JPEO JTRS-NSA Partnership in support of NSA Commercial COMSEC Evaluation Program

1.0 PurposeThe purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of and help the Government understand the vendors interested in participating in the National Security Agency Commercial COMSEC Evaluation Program (NSA CCEP) for potential certification of radios targeted for potential future JTRS production contracts. Information gathered from this survey will assist the government in determining personnel resources required to assist vendor entry into the NSA CCEP. 2.0 Background JPEO JTRS envisions supporting vendors interested in participating in the NSA CCEP to facilitate their ability to participate in potential future JTRS Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for production terminals seeking non-developmental item (NDI) solutions. 3.0 Reference Documents 3.1 Information Assurance (IA) Questionnaire Version 2.0, July 2010 (https://www.iad.gov) [Interested vendors must have an account with NSA Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) in order to obtain the Questionnaire from NSA IAD or Questionnaire can be obtained from JPEO JTRS by contacting Mr. Jerry Napier at [email protected] or at 619-204-7278.] 4.0 Requested Information Interested vendors are invited to submit the system capabilities of their prospective system. This can be done by populating the data fields in the IA Questionnaire. 5.0 Submission Instructions and Format Interested firms are invited to respond to this market survey by providing the following information: (1) Name and address of applicant/company (Corporate/Principal Office) (2) Name, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of point of contact (3) Filled-out Information Assurance Questionnaire This is not a request for proposals. Please do not submit proposals at this time. At this time, the JPEO JTRS is only seeking to determine industry interest in participating in the NSA CCEP and the availability of non-developmental, off the shelf capabilities. The Government does not make any promise or guarantee that by submitting a response to this notice that the interested vendor will be selected to participate in the NSA CCEP. Government will respect proprietary markings submitted for this notice. Government requests contractor to segregate and mark proprietary documents accordingly. Acknowledgement of receipt will not be made. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests. Submittals will not be returned to the sender. 6.0 Submission Submission may be in contractor format and compatible with MS Office Word or Adobe PDF format. All documents shall be submitted by email no later than 4:00 PDT on 09 December 2011 to Diane Thornewell at [email protected]. Whether to review any submission received after this date and time is a unilateral decision made solely at the Governments discretion. Contracting Office Address: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Bldg. 7, 33050 Nixie Way San Diego, CA, 92147 United States Primary Point of Contact: Diane Thornewell Contracting Officer [email protected] Phone: (619) 524-6378