T-38_Re-Engineering_Industry_Day_Draft_Notification_02_Oct_18_-_FINAL.pdf

Industry Day Notification for

T-38 Structural Component Re-Engineering Program

SCOPE

The T-38 Program Office (PO) will host an Industry Day event on October 30th and 31st 2018 to discuss the United States Air Force (USAF) requirement for reverse and/or re-engineering eleven (11) bonded honeycomb structural components. To assist with acquisition planning and program strategy, the T-38 PO is interested in meeting with industry representatives to answer questions and receive feedback regarding this requirement and to allow industry a close-up look at the selected components.

BACKGROUND

Many T-38 bonded honeycomb structural components are proprietary to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The PO is exploring reverse and/or re-engineering select structural components to increase the sources of supply and reduce cost.

LOCATION AND GENERAL DETAILS

The Industry Day event will begin at 8:30 AM on Tuesday October 30th 2018 at the POE Conference Center, Building 1295, Hill AFB, UT 84056.

The event will begin with a general meet-and-greet session from 8:30AM to 9:00AM to include light refreshments. A General Presentation and Q&A Open Forum will then follow at 9:00AM and is expected to conclude by 11:00 AM. A break for lunch will be provided from 11:00AM to 12:30PM with a visit to the Grounded Instructional Training Aircraft (GITA) to follow that afternoon. Individual break-out sessions will start after the GITA visit on Tuesday at the POE Conference Center, time permitting. The break-out sessions will continue into the next day, Wednesday October 31st 2018 at the POE Conference Center starting at 8:00 AM. Please see the draft agenda for a specific breakout of each event.

INDUSTRY DAY

1. The purpose of this conference is to provide open dialogue with industry in response to the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and general details of this program. The draft PWS is attached to this announcement.

2. In order for this to be an effective exchange, the Government requests a list of agenda topics and any specific questions that industry would like the Government to address during the general presentation. Please submit your agenda topic recommendations and specific questions to the Industry Day POC’s not later than 4PM MDT on October 22nd 2018. Early submissions are encouraged.

3. At this time the Government does not intend to limit the number of representatives attending from each vendor. However, depending on response to this notice, the Government may impose limits due to meeting space constraints.

4. In order to attend the Industry Day, each contractor must RSVP by providing the following information for all attendees who will be participating by October 17th 2018 to the POC’s identified in this announcement:

a. Name, address and CAGE code of firm

b. Indicate status of company - Small Business (and type of Small Business) or Large Business

c. Full Name of individual, citizenship status, Driver’s License Number and State, and contact information

d. Certification Number provided by the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office and a copy of your companies approved DD Form 2345

5. The Government is willing to have separate meetings with interested contractors, apart from the general presentation. If any contractor wishes to have an individual one-on-one session with Government personnel, these requests should be made by 4PM MDT on October 22nd 2018.

Individual time allocations will be made by the Government and a final agenda will be provided to contractors not later than October 24th 2018 to facilitate travel schedules. As a result of any individual one-on-one session, the government intends to provide all offerors with any Non- Proprietary information.

6. During the course of the Industry Day, the Government also seeks feedback from industry on the following specific areas:

a. Schedule Feasibility

b. Data rights

c. Proposed contract length

d. Time needed for proposal responses

e. Potential barriers to competition

DRAFT AGENDA

The following table is the draft agenda and is subject to change. After a final count has been taken of the interested parties, the final agenda will be sent to each interested contractor by October 24th 2018.

Industry Days – Tuesday October 30th 2018 and Wednesday October 31st 2018 POE Conference Center, Buillding 1295, Hill AFB, UT 84056

Tuesday October 30th 2018 (POE/GITA) Wednesday October 31st 2018 (POE) 0830-0900: Meet and Greet 0800-0845: Individual Break-Out Session #3* 0900-1000: General Presentation 0900-0945: Individual Break-Out Session #4* 1000-1015: Break 1000-1045: Individual Break-Out Session #5*

1015-1100: Question & Answer Open Forum 1100-1145: Individual Break-Out Session #6* 1100-1230: Lunch Break 1145-1300: Lunch Break 1230-1245: Transit to GITA** 1300-1345: Individual Break-Out Session #7* 1245-1445: GITA Visit (Pictures permitted) 1400-1445: Individual Break-Out Session #8* 1500-1545: Individual Break-Out Session #1* 1500-1545: Individual Break-Out Session #9* 1600-1645: Individual Break-Out Session #2* 1600-1645: Individual Break-Out Session

#10* **Government will facilitate transportation to the GITA *Break-out sessions will be held in the POE conference center

INDUSTRY DAY POC’s

Casey Hodson Contracting Officer Ph. (801) 777-8416 casey.hodson@us.af.mil

2d Lt Skyler Means Project Manager Ph. (801) 586-1188 skyler.means.1@us.af.mil