Compaction and Earthmoving Equipment SLEP Sources Sought Questionnaire.pdf

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SOURCES SOUGHT

COMPACTION AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT SERVICE LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM

Enclosed/attached is the U.S. Army Sources Sought Questionnaire related to potential Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) on the systems identified in table 1.

Table 1. Compaction and Earthmoving Equipment

COMPACTION EARTHMOVING

Vibratory (Vibe) Rollers Vibe I (NSN 3895-01-456-2733) Vibe II (NSN 3895-01-456-2735) Vibe III (NSN 3895-01-456-2734)

High Speed Compactor

815HSC (NSN 3805-01-538-7811)

Dual Steel Wheel Rollers (DSWR)

DSWR (NSN 3895-01-396-2822)

D7G Dozer D7G w/Winch (NSN 2410-01-223-7261) D7G w/Ripper (NSN 2410-01-223-0350) D7R w/Winch (2410-01-565-2605) D7R w/ Ripper (NSN 2401-01-565-2603) T-5 Legacy Dozers (NSN 2410-01-565-2599) D9R Dozer (NSN 2410-01-503-4557)

Water Distributer

613C (NSN 3825-01-497-0690)

Scraper

613C (NSN 3805-01-497-0697)

621B (NSN 3805-01-153-1854)

621G (NSN 3805-01-550-7164)

Grader

130G (NSN 3805-01-538-6850)

120M Type 1 (NSN 3805-01-560-2384) 120M Type 1A (Air Drop) (NSN 3805-01-643-4369) 130GNS Type 1 Non Sectionalized (NSN 3805-01-126-7894)

Loader M966H Type I (NSN 3805-01-533-1857) M966H Type II (NSN 3805-01-533-1853)

924G (NSN 3805-01-533-1768)

924H (3805-01-570-6666)

Track-Type Tractor D6K Type 1 w/Winch (NSN 2410-01-565-2600) D6K Type 2 w/Ripper (NSN 2410-01-565-2599)

The paragraphs below contain additional information regarding the questionnaire and its subject. If you need further communications with the Army concerning this questionnaire, you may contact Ms. Elaine Nelson at elaine.o.nelson.civ@army.mil. We thank you in advance, for your time and participation in this Sources Sought Questionnaire.

I. Objectives mailto:elaine.o.nelson.civ@army.mil

COMPACTION AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT - SLEP SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTIONNAIRE

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a. This document is the Sources Sought Questionnaire by the U.S. Army to better understand the availability and capabilities of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or other qualified equipment sources to provide SLEP on Army Combat Engineer equipment. The information gathered by the Army through this questionnaire, along with other market investigation data, is solely intended for use by the U.S. Army and will not be shared amongst competing companies. For instructions and more information regarding proprietary information, please refer to Section IV of this document. Participation in this Sources Sought Questionnaire by the various contractors is considered low risk to the commercial companies, as responses will be treated per Section IV as Proprietary.

b. Participation in this Sources Sought Questionnaire provides an important opportunity to influence the solicitation provision and contract clauses, budget requests, and a full range of other elements that supports the acquisition strategy for the Army rebuild programs. The U.S. Army will not provide compensation for any resources spent answering this QUESTIONNAIRE and participation is at the discretion of the respondent(s).

II. Instructions

a. Read the capability summary for SLEP effort in Section III of this QUESTIONNAIRE. Responses to this survey should be provided within 30 calendar days of posting.

b. Answer all of the questions in the QUESTIONNAIRE with as much detail as possible. If certain

U.S. Army capabilities shown in this QUESTIONNAIRE are deemed not available, or not achievable according to the respondent’s company knowledge, please include an alternate proposal(s) which would be intended to provide the intent of the capability described therein.

