CARA_SSS.pdf

Request for Information/Sources Sought Synopsis A-10 Combined Altitude Radar Altimeter (CARA) Modification Effort

NAICS: 334511

Notice

This notification is for market research purposes only to identify potential contractors who have the skills, experience, and knowledge required to successfully complete this effort for Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement will be accomplished. This is not a request for proposal or invitation for bid but rather a Sources Sought Synopsis. The government will not reimburse any costs associated with this synopsis.

The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to determine if responsible sources exist, to assist in determining if this effort can be competitive and/or a total Small Business Set-Aside. The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 334511 which has a corresponding Size Standard of 750 employees. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in all small businesses to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, HUBZone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements, along with a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers for the past three years. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners.

Purpose/Description

The current A-10 radar altimeter, the APN-224, is experiencing multiple obsolescence and reliability issues. An Operational Assessment (OA) was performed on the APN-232 CARA to validate its superiority over the current APN-224. WR-ALC and the user community have determined the APN-232 CARA will replace the APN-224. 346 Group-B APN-232 CARA LRU units have already been purchased by the USAF and are currently being stored at the DLA warehouse in Robins AFB, GA. Several tasks are still required to complete this modification:

Develop drawing changes for aircraft installation and aircraft system and subsystem drawings and diagrams

Develop source data for Technical Order (TO) changes, to include job guides, troubleshooting manuals, and all other affected TOs commodity books

Develop/Modify TO’s and Field-level Time Compliant Technical Orders (TCTOs) for

Group A and B kit installation

Perform a validation of technical order source data changes to all technical manuals, drawing changes, engineering orders, and engineering change proposals

Develop, kit, ship, and produce group-A wiring kits for the modification

Produce wire harness standoffs preventing chaffing against the CARA LRU mount

Support government verification of all technical order source data changes to all technical manuals, drawing changes, engineering orders, flight testing and engineering change proposals

The planning, scheduling, and execution of the contractor-hosted meetings in the execution of tasks and for submission of the associated agenda and minutes

CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

The Air Force’s anticipated methodology will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), single awarded contract with a one-year period of performance.

Instructions:

Please refer to the question number in your response.

1. Describe your company’s capability to fulfill the requirements stated above.

2. Describe your company’s past experience on contracts similar in complexity to this requirement.

3. Describe your company’s experience with troubleshooting aerospace wiring using approved aerospace support equipment as well as common electrical tools.

4. Describe your company’s knowledge and experience with Air Force technical data format and style and peculiar A-10 technical data formats and styles.

5. Describe your company’s knowledge and experience with aerospace engineering drawing and A-10 engineering drawing standards.

6. Describe your company’s knowledge and experience with design and production of aircraft wiring harnesses.

7. What is the probability your company will submit a proposal to compete on this requirement?

8. If your company anticipates submitting a proposal, do you anticipate subcontracting any of the work and if so, to whom?

9. Based on NAICS code identified for this Source Sought Synopsis (SSS), provide company’s size, and identify any small business socio-economic program. Also identify the cage code of your company.

10. Provide verification that the NAICS code identified on top page of this SSS is appropriate, or provide suggestions with supporting rationale as to why it isn’t appropriate.

Please identify your company’s size for the NAICS code being used in this RFI/Sources Sought Synopsis.

Questions relative to this market survey should be addressed to the following individuals:

Primary POC: Contract Buyer, Trena Held, (trena.held.1@us.af.mil) Alternate POC: Contracting Officer, Tim Arbon, (timothy.arbon@us.af.mil) mailto:trena.held.1@ mailto:timothy.arbon@