PMA-281 Hardware (HW) & Software (SW) Development and Sustainment Multiple-Award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Contract.

The Naval Air Systems Command Procurement Group (V2443), Patuxent River, MD 20670, in support of Program Manager Strike Planning and Execution Systems (PMA-281), announces its intention to procure, on a competitive basis, products, supplies, and incidental services to support PMA-281 software/hardware development, integration, deployment, and sustainment efforts.

Program Background:

A.  The scope of the PMA-281 HW & SW Multiple-Award IDIQ contract includes development, integration, test and evaluation, deployment/delivery, modifications, and operations/sustainment of hardware and software products supporting both PMA-281 domestic and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs.  The PMA-281 portfolio consists of a number of ACAT-II and ACAT-III acquisition programs.  Contract deliverables may include, but are not limited to: feasibility studies, HW & SW designs, analyses, technical/programmatic documentation, HW & SW development/fabrication, HW & SW code delivery/deployment, engineering change proposals to existing products, training documentation and products, help desk support, HW & SW correction of deficiencies, and operations and sustainment products.

The attached graphic shows the PMA-281 portfolio.

Interested businesses can expect the following approximate work location split:

      Engineering and HW/SW development: 90% Contractor Facility / 10% Government Facility

      HW/SW Integration: 90% Contractor Facility / 10% Government Facility

      Installation: 5% Contractor Facility / 95% Government Facilities

These ratios may change based on the capability of the potential sources and the availability of Government spaces.

The contract is expected to be approximately 25% Labor and 75% Product Development / Material / Other Direct Costs.

Incumbents:

B.  This is a follow-on to contracts N00019-20-D-0021 through N00019-20-D-0032 inclusive.  The original requirement is currently being supported by a Multiple-Award IDIQ contract.  The following contractors were awarded contracts under the original Multiple-Award IDIQ solicitation:

American Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc: 3Y492

BAE Systems Information Solutions, Inc:  12436

DCS Corporation: 1P418

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation: 32143

Peraton (formerly Perspecta): 6KTD1

Raytheon Company:  04071

Gnostech, LLC: 5P012

Long Wave, Inc: 06SD5

Monterey Technologies, Inc: 03SF4

Solute: 3CKJ0

Tyonek Engineering &Agile Manufacturing LLC: 3YWE9

YKJV, LLC: 7W2N0

Set-Aside:

C.  Results from this Sources Sought notification will assist the Government in determining whether some or all of the scope of work can be performed by a small business entity.  The Government is considering a small business set-aside for any delivery orders issued under a defined dollar threshold (finalized prior to RFP release), any procurement of commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, or other identified delivery orders will be considered for small businesses set-asides. 

Contract Type:

D. The Government anticipates the IDIQ multiple-award contract will include but is not limited to cost-type and fixed-price-type contract line items.  Additionally, the Government anticipates the resulting contract will have both tangible end-product deliverables and limited level-of-effort tasking.

Estimated Period of Performance:

E.  The anticipated ordering period will be a period of five (5) years from contract award.  Additionally, delivery orders may be issued anytime during the ordering period; each delivery order will have an anticipated maximum period of performance of five (5) years.

Milestones:

F.  NAVAIR anticipates procurement milestones to occur on or around the following dates:

• Sources Sought: December 2024
• Notional Solicitation Issued: May 2025
• Notional Contract Award: December 2025

SOURCES SOUGHT SUBMITTAL INFORMATION

G.  It is requested that interested businesses submit to the contracting office a brief capabilities statement package (no more than twenty (20) pages in length exclusive of cover and table of content pages, single spaced, and 12-point font minimum).

Notionally, the IDIQ / MAC will contain the following scope of work:

1. Overview: 
   1. Overall Project Management
   2. Systems Engineering