Support for Multi Vehicle Communication System

The purpose of this Sources Sought announcement is for market research and will be utilized for planning purposes only. This is not a solicitation for proposal and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. In the event a solicitation is developed, it will be assigned a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) number and the announcement will be published on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division is seeking sources to provide production, Alteration, modification, repair, overhaul, configuration management, inspections and test, logistics and supply support for the Multi Vehicle Communication System (MVCS) hardware and software. The MVCS, as an integral element to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules, provides the capability to simultaneously communicate with multiple unmanned vehicles, including unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and surfaced Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). The Statement of Work for MVCS support, included with this sources sought announcement, specifies the requirement for contractor support under a Cost plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) type IDIQ contract. It is anticipated that any contract eventually resulting will be for a 12 month base period with four twelve month option periods. The applicable NAICS Code is 541330 and the Small Business size standard is $38.5M. In evaluating contractor capability, the Government will consider the following: A. Successful completion of a DCAA Accounting Audit for Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee contracts. B. Institution of a Registered Process Improvement Program, e.g. ISO 9000 and CMMI with examples of use in performance of contract tasking. C. Successful completion of a Contractors Purchasing System Review. D. Institution of an acceptable estimating system in accordance with DFARS 215.407-5-70. E. History and capability to support and manage multi-million dollar IDIQ contracts. F. History and capability to ensure a workforce that has and can maintain a position of Public Trust or a National Clearance in order to access Secret or higher classified materials. Interested contractors should submit a capabilities package, with a cover letter, that is brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrates ability to meet the stated requirements with sufficiently qualified personnel. There is no specific format or outline submittals must follow. Submittals should be no longer than 15 pages in length. Provide qualification information (type and duration of employee experience relevant to the requirements) and the level of involvement (prime or sub-contractor) and time periods for work on similar projects. The capabilities package should clearly present evidence that the interested party is fully capable of providing the required services and as such may contain any information that the interested party feels is relevant. Information provided will be treated as Business Sensitive and will not be shared outside of Government activities and agencies without the permission of the provider. Foreign participation in this request for information is excluded. Only prime contractors should respond. All responses shall include the following company information: 1. Company Name, Address, Cage Code, and DUNS. 2. Company business size by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. 3. Small Business Type, if applicable. 4. Small Business Graduation Date Company size. Provide number of employees and average annual revenue. 5. List any IDIQ type contracts that your company holds. 6. Point of Contact for questions and/or clarification. 7. Telephone number, fax number, and email address. 8. Documentation of DCAA Approved Accounting System, including date of latest approval received. 9. If your company is considering priming this contract and is required to perform at least 50 percent of the work, how would work beyond in-house capabilities be handled? 10. Identify the risk areas associated with this effort? Identify how risks could be mitigated? 11. Can your company prime a team composed of a sufficient number of large and small subcontractors to perform this contract in an efficient, cost effective manner while meeting contract requirements? Please explain. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. Any proprietary information submitted in response to this synopsis will be appropriately protected when clearly identified as proprietary. Submitted materials will not be returned, and will be destroyed. Submissions shall not contain any classified information. Interested Offerors may submit their interest and required documentation via e-mail to Contract Specialist charlene.a.buduo@Navy.mil by 10:00 A.M. CST, on 15 June 2016. Responses must be marked with the sources sought designation number: N61331-16-R-MVCS. Contracting Office Address: 110 Vernon Avenue Panama City, Florida 32407 United States Primary Point of Contact.: Charlene Buduo charlene.a.buduo @navy.mil Phone: (850) 234-4396