Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic Charleston Defense Contractors Association 47 th Small Business & Industry Outreach Initiative SBIOI 20 March 2018 Mr. Chris Miller, SES SSC Atlantic Executive Director SSC Atlantic is part of the Naval Research & Development Establishment (NR&DE)
CNO John M. Richardson the Navy the nation needs to fulfill the maritime responsibilities in the National Defense Strategy Bigger Better Networked Talented Agile Ready 2
DoD Funding Overview FY10-FY23 FY17 Enacted FY18 CR FY18 Agreement FY19 Request Base $523.5 $523.7 $600.1 $617.1 OCO $82.5 $83.4 $70.6 $69.0 Total $606.0 $611.9 $670.7 $686.1 Source: United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request 3
Industry Engagement and Collaboration Industry Days 23 Industry Days completed in FY17, 17 orders & 6 contracts Upcoming Industry Days FY18 2nd QTR: 5 task orders FY18 3rd QTR: 2 contracts In conjunction with a draft RFP to maximize input from industry to shape final RFP requirements Any competitive contract action over $100M Any competitive task order $50M+ Technology Exchanges Next Technology Exchange will be Autonomy and Embedded Systems. May 23, 2018, CHS Trident Technical College Used to investigate and identify efficiencies and innovative solutions in technology growth areas Phased approach (Review ideas/exchange/follow up) Market research, not a BD Meeting Includes One-on-One sessions between Gov t TGA SMEs and Industry Technical SMEs Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Other Transactional Authority (OTA) To advance the Navy s Information Warfare research Committed to engaging with industry and continuing to hold events 4
Advanced Planning Stages and Goals Day 1 NLT Day 30 NLT Day 80 NLT Day 101 GOALS: Meet our need by or delivery dates Means helping IPTs understand full timeline Providing meaningful reports to assist in planning Task Order Follow-Ons Early collaboration to improve outcomes Identifying efficiency opportunities early Selecting best contract based on requirements Decrease number of Fair Opportunity Exemptions 5
Deploying MBSE Approach Across SSC Atlantic Value Proposition: Maturing and Expanding MBSE practices and skills across our Government and Contractor teams to improve our ability to: Address Complexity, Promote Reuse & Manage Product Baselines. Evolution from low-fidelity representations in documents to higher fidelity, richer representations Leveraging models for communication and analysis Developing a single source of truth for system design and specification Ensuring consistent design and specification Providing an explicit system model to engineering teams Reprinted from Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) 2.0, May 2009 Deliver Capabilities Faster, Better & Cheaper! 6
Potential Impacts to SSC Atlantic Contractors Value Proposition: A Comprehensive Engineering approach to integrate Stakeholders (Government and Contractor) through the use of models and a single source of data. Contractual Language Digital Deliverables Government Data Rights (Models, Data, ) Modeling Language (SysML, UML, ) Project Execution & Delivery Collaborative Engineering Environment Modeling Best Patterns and Practices Data & Information Sharing Deliver Capabilities Faster, Better & Cheaper Together! 7
Near Term Improvement Areas Labor Categories Objective Review current standard Labor Categories and make recommendations on difficult-to-fulfill and entry-level positions. Develop adequate labor category updates and possible new categories to bridge the gap fulfilling contracted support work force Lead Gary Jaffe (Industry) Michelle DeForest (Govt) Market Research Objective Review current market research process and make recommendations to efficiently, effectively and ethically share market conditions and capabilities* Lead TBD *Engaging with Industry Memo (2 March 2018) 8
Where Industry can help Submit more to support your cost proposals Supporting details and data (e.g. position descriptions, payroll data, historical indirect data, etc.) Provide detailed questions and feedback on draft RFPs Finding additional opportunities to efficiently, effectively and ethically share market conditions and capabilities Bringing forward innovative ideas or concept for contract strategies that all us to take advantage of new authorities Helping recruit and develop our larger defense community workforce See something, say something Leadership is a contact sport 9
Keeping Things in Perspective 10