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Sources Sought Notice for the Acquisition of Common Sensor Payload (CSP) Production Systems and System Support This Sources Sought Notice (SSN) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considere... Sources Sought Notice for the Acquisition of Common Sensor Payload (CSP) Production Systems and System Support This Sources Sought Notice (SSN) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid (IFB), request for quotation (RFQ), request for proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this request will be treated as INFORMATIONAL ONLY. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. Responses will not be returned nor will receipt be confirmed. The Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) is conducting market research on behalf of the US Army's Office of the Product Manager Aerial Enhanced Radars, Optics, and Sensors (PdM AEROS). PdM AEROS is conducting a market survey with the intent to locate potential industry sources capable of providing the following for the Common Sensor Payload (CSP) (AN/AAS-53, 53A, and 53B) (NSN 5855015645450, 5855016415099, and 5855XXXXXXXXX): acquisition of payloads, spares, repair services, sustainment services, engineering support, and software support. 1. DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION: The CSP is a multi-sensor day/night imaging payload which includes an Eye-safe Laser Rangefinder (ELRF), Laser Designator (LD), Laser Target Marker (LTM), and Laser Spot Tracker (LST). The CSP provides High-Definition imagery during daytime conditions (selectable between color and monochrome) and an Infrared (IR) sensor to provide High-Definition imagery during various environmental conditions, both day and night. Additionally, the CSP (version dependent) provides either a Low Light Television (LLTV) or Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) imaging capability which can be fused with the Mid-Wave IR (MWIR) imagery. The most recent CSP version, the AN/AAS-53B or CSP v3, provides the Army with a Direct Geo-positioning Metric Sensor (DGMS) that includes sensor metricity with automated quantification of the payload’s internal errors to use those measurements to generate instantaneous 3-dimensional target location error. This error is then reported to the user via metadata stream for rapid request of fires. The metadata conforms to Motion Imagery Standards Board (MISB) Standard 1107.3. 2. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: The Government requires CSP systems, spare and repair parts, logistics and engineering services as described below. The intent of this SSN is to assess industry’s availability to provide CSP products and support services that could be applied to meet this requirement. The Government requires respondents to support the existing CSP systems. The government is not seeking information related to Non-Developmental Items (NDI) that would replace the CSP. 3. Support Requirements: CSP is utilized as an EO/IR/LD sensor that provides a robust, advanced state of the art sensor suite to collect critical information for all members of the air-ground maneuver team. The CSP is utilized on Gray Eagle platforms (Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), Aerial Exploitation Battalion (AEB), and Army Special Operations Aviation Command (ARSOAC)) and provides near real time imagery for detection and classification of targets/threats in the Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside of the Contiguous United States (OCONUS) for operational missions. Required Support: a) Sustainment support, including but not limited to procurement and provisioning of system spares and replacement parts, manuals, support equipment, and diagnostic tools. Support by providing qualified technicians to serve as Field Service Representatives (FSRs) to diagnose and troubleshoot failures both CONUS and OCONUS, support depot maintenance, packaging, and demilitarization, and provide training and reach-back technical support as needed. b) Repair, retrofit, and modification of fielded CSP hardware c) CONUS and OCONUS Engineering Support, including but not limited to technical reach-back support for CSP hardware and software/firmware (SW/FW) for the payload and components, as well as engineering design activities. d) CSP payload replacement and replenishment e) CSP payload Software Sustainment and Support, including but not limited to Obsolescence Modification, SW/FW Upgrades, and Platform Integration Support. Interested vendors are required to provide an approach on how to meet the above requirements and be able to demonstrate performance requirements and capabilities. The Government desires a system that supports an organic two level maintenance concept (Field and Depot). This is a market survey to identify all parties interested in taking part in this entire effort as a prime contractor. The incumbent is Raytheon Company, 2501 W University Drive, McKinney, TX 75070-2813. Raytheon currently maintains support/configuration management of the CSP hardware and maintains the software source code. The Government has limited documentation on hardware modules and the software source code. Consequently, the Government does not have the detailed documentation or source code to provide to a third party. A technical data package is not available. Interested Contractors shall have a Secret Facility Clearance with Secret Safeguarding Requirements. Interested parties with the ability to satisfy the above characteristics and capabilities should submit a white paper, not to exceed 10 pages, discussing your company's ability to meet the above requirements. The response should include a complete discussion of the ability to meet the above stated characteristics and capabilities, contractor's facility availability, and staffing capabilities. The supporting documentation must be in sufficient detail to enable the Government to determine if the respondent has either the required product, hardware, and software, or the capabilities and production qualifications required for this effort. Descriptive literature of the existing product, if available, should be provided and will not be included in the above page count. Responses should also include a cover letter (not included in the page count) providing: Company: Address: Point of Contact: Phone Number: Fax Numbers: Email Address: CAGE Code and DUNS Number: If your company holds a GSA Schedule contract (874 or other), provide the Schedule number. Also include or address the following within the 10-page limit of your response: 1. A brief summary of the company. 2. Your team's experience working with EO/IR/LD sensor technology, to include details regarding teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy the performance requirements as described above. For any previous effort, provide contract number, point of contact (POC), email address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort. 3. Test results from previous Government testing of your DGMS-related efforts successfully completed, include contracting agency and contract number. 4. Your team's maturity and ability to provide products in a timely manner following contract award. Specifically, provide an estimate of time to deliver the first payload following contract award. 5. How your company would obtain or develop all technical documentation to include technical data package in order to provide requested services. 6. A description of your firm's SECRET processing facility. 7. Do all employees supporting this effort have a minimum SECRET security clearance? 8. What are the core competencies of your employees that would support these requirements? How many employees currently employed by your company would support these requirements? 9. Identify your company's business size standard utilizing the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS), for example - code 541330. For more information, refer to: http://www.sba.gov/content/table-smallbusiness-size-standards: Large Business Concern Small Business (SB) Concern 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Woman-Owned Small Business Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Veteran-Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business THE FOLLOWING ONLY APPLIES TO SMALL BUSINESS RESPONDENTS and will not count against the page limitations stated above: Small businesses responding should also provide the following information: a) If you are a small business and plan to perform as the prime contractor, how will you meet the limitations on subcontracting FAR Clause 52.219-14? b) Under the current small business size standards, do you anticipate your company remaining a small business under NAICS code 541330? c) If you are a small business, can your company sustain if not paid for 90 calendar days? d) Does your firm possess an approved Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) accounting system? **NOTE: IF A CHARACTERISTIC OR CAPABILITY IS NOT ADDRESSED, THE GOVERNMENT WILL ASSUME THE RESPONDENT DOES NOT OR CANNOT MEET THE SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS MARKET SURVEY. Responses are due no later than 4:00 PM EST prior to the close of this SSN, reference this synopsis in the subject line of all emails and on all enclosed documents. Email responses should not exceed 10 Megabytes (MB). If responses are larger than 10MB, they may be broken down into smaller files (< 10 MB) and emailed separately. Responses received after this date and time may not be reviewed. Send responses electronically to: Amy DuBree, Contract Specialist, email: amy.c.dubree2.civ@army.mil and Colin Jones, System Acquisition Manager, email: colin.r.jones14.civ@army.mil All requests for further information must be in writing or via email to the POCs above; telephonic requests for additional information will not be honored. Acknowledgement of receipt will be issued. Contracting Office Address: 6565 Surveillance Loop Building 6001 Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005-1846 United States