QA 1 (FA823224R3001)_Questions_1_thru_13_18Jan24.pdf

Solicita on No. FA8232‐24‐R‐3001

Bracket Mul ple Award IDIQ Acquisi on

Ques ons and Answers

Ques on 1: Could you please also provide the following documents that we will need to complete our proposal?

16E6042_Parts List

16E6042_Drawing with Notes

16D3700_Parts List

16D3700_Drawing with Notes

16D7405_Parts List

16F0399_Parts List

Answer 1: The requested documents have been provided. See Solicita on Amendment 0001.

Ques on 2: Please confirm the noted Part Numbers and associated Cage Codes under CLIN 0001 of the solicita on are only required if specified in a delivery order.

Answer 2: The Part Numbers and associated Cage Codes specified under CLIN 0001 are only relevant if the part number(s) pertain to a par cular delivery order.

Ques on 3: I no ced that CDU+Bracket+TDP+(Sample+Task+1).zip only contained one file (CDU BRACKET

TDP 2022 06 06.pdf) but no drawings. Inside that .pdf was referenced two part numbers (16E6042‐847 and 201612358‐10) for assemblies. Could you please provide the drawings associated with them?

Answer 3: For 16E6042‐847, 16E6042_Parts List and 16E6042_Drawing with Notes a achments should provide the addi onal informa on needed. For 201612358‐10, all the necessary informa on is provided in the original “CDU Bracket TDP 2022 06 06” document.

Question 4: CDU bracket part number 16E6042‐847 does not have notes or BOM on the given page of the drawing.

a. What is the material with associated specifications?

b. What are the coating (painting) requirements?

Answer 4: 16E6042_PL and 16E6042 provided with Amendment 0001 should provide the addi onal informa on needed.

Ques on 5: HSDN and CSU bracket parts have a note for electrical bond prepara ons IAW MIL‐STD‐464.

a. This is a 165‐page document. Is there a specific reference that applies?

b. If not, will the Lockheed Mar n reference of FPS‐3024, Fig. 16 in note 3 of drawing number 16F0399 suffice for all?

Answer 5: The Government assumes that offerors have the technical exper se to produce parts that can meet these standards. Based on the specific technical drawings and documents, it is the responsibility of offerors to be able to determine which references apply.

Ques on 6: Tracking down the source of the Note 1 reference of FPS‐3017 within drawing number 16F0399 implies that only two companies are approved to machine the parts.

a. If this is true, be advised that the majority of the scope for manufacturing these parts will need to be subcontracted out to these specific vendors

b. If not, the parts will be manufactured in accordance with all material, dimensional, and coa ng specifica ons not using the Lockheed subcontractors

Answer 6: No, there is not a limita on on who can manufacture these parts as long as it adheres to the required specifica ons.

Question 7: The solicitation calls out the following part numbers: 816890‐1, 1D22498G14, 16E1223‐817, 46431110‐30, FAS80200‐101, 7001644‐49, 25 73843 1, 6036200‐01. However, none of the drawings for these part numbers are included in the TDP. Instead, the TDP contains the technical data required for the three sample tasks called out in the document “Bracket_Sample_Task_IDO_15Dec23.” Could you please clarify the part numbers being requested so that we can proceed with our quote package?

Answer 7: The Part Numbers specified under CLIN 0001, CLIN 0011, 1001 and 1011 are only relevant if the part number(s) pertain to a par cular delivery order requirement. The

“Bracket_Sample_Task_IDO” a achment and associated TDP documents provide all the informa on needed related to the Sample Tasks for this solicita on. The CLIN structure in Sec on

B of the solicita on will be applicable to the basic IDIQ contract where specific delivery order requirements under the IDIQ will be solicited using a document similar to the

“Bracket_Sample_Task_IDO” a achment.

Ques on 8: There appears to be incomplete drawings on at least one of the .ZIP files. The drawings under “CDU+Bracket+TDP+(Sample+Task+1)” are incomplete. Specifically, we are missing sheet 1‐7 for drawing number “16E6042”.

Answer 8: The 16E6042_PL and 16E6042 documents provided with Amendment 0001 should provide the addi onal informa on needed.

Ques on 9: Does ISO 9001:2015 qualify as an int’l cer fica on equivalent? If our gov’t contrac ng partner (actual MFR) is cer fied to AS9100, are we able to bid as the prime contractor? We have an agreement with the aforemen oned company to partner on a manufacturing/ contract mgmt. basis with our company handling contractual workload + value added opera ons.

Answer 9: Yes, ISO 9001:2015 qualifies as an interna onal cer fica on equivalent. However, the limita ons of FAR clause 52.219‐14, Limita ons on Subcontrac ng, and any other relevant clauses, shall be adhered to.

Ques on 10: Some of the documents in the TDP are Lockheed Mar n drawings. Is the offeror required to use LM‐approved vendors for coa ngs/material/processes?

Answer 10: No, there is not a limita on on who can manufacture these parts as long as it adheres to the required specifica ons.

Ques on 11: Are CAD files available for any of the drawings provided in the package?

Answer 11: CAD files are not available for the drawings.

Ques on 12: In prepara on of an offer to the subject solicita on, we have iden fied parts of the TDPs provided for the sample kits do not appear to iden fy the raw material.

Please iden fy the raw material for the following:

CDU Sample Task #1: Drawing 16E6042‐847

HSDN Sample Task #2: Drawing 16D3700‐803

Answer 12: The 16E6042_PL, 16E6042, 16D3700_PL and 16D3700 documents provided with

Amendment 0001 should provide the addi onal informa on needed.

Ques on 13: Solicita on #: FA823224R3001‐IDO, Sec on L Para 3.2 states that the font size will be New

Times Roman and no less than size 11. Does this limita on also apply to tables, graphs and drawings?

Answer 13: The font size limita on does not apply to tables, graphs and drawings. However, the font size used for tables, graphs and drawings must s ll be legible.