Industry_Briefing.pdf

Nellis AFB

ADAIR II

10 January 2018

Industry Briefing

-Classification: UNCLASSIFIED -No electronic recording of presentation or discussion -Please silence all cell phones -This pre-solicitation conference constitutes an informal exchange of information -Provides insight into Government plans -The information shared today represents the Government’s current intentions with regard to the subject acquisition; however, the Government’s intentions may change based on today’s discussions as well as any follow-up comments/questions -The remarks made by Government officials during this exchange should in no way be construed as a guarantee of the Government’s final course of action -The formal solicitation, when issued, is the ONLY document that should be relied upon as defining the Government’s requirement

Rules of Engagement

Solicit feedback from industry and identify any inconsistencies/ unrealistic requirements pertaining to Nellis ADAIR II.

Purpose

• The 57th Wing (57 WG), Nellis AFB, NV intends to acquire Adversary Air Contract Services to support the 57th Adversary Tactics Group (57 ATG).

• The 99th Contracting Squadron (99 CONS), Nellis AFB is the Contracting Office of record for execution of the Nellis ADAIR II contract.

Introduction

• 99 CONS will issue a full and open, competitive solicitation to award a Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for a “near-peer” adversary threat.

• The contemplated contract will span a period of five (5) years and allow 99 CONS to issue task orders for the 57 ATG for flight hours at Nellis AFB.

• The solicitation, FA486118RC003, is expected to be released within the next 45 days.

• Draft documents were posted to Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) on 3 January 2018 and included:

• Performance Work Statement (PWS)

• Section L, Instructions to Offerors

• Section M, Evaluation Criteria

• An affordability cap of $25K/hour will be established for Nellis

ADAIR II.

• This value represents the fully burdened rate of a Block 50 F-16. (Rand 2016)

• Affordability cap is the maximum amount the Government is willing to pay for a particular service. Anything over the affordability cap will make an offeror ineligible for award.

Affordability Cap

• The solicitation may require each offeror to submit part of their proposal through oral presentations.

• Information pertaining to areas such as an offeror’s capability, past performance, work plans or approaches, staffing resources, or transition plans may be suitable for oral presentations.

Oral Presentations

Requirements

• Speed: Mach .80 +/-.02 at 35K ft. Mean Sea Level (MSL)

• Service Ceiling: 35K ft.

• Turn:

• Min Sustained Rate: 8 +0.5 deg/sec

• Min Instantaneous Rate: 14 +0.5 deg/sec

Threshold Requirements

• Rate of Climb: 4,000 +500 feet-per-minute to 20,000’ MSL on a standard atmospheric day in MIL power only, no afterburner.

• Range: 100 NM from point of departure; 45 minutes of fight endurance with internal fuel only, or at least 60 minutes with external fuel tanks or for aircraft that are not external fuel capable.

• Radar: Fire-control radar capable of providing targeting data of a 2M² target out to 20 NM. Radars must provide the capability to detect, track, and simulate ordnance employment against an opposing aircraft.

• Radar Warning System: Radar warning system capable of providing the azimuth and RF band (low vs. high) of a threat radar emission.

• Inflight Recording: Each aircraft shall be capable of recording all inter/intra flight communications and video of aircraft performance data and simulated shot data via an in-flight recording system comparable to those used in mil-spec aircraft (ex F-15E, F-16, F-18, A-10, and AV-8).

• External Stores: The aircraft must be configured to carry government provided P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) or equivalent/current Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pods, CATMs, and Electronic Attack (EA) pods.

• Radio: At least two VHF/UHF radios must be installed in each aircraft. One of these two radios shall be UHF.

• Navigation System: Aircraft shall have one type of FAA approved Navigation System (such as a Tactical Air Navigation, Very High Frequency Omni Directional Range; GPS/ LORAN, INS, etc.).

• Missile Replication: Aircraft shall have the capability to replicate semi-active missiles out to a range of 20NM, and active missiles out to a range of 45NM.

• Aircraft Availability: Contractor shall have the ability to generate and sustain a baseline turn pattern of a “10 turn 8” within 180 days after award.

• Speed: Mach 1.5 +/-.02 at 35,000 ft. MSL

• Radar: Fire-control radar capable of providing targeting data of a 2M² target out to 50 NM. Radars must provide the capability to detect, track, and simulate ordnance employment against an opposing aircraft.

• Aircraft Availability: Contractor shall have the ability to generate and sustain a baseline turn pattern of a “12 turn 10” within 30 days after award.

Objective Requirements

Evaluation

• Subjective Trade-off with non-price factors significantly more important than price.

• Approaches that fail to meet any one of the threshold requirements will be considered deficiencies and will be un-awardable.

Evaluation Basics

• Subjective Trade-off, w/ non-price factors significantly more important than price.

• Factor 1: Technical

• Subfactor 1: Aircraft Key Performance Parameters

• Subfactor 2: Implementation Approach

• Subfactor 3: Logistics Sustainment Approach

• Subfactor 1: Aircraft Key Performance Parameters

• Element 1: Aircraft Speed

• Threshold: Mach .80 +/-.02 at 35,000 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL)

• Objective: Mach 1.5 +/-.02 at 35,000 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL)

• Element 2: Aircraft Radar

• Threshold: Fire-control radar capable of providing targeting data of a 2M² target out to 20 nautical miles (NM). Radars must provide an aircraft and the pilot the capability to detect, track, and simulate ordnance employment against an opposing aircraft.

