03_03_Luke_General_Information_V3_Amd_03.doc

FA3002-16-R-0005

Amendment 03

SECTION 3-3

3.3. GENERAL INFORMATION

3.3.1. Standard Definitions.

3.3.1.1. Applicable Technical Data. AF TOs, instructions, regulations, manuals, and TCTOs which direct or prescribe required maintenance/inspection procedures on assigned aircraft, engines, and associated equipment. Supplements and amendments are considered part of the basic publication and shall require compliance. Any reference to a publication is meant to include the basic publication and all of its supplements and amendments. Supplements or amendments to publications from any organizational level may be issued during the life of the contract.

3.3.1.2. Contractor Furnished Material (CFM). CFM are contractor-provided common hand tools e.g., screwdrivers, wrenches, sockets, toolboxes, etc. requiring replacement during the life of the contract.

3.3.1.3. Contractor Furnished Support Equipment (CFSE). CFSE is equipment provided to the Government by a Logistic Support Contractor (LSC) in support of a particular weapon system.

3.3.1.4. Deployment. A movement of aircraft requiring maintenance support at a location other than the assigned base. The aircraft are deployed to provide operational mission support.

3.3.1.5. Functional Commander (FC). The FC is the person responsible for the contract functional area. For this contract, the FC for contracted aircraft maintenance support for the 21FS at Luke AFB is the 56 AMXS/CC.

3.3.1.6. Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). Government-provided equipment; e.g., tools, special tools, bench stock, and consumables (not to include personal protection devices/equipment), see Appendices EC, ED, EE, EF, EG and H.

3.3.1.7. Government-Furnished Facility (GFF). Government owned and provided facilities assigned to the SP for use during contract performance (see Appendix EA).

3.3.1.8. Tool Warranty. Applies to tools listed in Appendix ED covered under a manufacturer’s warranty program.

3.3.1.9. Quality Control (QC). A SP function utilizing a planned and systematic approach of all actions necessary to provide confidence that adequate technical requirements are established/used; products and services safely conform to the established technical requirements; and satisfactory SP performance is achieved.

3.3.1.10. User Maintenance. The care and servicing by SP employees who own or use equipment, but do not possess overall responsibility, to maintain equipment and facilities in a safe and satisfactory operating condition by providing for systematic inspection, detection, and correction of minor defects before they develop into major defects. These actions include, but are not limited to cleaning; waxing; servicing; pre-use inspections; operational checks; checking fluid levels; tightening of nuts, bolts, and screws, minor adjustments, and forms documentation.

3.3.2. Technical Definitions. See AFI 21-101 for additional explained terms.

3.3.2.1. Acceptance Inspections. Inspections performed when an aircraft, engine, or support equipment has just returned from extensive maintenance of a depot level category, or being permanently reassigned from another other unit.

3.3.2.2. 21 FS Flying Sortie Program Allocation Projections. The 21 FS estimate of the future flying training program is used as a basic projection document against which sortie allocation forecasts are made in the contract.

3.3.2.3. AFSAT/DO5/DOP approved 21 FS Annual Flying Sortie Program Allocation. A document prepared and issued by AFSAT/DO5/DOP specifying the approved number of sorties to be flown throughout a given option year. These sorties are then broken out by monthly sorties and utilization (UTE) rates targets by the 21 FS. The AFSAT/DO5/DOP approved 21 FS Annual Flying Sortie Program Allocation is used as the basic program document for the approved aircraft flying and maintenance schedules are made before the contract Basic and each Option Year.

3.3.2.4. Bench Stock. Expendable material used in the performance of maintenance.

3.3.2.4.1. Government Furnished Bench Stock. All consumable and expendable items centrally managed by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) used in the performance of maintenance.

3.3.2.4.2. Contractor Furnished Bench Stock. All consumable, expendable and non-MIL-Spec type items, unique to a particular weapon system, furnished or maintained under a Logistic Support Contract (LSC), 21 FS/RA funding source or provided through Government Purchase Card.

3.3.2.5. Consumables. This is an item from supply (except explosive ordnance, major end items or equipment, and reparable) that is normally expended or used up beyond recovery and consumed for its designed purpose or intent.

3.3.2.6. Deferred Discrepancy. A minor malfunction or deficiency on aircraft or equipment not affecting the safe operation and cannot be corrected within three duty days after discovery due to non-availability of parts, manpower, facilities, or equipment.

3.3.2.7. Munitions Accountability (replaced the term AFK). This is the Air Force Stock record account number prefix for munitions accounts.

3.3.2.8. Fleet Time Average. Average number of flying hours remaining on the possessed Taiwan F-16 Block 20 fleet until the next 200 hour phase inspection.

3.3.2.9. Hangar Queen. Aircraft not flown for a specified length of time are considered in “Hangar Queen” status IAW AFI 21-101, chapter 14.

