Mid-Life Cockpit Upgrade for the VH-92A

<p>1.0&nbsp;GENERAL&nbsp;</p>

<p></p>

<p>THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.&nbsp;IT IS A MARKET RESEARCH TOOL BEING USED TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL AND ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THE SUPPLIES/SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN, PRIOR TO DETERMINING THE METHOD OF ACQUISITION AND ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL&nbsp;(RFP).&nbsp;&nbsp;ALL CAPABLE LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERESTED ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN A CAPABILITY PACKAGE.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The&nbsp;Presidential Helicopters Program Office (PMA 274)&nbsp;is seeking&nbsp;information from&nbsp;qualified&nbsp;potential&nbsp;prime&nbsp;contractors&nbsp;that specialize in&nbsp;the design, development, and certification of rotary wing cockpits.&nbsp;This notice is being used for the purpose of&nbsp;determining&nbsp;market interest,&nbsp;availability&nbsp;and adequacy of&nbsp;potential business sources prior to&nbsp;establishing&nbsp;the method of acquisition and issuance of a&nbsp;RFP, including the use of any&nbsp;appropriate small&nbsp;business programs.&nbsp;The&nbsp;data&nbsp;received from this RFI&nbsp;will inform Government market&nbsp;research on potential&nbsp;vendors&nbsp;for a Mid-Life Cockpit Upgrade for the VH-92A.&nbsp;Core capabilities required&nbsp;include systems engineering, requirements management,&nbsp;systems architecture,&nbsp;human systems integration,&nbsp;cyber security engineering, software development,&nbsp;Systems Integration Labs, testing and&nbsp;obtain&nbsp;a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness certification.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>The VH-92A is&nbsp;a&nbsp;Military Commercial Derivative Aircraft&nbsp;supporting Presidential Lift Missions&nbsp;and is a&nbsp;Public Use&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;that will&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;a&nbsp;FAA certification throughout the lifecycle of the platform.&nbsp;&nbsp;PMA 274&rsquo;s objectives in the Mid-Life Cockpit&nbsp;Upgrade are to&nbsp;address obsolescence in the VH-92A cockpit, enhance&nbsp;functionality with integration of military&nbsp;mission&nbsp;functions into&nbsp;an FAA certified cockpit,&nbsp;enhance Open Systems&nbsp;Architecture concepts,&nbsp;achieve weight efficient upgrades to the cockpit, enhance cyber resiliency, and leverage&nbsp;advancements in modern commercial cockpits.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Disclaimer&nbsp;</p>

<p>THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR&nbsp;PROPOSAL.&nbsp;&nbsp;NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS AT THIS TIME.&nbsp;THE PURPOSE OF THIS RFI IS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL&nbsp;PRIME&nbsp;VENDORS WITH&nbsp;CAPABILITY,&nbsp;TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND CREDENTIALS TO MEET OUR&nbsp;NEEDS IN A COCKPIT DEVELOPER.&nbsp;&nbsp;IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE&nbsp;SOLICITATION&nbsp;AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.&nbsp;&nbsp;RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.&nbsp;&nbsp;THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT COMMITTED NOR OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, AND NO BASIS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT SHALL ARISE AS A RESULT OF A RESPONSE TO THIS&nbsp;RFI.&nbsp;&nbsp;ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS&nbsp;RFI&nbsp;IS&nbsp;STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.&nbsp;NOT RESPONDING TO THIS&nbsp;RFI&nbsp;DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE RFP, IF ISSUED.&nbsp;</p>

<p></p>

<p></p>

<p>2.0&nbsp;REQUIRED CAPABILITIES&nbsp;</p>

<p>The following is not intended to be a complete list of all efforts planned under the&nbsp;VH-92A Mid-Life Cockpit Upgrade&nbsp;contract but&nbsp;rather focus areas whereby&nbsp;additional&nbsp;information is&nbsp;needed&nbsp;as it relates to industry available data and capability to execute.&nbsp;The Presidential Helicopters Program&nbsp;is seeking&nbsp;information&nbsp;for&nbsp;rotary wing cockpit&nbsp;capabilities&nbsp;related&nbsp;to the&nbsp;VH-92A Mid-Life Cockpit Upgrade:&nbsp;</p>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Solutions for&nbsp;modernization and obsolescence&nbsp;of&nbsp;following components&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Flight Decks and Displays&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Navigation Systems&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Safety Systems&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Internal Communication System&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Transponders&nbsp;and Surveillance&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Weather information&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Solutions for integration of Military unique functions in a FAA certified cockpit&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Internal Mission Communication&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>External Communication via military radios&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Integration of Military Positioning aids&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Integration of alternate display visual information&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Open&nbsp;Systems&nbsp;Architecture components&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Lifecycle parts management for cyber security management&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Roadmaps and alignment with&nbsp;future&nbsp;civil&nbsp;cockpit improvements&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Weight reduction opportunities&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<p>Qualified&nbsp;Prime&nbsp;Contractors&nbsp;Requirements:&nbsp;</p>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Must have&nbsp;or ability to obtain a&nbsp;Secret&nbsp;Facility Clearance.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Must be a&nbsp;U. S.&nbsp;owned and operated company.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Must have&nbsp;or ability to obtain&nbsp;FAA approved&nbsp;engineering&nbsp;capabilities&nbsp;in support of obtaining&nbsp;Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR)&nbsp;Part&nbsp;29&nbsp;supplemental type certificates&nbsp;(STCs).&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Must have engineering capabilities to analyze&nbsp;requirements,&nbsp;design solutions, test components, and certify hardware and software for flight.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>
<p>Must&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;quality and manufacturing systems able to produce components&nbsp;for integration on&nbsp;a FAR Part 29 certified&nbsp;aircraft.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>

