Questions_and_Responses.docx

RFI # FA300214RTAIWAN -- F-16 Maintenance Questions and Responses

1. What is the period of performance for the resulting contract?

We anticipate 6 or 7 year POP which will be identified in the Request for Proposal (RFP) Performance Work Statement (PWS).

2. Would any resulting contract be a multi-year contract?

The Luke (Taiwan) F-16 maintenance contract acquisition will be a one base year Performance period with one-year option periods.

3. What would be the anticipated contract start date?

The Government anticipates mobilization beginning 1 Feb 16 with actual performance starting 1 Mar 16.

4. Solicitation FA300214RTAIWAN is currently missing clarification on Surveillance and Performance Threshold requirements to meet the contract.

This information will be provided within the draft/final RFP.

5. Will the USAF be providing accessibility to PWS of the last three years?

This information will be provided within the draft/final RFP.

6. Does the 21 Fighter Squadron (FS) have an allocated inventory currently in place for engine and/or aircraft parts, as for but not limited to, Life limit Parts (LLP) and consumable parts, if so, is this inventory record accessible for the competitors?

This depends upon the specific LLP parts or consumables, current supply demand levels world-wide, priorities, forecasting, if it's Taiwan F-16A block 20 specific parts and parts availability. The only supply inventory levels we will provide is the current (snap shot inventory at the time we post the RFP PWS) Taiwan Warehouse inventory that can be used to help determine supply workload requirements.

7. Solicitation FA300214RTAIWAN is currently missing clarification on LLP and TBO parts currently installed on each aircraft and engine tail number / serial number, will the USAF be providing this information as part of the competition phase?

No, this is considered normal aircraft workload requirements and will be included in our annual workload attachments (3 past years’ worth) and any offerors can analyze to any extent they choose by work unit code. Also, the workload roll-up will be included in the annual maintenance man-hour per flying hour numbers (3 past years). The majority of Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance (JEIM) is performed by blue-suit or civilian workforce in the back shop. The SP will perform very limited JEIM maintenance identified in the RFP PWS. Primarily, this acquisition requirement is an organizational level contract (flight line aircraft maintenance unit set-up) and a Taiwan specific supply warehouse function.

8. Comprehensive Improvement Program (CIP) for the F100-200 Engine:

Does the supplier establish CIP member or the 21 FS currently under the USAF CIP for this engine type?

Pratt and Whitney Engineers along with the Air Force Material Command F100-200 Program Office at Tinker performs all CIP functions.

9. Can a current inventory of all stocked components be provided with replenishment intervals?

The only supply inventory levels we will provide is the current snap shot of the Taiwan Warehouse inventory at the time we post the RFP PWS inventory that can be used to help determine supply workload requirements. This will not include replenishment intervals because too many factors drive this and they can change anytime.

10. What systems/tech-data/hardware is covered under the protocol for secret clearance?

The F-16A Block 20 Weapon System is classified SECRET because of radar warning receiver, ECM Pods, Certain Radar modes of operation, Sharp Shooter Targeting Pods, certain loaded Weapons and the flight line area to launch/recover and store the aircraft, plus the phase hanger requires a SECRET clearance to obtain a line badge for unescorted access to the primary SP aircraft maintenance work areas.

11. Would the winning contracting facility need to be a secret cleared facility?

The work will be performed at Luke AFB, AZ, a Government provided facility. Contractor personnel will be required to have a Secret Clearance before the contract start date.

12. Could we receive relevant F-16 tech data prior to award?

Technical data will not be provided.

13. Can baseline Aircraft condition data be provided for each aircraft by tail number?

Any aircraft maintenance conditions will fall under the normal SP workload requirements of the RFP PWS.

14. What is the current aircraft maintenance policy? How many flight hours between phase inspections?

The -6 work cards requires 300 flight hours between F16A Block 20 Phase Inspections.

15. What are the annual fleet flying hours? Average flight hours by aircraft? Engine cycles per flight?

The notional flying hour requirement will be identified in the RFP PWS.

The average flying hours by aircraft will not be a part of the RFP PWS (normally this will be determined by the SP scheduling section/production supervisor and depends upon the SPs rational/approach. Engine cycles will not be part of the RFP PWS.

16. Would a visit request to visit Luke AFB to walk current operations be granted prior to contract award?

We will schedule an industry day and site visit for all potential offerors to attend at a later date.