FA2487-18-R-0006, F-35 JSF EWS Simulator Support Services
Added: Jan 10, 2018 3:12 pm SOURCES SOUGHT F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Radar Simulator Spare Parts & Support Services SYNOPSIS: The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Specialized Contracting Branch (PZIE) at Eglin AFB is currently conducting market research seeking capabilities statement from potential sources, including small businesses (SB), 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned (EDWOSB), Woman-Owned (WOSB), and Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) small businesses that are capable of the requirement listed below.AFTC/PZIE requires sustainment and technical support as well as spare parts for existing F-35 Radar Simulators. Support will be required for a period of five (5) years post contract award. Should the Government acquire additional systems within the period of performance of this contract, support will be required for those systems as well. Sustainment and support is made up of the following activities/products/services:1. MAINTENANCE/REPAIR/MODIFICATION/UPGRADE SERVICES2. MATERIALS3. TECHNICAL SUPPORT4. SITE VISITSMaintenance/Repair/Modification/Upgrade Services consist of technical telephone support, trouble reporting, repair evaluations, parts repair, and on-site hardware and/or software problem support when required. Additionally, the contractor shall furnish all material, parts, components, and engineering and technical services necessary to modify and/or develop variants of the system.Materials required to sustain AFTC/PZIE Radar Simulator Spare Parts & Support Services are parts and materials to repair and/or replace failed equipment per Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) technical specifications and drawings. The Government does not own these data rights.Technical Support shall include system operation, move and set-up between labs, maintenance/calibration of the systems. Technical Support shall also include teat simulation and scenario design.Site visits will be conducted in support of all contract requirements above.The following requirements must be met or exceeded for the Radar Simulator Spare Parts:o Hardware and software repair services. Repair services shall consist of technical telephone services, trouble reporting, parts repair evaluation, parts repair, and on-site hardware and/or software problem support when required.o Furnish all material, parts, components, and engineering and technical services necessary to modify and/or develop variants of the system.o Maintain technical configuration of each system and update the configuration documentation when parts are substituted and/or modified under this contract. Maintain this data in a Configuration and Data Management Report (includes software/firmware/hardware update release notes).o The government may purchase materials to augment/upgrade current capability, develop a pool of parts, or replace unrepairable parts. The Contractor shall provide parts and materials to repair and/or replace failed equipment unless stated otherwise.o Provide technical support on-site at Eglin AFB, FL. Support may include system operation, move and set-up between labs, maintenance/calibration of the systems to include both periodic (monthly) and quarterly/yearly. Support shall also include teat simulation and scenario design.o Provide on-site Radar simulator repair services support to address unscheduled maintenance actions beyond the scope of Helpdesk support. On-site support may include troubleshooting and corrective actions as required. This support shall be performed by a qualified Contractor technician.o Provide on-site Radar simulator support to perform scheduled maintenance/calibration. On-site support may include software upgrades and the installation of new hardware due to equipment upgrades. On-site support shall be performed by a qualified Contractor technician as required.Foreign participation is not permitted for this acquisition. A comprehensive draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is available only to DoD contractors certified under the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA)'s Joint Certification Program (JCP).Certification under the JCP establishes the eligibility of a U.S. contractor to technical data governed, in the U.S., by DoD Directive 5230.25. A certification is required by U.S. contractors that wish to obtain access to unclassified technical data disclosing militarily critical technology with military or space application that is under the control of, or in the possession of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Contractors must submit a DD Form 2345 to the U.S. Joint Certification Office, along with a copy of the company's State/Provincial License, Incorporation Certificate, Sales Tax Identification Form or other documentation which verifies the legitimacy of the company. Comments on the draft PWS are being sought from interested qualified vendors for the purposes of clarification of the Government's requirements. For copies of the PWS, contact the Contract Specialist identified below with proof of certification.All interested vendors should submit a response demonstrating their capabilities to meet the PWS requirements to the POC listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion.The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 541330, Engineering Services for Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons, with a size standard of $38.5M. The Product Service Code (PSC) is J-5841 Maintenance and Repair of Communication, Detection and Coherent Radiation Equipment. Respondents should indicate their size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, or SDVOSB). Respondents are further required to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14. Foreign participation will not be permitted. Participation is to be restricted to U.S. contractors.Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought is voluntary. