AEDC Industry Day FARM III_Final.pdf

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Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and

Modernization (FARM) Ill

Industry Day

7 August 2025

FARM III Industry Day

Information provided and discussed is for planning purposes only and DOES NOT constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued.

All information provided and discussed is pre-decisional.

FARM III Industry Day Agenda

0800 – 0830 Registration

0830 – 0835 Administrative Remarks

0835 – 0840 Welcome and Opening Comments

0840 – 0910 Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) 101

0910 – 1035 Topics of Interest

1035 – 1100 Questions and Answers (Q&A)

1100 – 1230 Lunch

1230 – 1400 One-on-ones with Government Team (Group A)

1230 – 1400 Base tour (Group B)

1400 – 1530 One-on-ones with Government Team (Group B)

1400 – 1530 Base tour (Group A)

Administrative Remarks

• Restrooms are located near the lobby entrance

• Snacks and drinks available (donations welcome)

• Lunch is on your own

• Gossick Leadership Center (GLC) emergency response

– In case of fire, gathering point is in the parking lot

– In case of severe weather, the restrooms are designated shelters

• Questions

– We will attempt to answer questions during the briefings, but…

– …if we begin to exceed our time slots, please use provided notecards to record your question(s) and deposit notecards in the provided basket

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Welcome and Opening Remarks Lt Col Tony Brunson

AEDC Program Management Division

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AEDC 101

Charlie Jenkins, AEDC/PMD

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Topics of Interest

• FARM History

• FARM III Acquisition

• Examples of Task Orders

• Security Requirements

• Safety Requirements

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FARM History

Nikki Tracey, AEDC/PMD

FARM History

• AEDC’s test facilities and supporting plant and infrastructure systems were built primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, with a few additions up through the 1990s

– Many of the individual test facilities are unique in the country or the world

• Test infrastructure restoration and modernization efforts were routinely underfunded for decades

– Resulted in diminished test capability and increased energy and maintenance costs

– Increased risk for AEDC’s test customers – program offices who are tasked with fielding future aerospace systems

FARM History, cont.

• In the mid-2010s, Air Force Test Center (AFTC) and Air Force Materiel

Command (AFMC) leadership successfully advocated for funding to restore and modernize AEDC’s test infrastructure

– Air Force (AF) budgeted for major investments beginning in FY17 to start the process of mitigating long-term risk in support of next generation weapon system development

– Funding plus-up targeted specific Service Life Extension Programs (SLEPs)

• To effectively execute the increased workload of restoration and modernization efforts, AEDC established the FARM contract vehicle

– Multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with a variety of design-build and/or construction work

– Promotes the efficient execution of restoration and modernization projects while minimizing time and impact on existing test activities

Typical Aging Infrastructure

Hydraulic System Unit Sub-Station

Stacks and Control Valves

Exhaust Motors Surface Coolers

Typical Aging Infrastructure (cont’d)

Bearing Lube Oil System

Heaters

Control Cabinet

161kv Substation

Barrowell

FARM Operating Locations

• Arnold Air Force Base (AFB) TN

• AEDC’s Geographically Separated Units (GSUs)

– National Full Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC), Moffett Field CA*

– Tunnel 9, White Oak MD

– 704th Test Group, Holloman AFB NM*

• 704th’s GSUs: OL-AA, Kirtland AFB NM, and OL-AC Wright Patterson AFB OH

• 586th Flight Test Squadron, White Sands Missile Range NM

*Locations added for FARM II

FARM I

• Awarded 8 August 2016

– Full and open competition

– Performance-price tradeoff with technical acceptability (PPT/TA)

• Four awardees

• Five-year period of performance

– 12-month base period

– Four 12-month option periods

• $400M contract ceiling (~$300M awarded)

• Firm-fixed-price (FFP) task orders

– ~50 task orders awarded

– Typically ranging from $250K-$15M

FARM II

• Awarded 4 March 2022

– Full and open competition

– Best value utilizing full tradeoff procedures (Technical, Past Performance, and Price, with technically acceptable Small Business Subcontracting Plan)

