Capability_Survey_Questions.pdf

Part II. Capability Survey Questions (Please address Part III “Requirements Information” in your responses)

A. General Capability Questions:

1. Describe briefly the capabilities of your facility and nature of the goods and/or services you provide. Include a description of your staff composition and management structure.

2. Describe your company's past experience on previous projects similar in complexity to this requirement. Include contract numbers, a brief description of the work performed, period of performance, agency/organization supported, and individual point of contact (Contracting Officer or Program Manager).

3. Describe your capabilities and experience in managing software development projects, including subcontractor involvement. Include any experience in project planning, work breakdown structures, resource allocations, schedule tracking, risk analysis and cost management.

4. If your company can not perform the entirety of the requirement what part could or would your company be able to perform. Provide specific info on what could be broken out for your company’s performance.

5. Describe your company's capabilities for generating, handling, processing and storing classified material and data.

6. Describe your company's capabilities and experience in generating technical data, engineering drawings and manuals. Identify what software programs are utilized to generate these data products and what formats are available for delivered items.

7. What is your company’s current maximum capacity per month for this particular type of requirement? Provide information on any facility reserves you may possess to increase capacity in the event of an immediate need do to critical operational mission requirements.

8. Describe your capabilities and experience in managing software development projects, including subcontractor involvement. Include any experience in project planning, work breakdown structures, resource allocations, schedule tracking, risk analysis and cost management.

9. Describe your capability to implement ground communication site installs and move existing ground communication sites to a new location.

10. What quality assurance processes and test qualification practices does your company employ?

Provide a description of your quality program (ISO 9001, AS9100, etc.).

a. Provide a detailed quality plan implementing AS9100 (or equivalent).

B. Repair Questions:

1. Describe your company’s capabilities and experience in generating technical data, engineering drawings and manuals. Identify what software programs you utilize to generate these data products and what formats are available for delivered items.

2. Are you capable of delivering Technical Orders (TOs) in the Mil-DTL-87929 (work package format)/ Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) tag, as required by the Technical Order Management Agency (TOMA)?

3. Are you capable of delivering engineering drawings in the metadata, Computer Aided

Drafting (CAD), neutral Drawing eXchange File (DXF), and Adobe Portable Document File (PDF) format, as required by the Engineering Data Management Office (EDMO)?

4. Describe your capabilities and experience in test, evaluation, repair or maintenance procedures.

5. Describe your capability of updating your or another company’s engineering drawings.

6. Are you able to send and receive export control data?

7. Describe your Configuration Management processes and how you identify and resolve parts obsolescence and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources problems?

8. Describe your capabilities and experience in modifying existing systems/equipment (hardware/software) to solve maintenance and support problems out in the field.

9. Describe your company’s ability to provide help desk support or provide on-call/on-site maintenance. Please note: The Government possesses limited drawing and technical manual documentation.

10. Discuss your process for addressing any fit, form, and or function issues that may arise out of the requirements of this effort.

11. Do you currently have a process in place for transmitting and/or shipping classified items?

12. Describe your capability of collecting and providing monthly or quarterly data reports to assess Operational Availability (Ao) to the Government.

C. Commerciality Questions:

1. Is there established catalog or market prices for our requirement?

2. If you offer this product and/or service to both U.S. Government and commercial sources, is the same workforce used for both the U.S. Government and general public?

3. Is our requirement offered to both under similar terms and conditions? Briefly describe any differences.

4. Describe your standard warranty and return process for goods and services furnished to the government for items similar in nature to this requirement.

D. Manufacturing Questions

1. Describe your capabilities and experience in manufacturing with regard to the requirements of this effort.

2. Describe your capabilities and experience in developing/modifying manufacturing procedures.

Include associated upgrade of technical orders and preparation of new technical orders.

3. Demonstrate your ability and experience in the manufacture of the same or similar components, which are currently utilized in the commercial or military environment by providing the following information on the same or similar items:

a) Contract Number

b) Procuring Agency

c) Contract Value

d) Number of assets shipped

4. Provide your commercial manual(s) or Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) and your rights to these manuals and or ATP used in the manufacture and functional check of these or similar assets for Government Engineer review.

5. Describe your capabilities and experience in test, evaluation, and repair processes/procedures with regard to manufacturing items.

6. Describe your configuration management processes and how you identify and resolve parts obsolescence and diminishing manufacturing sources problems?

7. Discuss your process for addressing any fit, form, and or function issues that may arise out of

8. Describe your process for maintaining inventory records and reporting on hand/work-in-process balance and manufacturing status to your customer.

9. Include a detailed listing of facilities and equipment, including quantities, required to satisfy the requirements of this effort

a. Provide an outline of the proposed process, including inspections.

i. State the type of test procedures are anticipated for this effort.

ii. State the type of inspection processes anticipated for this effort.

1. NDI/T.

2. Destructive testing/inspection.

10. How will your organization address the absence of drawings, specifications, technical data, test procedures, etc.

11. If the item cannot be manufactured in total, state what your organization can produce.

12. State any technology insertion ideas for the item that would be suitable for this effort.

13. Discuss any reverse engineering or item replacement opportunities that may be present.

E. Engineering Services Questions

(Engineering, advisory & assistance services, contractor logistic support, other services not listed)

1. Describe your services capabilities and experience with regard to the requirements of this effort.

2. Describe your capabilities and experience in developing/modifying procedures. Include associated upgrade of technical orders and preparation of new technical orders.

3. Demonstrate your ability and experience for the same or similar services, which are currently provided in the commercial and/or military environment by providing the following information on the same or similar items:

a) Contract Number

b) Procuring Agency

c) Contract Value

d) Services Provided

4. Describe your capabilities and experience in any required test, evaluation, and repair processes/procedures with regard to the required items.

5. Describe how you/your organization will identify and resolve parts obsolescence and diminishing manufacturing sources problems?

6. Discuss your process for addressing any fit, form, and or function issues that may arise out of

7. Describe your process for maintaining inventory records and reporting on hand/work-in-process balance and manufacturing status to your customer as required.

8. How will your organization address the absence of drawings, specifications, technical data, test procedures, etc.

Information Assurance Questions

1. Is your Information Assurance (IA) personnel Department of Defense (DoD) 8750 Certified?

2. What experience do you have with the Platform Information Technology (PIT), Certification and Accreditation (C&A) and Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes?

3. What capabilities do you have to perform Information Assurance Vulnerability Assessment (IAVA) patching and security testing (scans)?

4. Describe your company’s experience and capability to produce C&A artifacts to support the PIT C&A process. For example, System Security Plan (SSP), Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M), Port Protocols and Services (PPS) Worksheet, Risk assessments (RAs), Architecture Analysis Report (AAR).

5. Describe your company’s knowledge and experience with EAM certification and the process required to obtain/maintain EAM certification in the nuclear environment.