The office of the Project Manager Close Combat Systems (PM CCS) is sponsoring and hosting a Virtual Industry Day for the PM CCS Close Terrain Shaping Obstacle (CTSO) Increment 1 effort, which will be conducted from 27-29 April 2021. The purpose of this Industry Day is to enable the Army ammunition community and Industry to identify and discuss new and innovative munition systems, capable of meeting User requirements in an open forum. The CTSO Increment 1 munition system is defined as a next generation anti-vehicular munition that detects, tracks, and engages threat vehicles to create a ground-based lethal anti-vehicle obstacle with breach resistance measures. The terrain shaping munition capability provides friendly forces the freedom of maneuver while limiting the enemy's ability to do the same. Army modernization and changes in land mine policies have created capability gaps not addressed by the current U.S. landmine inventory. The U.S. Government is seeking mature prototype munition systems with the capability of meeting the Abbreviated - Capability Development Document (A-CDD) requirements. The purpose of this Industry Day is for the Government to engage with Industry in an Open Forum session on the CTSO Increment 1 strategy, requirements, and approach. In addition, One-on-One sessions will be conducted between the Government and individual Industry company participants for those participants who request and obtain confirmation of a timeslot from the Government Registration POC for this event. The Government will accommodate Industry requested Virtual One-on-One sessions on 28 and 29 April 2021 on a first come first served basis. The Government reserves the right to deny vendor virtual requests for one-on-one sessions at its discretion. These one-on-one sessions will be unclassified. During the sessions, industry will be permitted to ask questions about the CTSO munition, the A-CDD requirements, or on any other information provided during the course of Industry Day. A limit of one session per company is permitted. Each session will be scheduled for no more than two (2) hours in duration. Any non-proprietary questions and answers discussed during these forms will also be posted via an amendment to this notice on or about one week after the events. Virtual one-on-one session invitations, to include the virtual location of the session, will be sent to all registered participants once a timeslot has been scheduled. All participants interested in participating in a One-on-One session must indicate interest during the registration process. The virtual one-on-ones will inform Government requirement writers of the current and developing capabilities of the Industrial base, as well as provide vendor partners the opportunity to showcase their CTSO munition technologies and discuss information and questions in a private forum. The Government will attempt, but cannot guarantee, the accommodation of vendor requests for different timeslots. Participants will only be required to be in attendance during their scheduled appointment. It is the intent of the Government to post all questions and responses from the Open Forum session and non-proprietary One-on-One questions and responses as an attachment to this Notice approximately one (1) week following the event. All non-proprietary responses will be posted on the www.beta.sam.gov website. While Industry may provide questions via email in advance of the event to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist listed in the Additional Information section of this notice, responses may not be provided to Industry until such time that they are included in the questions and responses document referenced above. All information discussed at Industry Day will be unclassified. This Industry Day shall not be used to elicit trade secrets. No sales pitches or “give-aways” shall be allowed from Industry participants. No competition-sensitive or vendor proprietary information/data, will be solicited or released. All vendor information will be treated confidentially. The Government will not sign any contractor requested non-disclosure agreements. PM CCS CTSO Industry Day - Schedule of Events: Open Forum Session: Date: 27 April 2021 Time: 12:30 PM to 17:00 PM Eastern Time One-on-One Sessions: Date: 28 and 29 April 2021 Time 08:30 AM to 16:30 PM Eastern Time Registration : Registration is required to attend the sessions. Each interested party shall identify the names of attendees who will be attending Industry Day. Provide registration requests in writing to Ms. Elizabeth Yanero at, email:
[email protected] no later than 16:00 Eastern Time on 22 April 2021. Please title your email: Response to Industry Day Notice (W15QKN-21-Z-0H3L); Your Company's Name. Upon submission of a registration request and signed Non-Disclosure / Non-Use Agreement (see Agreement template attachment to this Notice) to the email address listed above, registration attendance will be finalized and confirmation of registration will be provided. Upon completion of the Registration process, an advance copy of the Industry Day slides and weblink to location of the virtual session(s) will be provided. All interested party contact information will be used to create a Government mailing list to distribute Distribution D documentation to support this event as well as disseminate additional Increment 1 related information following the event. Additional Information : This Virtual Industry Day is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). It is not to be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government. The Government implies no intention to acquire funding to support any current or future requirement as a result of the Industry Day. No award will be made as a result of this Industry Day. The Government will not pay for any costs incurred as a result of this Special Notice, to include costs associated with attending the Industry Day. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of any results of the Industry Day. Any documentation provided will not be returned. Technical or other questions regarding this Industry Day shall be submitted to via email only to the attention of Ms. Morgan Ziatyk, Contracting Officer,
[email protected] and Mr. Edward Gorsky, Contract Specialist,
[email protected]. Telephone responses will not be accepted.