Quick Reaction Team Analysis and Support

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OPPDE2600001 Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Directorate of Engineering Analytical Services for Quick Reaction Team Analysis and Support Disclaimer Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes. The government will not pay for the information solicited herein nor for any costs that are incurred as a result of responding to this Request for Information (RFI). This includes, but is not limited to, costs associated with attending any industry day activities that may be held or for any other costs incurred by a party electing to provide information in response to this RFI. This RFI does not constitute a request for quote (RFQ), invitation for bid (IFB), request for proposal (RFP) or promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the Government is not seeking quotes, bids, or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this market research notice. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Based on the level of interest and the apparent capability of industry to perform in these areas, the Government reserves the right to develop an acquisition strategy to pursue a solicitation as a single contract or as multiple contract actions, if any. MDA reserves the right to request follow-up information and/or capability presentations from RFI respondents as needed, as a result of the information received from this RFI. The purpose of these follow-up questions and discussions is for MDA to better understand the market capabilities in relation to the various acquisition strategies available for this effort. Information received from follow-up questions and presentations is considered part of the overall market research activity and will be conducted in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Part 15.101.   Overview This RFI is intended to help the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) make informed acquisition decisions and business case analyses to:  Assess the current marketplace and existing industry capabilities to fulfill the scope of work, either as a single contract activity or under multiple contract actions Obtain recommendations from industry on the acquisition strategies and approaches (including contract and incentive structures) that are available to support the scope of work Identify and assess the major risks Identify and mitigate any potential barriers to competition Determine industry data/information needs to support proposal preparations Identify areas that could be set-aside for small business The resultant knowledge will enable MDA to achieve the best value acquisition of systems, commodities, components, technologies, capabilities, or services to fulfill its complex mission. Description of Requirements The MDA is conducting market research to determine interest in and capability to deliver analytical services to include, but not limited to, modeling and simulation (M&S) capabilities for: Medium fidelity modeling of all Missile Defense System (MDS) elements to support estimation of Missile Defense integrated system performance Multi-day campaign modeling of threat system raids against the MDS to account for multiple warfighter shot doctrines and include the impacts of friendly force attrition, Models of Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Fire Control shot planning logic and shot guide to selection Six degrees of freedom flight dynamic model of MDA ground-based interceptors including GMD, THAAD, Standard Missile-3, PATRIOT, airborne interceptors, railgun projectiles, and other interceptors as needed Kahlman filter track estimation of Missile Defense radars including Sea-Based X-Band, Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance (TPY-2), SPY 1, 6 and 7, Upgraded Early Warning Radar, Cobra Dane, Long Range Discrimination Radar, and other radars as needed Modeling top-level discrimination techniques using sensor observables Tracking estimations (and discrimination where applicable) from space-based assets including OPIR, PWSA/HBTSS, DSS, and other systems as needed Modeling of target object map correlation methods and statistical performance Radio frequency discrimination modeling including generation of object features and multiple weighting techniques Accurate representation of the impact of command, control and communications (C3) delays, including space-based latencies, and reliabilities between sensors, shooters, and C3 nodes Insertion of government furnished threat missile trajectory and signature data of multiple formats into modeling and simulation tool Use of models that have an ongoing Verification and Validation process to ensure that they can be accredited by MDA