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government's assessment of the responses received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program.CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: All interested U.S. vendors shall submit a response that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. The response should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed fifty (50) pages, 8.5" x 11" paper, 12 pitch, Times New Roman font, with a minimum of one (1) inch margins all around. Responses should include the company name, CAGE code, point of contact, address, and phone number. Small businesses with only partial capabilities of this requirement are encouraged to submit their response demonstrating the portion of the requirement they are capable of providing/performing. This information will allow the Government to identify areas of possible breakout or possible subcontracting opportunities.Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail addresses: james.pattullo@us.af.mil and erik.urban@us.af.mil. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads "FA2487-18-R-0006, F-35 JSF Radar Simulator Support Services." If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get tough e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted. Package sizes greater than 5 megabytes shall be submitted via the Army's Safe Access File Exchange, located at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/.All responsible sources may submit information that shall be considered by the agency. If late information is received, it may be considered, depending on agency time constraints. All routine communications regarding the announcement should be directed to the contractual point of contact listed in this posting. The Government may or may not use any responses to this sources sought as a basis for a subsequent project/requirement. Any project/requirement developed from the sources sought responses may be the subject of a subsequent acquisition; any such subsequent acquisition will be posted in FedBizOpps.gov separately. Responses to this sources sought will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to the respondents with respect to any of the information submitted under this sources sought. No requests for a bid package or solicitation will be accepted; a bid package or solicitation does not exist at this time. In order to protect the integrity of any possible future acquisition, no additional information will be provided and no appointments for presentations will be made in reference to this sources sought.Only government employees will review submitted responses to this sources sought. Respondents are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract with the Government may be used to administratively process submissions and perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractor's proprietary information. These administrative support contractors include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished.RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 12:00 P.M. (CST) ON 9 FEBRUARY 2018. Direct all questions concerning this requirement to the POC James Pattullo at james.pattullo@us.af.mil. Alternate POC is Mr. Erik J. Urban, Contracting Officer at erik.urban@us.af.mil. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads "FA2487-18-R-0006, F-35 JSF Radar Simulator Support Services." FA248718R0006 Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center
1/10/18, 3:12 PM F-35 RADAR Simulators & Support Services
NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION The Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Contracting Directorate, located at 205 West D Avenue, Suite 414, Eglin Air Force Base, FL, 32542, intends to enter into a new sole source Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with Nortop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), located at 7323 Aviation Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21240. Work will occur at the contractor's facility in Baltimore, MD, and at Eglin AFB, FL. No foreign participation is permitted. This contract is for RADAR simulator spares (CLIN 0001), telephone support (CLIN 0002), on-sight technical support (CLIN 0003), travel (CLIN 0004), repairs (CLIN 0005) and upgrades (CLIN 0006) in support of the 53rd Wing's F-35 Reprogramming Laboratories. Subject contract is anticipated to be awarded on or before 17 September 2018, and have an ordering period tough September 2023 (approximately 60 months). Contract cap is set at $9,964,000. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 (Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, and a Request for Proposal (RFP) will not be issued. The National American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 541330, with a size standard of $38.5M. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on this notice is within the discretion of the Government. Points of contact for this effort are: James Pattullo, Contract Specialist, james.pattullo@us.af.mil Erik J. Urban, Contracting Officer, erik.urban@us.af.mil. FA2487-18-R-0006 Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center
7/13/18, 11:19 AM FA2487-18-R-0006, F-35 JSF EWS Simulator Support Services
AFTC/PZIE, Eglin AFB, FLorida, hereby awards on a sole source basis, an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with Nortop Grumman Systems Corp. This ordering period for the basic contract runs from 28 Sep 2018 to 27 Oct 2023. The contract ceiling is $9,960,000. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. This basic contract is an ID/IQ type instrument with provisions for Firm-Fixed Price, Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee and Cost Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs). The place of performance is at 1580B W NURSERY RD MS B585, Linthicum Heights, Maryland and the mission data test facilities located at Eglin AFB, FL, 53rd Electronic Warfare Group (53 EWG), Eglin AFB, FL 32542.. Awarded Vendors: Nortop Grumman Systems Corp. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $9,967,000.00. Contract Award Date: 2018-09-28. FA248718R0006 Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center
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