PTR Response Template 11 February 2026.docx
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- Sources Sought/Request for Information (RFI) for the production of Payload Transporter Replacement (PTR)
- Solicitation number
- FA8214-26-C-PTR
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This is a contractor response template for the Payload Transporter Replacement (PTR) production effort under Air Force Solicitation FA8214-26-C-PTR. The template requires respondents to provide company information including CAGE code, NAICS classification, small business type, and point of contact details, along with 14 detailed technical and operational questions. The RFI is for market research purposes to identify potential contractors capable of producing a form, fit, and function replacement for the PTR used in the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system, with the government evaluating whether this effort can be set aside for small businesses under NAICS codes 336212, 336992, or 336999 (size standard of 1,500 or fewer employees).
Respondents must address critical areas including risk mitigation strategies for cost, schedule, and technical performance; experience with long-lead procurement items; nuclear certified design development and qualification; ballistic armor technology for personnel and nuclear asset protection; and shock and vibration testing for nuclear vehicles. Additionally, contractors must provide expected schedule durations and rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimates from contract award through qualification testing and delivery, with itemized ROM pricing for engineering/design, testing, production, and per-unit costs. The template also requests details on proposed testing locations, environmental testing experience, intellectual property management strategy, and anticipated team composition throughout the production contract period. This is a pre-solicitation market research effort with no commitment to award, and respondents will not be compensated for their response.
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Contractor Response Template PTR
Company Name:
Cage Code:
Address:
Unique Identifier:
Point of Contact (POC) Name:
POC Phone Number:
POC Fax Number:
POC Email Address:
| Small Business Type: |
| Business Size (NAIC* Code): |
Web Page URL:
Teaming Partners:
*North American Industry Classification (NAIC)
1. Detail how your company plans for and mitigates discrete risks related to cost, schedule, and technical ability.
2. Detail examples, from previous contracts, of how your company has planned for and mitigated issues involving the procurement of items with long-lead times.
3. Using NAICS code 336212, 336992, or 336999, detail whether your business meets the small business classification.
4. At what stages in the manufacturing process would you recommend Government Mandatory Inspection Points or Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) inspection points? Use previous contracts as examples (include applicable contract number(s)).
5. Indicate years of experience for each phase of the Department of War acquisitions process (i.e., Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction (TMRR), Engineering Manufacturing Development (EMD), and Production & Deployment (P&D).
6. Indicate years of experience in development and production of nuclear certified designs, working with nuclear surety organizations to achieve nuclear design certification, and management of engineering changes that impact nuclear certified designs.
7. Indicate years of experience in design and development of ballistic armor technologies to meet MIL STD requirements for personnel and nuclear asset protection.
8. Provide expected schedule durations starting at contract award through qualification testing and delivery; include all engineering gates and milestones one could reasonably expect for the PTR production effort.
9. Provide an estimate cost range as a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) from contract award through qualification testing and delivery; including individual ROM pricing for:
a. Engineering and design
b. Testing
c. Production
d. Per unit cost (tiered pricing if applicable)
10. Please identify expectations for testing locations for requirements assumed to be verified by test based on the attached Source Requirements Document (SRD) (i.e., what would you do in house vs. at another facility).
11. List experience with environmental (e.g., rain, hot/cold, sunshine, etc.) testing.
12. List experience with shock and vibration testing for nuclear certified vehicles.
13. Share the strategy for managing intellectual property, including drawings, welding standards, specifications, work instructions for nuclear certified designs?
14. If awarded, what would your company expect the team size to be throughout the PTR production contract (e.g., engineers, program managers, welding staff, certified weld inspectors, electricians, etc.)?
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