• Objective: Fire-control radar capable of providing targeting data of a 2M² target out to 50 nautical miles (NM). Radars must provide the capability to deliberately detect, track, and simulate ordnance employment against an opposing aircraft.

• Subfactor 2: Implementation Approach

• Element 1: Delivery/Mobilization Schedule

• Offerors shall provide a detailed plan that describes:

• How many aircraft are planned to be dedicated and provided that meet the technical specifications for this contract?

• When will the requisite amount of aircraft that meet the required turn pattern called for in the PWS be available?

• Element 2: Contemplated Post-Award Aircraft Modifications

• If applicable, offerors shall provide a plan that describes:

• What equipment(s) and timeframe(s) are needed for modification or replacement in order to meet minimum PWS requirements (if none, state N/A).

• What equipment and timeframe is contemplated for modification or replacement in order to exceed minimum PWS requirements.

• Element 3: Aircraft Possession

• Offers shall demonstrate current or future aircraft possession. Greater consideration may be given to offerors that can demonstrate current possession of aircraft. Examples of current or future aircraft possession are: Aircraft FAA registration certificates, lease agreements, purchase agreements, or a future plan for ownership. Proof shall be submitted in writing as attachments/handouts for oral presentations and the reports will not be limited by any page limitation.

• Element 4: Aircraft Accidents and Corrective Action Steps

• Offers shall fully disclose all past aircraft incidents and accidents (as defined by NTSB 830). Offers will provide Preliminary Reports, Synopsis Reports, Final Reports, Data Summary, and/or any other equivalent Department of Defense crash investigation board reports. These reports should be submitted in writing as an attachments/handouts for oral presentations and the reports will not be limited by any page limitation. Offers shall present pertinent details about past aircraft incidents and accidents as part of the oral presentation.

• In response to previous incident(s), please describe corrective actions taken to reduce or eliminate possible future occurrences.

• Offers shall describe how the offeror will respond to future incident(s) or accident(s) to reduce or eliminate future risk.

• Subfactor 3: Logistics Sustainment Approach

• Element 1: Component Lifecycle Tracking and Supply Chain Management

Methodology

• Offers shall present a plan that describes how life limited parts and components will be tracked and replaced. What tools, processes, and procedures have been or will be developed in order to track these components. Offers shall also present the planned or known supply chain for obtaining parts and components, planning for various types of maintenance events based upon 5,600 flight hours per year, and staff training and development to ensure uninterrupted services throughout each year of service.

• Element 2: Maintenance Practices

• Offers shall present a plan that describes how maintenance will be planned and executed to ensure uninterrupted services throughout each service year.

Assumptions will be identified as part of this plan.

• Element 3: Staffing Plan

• Offers shall provide a staffing overview to include details for hierarchy, hiring, retaining, and developing staff necessary to conduct flight operations, maintain aircraft, and manage the overall ADAIR II program. Offers are required to identify a Program Manager for the ADAIR II requirement that will directly interface with Government management officials for day-to-day operations.

• Subfactor 4: Management Approach - Acceptable/Unacceptable Rating

• Element 1: Facility Security Clearance

• The offeror present evidence of currently having a SECRET Facility Clearance and are able to obtain SECRET security clearances for pilots who will conduct flight operations in classified airspace.

• Element 2: Small Business Participation Commitment

• For proposal purposes only, assume the total anticipated awarded dollars (for

CONUS and Outlying Areas) to be $50,000.

• Element 3: Small Business Subcontracting Plan

• If submitting as a Large Business concern under the applicable NAICS Code, submit a Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 19.7.

• Factor 2: Past Performance

• Any contracts completed by the Offeror that occurred in the past five (5) years, over $250K, and five (5) continuous days of contract flight services.

• Factor 3: Price

• Relative Importance of Factors and Subfactors. The relative importance of each factor and subfactor is as follows: Technical, Past Performance, and Cost/Price are listed in descending order of importance with Factor 1 (Technical) being most important, Factor 2 (Past Performance) next in importance, and Factor 3 (Cost/Price) last in importance. Within the Technical Factor, the subfactors are in descending order of importance. In accordance with FAR 15.304(e), all evaluation factors other than Cost/Price, when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price.

Technical Rating Method

Color Rating Description

Blue Outstanding Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths.

Purple Good Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements and contains at least one strength.

Green Acceptable Proposal indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements.

Yellow Marginal Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements.

Red Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements of the solicitation and, thus, contains one or more deficiencies and is unawardable.

Technical Risk Rating Method

Rating Description

Low Proposal may contain weakness(es) which have little potential to cause disruption of schedule, increased cost or degradation of performance. Normal contractor effort and normal Government monitoring will likely be able to overcome any difficulties.

Moderate Proposal contains a significant weakness or combination of weaknesses which may potentially cause disruption of schedule, increased cost or degradation of performance. Special contractor emphasis and close Government monitoring will likely be able to overcome difficulties.

High Proposal contains a significant weakness or combination of weaknesses which is likely to cause significant disruption of schedule, increased cost or degradation of performance. Is unlikely to overcome any difficulties, even with special contractor emphasis and close Government monitoring.

Unacceptable Proposal contains a material failure or a combination of significant weaknesses that increases the risk of unsuccessful performance to an unacceptable level.

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