Manned and Unmanned Ground Vehicle ISR Sensors Announcement

Broad Industry Announcement Title: Procurement Activity for Manned and Unmanned Ground Vehicle Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Sensors in Support of the U.S. Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) program

Broad Industry Announcement Type: This is an announcement of upcoming procurement activity for the Emitter Mapping System (EMS) for the Future Combat Systems program.

Broad Industry Announcement No.: FCSSDD-06-001

Proposal Due Date and Time: To be specified in the Request for Proposal (RFP) .

Additional Overview Content:
In support of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, Raytheon Company, the Ground Sensor Integrator (GSI) as a subcontractor to The Boeing Company, as Lead Systems Integrator (LSI), is announcing to businesses and academia the beginning of procurement activities and its intent to issue a solicitation for proposals for the Emitter Mapping System. Solicitations will be accomplished via issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP). General description of the sensor package is included in the body of this announcement.

All interested parties who have the technical capability, and the necessary financial stability to perform the processes and tasks described below should provide the information requested at the end of this announcement to the Point of Contact (POC) via email to the email address below. Small businesses are encouraged to participate in this solicitation. All potential offerors are asked to send to the POC your company's information that is requested at the end of this announcement. Please ensure a single Point of Contact for your company is identified in your correspondence.

Proprietary Information Agreements (PIAs) will be required between all participating firms or institutions and SAIC, The Boeing Company, and Raytheon Ground Sensor Integrator.

Interested parties' information must be received by the POC no later than 8 February 2006. All interested parties' information will be reviewed. However, only parties whose information reflects a sufficient technical capability and financial stability will be considered as potential offerors. Therefore it is possible that not all interested parties who respond to this announcement will be invited to participate as potential offerors. Those not being considered as potential offerors will be notified. This announcement does NOT request any proposals at this time. Any proposals received due to this announcement will be summarily rejected and destroyed.

Potential offerors will be provided with a draft RFP in March 2006 and will be requested to submit comments related to the draft RFP. This is the only opportunity to be considered for the Bidders List. No additional companies will be considered later.

Interested Parties will be invited to a Bidders Conference at which time information related to the Draft RFP will be presented. The Bidders Conference and Draft RFP release are expected to take place in March 2006. The RFP will be patterned after the Government's RFP format, including a Model Subcontract, with Statement of Work, Supplier Data Requirements List, Procurement Control Drawing (PCD), proposal instructions and evaluation criteria.

Potential offerors are informed that International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) may apply to equipment and technical data provided and/or generated under this program. If ITAR applies, an export license will be required before the RFP or its contents can be provided to foreign persons or companies.

Offerors will be required to access militarily critical data in support of this program. Only offerors who are registered and certified with the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC) and have a legitimate business purpose may participate in this solicitation. The RFP will have additional information regarding this requirement.

To receive the draft RFP and review all EMS requirements, offerors must have personnel available who are cleared at the TS/SCI level. Receipt of the final RFP and submission of proposals will require such personnel as well as approved SCI facilities.

Emitter Mapping System (EMS)
The EMS performs mapping of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) systems for and at the FCS BCT. It is anticipated that the EMS will consist of an electronics unit subsystem (called the EMS Signal Processing Unit (SPU)), a multi-channel antenna subsystem, and EMS software to be installed on selected FCS ground vehicles.

The Emitter Mapping System hardware deliverables include the following:

Simulations
Qty 2 or 3
First delivery NLT Jun 2007

Emulators
Qty 2
First delivery NLT Sep 2007

Brassboards
Qty 3
First delivery NLT Mar 2009

Prototypes
Qty 4
First delivery NLT Dec 2009
Last delivery NLT May 2010

Spares
Qty 1 equivalent systems
NLT May 2010

Qualification units
Qty 3 (non-deliverable)
Date to be proposed by supplier

SOW Overview
The following paragraphs provide a summary of the SOW requirements that will apply for the Emitter Mapping System contained in the upcoming RFP.

Work to be performed by the Supplier shall consist of all effort and activity required for the design, development, integration, test and manufacture of the product set forth herein during the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Program. This includes providing personnel, material, services, facilities, data and management.

Work effort to be performed under the SOW shall emphasize a performance-based approach that includes:

• Described work tasks
• Specific and clearly defined contract goals
• Technical and schedule requirements stated in terms of desired results or outcomes
• Defined methods of performance measurements
• Clearly established deliverables and other reporting requirements.

With a performance-based SOW, accountability for final outcome is more clearly drawn; the Supplier remains responsible for achieving the required results based on their own proposed technical and management approach and internal processes which have not been dictated by the Buyer. Thus, the Supplier is given greater flexibility in defining the required approaches, processes and practices but also absorbs a commensurably greater risk share for contract performance.

