Bradley Power, Diagnostics, and Optics Support

Added:Feb 21, 2018 12:05 pm Market SurveyDESCRIPTION OF INTENT:This is a Request for Information (RFI). No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this market survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. It is the responsibility of Industry, when providing any comments/responses, to properly mark such information that is considered proprietary or is otherwise restricted.DISCLAIMER:Reference herein to any specific commercial company, product, process, or service by trade name, trademark,

manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or the Department of the Army (DA). The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the DA, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUESTResponses to this request for information should be sent via e-mail to Julie Wilson, Contract Specialist at julie.a.wilson138.civ@mail.mil. You are requested to put "BRADLEY Power, Diagnostics, and Optics Support Effort" in the subject line of the e-mail. Any request for clarifications shall also be addressed to Julie Wilson, Contract Specialist at julie.a.wilson138.civ@mail.mil.Responses to the RFI are due on 8 March 2018. Please note that all questions and answers will be posted anonymously to this website. Questions that are received by this office after the deadline will be considered late and may not be answered.Any information that cannot be sent via email can be sent on two (2) identical compact disks (CDs) to the following address:U.S. Army Contracting Command - WarrenATTN: Julie Wilson, Contract Specialist (M/S 564)TACOM6501 E 11 Mile RdWarren, MI 48397INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY:Manufacturera. Name: ________________________________________________________b. Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________c. Website: ________________________________________________________Personnel Responding to RFIa. Name: ________________________________________________________b. Title: ________________________________________________________c. Company Responsibility/Position: ________________________________________________________d. Telephone/Fax Numbers: ________________________________________________________e. E-Mail Address: ________________________________________________________f. CAGE (commercial and government entity) Code (if any): ________________________________________________________OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this market survey questionnaire is to obtain information on industry capability to satisfy potential U.S. Army requirements for hardware, software, and field support of the Bradley Family of Vehicles (BFoV), including all M2/M7 variants. Product Manager (PdM) Bradley is considering sources to support Power Distribution, Diagnostics, and Optics. These sources of support will have experience in engineering, software, logistics, project management services, configuration management, total supply chain management, and field services to support vehicle technologies such as Soldier Machine Interface (SMI), Driver Optics, Diagnostics, and Power Distribution that are currently integrated on the BFoV M2/M7 platforms.For any or all of the below capabilities listed, please also respond with what technical data, government furnished information, and/or hardware/software you require from the Government to support the BFoV as outlined above.PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:General:1. Describe your experience supporting military vehicle networks, including, gigabit Ethernet, 1553, and Computer Area Network (CAN) (J1939). Anticipate level of compliance with program standards, including VICTORY Architecture, Direct Support TMDE Reduction Application (DSTRA), and Information Assurance (IA) Standards.2. Describe your experience supporting Vehicle Diagnostic Design as it applies to the Soldier Machine (Human Computer) Interface (SMI), Tactical Displays, and Vehicle Operation and Maintenance.3. Describe your experience with Power Distribution support, with respect to interfacing with vehicle networks, and diagnostics.4. Describe your experience supporting driver optics, with a minimum of 107 degrees wide by 40 degrees vertical viewing area.5. Describe your company's software capability to include software support of fielded products, software tools, and experience working other OEMs to support complex software systems.6. Describe your company's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) certification. Identify the divisions(s) in your company that currently holds CMMI certifications.7. Describe your Quality Management system (QMS). Is your company International Organization Standardization (ISO) 9001 certified?8. What is your facilities classification level (FCL)? Describe how your company handles Classified, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and Special Access Program (SAP) data. Response must discuss established processes to handle these types of data.9. Describe if your company's Power, Diagnostic, and Optics components, Shop Replaceable Units (SRUs) are common with current United States Government (USG) Power, Diagnostic, and Optic components and SRUs.Vehicle Diagnostics1) Describe your experience with the support of Vehicle Operational Diagnostics. Include support examples of fault detection, handling, reporting, and the use of sensors to enhance operational fault detection.2) Describe your experience with the support of Vehicle Health Maintenance Operations. Include examples of fault isolation, reporting, and interaction with the vehicle Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs).3) Describe your Vehicle diagnostic support experience with the interoperation of the Vehicle Health Management System (VHMS), Vehicle Diagnostic Management Software (VDMS), DSTRA, and IETMs.4) Describe your company's diagnostic approach to fault isolate to the SRU level using IBIT (Interactive Built in Test) and BBIT (Background Built in Test).5) Responses must indicate if ground combat vehicle(s) were ever supported.Soldier Machine Interface, Optics1) Describe your experience with the SMI. The SMI presents Bradley Crew members/Maintainers with vehicle functionality and allows the Crew/Maintainers to input commands and make selections in the vehicle system. It also provides the Crew/Maintainers with status indicators, system information, and feedback.2) Specifically describe support experience with states and modes effects, SMI, Driver Interfaces, Commanders and Squad Leaders Display interfaces, screen architecture, operator input, pop up and dynamic messages, VHMS interface and keyboard, display screens (Malfunction(MALF)), Vehicle Version Identification (VVID),and Embedded Vehicle Reprogramming (EVR)), and embedded training.3) Specifically describe your support of enhanced driver viewing, and vision in a day or night setting.4) Responses must indicate experience supporting ground combat vehicle(s).Power Distribution1) Describe experience supporting power distribution and control with respect to Vehicle States and Modes (normal operation, combat, silent watch, and degraded). Describe system support experience with load control, status, and cable disconnect monitoring.2) Describe experience supporting power distribution and control with respect to software interfaces, Power Management Screens, and the Turret and Hull subsystems. Include interfaces with Vehicle networks (1553, CAN, and Ethernet).3) Describe your company's experience supporting Vehicle Power management and control with respect to Bradley Critical Items that are in support of Power Distribution, SMI, Diagnostics, and Optics "Driver Viewer4) Describe your company's experience and diagnostic approach to fault isolate power system issues.Capability: Modeling and Simulation1) Describe your in-house Modeling and Simulation capabilities and tools.Capability: Test and & Evaluation1) Describe your in-house testing capabilities. How have you applied MIL-STD-810G?2) Please describe your experience with Government Testing requirements such as component qualification testing, writing technical reports, and Safety Assessment Reports using DI-SAFT-80102b.3) What data analysis tools and data recorders for test and evaluation do you use? Give examples of how you have applied to data analysis.4) Please describe your organization's experience with National Security Agency (NSA) and Information Assurance certification.5) Provide your company's plan to support USG test sites (manpower/equipment).Capability: Logistics1) Describe your organization's experience and capability in planning, establishing and managing an Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) Program that incorporates the following ILS Elements. This includes identifying computer-based tools/systems utilized:(1) Computer Resources(2) Design Interface(3) Facilities & Infrastructure(4) Maintenance Planning & Management(5) Manpower & Personnel(6) Packaging, Handling, Storage & Transportation (PHS&T)(7) Product Support Management(8) Supply Support(9) Support Equipment(10) Sustaining Engineering(11) Technical Data Management(12) Training & Training Support2) Describe your organization's experience, skill and capability with developing (1) Logistics Product Data, (2) Logistics Product Data Summaries, (3) Logistics Management Information (LMI) using Department of Defense (DoD) adopted industry standard GEIA-STD-0007 (Logistic Product Data) and military standard MIL-PRF-49506 (logistic management Information). Identify computer Based tools/systems utilized to manage and generate these product data items.