Scientific and Engineering Services for Off-Board Electronic Warfare

Amendment 0002 - The purpose of this amendment is to modify Section L-3, INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE RFP, to state that proposals must be submitted via email or through DoD SAFE. Any other methods will not be accepted by the Government. Amendment 0001 - The purpose of this amendment is to provide a questions and answers (Q&A) document, update the page limit from 50 pages to 65 pages in Section L-5, Proposal Organization, Volume I, Technical, and update Attachment 4, Personnel Qualifications to update the language within C10, Physicist. For solicitation purposes, in order to review the Statement of Work (SOW) Contractors must be certified through Defense Logistics Information Services' (DLIS) Joint Certification Program (JCP) in order to access Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or Export Controlled information in Contract Opportunities. See the DLA website for the Joint Certification Program: https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is issuing this solicitation for Research & Development (R&D) in the High Power Electromagnetic and Countermeasure Technology areas. The primary mission of the NRL Tactical Electronic Warfare Division (TEWD), is to plan, guide, and conduct research that provides the technology base necessary for the development and effective utilization of off-board electronic warfare (EW) systems. With the development of asymmetric and conventional military threats such as the emergence of sophisticated anti-ship cruise missiles, continuing R&D, as well as the rapid development and implementation of improved ship defense electronic countermeasure (ECM) systems, are essential to support fleet missions. The contractor shall provide comprehensive R&D, design, development, fabrication, logistics, systems engineering, test and evaluation, and contractor management of assigned tasks. It is anticipated that an award will be made utilizing FAR Part 15 with a five (5) year period of performance, including a one (1) year base period and four (4) option periods. It is anticipated that the resultant contract will be awarded as Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Term type contract with Cost only line items for ODCs. Contract award will be made based on best value to the Government through the tradeoff source selection process. The proposed contract is a total small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541715, with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,000 employees. Offerors are responsible for routinely checking the SAM website for solicitation amendments that may be issued. Email is the only form of communication that will be accepted. Please do not call. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Any inconsistent information between SAM.gov and JCP will result in a rejection of the SOW request. Location: The primary place of performance is the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. 20375. The incumbent contractor is: Envisioneering, Inc. 5904 Richmond Highway, Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22303