Overview
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. The Defender Mobile Situational Awareness Toolkit (DMSAT) provides a Defender-enhanced mobile Common Operating Picture (COP). DMSAT provides mobile patrols, whether mounted or on foot, a view into the positioning of themselves and other Defender elements overlayed on a terrain map, as well as a means of communication. DMSAT is one of three lines of effort for the larger Defender Multi-Domain Command, Control, and Communications (DMDC3) initiative. DMSAT’s fixed and mobile capability is intended to deliver multi-domain situational awareness for Defenders at the edge. DMSAT consists of command post and mobile end user devices that connect Defenders to each other, their leadership, other base responders, and joint/coalition forces. DMSAT enables leadership to execute command and control with an enhanced understanding of rapidly evolving situations, the environment, and their forces.
Description
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. DMSAT aims to enhance the situational awareness and communication capabilities for users. This is accomplished through a hardware, software, and cloud service infrastructure. The Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) user interface software is the primary software user interface for DMSAT. TAK is a Government-owned and -maintained situational awareness software suite with a variety of plug-ins to expand on operational capacity and use cases of the software. TAK software development is managed by the TAK Product Center (TPC), and updated versions are released approximately once a quarter. The user interface can be viewed in a series of configurations on mobile end-user devices (EUDs), laptop orientation, and static computing capabilities. Mobile EUDs allow for the remote access, management, and sharing of data across the DMSAT network. The DMSAT network can be expanded with outside systems for data sharing purposes, due to the open interface standards and common data languages upon which TAK was developed. The modular approach to DMSAT allows users to interact with the TAK user interface with the appropriate hardware that fits operational needs in an effective and cybersecure manner.
DISCLAIMERS: We will use this RFI to inform our market research, acquisition strategy, and to help the Government promote competition for this requirement by identifying potential sources and gauging interest from industry. The Government is interested in hearing from all potential and interested businesses who have the capability to provide the products and perform the services addressed within this RFI.
Respondents shall provide an UNCLASSIFIED response to the RFI. Respondents shall indicate whether their responses contain any proprietary information, and it must have the appropriate markings if the respondents wish for the responses to be handled as such. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified. Please be advised that all submissions will become Government property and will not be returned.
This RFI does NOT constitute a Request for Quotes (RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFPs), nor does it promise to issue an RFQ or RFP in the future. The Government does not intend to award a contract based upon your response to this request. This RFI is intended to conduct market research and capture feedback relating to AFLCMC/HBUM’s DMSAT program. Therefore, this notification is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as an obligation on behalf of the Government to acquire any products or services. Moreover, the Government is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals.
Responders are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the responder’s expense. None of this cost shall be expensed on any Government contract. By not responding to this RFI, you are NOT precluded from participating in any future RFQ or RFP that may be issued. As such, any submission in response to this RFI is strictly voluntary.
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RFI SUBMISSION DETAILS:
In your response to this RFI, at a minimum, please include the following information:
1. Name of your business, physical and mailing addresses, phone number, and e-mail of designated points of contact.
1.1. SAM Registration Status (Active, Inactive, Not Registered) and Expiration Date.
1.2. Unique Entity ID and CAGE code.
1.3. Small business or socio-economic status, if any (i.e., small business, small, disadvantaged business, 8(a) small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business).
1.4. Please share a price list of the commercial items that may be included in your solution.
2. Are your services, and the commercial items included in your potential solution, currently available on a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), IDIQ contract, or another contract vehicle? If yes, then please provide the relevant GSA MAS number/Special Item Number (SIN) or contract number, along with a copy of the award and any other pertinent supporting documents.
3. Please identify and describe, in detail, your company’s experience with working on, deploying, and supporting TAK-based solutions for a previous U.S. Government contract. In your response, please identify:
3.1. What software version numbers and platforms were used?
3.2. Has your company integrated systems to TAK? If so, then please describe which TAK products were involved in the integration and describe the nature of the connected systems.
4. Does your company currently have any TAK-based services or products in production? If so, then please describe. Who are the current customers using this service or product?
5. What hosting environments (on-premises, cloud, hybrid, etc.) has your company deployed TAK within? If cloud-hosted, then at what DoD cloud computing impact level? What infrastructure was utilized in this TAK network?
6. What experience does your company have with network engineering? Please identify if your company has provided network engineering services to the Department of Defense (DoD), to include relevant contract numbers.
7. What experience does your company have with cyber engineering? Please identify if your company has provided cyber engineering services to the DoD, to include relevant contract numbers.
8. To what extent has your company deployed and/or maintained systems in a cloud environment? Please identify the cloud service provider(s).
9. Has your company assisted in preparation of an Authority to Operate (ATO)? Please describe the support your company provided in obtaining the ATO.
10. Has your company had any prior or current experience working with Law Enforcement or Air Force Security Forces? If so, then please describe the experiences, to include the following.
10.1. Any user training curriculum your company has created. Did your company teach this curriculum? In what style did you teach this curriculum?
11. Does your company have experience in establishing and managing Help Desk Support Services? If yes, then please provide details of your company’s experience with this subject.
12. Please describe your company’s experience with managing and tracking the hardware’s end-of-life (EOL) and replacement, and with maintaining strong supplier relationships.
13. Please describe your company’s experience with performing enterprise-wide testing and deployment of software updates. Please describe your test approach and methodologies, from early code development through final product or user acceptance, as well as the methods for deploying your software.
14. Does your company have logistical experience in the transportation of materials via MILAIR? If so, then please provide details regarding your company’s experience with this subject.
15. Does your company have experience in managing logistics for packaging, handling, support, and transportation (PHS&T) of materials, for both CONUS and OCONUS? If yes, then please provide details or specific examples regarding your company’s experience with this subject.
16. Does your company have logistical experience in developing and managing disposition plans for Government materials? If yes, then please provide details or specific examples regarding your company’s experience with this subject.
17. Given the information provided in this RFI package, please provide a rough timeline of activities that will need to be completed prior to fielding to the first base.
