Posted: Aug. 2, 2024, 10:53 p.m. EDT
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, Integrated Experiments and Evaluation Division (RVE), will host an Industry Day at Kirtland AFB, NM on 26 July 2024 at the Philips Research Conference Center, for the Space Systems and Hardware Integration for Novel Experiments (SSHINE) acquisition. Based on the market research results from the Request for Information (RFI), SSHINE is anticipated to be a Small Business Set-Aside. The purpose of Industry Day is to provide interested parties and potential offerors an opportunity to receive information on the SSHINE acquisition, to ask questions and provide feedback on the draft requirements documents (Attachments 5-8), and to tour the facilities that will be an integral part of SSHINE. In addition, the Industry Day will offer opportunities for potential offerors to communicate directly with SSHINE program managers about requirements, and to express desire in one-on-one sessions with the SSHINE team. All approved visitors MUST arrive at the Philips Research Conference Center, Building 201, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico on 26 July 2024. Industry Day is scheduled from 7:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) (Attachment 4, Kirtland Map - West). Approved visitors will be transported on a Government bus to the facilities included on the tour. This is an excellent opportunity for the Government and industry partners to meet, to enhance awareness, to stimulate competition, and to facilitate collaboration and teaming arrangements for SSHINE. The classification for the briefing and tour is unclassified. Attendees must complete a Visit Request and an Industry Day registration form in accordance with Attachments 2 and 3. Attendees must be U.S. citizens and no more than two (2) personnel per company will be allowed to attend the site visit. Electronic devices, including but not limited to portable computers, cameras, cell phones, thumb drives, key fobs, smartwatches, etc., are prohibited. This announcement is for information and planning purposes only for the upcoming SSHINE acquisition. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Attendance is not required for proposal submittal should an RFP be released.
All parties interested in attending Industry Day MUST complete an Industry Day Registration form (Attachment 2) and Visit Request (Attachment 3). Return both to Mr. Christopher Garcia via email at christopher.garcia.62@spaceforce.mil, no later than 3:00p.m. MDT on 19 July 2024.
Draft SSHINE requirements documents are attached and provided for industry review. Questions about the requirements documents are desired to be submitted in advance via email, and will be responded to at Industry Day. Additionally, interest in one-on-one sessions must be sent via email, dependent on number of interested vendors, will determine length of one-on-one sessions, available Government team members, virtual or in-person sessions, and vendor presentation material and personnel attendance required. Requirements documents questions and one-on-one session requests must be submitted by email and shall be directed to Ms. DeAnna R. Salazar at deanna.salazar@spaceforce.mil and shall be received not later than 3:00 p.m. MDT on 19 July 2024.
Industry Day one-on-one sessions will be held virtually only through Microsoft Teams on 30 Jul 2024 from 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Session duration, time slots, and meeting invites will be set after the deadline for one-on-one sessions, listed in the previous paragraph. During these sessions, recording will not be allowed. Questions are encouraged to be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing before the start of the session for efficiency.
All other questions shall be directed to Ms. DeAnna R. Salazar at deanna.salazar@spaceforce.mil. AFRL/RV Contracting encourages continual monitoring of SAM.gov for any announcements, solicitations, amendments, and/or otherwise of all opportunities provided.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 Industry Day Agenda
Attachment 2 Industry Day Registration Form
Attachment 3 Contents of a Visit Request
Attachment 4 Kirtland Map - West
Attachment 5 DD1423, CDRLs
Attachment 6 - SSHINE IDIQ SOW
Attachment 7 - Individual Task Order SOWs (4)
Attachment 8 SSHINE DD254
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Background
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, Integrated Experiments and Evaluation Division (RVE), will host an Industry Day at Kirtland AFB, NM on 26 July 2024 for the Space Systems and Hardware Integration for Novel Experiments (SSHINE) acquisition. The purpose of Industry Day is to provide interested parties and potential offerors an opportunity to receive information on the SSHINE acquisition, ask questions, provide feedback on the draft requirements documents, and tour the facilities that will be an integral part of SSHINE. The Industry Day aims to enhance awareness, stimulate competition, and facilitate collaboration and teaming arrangements for SSHINE. The classification for the briefing and tour is unclassified. This announcement is for information and planning purposes only for the upcoming SSHINE acquisition.
Work Details
The objective of the Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development Task Order is to provide research and development, systems engineering, mission development, modeling and simulation, and flight operations support for both large and small space technology experiments as defined in the basic contract SOW. The effort involves Mission and Space System Development, Space Experiment Prototyping, Assembly, Integration, Testing, Ground System Development functional areas as defined in the basic contract SOW. The contractor shall provide direct technical and systems engineering support to RVE Program Managers, Deputy Program Managers, Chief Engineers, Systems Engineers or other designated program leads. They will also provide systems engineering and analytical support to AFRL mission and space system designs. Additionally, they will aid in the development of government experiment and space technology requirements, mission scope, design tradeoffs/alternatives, concepts of operation, mission constraints, conceptual designs, mission analyses; perform analyses and evaluations accomplished through relevant experimental testing; provide documentation for all systems engineering activities related to space technology programs; provide Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) when/where applicable/requested; provide modeling and simulation support; provide mechanical, thermal, electrical, structural engineering support; Hardware/Software-in-the-Loop and Cloud Computing Architecture development; assist in program management; procure available commercial and non-commercial space-rated/grade related hardware; assist with technology transfer planning and decommissioning support; design and fabricate ground-based proofs-of-concept; document experimental processes and results; prepare monthly status reports on activity under the scope of section 4.1; draft design documentation including User’s guides, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Specifications; provide full life-cycle technology implementation support including hardware design/fabrication/testing/experimentation/transition support/software/firmware design/development/testing/research/test/assessment/design/validation testing/experimentation/planning/procedures development/fabrication/preparation/coordination/data reduction/review/documenting experimental processes/results/re-engineering/re-design/shipping/receiving/surge capability/travel to other Government agencies or contractor locations as required.
Period of Performance
The geographic location(s) where the contract will be performed is Kirtland AFB in New Mexico.