It is the U.S. Army’s desire to avoid “not applicable” (N/A) type answers.

c. Please provide the projected development resources such as cost and timing to support the survey’s objectives. This information is essential in understanding the scope of the project and it is understood by the U.S. Army that this information is strictly a rough estimate. The respondent’s company is not contractually obligated to this information. Please avoid N/A, not applicable or blank information. The U.S. Army recognizes these are rough estimates and will use the information strictly as a means for gaining general knowledge. Please include development resource cost and timing estimates for all alternate proposals as well as the mainstream proposal.

d. Provide product brochures or other forms of information relevant to this QUESTIONNAIRE as is deemed appropriate. Additionally, it is encouraged to provide any additional information that enables the U.S. Army to gain insight into the company, product performance, reliability and warranty performance.

III. Summary for the Earthmoving Equipment SLEP Sources Sought Questionnaire This questionnaire applies to the U.S. Army’s plans to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The contractor shall be capable of furnishing all required labor, material, facilities, tools and equipment to accomplish, repair, test, packing, preservation and packaging, and return to the Government in a completely serviceable/like new condition at the unit prices established at the time of a contract award. This effort will require updating of some of the systems on the vehicle to a new design, specifically updating the lighting systems to LED, adding a central lubrication system, and addressing obsolescence issues. Along with this, a new set of technical manuals will need to be developed and delivered as part of the program. The contractor will be responsible for recurring and nonrecurring engineering services associated with becoming a qualified source. The contractor will be responsible for supply chain management, logistics, U.S. ARMY CCDC GVSC UNCLASSIFIED: DISTRIBUTION A PAGE 3 OF 10 forecasting of parts, long-lead parts procurement, reparable forecasting, obsolescence issues and delivery of serviceable assets.

IV. Proprietary GENERAL INFORMATION: The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this QUESTIONNAIRE. The U.S. Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C.

§1905 to protect information qualifying as “confidential” under this statute. (To avoid possible confusion with the meaning of the term “confidential” in the context of “Classified Information,” we will use the term “PROPRIETARY.”) Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any PROPRIETARY (e.g. trade secret) restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the QUESTIONNAIRE and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) “PROPRIETARY” with an explanatory text so the U.S. Government is clearly notified of the data needing to be appropriately protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials truly proprietary (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as “PROPRIETARY” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response – see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or other appropriate means to indicate the portion of a single page to be protected.

3. The U.S. Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data which is already in the public domain or in possession of the U.S. Government or 3rd parties, or is afterward placed into public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the U.S. Government will not be protected once it is in the public domain. Data which is already in the possession of the U.S. Government will be protected in accordance with the Government’s rights in the data.

4. Proprietary data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the U.S. Government, shall contain the “PROPRIETARY” legend, with any explanatory text on both the cover of the transmittal email and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for only portions of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends “PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS:” and “PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS.”

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the U.S. Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The U.S. Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses.

Consequently, responses which contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the respondent’s marking of the data as “PROPRIETARY” will preclude disclosure of same outside the U.S. Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The U.S. Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available.

7. The U.S. Government will not publish the results of this QUESTIONNAIRE. Respondents WILL NOT be notified regarding information obtained related to this QUESTIONNAIRE. If and when a solicitation is issued, it will be posted on https://beta.sam.gov/. It is the respondent’s responsibility to monitor these sites for the releases of any synopsis or solicitation.

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Company/ Manufacture's Name: Company Mail Address:

DUNS#: CAGE Code:

Company Contact Name/Title: Contact's Office Email:

Mobile Telephone #: Office Telephone #:

A. General Company/Manufacturer Information

ITEM # TITLE SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTION RESPONDENTS CAPABILITY

1 Company/Manufacturer & sub-contractors List the manufacturing plants and locations (City, State/Province, and Country), building size in square feet and the number of employees per location.

2 Company as a prime contractor to the US Government

Describe the company’s experience with providing military equipment to the U.S.

Government, currently or in the recent past. Include the dates and the U.S. Government agency /department.

3 Small Businesses Check the box as is appropriate. ☐ Small Business ☐ VOSB Veteran Owned Small Business ☐ SVOSB Service-disabled Veteran-owned Small Business ☐ HUBZ SB HUBZ one Small Business ☐ SDB Small Disadvantaged Business ☐ WOSB Woman-owned Small Business

4 Small Business Code Please list all applicable NAICS Codes identifying the company as a small business.

5 Security Clearance Are there current facilities clearance- capable to handle Classified information?

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ITEM # TITLE SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTION RESPONDENTS CAPABILITY

6 Sustainment What is your company's current build rate? (Provide monthly and annual rate within your capability).

What is the minimum monthly capacity required to maintain your supply base?

