What's_New_in_B-52_-_08_APR_2015.pdf

What’s New???

This file will provide a running log of what is placed on FBO concerning the B-52 Training System (TS) acquisition. We will not only identify the item(s) posted but also what has changed, as applicable.

Please note that all documents are to be considered draft until formal Request for Proposals (RFP) release. However, we do encourage your review and comment. This open dialog between you, our industry partners, and the Government will make for a more streamlined and comprehensive acquisition.

All questions/thoughts/concerns should be addressed to the PCO, David Moorhead at 937-255-0897, david.moorhead@us.af.mil; or our Buyer, Rebecca Johnson, at 937-255-3905, rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil.

08 April 2015: The purpose of today’s posting is to provide an updated Draft RFP solicitation, PWS, Section L, Section M and CDRL package. The B-52 Program Team is preparing for final release of the solicitation and expects the release to occur within 30 days. As explained in the What’s New dated 09 February 2015, there will be an initial question period after the RFP is released. All offerors may submit any unanswered questions during that period, however no new questions will be accepted prior to the RFP release. The team is also working to release previous questions submitted and will make the best effort to release all Q&A’s remaining before RFP release.

09 February 2015: The government is providing the attached responses to the questions posed during the industry / site visits. The government will continue to provide answers to the questions previously posed during open feedback times. After the release of the final RFP, there will be a final open question period for ten (10) calendar days only. Any questions not answered prior to the open question period can be resubmitted during the open question period if the answer is still desired. No other questions will be accepted after the open question period has closed.

22 January 2015: This update is to post a Draft Section L, and an updated Draft section M and PWS.

We kindly request any questions or comments related to today’s posting be sent to rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil not later than COB Monday, 26 January 2015. The current expected release date has been revised with an anticipated RFP release no earlier than mid-February. Also included in today’s posting is an updated list of the dedicated team for B-52 TS acquisition.

Mr. Phillip (Curt) Hangen, Program Manager, (937) 255-4498, Phillip.Hangen@us.af.mil

Mr. David Moorhead – Contracting Officer, 937-255-0897, david.moorhead@us.af.mil

Ms. Rebecca Johnson – Buyer, 937-255-3905, rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil

Ms. Ashley Robinson – Engineer, 937-255-4495, ashley.robinson.19@us.af.mil

During the Industry Day and Site Visits many contractors have expressed an interest in viewing a full list of interested vendors with contact information. At the SIL Site Visit, all those open to releasing their contact information have been provided below.

Name Company Contact Information Stephen Stankiewicz Cymstar, Inc. stephen.stankiewicz@cymstar.com, 407-474-6525 Joe Russell Fidelity Technologies russellj@fidelitytech.com

Christopher Holder Quadrant Simulation Systems, Inc. cholder@quadrantsimulation.com

Don Schlomer Metters, Inc. donald.schlomer@metters.com Dean Rosenquist Craig Technologies dean.rosenquist@craigtechnologies.com Greg Sheppard Craig Technologies greg.sheppard@craigtechnologies.com Mike Conti Aero Simulation, Inc. m-conti@aerosimulation.com, 813-767-5973 Luz Sisco The Boeing Company luz.m.sisco@boeing.com Richard Layfield Rockwell Collins richard.hayfield@rockwellcollins.com, 407-482-4627 Larry Bergstrom Nakuuruq Solutions larry.bergstrom@nakuuruq.com

05 January 2015: This update is to request registration of all those attending the Industry Day to be held at the SIL location on Thursday, 15 January 2015. The time of the site visit will be from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM. The location is 5712 Dot Com Court, Oviedo, FL 32765. Please register by sending an email to rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil with the name of company and a full list of attendees NLT 12:00 PM 08 January 2015. Please note, we will not be able to accommodate any add-ons after this date. All attendees are expected to bring a valid photo ID to the site visit.

23 December 2014: This update is to confirm the Industry Day that will be held in Orlando, FL for the purpose of touring the location of the SIL. This SIL Industry Day will be held on Thursday, 15 January 2015. More details will provided at a later date, however we wanted to make sure the date was provided for travel planning purposes.

The website for retrieving the additional documents added to the bidder’s library has been set up. All companies that have sent in a bidder’s library POC with e-mail address should have received a notification of access to the AMRDEC Safe Access File Exchange website. If you have sent your POC’s information as instructed in the 08 December 2014 “What’s New?” and you have not received an email, please check your junk and spam folders. If you still cannot find it, please email rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil. If you have not sent in your bidder’s library POC’s information as instructed on 08 December 2014, please send it in now.

12 December 2014: Today’s update is to post the agenda and a base map for the Barskdale AFB, LA site visit on Tuesday, December 16, 2014. If you will need to visit the Visitor Pass & ID office as you come onto base, please plan to arrive well in advance of the start time. At this time, registration for the site visit is closed.

