2 Dec 2024 Question and Answers.pdf

ALE-47 Questions and Answers

2 December 2024

Question 1

Is the Sequencer Fire Source CCA to be supplied as an SRU and does it require an ATP?

Government response: – No, this item is not planned to be separately purchase on this contract, but does require an ATP to be developed.

Note 1 of the SOW ATTACHMENT 2 indicates the Sequencer Fire Source CCA requires an ATP but may not be listed as procurable, is this correct?

Government response: Correct

Is it correct to assume that the Fire Source CCA will only be procured in an LRU?

Government response: Correct this item will not be separately purchased on this contract, but it may separately purchase them via a separate contract vehicle once the contractor becomes a qualified source.

Question 2

The Programmer Motherboard No. 2 is not listed in the SOW ATTACHMENT 2 SRU list or CDRL items, but is part of the Programmer 2, and Programmer Enclosure Assembly, 2A1, is Motherboard No. 2 to be supplied as a separate SRU and does it require an ATP? –

Government Response: Correct these items will not be separately purchased on this contract, but may be purchase them via a separately managed contract vehicle once the contractor becomes a qualified source.

Is it correct to assume that the Fire Source CCA will only be procured in an LRU or as part of the

Programmer Electronic Enclosure?

Government Responses: – The Fire Source CCA and Programmer Electronics Enclosure are not part of the same LRU or SRU.

Question 3

In the SOW there are several references to "0", to what should these "0"s be referenced?

• Page 6, 2.1, last paragraph: "The Contractor shall fabricate, integrate, test and deliver LRUs listed in 0“

• Page 6, 2.1.1, first paragraph: "The Contractor shall prepare a Reliability Test Plan (subtitle

Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) Procedures) for each LRU listed in 0,...

• Page 7, 2.1.2, first paragraph: "The Contractor shall then conduct Acceptance Test on each First

Article LRU (and quantities) listed in 0.“

• Page 8, 2.1.2.1, first sentence: "The Contractor shall prepare and submit for Government approval an ATP for each LRU listed in 0.“

• Page 11, 2.2, first paragraph: "The Contractor shall fabricate, integrate, test, and deliver LRUs listed in 0...“

• Page 12, 2.2.1, first sentence: "The Contractor shall prepare a Reliability Test Plan (subtitle

Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) Procedures) for each LRU listed in 0,..."

Government Response: References to “in 0” have been corrected to show “Attachment 1”

Question 4

In SOW paragraph 2.1.3, there is an exclusion:

"The Contractor shall perform Interchangeability Test on one each of its First Article LRUs (Attachment 1) excluding Programmer PN 179730-0005, Sequencer PN 179250-0012, and Safety Switch PN 179720-

0001.“

Should the Dispenser be excluded as well from Interchangeability testing since the testing would require the GFE and Mnemonics produced Dispenser Housing to be physically disassembled from the

Breechplate?

There does not seem to be a good reason to swap the Dispenser Housings other than to ensure fit, which can be ascertained from the required FAI data without disassembly of the GFE and Mnemonics produced Dispenser.

Government Response: No, the Dispenser is not exempted.

Question 5

Is it correct the Acceptance Test Procedure Exhibits are structured as follows?

• Exhibit A: Acceptance Test Reports, First Article and Production

• Exhibit D: Acceptance Test Procedures, First Article Year 1

• Exhibit DA: Acceptance Test Procedures, Production Year 1

• Exhibit H: Acceptance Test Procedures, Production Year 2

• Exhibit M: Acceptance Test Procedures, Production Year 3

• Exhibit R: Acceptance Test Procedures, Production Year 4

• Exhibit V: Acceptance Test Procedures, Production Year 5

Govt response: Correct for Exhibit DA, H, M, R, and V. For exhibit A and D, this only applies to the first article period.

Exhibit BA, CA, DA, EA are for qualified vendors in production year 1 (CLINs 100X)

Is this the same structure for the FA vs Production ESS Procedures and reports?

• B: ESS Procedure, Year First Articl

• BA: ESS Procedure, Production Year 1

• F: ESS Procedure, Production Year 2

• K: ESS Procedure, Production Year

• P: ESS Procedure, Production Year 4

• T: ESS Procedure, Production Year 5

Government response: Correct Exhibit B would apply to the first article period. Exhibit BA would apply to production year 1 for currently qualified vendors. Exhibit F- Production Year 2; Exhibit K:

Production Year 3; Exhibit P: Production Year 4; and Exhibit T: Production Year 5 is also correct.

Question 6

For contract FA8540-06-D-0002 Symetrics/Extant was able to build and ship the SRUs by allowing the

SRU to have an ATP run while installed in a GFE LRU for initial acceptance, could this approach be adopted on this contract to speed up the time to production of the SRUs and LRUs?

This approach is similar to the interchangeability test and would mitigate SRU and LRU delivery risks.

The FA8540-06-D-0002 timeline to complete SRU ATPs was about 425 days from contract award and this approach would lessen the risk of discontinuous SRU and LRU deliveries.

Government response: The process was changed in later years for separate ATP of the SRU to accommodate changes in the Government ordering processes. It was determined, and implemented, in following efforts to have separate ATPs for the SRUs and the Government has determined that it is in it’s the best interest to continue following the processes of separate ATPs for each LRU and SRU.

Question 7

What Distribution, Control, and Destruction notices should be used for Proposal Submission Volumes 1 to 5?

Government response: Distribution statement E

Question

Section L, Page 1, reads, “… offerors are requested to submit Volume III, Past Performance Information, so that it is received 10 calendar days prior to the date of receipt of proposals. Failure to submit Volume

III by the earlier date will not result in offeror disqualification.”

Is electronic submission adequate for this request?

Government response: Yes

Question 9

Please provide the following documents:

• PL201218584-0001_cage 98752; - Government response: This drawing number could not be found.

• 201218593_cage 98752; - Government response: Drawing can be provided

• 26556-0157_cage 19397; and – Government response: Drawing can be provided

• 201752934_cage 98752. – Government response: Drawing can be provided