What is the maximum monthly capacity

7 Cost What is the cost of the proposed system?

What is the estimated cost for the proposed alternative system to meet all requirements?

B. Performance Capabilities

For each requirement below, does your product portfolio contain a system for which SLEP or RESET was performed? If YES, please list the model number(s). If NO, what is the performance gap, and what would it take to close it (rough estimates on time, money, R&D, etc)?

ITEM # SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTION YES/NO RESPONDENTS MODEL

NUMBER (if YES)

REPONDENTS PROPOSED

ALTERNATIVES (if NO)

REPONDENTS

RECOMMENDATION TO

CLOSE GAP

1 SLEP OR RESET HISTORY

1.1 Has your company previously performed SLEP or RESET for the

U.S. Department of Defense? State the DoD service, the systems, age of the systems and what work was performed.

Choose an item.

1.2 Has your company previously performed SLEP or RESET for

foreign countries? State the countries, systems, age of the systems and what work was performed.

1.3 Has your company previously performed SLEP or RESET of a

crane? State the systems, age of the systems and what work was performed

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NUMBER (if YES)

REPONDENTS PROPOSED

ALTERNATIVES (if NO)

REPONDENTS

RECOMMENDATION TO

CLOSE GAP

1.4 Does your company RESET or SLEP Army systems in the same

facilities?

1.5 Can more than one model be RESET or SLEP at the same

facility?

1.6 Is your company knowledgeable of the Army inventory?

Describe your familiarity.

1.7 What is your company’s expected turn-around time from

arrival in shop or dealership to shipping the completed system to the unit?

1.8 Does your company provide support for the rebuild of spare parts? Provide brief description.

1.9 Does your company have experience with welding procedures and welds in accordance:

AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code-Steel AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code-Aluminum AWS D1.3 Structural Welding Code- Sheet Steel AWS D14.3 Earthmoving and Construction Equipment Welding, Section 5

2 RELIABILITY

2.1 What is the Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) actually

demonstrated during your testing of parts, systems, and RESET or SLEP System by your company? (Attachments recommended here)

2.2 What is the achieved MTBF reported by your customers or

users? (Attachments recommended here also)

3 CAPABILITIES / MILITARY SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES

3.1 Does your company have experience with systems that use

the standard Army JP-8 fuel and F-24 fuel?

3.2 Does your company have experience adding a Centralized

Lubrication System?

3.3 Does your company have experience with tubeless radial high floatation type tires with traction type tread on all axles?

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NUMBER (if YES)

REPONDENTS PROPOSED

ALTERNATIVES (if NO)

REPONDENTS

RECOMMENDATION TO

CLOSE GAP

3.4 Does your company comply with “GVSC POL Products Guide”

for Ground Vehicles and Equipment Materiel Systems?

3.5 Does your company have experience with sheaves in

accordance with ANSI/ASME B30.5?

3.6 Does your company have experience with embedded

diagnostics/prognostics? Specify what is used on your equipment and the licensing arrangement.

3.7 Does your company have experience with hydraulic line circuit and filtration in accordance with SAE J931?

3.8 Does your company have experience with standard U.S

Military Black Out Light System MIL-PRF-32215?

3. 9 Does your company have experience with blackout lights controlled by an interior switch conforming to MIL-PRF-11021 in the cab?

3.10 Does your company have experience with Light Emitting Diode (LED) Blackout composite headlights, taillights, stop, turn and marker lights in addition to the existing commercial lighting?

3.11 Does your company have experience adding 24-volt starting and charging system with NATO receptacle in accordance with

NATO STANAG-4074?

3.12 Does your company have experience with SAE J551

requirements for radiated emission?