• Four awardees

• Five-year period of performance

• $300M contract ceiling

• FFP task orders (~$150M awarded to date)

– 14 task orders awarded to date

– Typically ranging from $1.5M-$30M

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FARM III Acquisition

Robert Mosley, AFTC/PZI (Arnold)

Anticipated FARM III Contract

• Multiple Award IDIQ

– FFP task orders

– Ordering period – Five-year base, three-year option

– Performance start September 2026

– Award to up to eight contractors

– $900M contract ceiling anticipated

• Five-year outlook

– 50+ potential task orders have been identified

• Statement of Work (SOW) currently in draft form

– Addresses specific requirements

– Provided as attachment to the FARM III Industry Day announcement

– Please review and provide any comments/concerns

What We Need From You

• We need input at Industry Day

– Provide thoughts or recommendations for acquisition strategies and contract types

– Bring/submit questions about FARM III requirements

– Provide thoughts on task order packaging

– Provide suggested North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes

– Provide suggestions to support GSUs

• Review draft SOW and provide concerns / comments

• Participate in draft Request for Proposal (RFP) and ultimately the final RFP

Need your help to develop the right acquisition strategy

Highest Technically Rated Offeror (HTRO)

• Previous Acquisitions

– FARM I – Past Performance/Price Tradeoff with Tech

– FARM II – Full Tradeoff

• Considering HTRO for FARM III

– Award to highest technically rated offerors

– Weighted scoring matrix

– Offerors self-score and submit substantiation with proposal

– Govt team validates proposals starting with highest self-scores

FARM III Notional Acquisition Schedule

• Industry Day 7 Aug 25

• Request for Information (RFI) responses 22 Aug 25

• Draft RFP release ???

• Final RFP release ???

• Contract award Aug 26

• Contract start Sep 26

What We Will Provide

• We will provide as much information as possible on SAM.gov

• Please follow FA9101-25-R-FARMIII for updates

The FARM Ill Team is here to assist you with any questions you may have

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Examples of Task Orders

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Maintenance Building

Tanya Bradford, AEDC/PMDC

Objective (General Scope/Requirement)

• Construct a Maintenance Facility for Propulsion Wind Tunnel (PWT)

• Complete a design, build and install for a new 100’X150’ maintenance facility on a predetermined location at AEDC

– A 35% design will be provided

• The selected location, which will not require an Environmental

Assessment, is on previously disturbed ground maintained as a grassy field

– There are no utility interferences, yet utilities are available on the periphery of the footprint to serve it

• Demolition and disposal of approximately 800 yd2 asphalt, 150 LF concrete curb, 100 LF sanitary piping, and 70 LF water piping

• Design-Build contract

Current State / Future State

• Current State

– Difficult to stage PWT maintenance activities

• Future State

– Future projects are expected to increase the required footprint for covered and conditioned maintenance activity

– The Maintenance Facility will be a new construction building of approximately

13,000 ft2

– The building will be used to perform maintenance on components and will include some storage of various parts

Requirements

• Requirements for Maintenance Facility:

– Approximately 13,000-15,000 ft2

– Pre-fabricated structure with foundation on grade

– High-bay space (~30’x100’) for parts to be off-loaded from a tractor trailer using a diesel-powered 30,000 lb forklift

– 38’ Upper eave height

– 14’x12’ overhead door, coiling

– Side-bay spaces (~40’x100’ and 60’x100’), 24’ lower eave height

– Options for varying the square footage, single restroom, small office, ceiling heights

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High Pressure Additional Air

Capacity 3 (HPAAC 3)

George Allen, AEDC/PMDC

HPAAC 3 Objective

• Improve the shared high-pressure air (HPA) storage and configuration capabilities of AEDC

• Provide ~7,000 ft3 HPA bottle farm, consisting of pressure vessels, supports, access platform, foundation, and associated distribution piping, that will provide 4,400 psia HPA

• Work includes design, demolition, procurement, site preparation, fabrication, installation, and checkout of the proposed solution to meet the performance requirements

