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Mentor Protégé Opportunities
Supplier Information Outreach Form
This Request for Information (RFI) pertains to potential Mentor Protégé (MP) opportunities on the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. The FCS Lead System Integrator (LSI) team of Boeing and SAIC and our Partners are exploring opportunities to utilize Small Diverse Businesses under a Mentor Protégé agreement to work with a FCS Integrated Product Team (IPT) in one or more of the areas listed below. The purpose of this RFI is to identify Protégé candidates whose development goals are a good match for the Program's needs. To be eligible to participate in this RFI, respondents must be a SDB/WOSB/SDVOSB/HUBZone meeting the Small Business Administration size requirements as set forth in the Mentor Protégé Requirements.
Support in the following areas is being considered for a Mentor Protégé Agreement:
- Service-based software architecture technology
- Innovative computers and signal processors
- Through-wall sensing
- Through-foliage sensing
- Remote chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear sensing
- Sensor display technology - vehicle to soldier
- Mine detection from stand-off, on the move
- Affordable integrated multi-mode combat ID
- Lightweight appliqué armor
- Unattended sensors and munitions
- Advanced ammunition variants
- Non-lethal munitions
- High bandwidth networks
- Multi-level secure communications
- Networked fires systems and algorithms
- Sensor data fusion algorithms and processors
If your company meets the DOD Mentor Protégé requirements and has experience/expertise in one or more of the above areas, qualified candidates are encouraged to participate in this MP process by clicking on the following link to fill out the FCS Supplier Information Outreach Form, (Submittal Type -Mentor Protégé) at http://hbexternal.cal.boeing.com/fcsoutrchform/.
In closing, companies are hereby advised of the following:
- The request for information does not commit Boeing to award respondent a contract or to pay any costs incurred in the preparation or submission of a proposal.
- It is anticipated that the FCS Program will pursue approximately 1-3 Mentor Protégé projects over time. The ultimate number of projects pursued will depend upon many factors including identification of suitable projects and candidates as well as funding.
- Release of future RFI's and RFQ's will be subject to applicable U.S. Government Export Regulations.
- The information contained herein may be subject to the LSI updates/changes. Accordingly, companies are encouraged to check this web link for the latest available information.
Mentor Protégé Request for Information (RFI) Requirements
Prior to potential candidates filling out the Supplier Information Outreach Form (Submittal Type-Mentor Protégé), Protégés shall meet the following requirements to participate in the FCS LSI Mentor Protégé program.
MP Eligibility Requirements:
To be eligible to participate, the Protégé must be an SDB, a WOSB, or an eligible entity employing the severely disabled and maintain that status for the life of the agreement. New regulations are being updated to also allow SDVSB to be eligible for MP as May 2005. Additionally, the Protégé must be eligible for the award of Federal contracts; and be a small business according to the Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for the NAICS code (see quick links) that represents the contemplated supplies or services to be provided by the Protégé firm to the mentor firm. If the Protégé self-certifies that it meets the eligibility requirements, a separate written self-certification of their small business status must be provided with the mentor-Protégé agreement. (Note: Protégés cannot self-certify as an SDB. The SBA must certify SDB's. If the SBA SDB certification expires prior to the end of the agreement period, the agreement and contract modification may still be written to include the entire agreement period with conditions stating incremental funding is subject to the Protégé's SDB recertification.)
Potential candidates must be registered on Central Contractors Registration (CCR) Database as a Small Disadvantage Business (SBD), see quick links.
Additionally, a sample DOD Mentor Protégé agreement may be downloaded from the Army SADBU Office website.
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Tables of small business size standards - Table of SBA's small business size standards
Summary of small business size standards - Summary information about small business size standards.
Guide to Small Business Size Standards - This is a general overview of small business size standards and some of the Federal Government programs that use them. It is not meant to be all inclusive or the final word, but merely to provide the user of size.
Central Contractors Registrations - The Central Contractor Registration (CCR) is the primary vendor database for the U.S. Federal Government. The CCR collects, validates, stores and disseminates data in support of agency acquisition missions.