Littoral Combat Ship (lcs) In-service Engineering & Life Cycle Supportview on SAM.gov

Sources Sought This is a Request for Information (RFI) as defined in FAR 15.201(e). Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Port Hueneme Division (PHD) is conducting market research to identify qualified and responsible sources that may be interested in a potential future procurement regarding the Design Agent of the Independence (INDY) variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The INDY variant combat system consists of Integrated Combat Management System (ICMS), its interfaces, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems and Intelligence (C5I) elements, software applications, and the networking environment. The interested sources must provide overall in-service engineering and life cycle support for C5I systems critical engineering; design; integration; test and evaluation; software development, testing, and load; system upgrade/replacement planning onboard and at sites; logistics product development and distribution; configuration management of the systems and logistics products; as well as training systems. These activities will be executed in support of the shipboard LCS C5I equipment, components, software, training and support equipment developed by or for the Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants Program Office. Responses to this sources sought will be utilized to determine if there are multiple sources capable of performing this requirement. Responses to this sources sought will further be utilized to determine if Small Business set-aside opportunities exist. All Small Business set-aside categories will be considered under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541330. Interested parties shall address the following in their RFI submissions: 1. COMPANY INFORMATION (a) Company name, Address, Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. (b) Company designated representative name(s) and point(s) of contact, including phone number and email address. (c) Company size status under the applicable NAICS (e.g., 8(a), HUB Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned, Large Business, etc.). 2. CAPABILITY STATEMENT Interested parties shall submit a Capability Statement that succinctly addresses the following items to demonstrate the contractor's capability to perform the requirements of Attachment 1, statement of work (SOW): (a) The contractor's ability to manage , as prime contractor, the types and magnitude of tasking in the SOW; (b) The contractor's technical ability to perform the requirement. For Small Business set-aside determination purposes, also include the contractor's technical ability to perform, or potential approach to achieving technical ability to perform, at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel with its own employees. (c) The contractor's capacity , or potential approach to achieving capacity, to conduct the requirements of the SOW. For the purposes of this Capability Statement, capacity shall refer to matters such …