• Current State

– Demands for AEDC’s HPA resources frequently exceed available capacity

– Drives challenges in AEDC’s integrated scheduling process

– Increases costs incurred by test programs

• Future State

– Increased HPA availability, with capability to share HPA across multiple test cells

HPAAC 3 Requirements

• Install a new bottle farm to increase overall storage and system flexibility

– Collaborative effort w/ on-base contractors for checkout/commissioning purposes

• Total of 72 pressure vessels at 94.1 ft3 capacity each for a total of 6,775 ft3

• All pressure vessels shall be in accordance with AEDC Specification 16426-24-

001, “Item Specification for High Pressure Air Vessels.” The Contractor shall submit all documentation and submittals required within the Specification to the Government.

• Bottle support structure, piping, valves, electrical, pipe bridge, lightning protection, wind and seismic load analysis, and site to be designed

– Install valves to existing main HPA distribution system to enable flexible configuration of HPA delivery

– Install issue line to High Temperature Laboratory (HTL) facility

• Work includes demolition of existing infrastructure as required to accommodate for new equipment

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C-Plant Return Basin

Isolation Valve

Michelle Young, AEDC/PMDC

• Install a discharge isolation valve within a permanent valve pit on the 72" cooling tower return line

• Design the new isolation valve and structural design for the valve pit will be required

• Excavation of the valve pit will be required

• Close collaboration between stakeholders in this project and the exhaust cooler project is crucial to ensure seamless integration of designs solution to meet the performance requirements

• Current State

– Original design of the cooling water return basin did not provide sufficient drain flow capacity for the facility cooling water when also operating the exhaust cooler

– The exhaust cooler is presently being upgraded/replaced

– This valve must be installed to take advantage of the new exhaust cooler

• Future State

– New 72” American Water Works Association (AWWA) C504 butterfly valve with a motorized modulating operator/actuator and construction of a permanent valve pit for isolation of the cooling tower return line

Isolation Valve Requirements

• Size: 72”

• Open/Close Time: 1-1.25 minutes

• Pressure Rating: 150 psi

• Max Flow: 200,000 gpm, less than 25 ft/s

• Material: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A536 grade 65-45-12 ductile iron and flat-faced flange drilling per American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B16.10, ASME

B16.47, and AWWA C504 class 150B

• Disc: stainless steel type 316 or nickel alloy (seating edge)

• Seats: Synthetic compound, without retaining bolt penetrations, mechanically retained in the valve body with one-piece metal seat ring retainer and fully field adjustable, while in-line, without special tools

– Exclude AWWA C504 Section 4.3.5.3.3; sprayed mating seat surfaces are unacceptable

– The valve seats shall be replaceable without removing the valves from the line

• Leakage: Zero leakage under operating conditions

• Reliability: Designed for 25-year life, Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of at least 1,000 cycles

• Maintainability: Designed for Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) of no more than eight hours

• Control System Integration: Electric actuating valve

Valve Pit Requirements

• Structural Design: Design valve pit to withstand and permanently hold back all soil and surcharge loads

– All designs as well as stamped shoring and detailed drawings must be stamped and approved by Professional Engineer licensed in the state of Tennessee, and drawings must clearly show new equipment locations, interfaces, and interferences

• Sizing: Concrete floor 48-60” below water pipe bottom, valve pit must be sized to give sufficient working room and allow personnel safe entry and exit via a permanent ladder

• Drainage: Sump and sloped floor (max 1/8” per ft)

• Piping Support: Provide support for piping and valve, maintaining 4 ft clearance from valve face

• Access:

– A. Permanent ladder, removable platform, and railings compliant with 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1926.1053, Air Force

Instruction (AFI) 91-203, and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 14.3 Standards

– B. Ladder access shall extend to concrete floor

– C. Ladder safety climb devices shall be required where the length of the climb is greater than 24’ to meet Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA) requirements

– D. Cages not permitted on ladders

– E. Platform height for ergonomic hand-wheel operation

– F. 36” clear space around equipment

– G. Removable cover with manway and sump pump hatches (20 per ft2 live load rating)

– H. Bolted manway (min. 30” inside diameter) located at least 36” from any pit wall.

