Intent of the Notice: The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Orlando (ACC – Orlando), for the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), in support of the Project Manager, Soldier Training (PM ST), Product Manager, Live Training Systems (PdM LTS) intends to issue a new contract to Inter-Coastal Electronics (ICE), located at 5750 E McKellips Rd. Mesa AZ 85215 on a sole source basis pursuant to only one responsible source who can meet the requirement.  This new contract will have a ceiling of $95M.  The period of performance (ordering period) will be for five years starting at award with an expected award of 2nd quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24).  The PdM LTS team also received a very thorough response from Inter-Coastal Electronics (ICE) who is the current prime contractor for TIADS in the IOC contract.

Brief Description: PM LTS has a requirement to replicate the training capabilities of the CTCs from the requirements fielded in Initial Operational Capabilities (IOC) to the eight homestations in Final Operational Capabilities (FOC) (new contract), except for the MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems – which will be fielded to both the Combat Training Centers (CTCs) and eight homestations. The capabilities will be fielded to CONUS and OCONUS sites to include:

1.       Fort Carson

2.       Fort Drum

3.       Fort Campbell

4.       Fort Stewart

5.       Fort Hood

6.       Fort Riley

7.       JBLM

8.       USARPAC

TIADS capabilities for the FOC effort include the following new requirements: delivery of 50 Training Aircraft Survivability Stimulation Suite (TASS) kits each to the eight homestations; a total of 60 MANPADS fielded to the three (3) Combat Training Centers (CTCs), deliver 2 MANPADS to each homestation, and provide Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) to the fielded systems as directed.