08 December 2014: This update is to post information on the upcoming Site Visit to Barksdale AFB, LA on Tuesday, December 16, 2014. This site visit will take place from 8:30AM – 3:00PM and we will meet at the Dougherty Conference Center at Barksdale AFB. Each company that would like to participate in the Site Visit will need to register by sending an email to rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil NLT 12:00PM Friday, 12 December. The request needs to include the company name and participants expected to attend (a maximum of 4 attendees per company). If you do not have base access, please let us know that in your site visit registration email. Each participant will also need to submit a visitor request through JPAS. The SMO code needed for this request is BBGSFG0D (the”0” is a zero) and the POC is Mr. Kent Woosley, phone # 318-456-1876. An agenda and instructions to the meeting location will be posted on FBO tomorrow.

We have additional information we would like to include in the Bidder’s Library DVD. We intend to send any additional documents via a SAFE website. In order to get this information to those who have already picked up DVDs, we need each company to submit a bidder’s library POC with an email address. We will email the POC with the website information and instructions to access the bidder’s library documents. Please send this POC information to rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil.

24 November 2014: This update is to post the SOO Q&A’s that were not posted last week. Along with these Q&A’s we are also posting questions that were asked during the one-on-one meetings at WPAFB the week of 03 November 2014. Below is a list of the companies that participated in one-on-one meetings at WPAFB.

ProActive Technologies Craig Technologies Nakuuruq Solutions, Inc.

AAI Corporation Rockwell Collins

Fidelity Technologies Aero Simulation, Inc.

The Boeing Company CymSTAR

Metters, Inc. was mistakenly left off of the list of small businesses that participated in the Industry Day telecom on 28 October 2014.

There have been several questions regarding the small business set-aside status of the B-52 TS follow-on acquisition. The B-52 TS follow-on effort will be a small business set-aside using NAICS code 336413, Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

Below is the schedule for one-on-meetings at the I/ITSEC Conference. The one-on-one meetings will take place on Wednesday, 03 December 2014. We had more requests than original time slots so we have extended our meeting times into the evening. All companies that have requested meetings should have been contacted for confirmation today. We will extend the opportunity to request a one-on-one meeting to COB 25 November 2014. Any further meetings scheduled will be given the next 25-minute time slot on a first come first serve basis. The next time slot available is 6:30 – 6:55 PM. Please send requests to rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil.

Company Name Wednesday, 03 Dec

Aviation Training Consulting 1:00 - 1:25

QuantaDyn 1:30 - 1:55

Deleware Resource Group of Oklahoma 2:00 - 2:25

Metters Inc. 2:30 - 2:55

CymSTAR 3:00 - 3:25

Rockwell Collins 3:30 - 3:55

Aero Simulation Inc. 5:00 - 5:25

Craig Technologies 5:30 - 5:55

Engineering Support Personnel, Inc. (ESP) 6:00 - 6:25

Available Time Slot 6:30 - 6:55

The first site visit is being planned for Tuesday, 16 December 2014 at Barksdale AFB, LA starting at approximately 8:00AM. More details to follow.

17 November 2014: Today’s update is to post the remaining Q&A’s from the SOOs, the participants in the Industry Day telecom and the draft RFP. We have included all the attachments we were able to include today. We will continue to update the contract document and attachments we make updates. We would appreciate any initial questions after reviewing the draft RFP and its attachments to be submitted by Monday, 24 November 2014 NLT 10:00AM EST.

Below is a list of the companies that participated in the industry day telecom that took place on 28 October 2014.

Aero Simulation, Inc. Small AAI Large

Aviation Training Consulting Small Deltek Large

Costech Small Flight Safety Services Corporation Large

CymSTAR Small L-3 Communications Corporation, Link Large

Delaware Resource Group of Oklahoma, LLC Small MacAulay Brown, Inc Large

Engineering Support Personnel, Inc. (ESP) Small Raytheon Large

Fidelity Technologies Small Rockwell Collins Large

Nakuuruq Solutions Small The Boeing Company Large

ProActive Technologies Small

SYTRONICS, Inc Small

During the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) held in Orlando, FL 1-5 December 2014, Mr. Curt Hangen, B-52 TS Program Manager, Mr. Steve Godby, B-52 TS Contracting Officer and Ms. Rebecca Johnson, B-52 TS Buyer will be available for one-on-one meetings by appointment only. We have a room reserved for meetings on Wednesday, 03 December from 1:00 – 4:00 PM. We will be able to conduct 6- 25 minute one-on-one discussions: 1:00–1:25, 1:30–1:55, 2:00-2:25, 2:30-2:55, 3:00-3:25 and 3:30-3:55. Please submit your request for a one-on-one appointment with a preferred time to our buyer, Ms. Rebecca Johnson at rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil.

