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Combat Rescue Helicopter Capability Upgrade Industry Day
Question and Answers from General Session and One-on-One Sessions
20-21 Nov 2019
General Session
1. Specific to Chart #15, request for re-display of Table 1.
Response: Table re-displayed.
2. Will Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract be single award?
Response: The presumptive contract framework would allow orders to single prime for execution of all
requirements.
3. Has a multi-award ID/IQ been considered?
Response: Yesthe acquisition strategy has not been finalized.
4. Are Table 1 requirements vetted by Air Combat Command (ACC) (1067) or presentation of future
requirements?
Response: Summary is a combination of both and subject to change.
Is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) pushing for specific requirements in response to their
internal block upgrade program?
Response: A Block 1 study has been completed in response to a candidate set defined by the
Government. The strategy for execution (in conjunction with ACC) is still evolving.
6. What role do you envision the prime playing in the Capability Upgrades (CU) program?
Response: Market research is evolving and subject to change. Research will determine best means of
industry support to the CU program.
7. Will data rights have any impact to shaping of acquisition strategy?
Response: The impact is still to be determined. The basic Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) contract is
still in execution and data has not yet been delivered. Government is interested in industry expression
of data needs to support the CU requirement.
8. Has a ceiling been established for the presumptive contract?
Response: The Government is not prepared to specify a ceiling at this time.
9. Will slides be made available to industry participants?
Response: Yesposted to Government Point of Entry (GPE) sans Chart #15. If Chart #15 is requested,
requests should be submitted to the Procurement Contract Officer (PCO).
10. With respect to current production program, will CU period of performance mirror production timeline?
Response: Unknown at this time. Since production deliveries run through FY26, there is a reasonable
prospect for production cut in and retrofit.
11. Is there any thought towards leveraging Test Center at Tucson for flight verification?
Response: Unknown at this time.
12. Will roll on/off solutions be pursued?
Response: The intent is to maximize integrated solutions.
13. If integrated solutions are designed, what will be the relationship between the presumptive prime and the
OEM?
Response: The programs acquisition strategy is still in fluxmeans of establishing relationships have
not been finalized.
14. If a single prime is selected, will they be directed to specific sources and how will the relationship with the
OEM be defined?
Response: The Government does not intend to employ directed sources.
15. Is the intent for the presumptive prime to have material solutions to all requirements at point of award?
Response: No. Solutions to individual requirements will be pursued at the Delivery Order (DO)-level
Combat Rescue Helicopter Capability Upgrade Industry Day
Question and Answers from General Session and One-on-One Sessions
20-21 Nov 2019
and will be defined in DO-level contract documentation.
16. Has grouping of requirements into packages/blocks been considered?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is in flux.
individual vendors with point solutions.diversity of requirements?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is in flux.
One-On-One Sessions
17. Does Government recognize inherent inefficiencies of pursuing single prime solution vice contracting with
1. Question: Is a small business set aside under consideration as an element of acquisition strategy?
Response: To be determined by market research.
2. Question: Will list of attendees be published?
Response: Available upon request to PCO.
3. Question: Will CU be executed under current Acquisition Category (ACAT) I program or be pursued as a
partitioned program?
Response: At present, CU will be pursued as subset of the ACAT I program.
4. Question: Is CRH program office located at WPAFB?
Response: The program is centered at Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB) for Engineering Manufacturing
Development (EMD)/production/CU. The program will incrementally transition to Robins AFB for
product sustainment after system fielding.
5. Question: Will any of the Table 1 candidates be pursued under Other Transaction Authority (OTA)
6. Question: If pool structure is adopted under a Multiple Award Contract (MAC), would OEM be OCIed
guidelines?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is still in flux.
(Organizational Conflict of Interest) out of any particular pool?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is still in flux.
7. Question: If the OEM were awarded the EMD pool under a MAC, what would be the mechanism for
ensuring the OEM provided the data for primes leading other pools?
Response: Mechanisms for data sharing and release are under investigation at this time.
8. Question: Based on technical data availability, has the need for Associate Contract Agreements (ACAs) been
considered?
Response: The Government is exploring multiple options to ensure data availability.
9. Question: What will be the means to ensure competition is best value vice Lowest Price/Technically
Acceptable (LPTA)?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is still in flux.
10. Question: Will a requirement for production cut-in limit award to any source other than the OEM?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy will maximize competition across the entire requirement set.
11. Question: Can you elaborate on innovative processes that have been employed to address comparable CU
requirements?
Response: The initial set of CU upgrades were executed under the CRH EMD contract. The Government
is reviewing this implementation and other strategies as elements of the CU acquisition strategy.
12. Question: Do you have any notional or firm requirements for notional upgrades?
Response: Prioritization and sequencing of CU requirements is still in flux.
Combat Rescue Helicopter Capability Upgrade Industry Day
Question and Answers from General Session and One-on-One Sessions
20-21 Nov 2019
13. Question: How are any Size, Weight & Power (SWAP) considerations impacting CU requirements
prioritization and sequencing?
Response: Power is not an issueweight is a consideration. All capability enhancements must be
balanced on weight. This issue is the central point of emphasis for integrated vice federated
implementations.
