowing them to rapidly identify, track and respond to potential threats. Task Orders will be awarded as requirements are defined. This acquisition will be solicited under full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification Systems code (NAICS) for this effort is 541330, which has a small business size standard of $35.5 million. Awards will be made based on the best overall (i.e., best value-tradeoff) proposals that are determined to be the most beneficial to the Government. Specifications of performance, delivery and location will be provided on a Task Order basis. Any interested offerors should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities Page (FedBizOpps) for updated schedules including the anticipated solicitation release date as well as the anticipated award date. All parties interested in doing business with Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) (ACC - APG (C4ISR)) is invited to access the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi?ASFI_FAQ.cfm. Upon accessing this web page, look for the tab titled quote mark ASFI for Industry quote mark . Under the quote mark ASFI for Industry quote mark tab you will be able to: check for business opportunities by clicking on the Contract Opportunities Search link, receive notifications by clicking on the Vendor Notification Service link. Vendor cannot submit responses via the Vendor Bid History. Vendors can only view quote mark high level quote mark information regarding the response. No registration is needed for the Vendor to browse for business opportunities. For the Vendor to receive notifications he merely needs to provide company Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and E-Mail address. To submit a response the Vendor must provide the CAGE Code and Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). Your company must be registered and current in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) in order to submit bids/proposals on ASFI. Please be advised that hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. You must download solicitation documents from the ASFI. Instructions on how to use ASFI to include; receiving notification, submitting and uploading bids or proposals, formatting and system requirements are provided at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi?ASFI_FAQ.cfm. For Technical ASFI assistance please e-mail help desk at contact@example.gov. The instructions describe the time, place and date that the bids will be received. The Point of Contact for this action is Ercilia Del Orbe, Contracting Officer, +1 (555) 000-0000, or contact@example.gov and Tyler Restrick, Contracting Specialist, +1 (555) 000-0000, or contact@example.gov. A DRAFT Section L&M was released on FedBizOpps on 20 December 2014 under Solicitation Number: W56KGY-14-R-C002. It is anticipated that the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be released February 2015.