Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) Production and Potential Redesign for the AN/APR-39C(V)1 Radar Data Processor (RDP)

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Synopsis: Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) Production and Potential Redesign for the AN/APR-39C(V)1 Radar Data Processor (RDP) for multiple Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases.

Classification Code: J

NAICS: 336413

PSC: J016

Contracting Office: Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command-Redstone, Building 5303 Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5000

Place of Performance Address:

Huntsville, Alabama.

Place of Performance Zip Code: 35806

Disclaimer:

This Sources Sought/Request for Information (SS/RFI) is for market research. Information gathered to be used for preliminary planning purposes in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15.201(e). This announcement is not an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal (RFP) and does not commit the Government to solicit or award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is available currently, nor is there an estimated date of solicitation release currently. This office does not intend to award a contract based on this RFI or reimburse respondents for information solicited. Companies will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that are incurred in responding to this SS/RFI. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing its acquisition strategy, Statement of Work and/or Performance Work Statement. This information is subject to change and in no way binds this office to pursue any course of action described herein. If this office chooses to issue an RFP at some future date, another notice will be published.

Title:

Sources Sought (SS)/Request for Information (RFI): Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) Production and Potential Redesign for the AN/APR-39C(V)1 Radar Data Processor (RDP) for multiple Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases.

Overview:

This sources sought notice has been initiated in response to a requirement for Production and Potential Redesign for the AN/APR-39C(V)1 Radar Data Processor (RDP) for multiple FMS cases.

The AN/APR-39C(V)1 RDP is a passive radar warning system that receives, processes, and displays threat information resulting from aircraft illumination by radar guided systems. The system is a component of the Army's Suite of Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) and is used to protect Department of Defense (DoD) rotary-wing and fixed‐wing aircraft. The AN/APR-39C(V)1 is vital to force protection and provides warnings to pilots of threats from surface‐to‐air missiles, air‐to‐air missiles, and anti‐aircraft artillery.

This SS/RFI, issued by the Army Contracting Command-Redstone, on behalf of the Program Executive Office (PEO) Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEW&S), Project Management Office Aircraft Survivability Equipment (PMO ASE), seeks information on one or all of the following capabilities:

1. PRODUCTION
   
   
   
   
   1. The Contractor shall possess the capability and demonstrated experience to produce or manage the production of AN/APR-39C(V)1.
   
   
   
   


2. FOREIGN MILITARY SALES SUPPORT
   
   
   
   1. The Contractor shall possess the capability and demonstrated experience to provide Foreign Military Sales support of AN/APR-39C(V)1 to international customers.
   
   
   
   


3. REDESIGN
   
   
   
   1. The Contractor shall monitor the status of DMSMS materials for the APR-39 C(V)1 system LRUs and report to the USG on a regular basis. If the contractor becomes aware that the projected need for APR-39 C(V)1 components exceeds what is currently available in stock or on the market, the contractor shall notify the USG what quantities are remaining of those LRUs and the expected date of impact for lack of materials. The USG may request the contractor propose mitigation of obsolete components within the LRUs for consideration of redesign.
   
   
   
   

Instructions for Submission:

All submittals shall be marked and treated as UNCLASSIFIED. All information received in response to this RFI marked “proprietary” will be handled accordingly.

Interested offerors may submit a response to the request for information on FACE applications, Systems Integrator services, or both subjects. If responding to both subjects, it is permissible to provide a separate response for each subject or combine both subjects into a single response.

Responses to this SS/RFI shall not exceed total email file size of 9MB. Responses exceeding this limit will not be received by the Government. Responses shall not exceed 25 single-sided pages on 8.5 x 11 size paper and shall not include a font size smaller than Arial 10. All responses shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer listed below. Test data or reports substantiating the performance, TRL, MRL, and IRL should be included as attachments and are limited to 100 pages, provided total email file size as listed above will not be exceeded. The summary information provided in the Attachment(s) will not count against the page limits. All information must be readable by Microsoft (MS) 365 Word, MS 365 Excel, or Adobe Acrobat and shall be provided with proper markings (No CLASSIFIED information).

How to Respond:

RFI Responses should include:

1. Company Name, CAGE Code, DUNS number, Company Address, and Place of Performance Address


2. Point of contact, including: name, title, phone, and email address


3. Size of company, average annual revenue for the past three years, and number of employees


4. Whether the business is classified as a Large Business, Small Business (including Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) and Indian tribes), Veteran Owned Small Business, Service-Disable Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business (including ANCs and Indian tribes), or Women-Owned Small Business

Interested offerors shall respond to this SS/RFI no later than 1300 (CDT) on 14 April 2023. All interested contractors must be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of Government contracts.

Information may be submitted by a governmental or nongovernmental entity including commercial firms, institutions of higher education and with degree granting programs in science and/or engineering (universities), or consortia led by such concerns. The Government encourages participation by small business (including ANCs and Indian tribes), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small-disadvantaged business (including ANCs and Indian tribes), and women-owned small business concerns.

All responses to this SS/RFI shall be submitted via email to Robin W. Easter at robin.w.easter.civ@army.mil and Ashley W. Bowers at ashley.w.bowers.civ@army.mil.

Additional Information:

The Government will utilize non-Government personnel (support contractors) to review responses to this SS/RFI. Markings on the submissions in response to this SS/RFI should reflect the information is releasable to DoD support contractors solely for the purposes stated herein. The participating support contractor companies will be precluded from submitting a response to this SS/RFI or any potential subsequent solicitation for this effort.

Interested vendors may submit one (1) set of questions regarding this SS/RFI, by email to the point of contact listed above within five (5) business days of the SS/RFI publication date.

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