14. Question: Is there a vision as to sensor or sensor suite that will be pursued for Degraded Visual
Environment (DVE)?
Response: A final decision has not been made.
15. Question: What displays and/or controls are anticipated for DVE system?
Response: A final decision has not been made.
16. Question: Unclear as the contracting processwill all be bundled under ID/IQ, will efforts be procured
independently with separate Request for Proposal (RFPs), and will offerings be Government Furnished
Equipment (GFE) for integration?
Response: Acquisition strategy still in flux. Use of GFE, as element of strategy, is still to be
determined.
17. Question: Where does Video Data Link (VDL) fall with Table 1 candidate set?
Response: The current Table 1 is not prioritized and subject to change.
18. Question: What would be advantage of not awarding sole source contract to the OEM since current prime
and HH-60W just beginning production?
Response: Market research will inform acquisition strategy.
19. Question: Will AF provide information from potential suppliers attending Industry Day to potential primes?
Response: The Government will post a summary of all Industry Day attendees on the GPE.
20. Question: How would AF prioritize cost, schedule, and performance?
Response: TBD at this time. Acquisition strategy still in flux.
21. Question: What does AF envision as award criteria for prospective contract?
Response: TBD at this time. Acquisition strategy still in flux.
22. Question: Will AF provide access to Government Software Integration Lab (SIL) for CU development
requirements?
Response: Unknown at this time. Acquisition strategy still in flux.
23. Question: For GPS/Anti-jam references in Table 1, what does low cost suggest?
Response: Refers to the ability to counter low-cost GPS Anti-Jamming/Spoofing devices. These
could be either handheld or vehicle mounted portable jamming/spoofing devices
24. Question: Can GPS anti-jam and anti-spoof be broken out as separate capability upgrades given that they
are unique technologies?
Response: The Government will evaluate the need to update the presentation during the acquisition
strategy phase.
25. Question: What will be OEMs role in support of presumptive CU contract?
Response: Acquisition strategy still in flux.
26. Question: Does AF intend to apply new cybersecurity management provisions into CU contract?
Response: Acquisition strategy still in flux.
27. Question: Has a multi-award contract been considered?
Response: Acquisition strategy is still in flux.
28. Question: To what extent will the presumptive contract employ small business set asides?
Response: Acquisition strategy is still in flux.
Combat Rescue Helicopter Capability Upgrade Industry Day
Question and Answers from General Session and One-on-One Sessions
20-21 Nov 2019
29. Question: How will the AF approach the packaging and/or bundling of
Question and Answers from General Session and One-on-One Sessions
20-21 Nov 2019
General Session
1. Specific to Chart #15, request for re-display of Table 1.
Response: Table re-displayed.
2. Will Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract be single award?
Response: The presumptive contract framework would allow orders to single prime for execution of all
requirements.
3. Has a multi-award ID/IQ been considered?
Response: Yesthe acquisition strategy has not been finalized.
4. Are Table 1 requirements vetted by Air Combat Command (ACC) (1067) or presentation of future
requirements?
Response: Summary is a combination of both and subject to change.
Is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) pushing for specific requirements in response to their
internal block upgrade program?
Response: A Block 1 study has been completed in response to a candidate set defined by the
Government. The strategy for execution (in conjunction with ACC) is still evolving.
6. What role do you envision the prime playing in the Capability Upgrades (CU) program?
Response: Market research is evolving and subject to change. Research will determine best means of
industry support to the CU program.
7. Will data rights have any impact to shaping of acquisition strategy?
Response: The impact is still to be determined. The basic Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) contract is
still in execution and data has not yet been delivered. Government is interested in industry expression
of data needs to support the CU requirement.
8. Has a ceiling been established for the presumptive contract?
Response: The Government is not prepared to specify a ceiling at this time.
9. Will slides be made available to industry participants?
Response: Yesposted to Government Point of Entry (GPE) sans Chart #15. If Chart #15 is requested,
requests should be submitted to the Procurement Contract Officer (PCO).
10. With respect to current production program, will CU period of performance mirror production timeline?
Response: Unknown at this time. Since production deliveries run through FY26, there is a reasonable
prospect for production cut in and retrofit.
11. Is there any thought towards leveraging Test Center at Tucson for flight verification?
Response: Unknown at this time.
12. Will roll on/off solutions be pursued?
Response: The intent is to maximize integrated solutions.
13. If integrated solutions are designed, what will be the relationship between the presumptive prime and the
OEM?
Response: The programs acquisition strategy is still in fluxmeans of establishing relationships have
not been finalized.
14. If a single prime is selected, will they be directed to specific sources and how will the relationship with the
OEM be defined?
Response: The Government does not intend to employ directed sources.
15. Is the intent for the presumptive prime to have material solutions to all requirements at point of award?
Response: No. Solutions to individual requirements will be pursued at the Delivery Order (DO)-level
Combat Rescue Helicopter Capability Upgrade Industry Day
Question and Answers from General Session and One-on-One Sessions
20-21 Nov 2019
and will be defined in DO-level contract documentation.
