OPEN MISSION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
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General Information
- Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Updated)
- Updated Published Date: Feb 06, 2023 07:04 am EST
- Original Published Date: Dec 07, 2022 04:16 pm EST
- Updated Response Date: Feb 10, 2023 11:59 pm EST
- Original Response Date: Dec 22, 2022 11:59 pm EST
- Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
- Updated Inactive Date:
- Original Inactive Date:
- Initiative:
- None
Classification
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: 1680 - MISCELLANEOUS AIRCRAFT ACCESSORIES AND COMPONENTS
- NAICS Code:
- 336413 - Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Place of Performance:
Description
This notice serves as a presolicitation notice/procurement synopsis. This announcement does not constitute a solicitation and proposals are not being requested at this time. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special Operations Forces (SOF), Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L), Directorate of Procurement, intends to solicit for, and award a single Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the procurement and sustainment of an open mission system architecture and command and control system (OMSA/C2) for the MQ-1C/ER unmanned aircraft. The Government intends to solicit utilizing full and open competition.
The anticipated contract will provide for the procurement and sustainment of an OMSA/C2 solution with advanced on-aircraft compute, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and dissemination capabilities. The system will be required to provide operators the ability to command and control, collect, analyze, and share information from multiple SOF aviation and ground platforms in an expeditionary form-factor via man-portable Tactical Common Datalinks.
A complete Request for proposal (RFP) package will be available electronically on this website only. Fax, telephone, written, or email requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Contract award is anticipated for late March 2023. An Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is contemplated with a five-year ordering period. Options will be utilized at the task/delivery order level. Potential contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award (see https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM).
This notice should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by USSOCOM to award a contract.
03 FEB 2023 Pre-solicitation update: Draft copies of the RFP and attachments have been added to this notice. Comments regarding these draft documents may be submitted up until 10 FEB 2023 at 11:59 PM (Eastern time) to the point of contact listed via email at scott.t.freas.civ@socom.mil.
Attachments/Links
Contact Information
Contracting Office Address
- SOF AT & L-KF 7701 TAMPA POINT BOULEVARD
- TAMPA , FL 33621-5323
- USA
Primary Point of Contact
- Scott Freas- Contracting Officer
- scott.t.freas.civ@socom.mil
Secondary Point of Contact
History
- Apr 01, 2023 11:58 pm EDTSolicitation (Original)
- Feb 26, 2023 11:59 pm ESTPresolicitation (Updated)
- Feb 03, 2023 05:22 pm ESTPresolicitation (Updated)
- Feb 03, 2023 05:08 pm ESTPresolicitation (Updated)
- Jan 07, 2023 11:58 pm ESTPresolicitation (Updated)
- Dec 07, 2022 04:16 pm ESTPresolicitation (Original)
- Sep 29, 2022 11:56 pm EDTSources Sought (Updated)