Once we are able to establish the schedule, we will confirm and publish the appointment times. Phone call requests will not be requested.

10 November 2014: This update is to post the government answers to the industry questions over the Draft PWS submitted on 17 October 2014. We received a lot of feedback which we are using in preparing our Draft RFP. Thank you. We plan to post the Q&A’s on the SOOs by the end of the week as well as the Draft RFP.

Included in this announcement are instructions on requesting a Bidder’s Library DVD. Please see the PCO letter and the Request for Bidder’s Library Information form that must be filled out, signed and returned in order to receive a DVD. If you would like to pick up the DVD as early as Wednesday, November 12th, please indicate the preferred day and time on the form and/or in the email that submits the form. If you prefer to have it mailed, please note, we only have mail pick up on Wednesday’s and Friday’s.

28 October 2014: This update is to post the slides for the Industry Day taking place today, 28 October 2014, from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST. The telecom number is 937-656-0996.

Thank for you submitting questions on the Draft PWS and Draft SOO’s. We hope to have all questions and answers posted by the end of the week. One-on-one meetings located at WPAFB for the week of 03

- 07 November can still be requested by the close of business today. Please send your requests to Rebecca Johnson (rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil) by e-mail only.

14 October 2014: This update is to post the draft SOO’s for three (3) priced options and the draft T4 Sample Task for industry comment. We are requesting all comments in regards to the three (3) draft SOO’s and the T4 Sample Task be submitted to Rebecca Johnson (rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil) by Friday, 24 October 2014.

This update is also to inform industry of the upcoming industry day. This industry day will be held via telecom only. The B-52 TS Team will provide a brief discussion of the requirements, present a notional schedule, and answer those questions that appear common based on the feedback received from industry. The industry day briefing will be posted prior to the conference. The following are the details for industry day:

Date: Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm EST

Media: Telecom only; call in 937-656-0996

To ensure appropriate call-in availability, each company is limited to three phone lines. Please register your company via email to Rebecca Johnson (rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil) NLT 23 October 2014.

Please provide company name, business size, the names of the attendees and the number of phone lines expected to call in (not to exceed three). I will accept email registrations only; no phone calls please. I will confirm by reply to your email. The attendee list will be posted after the industry day conference.

Reminder: questions/comments on the posted draft PWS are due 17 October 2014. Please provide any other general questions regarding the acquisition at that time. We will consolidate all questions/comments received and post the Q&A’s after the industry day conference.

One-on-one meetings will also be conducted during the week of 03 – 07 November 2014. The one-on-one meetings will be 1-hour in duration and located in Bldg. 32 at Wright-Patterson AFB. Requests for the one-one-one meetings will be accommodated on a first come first serve basis and accepted via email only to Rebecca Johnson (rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil) NLT 28 October 2014. In the email requesting a one-on-one meeting please include the company name, names of the participants attending and three preferred meeting times during the week of 03 November to include date and time. We will make our best effort to accommodate each vendors preferred times. Confirmation of your meeting time will be by response to your email.

03 October 2014: This update is to post the draft PWS for industry comment. Note the CDRL list is still in development and will be posted when complete. We are requesting all comments be submitted to Rebecca Johnson (rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil) by Friday, 17 October 2014. As we receive questions/comments, we will post answers periodically in a What’s New release. In addition, we intend to hold an Industry Day via teleconference on Tuesday, 28 October 2014. After the Industry Day teleconference one-on-one meetings at WPAFB, OH will be entertained by request only. The updated team list is:

Mr. Phillip (Curt) Hangen, Program Manager, (937) 255-4498, Phillip.Hangen@us.af.mil

Mr. Steve Godby – Contracting Officer, 937-255-3748, steven.godby@us.af.mil

Ms. Tanya Hylton – Buyer, 937-255-4329, tanya.hylton@us.af.mil

Ms. Rebecca Johnson – Buyer, 937-255-3905, rebecca.johnson.19@us.af.mil

Mr. Jonathan Magin – Engineer, 937-255-4495, jonathan.magin@us.af.mil

14 July 2014: This is the introduction of the What’s New document to keep industry abreast of what’s happening on the B-52 Training System acquisition. AFLCMC/WNS has established a dedicated team to work the B-52 acquisition. This team includes:

Mr. Phillip (Curt) Hangen, Program Manager, AFLCMC/WNSPB, (937) 255-4498, Phillip.Hangen@us.af.mil

Mr. Steve Godby – Contracting Officer, 937-255-3748, steven.godby@us.af.mil

Ms. Marcia Hall – Buyer, 937-255-5818, marcia.hall@us.af.mil

This What’s New also notifies industry of the start of the B-52 acquisition process with the posting of the Sources Sought Synopsis Notification (SSS)/Request for Information (RFI). The Government requests responses to the SSS/RFI be submitted by 14 August 2014.