70--Draft Request for Proposal for Solicitation W900KK-11-R-0006, Homestation Instrumentation Training System Exercise Control (HITS EXCON)

The purpose of this Special Notice is to issue draft RFP W900KK-11-R-0006 for the HITS EXCON requirement. The Government requests that interested offeror's review the draft Request for Proposal and its attachments and provide questions or comments to the Government. Questions and Comments to the Government shall be sent electronically to the Contract Specialist Mr. Marcus. S. Overbay at [email protected] and shall be received not later than April 4, 2011 at 3:00pm. INTERESTED OFFEROR'S ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this notice. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or make an award. Information provided herein is subject to change. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website, located at http://www.fbo.gov/. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. Offeror's are also notified that this notice will be modified for the purposes of posting questions received from industry and the Government's corresponding answers. The Government anticipates the release of the special notice modification approximately 10 days after release of this notice: on or about March 28, 2011. The following are general estimates for major milestones for this acquisition: Major Milestone Approximate Date Request For Proposal May 2011 Proposal Submission June 2011 Potential Award September 2011 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: PEO STRI Project Manager for Training Devices (PM TRADE), Project Manager for Combat Training Instrumentation Systems (PM CTIS) is fielding Homestation Instrumentation Training System Exercise Control (HITS EXCON). As such, PM CTIS has a requirement for production and fielding of up to 25 HITS EXCON systems over the next five years. This effort includes production of the HITS EXCON in accordance with hardware configuration documents, installation of Government Furnished Information (GFI) software, integration of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) range instrumentation components, fielding of the systems, and initial operator and maintainer training. ACQUISITION APPROACH: The Final RFP will be issued as a competitive 8(a) solicitation pursuant to FAR 19.805 and conducted under FAR Part 15. The contract type will be a firm-fixed price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with an ordering period of five years.