16. Has grouping of requirements into packages/blocks been considered?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is in flux.
individual vendors with point solutions.diversity of requirements?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is in flux.
One-On-One Sessions
17. Does Government recognize inherent inefficiencies of pursuing single prime solution vice contracting with
1. Question: Is a small business set aside under consideration as an element of acquisition strategy?
Response: To be determined by market research.
2. Question: Will list of attendees be published?
Response: Available upon request to PCO.
3. Question: Will CU be executed under current Acquisition Category (ACAT) I program or be pursued as a
partitioned program?
Response: At present, CU will be pursued as subset of the ACAT I program.
4. Question: Is CRH program office located at WPAFB?
Response: The program is centered at Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB) for Engineering Manufacturing
Development (EMD)/production/CU. The program will incrementally transition to Robins AFB for
product sustainment after system fielding.
5. Question: Will any of the Table 1 candidates be pursued under Other Transaction Authority (OTA)
6. Question: If pool structure is adopted under a Multiple Award Contract (MAC), would OEM be OCIed
guidelines?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is still in flux.
(Organizational Conflict of Interest) out of any particular pool?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is still in flux.
7. Question: If the OEM were awarded the EMD pool under a MAC, what would be the mechanism for
ensuring the OEM provided the data for primes leading other pools?
Response: Mechanisms for data sharing and release are under investigation at this time.
8. Question: Based on technical data availability, has the need for Associate Contract Agreements (ACAs) been
considered?
Response: The Government is exploring multiple options to ensure data availability.
9. Question: What will be the means to ensure competition is best value vice Lowest Price/Technically
Acceptable (LPTA)?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy is still in flux.
10. Question: Will a requirement for production cut-in limit award to any source other than the OEM?
Response: The CU acquisition strategy will maximize competition across the entire requirement set.
11. Question: Can you elaborate on innovative processes that have been employed to address comparable CU
requirements?
Response: The initial set of CU upgrades were executed under the CRH EMD contract. The Government
is reviewing this implementation and other strategies as elements of the CU acquisition strategy.
12. Question: Do you have any notional or firm requirements for notional upgrades?
Response: Prioritization and sequencing of CU requirements is still in flux.
Combat Rescue Helicopter Capability Upgrade Industry Day
Question and Answers from General Session and One-on-One Sessions
20-21 Nov 2019
13. Question: How are any Size, Weight & Power (SWAP) considerations impacting CU requirements
prioritization and sequencing?
Response: Power is not an issueweight is a consideration. All capability enhancements must be
balanced on weight. This issue is the central point of emphasis for integrated vice federated
implementations.
14. Question: Is there a vision as to sensor or sensor suite that will be pursued for Degraded Visual
Environment (DVE)?
Response: A final decision has not been made.
15. Question: What displays and/or controls are anticipated for DVE system?
Response: A final decision has not been made.
16. Question: Unclear as the contracting processwill all be bundled under ID/IQ, will efforts be procured
independently with separate Request for Proposal (RFPs), and will offerings be Government Furnished
Equipment (GFE) for integration?
Response: Acquisition strategy still in flux. Use of GFE, as element of strategy, is still to be
determined.
17. Question: Where does Video Data Link (VDL) fall with Table 1 candidate set?
Response: The current Table 1 is not prioritized and subject to change.
18. Question: What would be advantage of not awarding sole source contract to the OEM since current prime
and HH-60W just beginning production?
Response: Market research will inform acquisition strategy.
19. Question: Will AF provide information from potential suppliers attending Industry Day to potential primes?
Response: The Government will post a summary of all Industry Day attendees on the GPE.
20. Question: How would AF prioritize cost, schedule, and performance?
Response: TBD at this time. Acquisition strategy still in flux.
21. Question: What does AF envision as award criteria for prospective contract?
Response: TBD at this time. Acquisition strategy still in flux.
22. Question: Will AF provide access to Government Software Integration Lab (SIL) for CU development
requirements?
Response: Unknown at this time. Acquisition strategy still in flux.
23. Question: For GPS/Anti-jam references in Table 1, what does low cost suggest?
Response: Refers to the ability to counter low-cost GPS Anti-Jamming/Spoofing devices. These
could be either handheld or vehicle mounted portable jamming/spoofing devices
24. Question: Can GPS anti-jam and anti-spoof be broken out as separate capability upgrades given that they
are unique technologies?
Response: The Government will evaluate the need to update the presentation during the acquisition
strategy phase.
25. Question: What will be OEMs role in support of presumptive CU contract?
Response: Acquisition strategy still in flux.
26. Question: Does AF intend to apply new cybersecurity management provisions into CU contract?
Response: Acquisition strategy still in flux.
27. Question: Has a multi-award contract been considered?
Response: Acquisition strategy is still in flux.
28. Question: To what extent will the presumptive contract employ small business set asides?
Response: Acquisition strategy is still in flux.
Combat Rescue Helicopter Capability Upgrade Industry Day
Question and Answers from General Session and One-on-One Sessions
20-21 Nov 2019
29. Question: How will the AF approach the packaging and/or bundling of
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