4 SURVIVABILITY

4.1 Does your company have experience with integrated armor? Choose

4.2 Does your company have experience with systems capable of being equipped with armor kits (NSN 3810-01-553-7771)?

5 PAINT

5.1 Does your company have capability to clean, treat, prime and paint with Chemical Agent Resistance Coating (CARC) paint conforming to MIL-DTL-53039?

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NUMBER (if YES)

REPONDENTS PROPOSED

ALTERNATIVES (if NO)

REPONDENTS

RECOMMENDATION TO

CLOSE GAP

5.2 Has your company painted in Army color and finish standards

- top coat color 34094 green 383 or 33446 tan 686 conforming to FED-STD-595 before?

5.3 Does your company have experience painting high

temperature surfaces, i.e., exhaust stacks, manifolds, turbocharger, painted with a high temperature paint in a color consistent with specified system? The military does not paint above 400 degree F.

5.4 Does your company have rust removal and/or sand or powder blasting capabilities?

6 SAFETY

6.1 Is your company familiar with OSHA 29 CFR 1910 and 1926

regulations?

6.2 Does your company have experience with cab glass in

accordance to safety type per ANSI/ASME B30.5?

6.3 Has the company performed work before to remove asbestos, cadmium plating or radioactive material?

7 QUALITY CONTROL

7.1 Does your company have a quality control plan or process in place? Is it ISO9000 certified?

7.2 Does your company have a process to determine which parts need repair or replacement? Provide brief description.

7.3 Does your company follow a Configuration Management

Process? Provide brief description.

7.4 Does your company have a strategy to address obsolescence through re-engineering? If yes, please explain.

7.5 Does your company have a process to introduce any

replacement parts no longer provided by the OEM into the Federal Supply System? This includes, new National Stock Numbers (NSNs), provisioning information, military technical manual changes, etc. Explain.

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NUMBER (if YES)

REPONDENTS PROPOSED

ALTERNATIVES (if NO)

REPONDENTS

RECOMMENDATION TO

CLOSE GAP

8 LOGISTIC SUPPORT

8.1 Does your company have experience producing Operator's

Manuals with current Military Standards?

8.2 Does your company have experience producing Maintenance

Manuals with current Military Standards?

8.3 Does your company have experience providing Trouble

Shooting Instructions?

8.4 Does your company have experience providing Repair/Spare

Parts List with appropriate copyright release?

8.5 Does your company have experience providing Illustrated

Parts Breakdown?

8.6 Does your company have experience providing Required Tool List?

8.7 Does your company have experience producing Training

Manuals with current Military Standards with appropriate copyright release?

8.8 Does your company have experience providing schematics of fuel, electrical, air and hydraulic systems?

8.9 Does your company have experience providing Installation

Manual with current Military Standards?

8. 10 Does repair of your equipment require special tools? Please specify.

8.11 Do you have facilities and manpower (or logistics sub-

contractor facilities and manpower) to support disassembly, assembly, documentation, and associated logistics event support?

8.12 Will special packaging testing and reporting be performed in-house or through a sub-contractor facility?

8.13 Has your company produced Electronic Technical Manuals

(ETM) or Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETM)?

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NUMBER (if YES)

REPONDENTS PROPOSED

ALTERNATIVES (if NO)

REPONDENTS

RECOMMENDATION TO

CLOSE GAP

8.14 Does your company provide any warranties? Choose

8.15 Does the warranty include parts, labor and support from a field service representative to repair warranty related issues in the United States?

8.16 Does the warranty include parts, labor and support from a field service representative to repair warranty related issues in foreign countries?

9 TEST SUPPORT

9.1 Does your company have any experience providing in-house

or locally available facility to conduct test? If yes, explain the type of tests conducted.

9.2 Does your company have experience supporting

Government’s Test & Evaluation? If yes, explain.

10 MODERNIZATION

10.1 Does your company offer any modernized capabilities which would improve safety, reduce obsolescence and offer better operational efficiency. Please attach as "Additional Information" with estimated costs for inclusion.

Additional Information Please include any additional information or data/descriptions you deem pertinent and relevant to this MSQ or related thereof. This includes any information which may not be covered or fully covered in the questionnaire. (Tab at the end of the row to add rows). Additional files may also be attached to your response.