Sources Sought: Technical Support of the APS-147 Family of Radars

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT NRL-12-JB01 NRL-12-JB01 - Technical Support of the APS-147 Family of Radars Contact Information Jeannine Beavers, e-mail contact@example.gov . Important Dates RFI submissions are due no later than August 30, 2012. Special Notice This is neither a request for formal Request for Proposals (RFP) or quotes. The Government will not reimburse any costs associated with the development and submission of materials in response to this request. There is no solicitation available at this time. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NRL shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought notice or NRL's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. Objective The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is searching for potential sources that are capable to supply technical support for the Navy Research Lab's data collection radars based on the Navy's operational AN/APS-153(V) radar. The radar systems to be supported include the MH-60R AN/APS-147, MH-60R AN/APS-153(V), APS-143 and AN/APS-508. These radars could include the Automatic Radar Detection and Discrimination (ARPDD) along with legacy modes. The contractor shall be able to provide technical support for the subject radar including: Pre-deployment laboratory checkout; Installation of the radar in as aircraft, ship of surface mobile vehicle; Field engineering support of the radar during data collection and demonstration operations; removal of the radar from the field vehicle and storage of the radar; Modifying radar system software, firmware, and hardware to implement new data collection or demonstration modes; Attempt to locate temporary replacement radar weapon-replaceable assemblies (WRA's) Repairing failed WRAS; Performing systems studies to define the hardware required to implement new modes and functions defined by the government for the radar; Constructing, to best-commercial-practice standards, new hardware. For further details please see the attached draft SOW. CONTRACTOR RESPONSE FORMAT The NRL asks that interested parties, at a minimum, supply the following information: Contact Information a) Name of Company and Point of Contact (POC) b)Telephone Number, Fax Number, Address and e-mail address of POC c) Business Size and number of employees Technical Information a) List of capabilities/resources relevant to the required tasks Pricing and Schedule Information NRL is requesting interested contractors to provide Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate of costs. Past Performance Information Please provide in the response a list of Navy, DoD, or Federal contracts supported during the past 36 months with a brief description of the supply or service provided per each contract. Only list contracts similar to those of the draft Statement of Work attached. Assumptions Please provide a list of assumptions, if any, which were considered in formulating the response. Submission of Information It is requested that the above information be provided no later than August 30, 2012. Responses may be e-mailed to contact@example.gov.