3.3.2.10. Jewelry. Any item such as, necklace, ring, earring, watches, hair adornments (barrettes, hair pins, bobby pins, etc), bracelet chain, or key chain worn under or over outer garments.

3.3.2.11. Job Control Number (JCN). Number assigned through IMDS-CDB for an aircraft/equipment maintenance work request.

3.3.2.12. Off-Equipment. Equipment attached to the aircraft, engine, or support equipment requiring Intermediate-level repair.

3.3.2.13. Off-Equipment Maintenance. Maintenance tasks that are not or cannot be effectively accomplished on the aircraft, engine, or support equipment and require removal of the component to a repair shop and use of repair shop resources requiring I-level repair.

3.3.2.14. On-Equipment. Equipment attached to the aircraft, engine or support equipment not requiring in-shop repair and classified as O-level repair.

3.3.2.15. On-Equipment Maintenance. Maintenance accomplished on the aircraft, installed engine or support equipment. Note: Maintenance on uninstalled engines and ejection seats is also on-equipment maintenance. The aircraft engine assumes its own "identity".

3.3.2.16. One Time Inspection (OTI). Local (L-code) or higher headquarters (J-code) directed inspection accomplished to determine equipment condition or status.

3.3.2.17. Overhaul. The disassembly, cleaning, inspection, repair, or replacement of parts or components, reassembly, and test of any item or accessory IAW applicable TOs, directives, or authorized manufacturer's publications to provide an operationally safe, serviceable, and reliable item.

3.3.2.18. Repair. The restoration or replacement of parts or components of material as necessitated by wear and tear, damage, failure of parts or the like in order to maintain the specific item of material in proper operating condition.

3.3.2.19. Safety Equipment. Equipment used to prevent injury while performing specific tasks.

3.3.2.20. Scheduled Maintenance. Periodic prescribed inspections and servicing of equipment accomplished on a calendar or hourly basis (ref TO 00-20-1).

3.3.2.21. Serviceable Item. Items which are new, used, repaired, or reconditioned that are serviceable and can be issued to all customers without limitations or restrictions.

3.3.2.22. Support Agreements. A written document that describes facilities, material, or services provided by the host to another organization.

3.3.2.23. Student Support Sortie Requirements. All sorties in support of the mission which are student sorties.

3.3.2.24. Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) Sub-pool. This is propositioned AGE located to allow immediate access for designated users.

3.3.2.25. Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTO). The media authorized by AFPD 21-3 to provide instructions to Air Force activities for accomplishing and making a record of "one time" changes to standard systems, equipment, materials, munitions, and computer programs or for imparting precautionary instructions relating to safety, limitations, or inspections of system/equipment or munitions. Compliance is required within specified time limits.

3.3.2.26. Tools. Items used in the performance of maintenance and inspection of a weapons system, support and training aircraft, subsystem, component, or the supporting equipment. Non-expendable replacement tools shall not be carried on bench stock. Expendable tools (apex bits, drill bits, etc) will be controlled, accounted for, and secured IAW AFI 21-101, chapter 10.

3.3.2.26.1. Common Hand Tools. Wrenches, sockets, pliers and screw drivers, used to accomplish maintenance on a variety of equipment and components on a daily basis. Toolboxes are considered SP replaceable items.

3.3.2.26.2. Special Tools. Tools designed and developed to perform a peculiar maintenance operation on a specific end item of equipment or component. These items include, but are not limited to, wheel or bearing pullers, special jigs, special cradles, alignment devices, vacuum pumps, floor jacks and cranes, engine slings, and those special tools listed in applicable equipment technical orders.

3.3.2.27. Transfer Inspection. Transfer inspections shall be performed IAW TO 00-20-1, AFI 21-103 and AFI 21-101 (see Appendix A for chapter/paragraph references).

3.3.2.28. Transient Aircraft. Aircraft landing at a base but are not assigned to that particular base.

3.3.2.29. Turn Around Transaction (TRN). A repair and reinstallation of a reparable item that updates the demand level for repair cycle assets.

3.3.2.30. Two-Level Maintenance (2LM) Concept. Under the 2LM concept, Air Logistics Centers (ALC) is responsible for intermediate-level repair of selected aircraft avionics components and engines on affected weapon systems and the MXG backshop performs the rest.

3.3.2.31. Unscheduled Maintenance. Those unpredictable maintenance requirements that had not been previously planned or programmed, but require prompt attention and must be added to, integrated with or substituted for previously scheduled workloads.