FCS Program Goals
The following are the key tenets of the FCS Program implementation strategy:

• Create opportunity for Best of Industry to participate
• Leverage Government Technology Base to maximum extent
• Associate on-going enabling efforts with LSI and GSI-led activity
• Collaborative environment from design through life cycle
• As a minimum, commonality at subsystem/component level
• /Plan for technology integration and insertion
• Maintain and shape Industrial Base for the future
• Retain competition involvement in procurement processes
• Program affordability -- balance performance and sustainment

Supplier (Ground Sensor Developer) Objectives
The objectives of the Ground Sensors Developer supplier's effort are to:

• Provide system engineering and design tradeoffs, analyses and simulation.
• Develop individual sensor hardware and software needed to support the C4ISR and the FCS system of systems designs.
• Verify hardware and software performance and perform demonstration tests.
• Support integration testing by the Ground Sensor Integrator.
• Provide required programmatic deliverables and support meetings, working groups, and planning activities.
• Perform all activities in an IPT/collaborative environment with the Government, Boeing/LSI, other LSI subcontractors and the Ground Sensor Integrator.

Development Design Objectives and Processes
The Supplier shall work as part of an Integrated Product Team (IPT) which shall include other suppliers, Raytheon Company acting as the FCS Ground Sensor Integrator (GSI), LSI, and government customers, and which shall be led by the FCS LSI and government customers or their designee. In practice, the Supplier shall work as part of multiple sub-IPTs that the GSI will lead. The Supplier shall establish Associate Contractor Agreements (ACAs), Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), and/or other artifacts or instruments that are required for the supplier to work effectively with other suppliers and manufacturers as part of this IPT.

The Supplier shall employ a spiral design cycle that provides GSI reviews to assess the system performance, functionality and user functionality of the contracted services. These assessments drive the updates and scope of subsequent builds. The Supplier shall support the GSI in reviews, technical interchange meetings and shall participate in IPT related efforts.

The Supplier shall perform all system, hardware and software design activities in an IPT/collaborative environment. The Supplier's design effort shall focus on accomplishing the following design/development objectives:

• Maximum use of commercial practices and commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) items and commercial software reuse practices, that focus on reducing risks;
• Use of Non-Developmental Items (NDI), with special emphasis on commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) items and Government, off-the-shelf items (GOTS) to the extent practical Maximum commonality of and between components, assemblies, subsystems and systems;
• Maximum open system design, i.e., designing open systems and specifying widely-used interface standards that enhance interoperability and enable/promote multiple sources of supply;
• Maximum use of the design-to-cost concept, i.e., a concept that establishes cost elements as management goals to achieve the best balance between life-cycle cost, acceptable performance, and schedule. Under this concept, cost is a design constraint during design/development activities and a management discipline throughout the life of the program;
• Maximum use of the design-to-schedule concept for software blocks and builds, i.e., a concept that establishes schedule elements as management goals to achieve the best balance between development schedule and schedule-related risk, quality, and prioritized-functionality. Under this concept, software development schedule is a design constraint during design/development activities and a management discipline throughout the life of the program.
• Maximum use of performance-based specifications and performance-based SOWs with Supplier's supply base.

Ground Sensor Developer Tasks
The supplier shall perform the following tasks in accordance with the other requirements of this SOW:

• Design and develop the following configurations for each sensor defined in the RFP:
  • Brassboards
  • Prototypes
  • Mechanical Fit-check Models
• Develop and deliver descriptive sensor simulation models
• Develop and deliver lab emulation software to emulate the developer's sensor systems interfaces and functionality. Integrate this emulator software into a GSI specified personal computer system for subsequent integration within the GSI SIL.
• Support the GSI and LSI's integration of the sensors into the FCS system of systems.
• The GSI will provide software licenses as appropriate for all emulator and simulator software and equipment delivered to the Supplier. The Supplier shall provide licenses (for use and replication) and on-site support as part of the integration support for all commercial software products delivered as a part of the lab emulators, simulations or other test articles.
• Supplier will conduct the following test program to verify overall sensor performance:
  • Highly Accelerated Life Test (HALT)
  • Reliability Enhancement Test (RET)
  • Formal Functional, Performance, Development, Qualification, Safety, and Verification/Validation tests
• Conduct System design reviews including:
  • System Requirements Review (SRR)
  • System Functional Review (SFR)
  • Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
  • Critical Design Review (CDR)
  • Technical Milestone reviews
  • Functional Configuration Audit (FCA)
  • Physical Configuration Audit (PCA)
• Conduct Software design reviews including:
  • System Requirements Review (SRR)
  • Software Architecture Review
  • Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
  • Critical Design Review (CDR)
  • Test Readiness Review (TRR)
  • Software Test Results Review
  • Functional Configuration Audit (FCA)
  • Physical Configuration Audit (PCA)
  • Monthly status reviews
• The supplier will supply a full technical data package for the sensor in accordance with the SRDL containing all the required technical, engineering, manufacturing, test, quality, training, logistics, management, safety, security, and other data and reports as defined in the SOW.
• Management Functions:
  The supplier will provide the following management operations in accordance with the Sensor SOW:
  • Security
  • Develop the planning and control Integrated Management Plan (IMP) and Integrated Management Schedule (IMS) for each sensor.
  • Monthly Cost Performance Report (CPR)
  • Implement and execute a Risk Management program
  • Design-for-X program
  • Enterprise Production Plan
  • Production Readiness reviews
  • Quality Assurance Program
  • Training Program including analysis, support package, modeling, simulations, aids & devices, and data.
  • Configuration Management
  • Product Support and Logistics
  • Human factors and Safety