ASR-9 ACB Market Survey.docx

MARKET SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT

Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) Model 9: Antenna Control Box (ACB)

WARNING -This document contains technical data in Attachment 5 that has been deemed as sensitive unclassified whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979 (Title 50, U.S.C., App. 2401 et seq.), as amended under Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) Category 6, Sensors and Lasers. Do not publicly disclose, export to any foreign country, or distribute to any foreign national without obtaining a proper license. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties.

1. Introduction / Purpose The Government is conducting a market survey to assess:

1. The existence of viable competition by interested industry participants;

2. Qualified and capable sources that can satisfy Government requirements. Specifically, to identify companies that possess the capabilities to meet Government requirements to re-design, manufacture, and test a replacement for the Antenna Control Box (ACB). Qualified offerors will need to show the capability to furnish all required labor, plant, materials, fixtures, equipment, tools, test equipment, technical data/technical and management expertise and all other facilities necessary in support of their product that fully comply with Government requirements, and

3. The potential for participation by small business (SB), service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), and eligible socially and economically disadvantaged businesses (SEDB) that are certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program.

This announcement is being issued in accordance with the FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) Section 3.2.1.2.1.

Interested offerors must incorporate as part of their proposed solution the following information:

a. The use of new components as replacement for obsolete parts and/or those at or nearing their service lifecycle expectancy;

b. Incorporate latest technical advancements to meet current functional, performance (Mean Time between Failure MTBF), and maintenance requirements (Decrease Mean Time to Repair MTTR);

c. Incorporate efficiencies in the servicing and operation of the proposed ACB;

d. Incorporate, in the proposed re-design, corrosion prevention processes;

e. Incorporate in the proposed solution supply chain availability considerations to ensure maintenance and spare capabilities for the planned 20-year lifecycle;

f. Adhere to all defined design, functional, and performance parameters;

g. Utilize Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components; and,

h. Reduce parts-count and associated costs.

2. Background

The ASR-9 radar system includes an ACB, also referred to as an Antenna Control Unit (ACU), mounted on a radar tower to control and monitor the rotating antenna drive system. Each radar system (of more than 130 currently fielded around the U.S. and territories) has one ACB. Components within the ACB have become obsolete and are no longer available. In addition, systems operating in corrosive environments such as adjacent to salt-water bodies are deteriorating and must be replaced with an enclosure more resistant to corrosion.

The requirements document details specifications for a re-design of the ACB assembly that will resist the effects of a corrosive coastal environment and ultraviolet deterioration and include modern control systems technology with equal or better performance than the original design.

3. Scope The requirements document defines physical configuration, functional, and performance parameters.

4. Nature of Competition The acquisition strategy and the periods of performance for any potential procurements have not been determined at this time. The Government intends to review all responses received to establish the acquisition strategy and determine the viability for unrestricted competition. All interested sources are encouraged to respond to this market survey.

5. Standard Language

Offerors are hereby advised that:

(a) This is not a Screening Information Request (SIR) or Request for Proposals (RFP) of any kind;

(b) The Government is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals;

(c) The Government will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey;

(d) Any costs associated with the market survey submittal is solely at the interested offeror’s expense;

(e) Any information provided in response to this market survey will be used for Government informational purposes only, and

(f) Any proprietary information submitted in response to this market survey must be clearly identified and appropriately marked.

6. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code The applicable NAICS codes for this procurement are:

335314 - Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing, 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, 334220 - Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, 335311 - Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing

7. Submittal Requirements for Market Survey The Offeror’s response to this market survey must address the physical, technical, functional, and performance requirements for the ASR-9 ACB requirements.

Offeror responses must describe the capabilities and resources available and clearly demonstrate that the interested offeror is qualified and capable of providing a solution. Interested offerors are required to respond to the following questions/data requests (not listed in order of importance) in addition to items listed in a-h of Section 1:

1. Does the offeror have experience performing under Government contracts and/or FAA contracts? If so, describe the nature of such experience and identify the Government/FAA program name, contract number, and period of performance.

2. Provide a description of technical expertise and experience with the re-design, manufacture, and testing of electro-mechanical systems/subsystems comparable to the ACB.

3. Provide a description of the capabilities and resources available to support the re-design, manufacturing, and testing of the ACB subsystem as part of the offeror’s approach to provide a first article (pre-production sample), and production unit deliverables.

4. Provide examples of direct experience in machine controls systems including design, manufacturing, and testing.

5. Describe the offeror’s inventory control program. How does the offeror identify suitable sources of supply, prevent the use of counterfeit parts, verify suitability of selected components to support design, function, and performance parameters?

6. Describe the offeror’s approach to identify opportunities for the use of COTS as part of the proposed solution.

7. Describe the offeror’s approach for supply chain management particularly addressing identification of long-lead time, hard to source components, and lifecycle maintenance and sparing needs.

8. Does the offeror have a fully implemented Quality Assurance Plan? What is the Quality Assurance Plan in use by the offeror? Has the offeror been certified as compliant to ISO 9001 and what version?

9. Does the offeror have the capability to test the ACB subsystem in-house?

10. Provide an all-inclusive Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) price to include a unit price estimate for first article unit(s), and production units. ROM will be used for Government planning purposes only.

11. Identify any warranty policies and quantity discounts offered.

12. Describe any applicable offeror restrictions to data rights. The Government requires unlimited data rights.

13. Provide any relevant information the government may consider useful in defining the requirements for the ACB.

8. Delivery of Submittals Refer to the table below for a schedule with applicable due dates for the market survey:

Submit written questions and/or comments and market survey responses via email to Troy.Teachey@faa.gov. Questions and/comments must be limited to aspects of this announcement that affect the preparation of the market survey response. Comments on the market survey are not considered part of the capability statement submission page limit. Please also note the following:

· Interested offerors must use the Market Survey Comments and Questions Matrix to submit comments or questions on the market survey.

· A completed FAA Business Declaration form must be submitted in *.pdf format. The Government will not provide feedback on any of the submitted materials.

Responses to this market survey must be in PDF format in Times New Roman 12 Font. Please limit company background information to one page.

· The Government will not release or distribute any of the information contained in the market survey responses. However, respondents must identify and clearly mark any proprietary information contained in their submissions.

· No electronic or telephone inquiries will be accepted. It is the responsibility of the interested offeror to monitor the sam.gov website for questions and responses posted by the Government.

9. Access to Export Controlled Information The Government has determined that certain technical specification requirements of the ACB end item are subject to the Export Control Act (ECA) Functional Requirements Item Specification.

Further, an attachment to this market survey contain information that is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774). As a consequence, this information cannot be exported nor re-exported to country group E:1 or E:2 countries/persons (see Supp.1 to Part 740 of the EAR), nor can be made available to any national of such country. In addition, the information in this document cannot be exported nor re-exported to an end-user or for an end-use that is prohibited by Part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. Part 744). To obtain the controlled document you must agree to the terms and conditions for release by signing and submitting the following:

Attachment 1 Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Form Attachment 3 Consolidated Employee Screeing List Attachment 6 Document Security Notice *The Consolidated Employee Screening List must include all employees that will have access to the documents.

10. Attachments

1. Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Form (Attachment 1).

2. Business Declaration Form (Attachment 2)

3. Consolidated Employee Screening List (Attachment 3)

4. Market Survey Comments and Questions Matrix (Attachment 4)

5. Antenna Control Box Requirements Document (Attachment 5)

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