Exclusive Bid Intelligence on Army PEO C3T CP12 Inc 1

OPPORTUNITY SUMMARY

The Department of the Army (Army) Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT)) Program Executive Office Command, Control, and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T) has a need for contractors to provide support to its Program Manager Integration, Interoperability, and Services (PMI2S) Office for the Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2) Increment One (Inc 1) effort. The successful offerors will be required to provide program management, production, engineering services, installation, fielding, training, and sustainment to meet the requirements outlined in the CPI2 Capability Development Document (CDD). The CPI2 program has been split into two increments, Increment Zero, which is a separate procurement that has already been solicited and awarded, and Increment One, which strives to provide the aforementioned services to the program office.

CUSTOMER PAIN POINTS INTERESTED VENDORS SHOULD NOTE TO HIGHLIGHT IN PROPOSALS:

Capacity to Install Unified Voice Management System (UVMS) 

Capability to Equip Command Post Support Vehicle (CPSV) 

Capacity to Provide an Open Architecture Solution 

Ability to Provide Training to Staff 

Flexibility Required to Support a New Requirement

*For additional, in-depth information on the above customer pain points, including detailed quoted statements from the government decision-makers behind Army PEO C3T, view the full report.

NEW REQUIREMENT FOR PEO C3T

During AlphaBrook’s research into the incumbent performance for this requirement, we spoke with PEO C3T Industry Liaison Paul Mehney, who explained the structure of the CPI2, explaining, “CPI2 is a two increment program, the first effort we are calling Increment Zero [CPI2 Inc 0], that effort is for five brigade combat teams worth of platforms, the second effort is what we’re calling Increment One [CPI2 Inc 1]. Elbit North America [Elbit] is the vendor right now for Increment Zero [of CPI2].” However, Mr. Mehney noted that Elbit is not an incumbent for the CPI2 Inc 1 effort, as this is a new requirement, detailing, “Elbit has Increment Zero, they’d have to compete for Increment One.” Therefore, Elbit, while performing the work for the predecessor phase of this upcoming requirement, is not the incumbent for the CPI2 Inc 1 effort, as there is no overlap in the scope of work between CPI2 Inc 0 and CPI Inc 1. Based on this information, the CPI2 Inc 1 effort is not currently being supported by an incumbent.

Recent Developments

Continuing our outreach with PEO C3T Industry Liaison Paul Mehney, he explained that he is familiar with this effort, noting, “I’m at the headquarters level of the PEO and I look across 90 different programs, CPI2 is one of them. [CPI2 Inc 1] will be a multi-vendor approach. There may be room for more than one vendor in that space as we move to Increment One.” We also contacted ACC-APG Contracting Officer Shannon McBride, who explained, “It will be an IDIQ. Single-award or multiple-award.” Continuing our conversation, Mr. McBride explained that the number of awardees for this effort is dependent upon future market research, detailing, “We asked those kinds of questions to industry, but nothing is definitive at this time.” Given the totality of the information, interested vendors can anticipate that this effort will be structured as an IDIQ contract, likely as a multiple-award IDIQ. AlphaBrook cautions, however, that the number of vendors for this effort may change, as procurement.

Mr. McBride continued to speak as to whether this effort will utilize a full and open competition type, asserting, “Yes. We’re looking for the best value for the government, and the more proposals we get, the better the competition is.” ACC-APG stakeholders seek to award this requirement as a best-value procurement and intend on achieving this by gathering a vast amount of proposals from interested vendors, and believe that avoiding business size-related restrictions will help facilitate the comprehensiveness of proposals. Mr. McBride also engaged with us about a likely value range for this requirement, explaining, “I’ve seen from just under $500M to up close to $1B. I’d say right now I feel confident that it’s somewhere around the $700M mark.” 

Furthering our conversation, we inquired about the likely RFP release date for this effort and Mr. Mehney informed us, “That Production - the RFP for that production contract [CPI2 Inc 1] was supposed to go out this quarter [Q2FY2023], but it looks like there’s going to be a delay due to bureaucracy. Other relevant Army officials informed us the draft solicitation is now projected to be released in Q1FY2024, and the final solicitation is set to be published in Q3FY2024 possibly around May 2024. AlphaBrook cautions that this information is subject to change, as procurement stakeholders continue to finalize the details for this effort.

We learned further learned from Army stakeholders that this effort will have a period of performance of ten years, with a four-year base and two three-year options. Seeking confirmation of this intelligence, we continued our conversation with Mr. McBride replied, “Ten years, yeah, and options. That’s a pretty accurate estimation at this time.” Therefore, the CPI2 Inc 1 requirement will have a period of performance of ten years, likely structured as four base years with two three-year options.

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