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CAUTION: This market survey is being conducted to identify potential sources that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements of the for use by AFTC/PZZF Edwards AFB.

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INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Below is a section containing a description of the requirement and a Contractor Capability Survey, which allows you to provide your company’s capability.

2. If, after reviewing this document, you desire to participate in the market research, you should provide documentation that supports your company’s capability in meeting these requirements. Failure to provide documentation may result in the government being unable to adequately assess your capabilities. If you lack sufficient experience in a particular area, please provide details explaining how you would overcome the lack of experience and/or capabilities to perform that portion of the requirement.

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4. Questions relative to this market survey should be addressed to Contracting Officer, Christina Day and Technical POC, Ronald Pozmantier.

REQUIREMENTS DESCRIPTION

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

AFTC/PZZF Edwards AFB is currently conducting market research to identify potential sources equipped with the technical expertise and capabilities necessary for a Firm Fixed Price contract to design, develop, and possibly manufacture advanced secure telemetry units. The 412th Test Wing requires these modernized units to enhance, and potentially replace, existing secure telemetry systems including the SP10-135A, ISM-1000A, ADU-1000, and MAEU, which are critical in both Developmental Testing & Evaluation (DT&E) and Operational Testing & Evaluation (OT&E) of a wide array of aircraft, munitions, and missile systems.

The anticipated modernized units must be capable of integrating the NSA Cryptographic Core modules (e.g. Nano) and must be capable of receiving certification as NSA Certified High Assurance Devices (HAD), End COMSEC Units (ECUs), with a mandate to satisfy rigorous requirements for cybersecurity certification per the current NSA process (i.e. per the SERD 2.0/CDRD). There is also a mandate to satisfy Environmental and EMI/RFI qualification standards to provide airworthy products to survive the severe environments in fighter aircraft, missiles and munitions. Therefore, interested vendors should possess proven experience with the development, design, and successful qualification of airborne equipment in accordance with the requirements of military standards (e.g. MIL-STD-810H, MIL-STD-461G, MIL-W-5088L).

This procurement effort is open to full and open competition, as no specific set-asides are in place. The resulting contract is anticipated to be valued at ~$70M over a 5-year period of performance, with the development portion being the first task with possibility of manufacture/production option(s). All developmental and delivery operations based primarily at Edwards AFB, CA.

The primary objectives of the solicitation are to:

1. Identify and engage potential sources capable of developing airworthy, crypto-modernized secure telemetry units that support the rigorous demands of NSA Cybersecurity Certification, and the challenging airborne environment experienced in supporting Developmental Test & Evaluation (DT&E) and Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) of aircraft, missiles, and munitions.
2. Ensure that the proposed solutions incorporate NSA Cryptographic Core (Nano or other) modules and validate that interested sources have the necessary experience and qualifications for designing and certifying their solution in accordance with NSA Cybersecurity Directorate certification as High Assurance Devices (HAD), End COMSEC Units (ECUs) per the NSA SERD/CDRD cybersecurity certification process.
3. Validate that interested sources have the necessary experience and qualifications for designing and qualifying airborne equipment.
4. Facilitate the development of new products that replace and augment the functionality provided by the existing SP10-135A, ISM-1000A, ADU-1000, and MAEU secure telemetry units, through the integration of advanced technology and increased capabilities.

The projected scope of this contract is:

The projected scope of this contract encompasses the design, development, testing and manufacture of modernized airborne telemetry units, nominally a Large Supp