• Sump Pump: Shall have necessary capacity to drain excess water in pit, discharge to existing storm drain without causing erosion

• Other: A. Top of pit wall 18" above grade; B. Valve position visible without pit entry

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Renovate Engine Test Facility

(ETF) Office, Bldg 877

Nick Hibdon, AEDC/TSDCN

• Renovate ETF Office Building, Bldg 877 (in execution now)

• Design/Build services including engineering, plans, labor, equipment, supplies, and materials to renovate the ETF Office Building

• Contract was awarded at roughly $18.5M

• Project Details: Demolish and replace the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

(HVAC) system and associated piping, ceiling, windows, interior finishes, doors, door hardware, electrical power, lighting, flooring, walls, communications, alarm systems, restrooms and associated plumbing, systems furniture, and provide a facility wide fire suppression system

• Requirements include having the executing contractor:

– Provide the necessary trailer/temporary space for personnel to be relocated during renovation work

– Perform the site-prep needed to support the trailers

– Running utilities both temporary and permanent

– Being the primary responsible party for moving needed materials from the building to the temporary trailers and back once work is complete

Previous State / Current State

• Previous State

– The facility was first constructed in 1957 with the last major renovation around 1989

– Thirty years later the facility needed an interior facelift to meet the current fire, force protection, energy, accessibility, and mass notifications codes along with interior remediation of mold

– Interior materials and finishes needed to be replaced along with upgrades to HVAC, power, fire alarm, communications, restrooms, audio/visual, and lighting

– The interior layout no longer meet organizational needs, housing roughly 145 personnel

• Current State

– Complete renovation to the interior of the facility is nearly complete

– The final product will be an entirely renovated interior for the facility including an updated layout that better meets current organizational needs with a capacity for roughly 195 personnel

ETF Office Building Requirements

• Complete design incorporating installation requirements and addressing Unified

Facilities Criteria (UFC) code compliance issues

• Renovate ETF Office Building, constructed in 1957, roughly 35,500SF

• Systems to be replaced: HVAC and associated plumbing, ceiling, windows, interior finishes, relocate interior walls, doors, door hardware, electrical power systems, lighting, communications, fire alarm systems, restrooms and associated plumbing, and fire protection system

• Provide temporary trailers (roughly 14,000 ft2) to relocate personnel during renovation of the facility

• Original layout allowed for 145 personnel, new layout allows for 195 personnel

• Support inspections by system engineers as need, coordinate power/utility outages, maintain schedule flexibility to support other mission requirements

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Von Karman Facility (VKF)

Raw Water Lines

• Repair by Replace, VKF Raw Water Lines-expected to award in FY26-29 timeframe

• Design/Build service including engineering, plans, labor, equipment, supplies, and materials to replace the cooling water infrastructure that supports the VKF Plant

• Contract award expected range: $20M-$30M

• Project Details: Demolish roughly 800-900 ft of raw water piping and as necessary replace with new piping ranging from 12’ to 48’ diameter raw water header and branch piping

• Scope will include design analysis on soil conditions, development of drawings, potentially dealing with hazardous materials in the soil, installing new valves, strainers, concrete slabs and trenches, and connecting this new infrastructure to existing infrastructure

• Requirement will include verifying other utilities in the area using hydro-excavation techniques

• Current State

– The cooling water system within the scope of this project has a high leak rate

– Pressure loss within the system will continue to worsen if not repaired

– Another concern is erosion issues due to current leaks and potential future leaks

• Future State

– Brand new piping with an improved layout and sizing plan will lead to more efficient operation of the plant equipment and lead to less maintenance within the cooling water system

– Layout modifications could also better support concurrent operations of the plant and other test facilities on the installation

VKF Cooling Water Lines Requirements

• Soil contamination analysis and condition testing

• Designing (receiving approval) of proposed execution plan and new layout prior to executing work

• Confirming nearby utilities and other underground hazards during design

• Replacing 800-900’ of 12”-48” raw water header and branch lines, ensuring the plant is back up and operational over a 6-month outage