3.3.3. SP Performance Evaluation.

3.3.3.1. The Government will evaluate the SP's performance under this contract using the SP’s QCP; this contract; SP’s instructions, regulations, MOIs; Government instructions, regulations, and manuals (or portions thereof), applicable technical orders, surveillance techniques, performance thresholds and the technical inspection/observation areas listed in PWS Section 3-2. The Government will evaluate the SP's adherence to the requirements of this contract by periodic inspection methods, utilizing a Performance Management Assessment Plan (PMAP) consisting of inspection guides and the procedures specified in AFI 21-101 and AETC Sup 1, chapter 18. All areas of this contract are subject to Government surveillance IAW the Inspection of Services Clause.

3.3.3.2. Technical Inspections/Observation Areas/Safety Violations. The Government will conduct surveillance and rate SP’s performance based on provisions of Section 3-2 and the following technical inspections and observations as defined in AFI 21-101, chapters 8 and 18:

3.3.3.2.1. Technical Inspections:

3.3.3.2.2. Aircraft

3.3.3.2.3. Special Inspections and TCTO

3.3.3.2.4. Specialized Equipment

3.3.3.3. Observations:

3.3.3.3.1. Composite Tool Kit (CTK)

3.3.3.3.2. Hangars, Flight Line, and Jet Engine Operating Areas for potential Foreign Object Damage (FOD)

3.3.3.3.3. Technical Order Maintenance

3.3.3.3.4. AFTO Forms Documentation

3.3.3.3.5. Automated Systems Documentation

3.3.3.3.6. Specific Work Areas specified in the PWS.

3.3.3.4. Safety Violations. Safety violations will be documented as specified in the SP’s Quality Control Plan.

3.3.3.5. The SP rates for technical inspections/observation area performance thresholds, Section 3-2 shall be maintained at an overall satisfactory level on a monthly basis.

3.3.3.6. Increased inspection frequencies may be implemented whenever the FC, Government COR office, or HQ AETC office suspect that a performance or equipment deficiency may exist.

3.3.3.7. The Government will use provisions and standards of this PWS and AFI 21-101, (see Appendix A for references) when determining evaluation ratings and baselines. The baseline for any major discrepancy is zero.

3.3.3.8. For failure to maintain any monthly contract standard listed in Section 3-2 or technical inspections/observation areas for any month, the SP shall provide a written explanation to the Government Chief COR and CO. The SP response shall explain the detailed specific reason for not attaining identified standard and shall include actions taken to prevent recurrence. SP corrective actions shall not task the Government in any way and shall not be used as a basis to justify future noncompliance with the standards/requirements without written approval from the CO. The CO may issue a CAR. The CAR will be considered when writing the Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR).

3.3.4. Government COR Evaluations.

3.3.4.1. The Government COR office will evaluate the SP’s performance under this contract using the SP’s QCP; this contract; SP’s instructions, regulations, OIs; Government instructions, regulations, and manuals (or portions thereof); applicable technical orders; surveillance techniques; performance thresholds listed in Section 3-2. The Government COR office will evaluate the SP’s adherence to the requirements of this contract by periodic inspection methods, utilizing the PMAP IAW AFI 21-101, chapter 18, inspection guides and the procedures specified in AFI 21-101, chapters 8 and 18. All areas of the contract are subject to Government surveillance IAW the contract “Inspection of Services-Fixed Price Clause”.

3.3.4.2. Deficiencies. When deficiencies are recorded by Government COR office, the SP or authorized representative(s) shall enter the cause, corrective action taken (or to be taken) to correct the discrepancies, preventive measures to prevent recurrence and sign in the SP section of the AETC Form 447, or locally approved form, routing and review of Government COR reports. The CO may issue a Corrective Action Report (CAR). The CARs will be considered when writing the CPAR.

3.3.4.3. Quality Review Meeting. The SP shall meet periodically with the FC, Government COR office, HQ AETC/A4PM, and CO to promote a “partnership mentality” in identifying and resolving concerns.

3.3.4.3.1. Technical Inspections (TI).

1. Aircraft/Engine/Avionics/Electric/Environmental/Weapons TI’s

2. Specialized Equipment TI’s

3. Special Inspections and TCTO TI’s

3.3.4.3.2. Observations.

1. Composite Tool Kit (CTK)

2. Hangars, Flight Line and Jet Engine Operating Areas for Potential Foreign Object Damage (FOD)

3. Technical Order Maintenance

4. AFTO Forms Documentation

5. Automated Systems Documentation

6. Specific Work Areas specified in AFI 21-101

3.3.4.3.3. Safety Violations. Safety violations will be documented as specified for contractors in AFI 21-101, chapter 18.

3.3.4.4. The SP rates for technical inspection/observation area performance thresholds, PWS Section 3-2 shall be maintained at an overall acceptable level on a monthly basis.

3.3.4.5. Increased inspection frequencies may be implemented whenever the FC or Government COR suspect that performance or equipment deficiencies exist.

3.3.4.6. The Government will use provisions of this PWS and AFI 21-101 when determining evaluation ratings.

TAIWAN F-16 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE

LUKE AFB

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