REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR THE JOINT THREAT WARNING SYSTEMS This Request for Information (RFI) is not a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, quotations or obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services, but for planning purposes only. This RFI is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and to explore industry capabilities. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission to this announcement or the Government use of such information. The information provided may be used by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) in developing its acquisition strategy, statement of work/statement of objectives, and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. The purpose of this RFI is to gather Industry's input regarding a requirement supporting the USSOCOM. Special Operations Forces Acquisition Technology and Logistics (SOF AT&L), Program Executive Officer for Special Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Exploitation (PEO - SRSE), Program Manager for Joint Threat Warning Systems (PM-JTWS). Responses to this RFI will be used by USSOCOM, SOF AT&L, PEO- SRSE, PM-JTWS to identify potential equipment for participation in the further evaluation of market information and/or ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice. The Program Manager is specifically interested in signals intelligence technologies, ideas and solutions which advance one or more of the following key interest areas: 1) Cross-environmental domain (e.g. air, land and sea surface) 2) Modularity and scalability 3) Cost reduction 4) Significantly reduced size and weight 5) Direction-Finding The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated. The Government intends to discuss in a broad forum some of the program challenges, concerns, ideas and opportunities. Morning format will be a collaborative group discussion. The Program Manager will host, along with representatives from the requirements developers and SOF users. Following this, in the afternoon of the same day, the Government will allow for individual discussions for those vendors who may wish to share competition sensitive information on a one on one basis. Each vendor may get between 20-60 minutes, depending on total number of interested vendors. It is not necessary to bring hardware since it will not be feasible to conduct product demonstrations at this event. The Government requests white paper submissions NLT 23 DEC 16 from vendors who wish to meet individually. Industry Day is currently scheduled for an all-day event on Thursday, 12 Jan 2017 in the greater Tampa/St. Pete Florida area. Further details to be provided. Registration for this event is required and security clearances must be passed in order to participate in any classified requirements or capabilities discussion. Individual companies are limited to a maximum of three representatives. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred; and the Government will not be providing responses to any questions. Questions for Industry. If your organization has the potential capability and capacity to perform these contract services, please assist the Government by providing the following: 1) Contact information for someone in the company with whom the Government can follow-up (name, phone number, email address, website address) 2) Business Size of the company (Small or large, and any socio economic qualifications i.e. woman owned, Veteran Owned) 3) Capability statement tailored to the particulars of this effort with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. Outline the types and names of devices currently integrated into your architecture as well as the level of integration. 4) Describe corporate experience with delivering this type of specialized support on past or present contracts. 5) Identify challenges and risks from an industry perspective that are associated with performing a similar effort with which your company has experience. 6) From a high level, what approach would your company take to deliver the services to SOF? Submission Instructions: Please note, telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by 23 December 2016. All responses and any questions under this RFI must be emailed to
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