<p></p>

<p></p>

<p>3.0&nbsp;SUBMISSION INFORMATION&nbsp;</p>

<p>The requested information herein is to assist the Government in conducting market research to determine&nbsp;if&nbsp;potential business sources have the assets, skills, experience, financial stability, qualifications, rights to technical data, and knowledge required to support,&nbsp;as the prime contractor,&nbsp;the&nbsp;required capabilities.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Interested&nbsp;qualified potential prime contractors&nbsp;shall&nbsp;submit&nbsp;a brief capabilities statement package (no more than&nbsp;twenty&nbsp;8.5 x 11-inch&nbsp;pages, font no smaller than 12&nbsp;point, 1.5 spaced)&nbsp;demonstrating&nbsp;ability to perform&nbsp;the&nbsp;tasks&nbsp;listed under the required capabilities.&nbsp;This documentation must address at a minimum the following:&nbsp;</p>

<ol>
<li>
<p>Company Name; Company Address; Company Business Size, and Point-of-Contact (POC) name, phone number,&nbsp;and e-mail address.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>
<p>Company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office location(s),&nbsp;Commercial and Government Entity&nbsp;(CAGE)&nbsp;code,&nbsp;Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and&nbsp;a statement&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;current small/large&nbsp;business status.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>
<p>Identification of subcontracting, joint ventures, or teaming arrangement partners. If subcontracting or teaming, please include the structure of such arrangements.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>
<p>Management approach to staffing this effort with qualified personnel.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>
<p>Statement&nbsp;identifying&nbsp;current status&nbsp;of your company&rsquo;s Facility Clearance and level&nbsp;and your company&rsquo;s&nbsp;ability to obtain the required facility clearance.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>
<p>Prior/current corporate experience performing efforts similar in scope to the tasking described under Required Capabilities Section within the last five (5) years,&nbsp;if relevant-&nbsp;contract numbers, indication of whether as a prime or a subcontractor, contract values, point of contact with current telephone number, and a brief description of how the referenced contract relates to the proposed required capabilities and scope of performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>
<p>Respondents to this notice must also&nbsp;indicate&nbsp;whether they are a large business or&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned, Woman-Owned&nbsp;Small Business (WOSB), 8(a), Hub Zone or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern.&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ol>

<p>Responses shall be electronically&nbsp;submitted&nbsp;via email to&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Carl&nbsp;Wagner at&nbsp;carl.a.wagner15.civ@us.navy.mil, Mr. Curtis Loglisci at curtis.p.loglisci.civ@us.navy.mil, and Ms.&nbsp;Monica Card&nbsp;at&nbsp;monica.l.card.civ@us.navy.mil, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF).  The deadline for response to this request is 4:00 p.m., Eastern&nbsp;Daylight&nbsp;Time, August 16, 2026.&nbsp;No phone calls will be accepted. &nbsp;</p>

<p></p>

<p>The Government does not intend to award a contract&nbsp;based on&nbsp;this request or to otherwise pay for the information&nbsp;collected. Proprietary information will be safeguarded&nbsp;in accordance with&nbsp;the applicable Government regulations. All information received in response to the&nbsp;RFI&nbsp;that is marked&nbsp;PROPRIETARY,&nbsp;will be handled accordingly.&nbsp;Classified material SHALL NOT be&nbsp;submitted.&nbsp;The Government will not be liable for,&nbsp;or suffer any consequential damages for,&nbsp;any proprietary information not properly&nbsp;identified. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. Respondents will not be notified of the result of the review.&nbsp;</p>

Point of Contact

• Monica Card — monica.l.card.civ@us.navy.mil
• Curtis Loglisci — curtis.p.loglisci.civ@us.navy.mil

View on SAM.gov

https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/af8fd3f9e7b6495c82c6b6ae972a9929/view