• Outage window will be limited to April-October time frame to avoid any concerns of freeze protection for nearby system components

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Primary Pumping Station

Pump/Motor Replacement

• Primary Pumping Station Pump and Motor Assembly #1 Replacement, Bldg 3038

• Design/Build services including engineering, calculations, develop drawings, all labor, materials, equipment needed to execute the above project

• Contract ROM: $3M-$5M

• Project Details: Modify roof with hatch so that entire pump and motor assembly can be removed/installed at one time

– Remove existing pump and motor assembly

– Install new pump and motor assembly

– Perform required checkouts before Government accepts work completed

Previous State / Current State / Future State

• Previous State

– Primary Pumping Station, Pump and Motor Assembly #1 along with the 5 other pump and motor assemblies at the Primary Pumping Station, the 12 pump and motor assemblies at the Secondary Pumping Station, and the 6 pump and motor assemblies at Rowland Creek Pumping Station have reached the end of life and need to be replaced

• Current State

– Primary Pumping Station, Pump and Motor Assembly #1 has been replaced through a FARM contract and is running efficiently, with a reduced maintenance tail

• Future State

– Replace all 23 remaining pump and motor assemblies across these three pumping stations to ensure efficient and reliable operations moving forward

Pump/Motor Replacement Requirements

• Requirements for ALL Primary, Secondary, and Rowland Creek Pumping

Stations

– Primary Pumping Station: Constructed in 1953 houses 6-25K GPM pump/motor assemblies (5 still needing to be replaced), will include roof modifications for hatch access to assemblies

– Secondary Pumping Station: Constructed in 1953 houses 8-25K GPM, 1-10K GPM, and 3-3.3K

GPM pump/motor assemblies

– Rowland Creek Pumping Station: Constructed in 2000 houses 4-25K GPM and 2-12.5K GPM pump/motor assemblies

– Major Constraints: Test and Installation Operations constantly require cooling water meaning that execution of this work would occur one pump/motor assembly at a time (per facility)

– Contractor will have to coordinate local outages in advance and request may be denied depending on test schedule

– Expectation is each pump/motor assembly will require between two and four three-day outages

– Operational checkouts required prior to Government acceptance of the product

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Holloman AFB Task Orders

Jason Casebolt, AEDC/704TSS/TGSO

Introduction

• 704th Test Group Campuses

• Successful FARM Projects at Holloman AFB

• Example Future Project

704th Test Group Campuses

1000 Campus

1200 Campus

1100 Campus

Intent to fund $4M - $6M work per year with FARM contractors to support repair and modernization of 135 facilities on three Test and Evaluation campuses.

FARM III Conceptual Funding Target

Hanger Renovation Project

• Objective

– Restore drain, waste, vent utility service to the facility, repair slab, update restrooms to modern standards with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, provide showers for maintenance personnel, and reconfigure interior to modernize mission capabilities

– Associated constraint was that contractors were required to be escorted at all times

• Previous State

– 40-year-old facility experiencing significant sewer service line backups

– Restrooms were outdated and voids located under the slab

– Floorplan configuration was inadequate to meet modern mission requirements and rooms were dated with antiquated fixtures and finishes

• Current State

– Renovated restroom down to the studs, demolished restroom slab and 200 LF of slab covering existing sewer service line

– Installed new men’s and women’s restrooms with showers, sewer service line to main, and upgraded 5,000 ft2 of facility interior

Convert Storage Facility to Weld Shop Objectives

• Improve Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) sled test capability and mission throughput

• Convert existing 5,000 ft2 storage facility to weld shop to include new interior electric, HVAC, fire suppression, structural components, ventilation, as well as construct new break room and mechanical room

• Work includes 35%, 65%, 95%, and 100% design efforts, demolition, fabrication, installation, and customer collaboration to achieve performance requirements

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Current State / Future State

• Current State

– Welders are performing work in cramped workspaces with OSHA writeups, inadequate HVAC cooling system, poor fume ventilation, logistical inefficiencies, inefficient electrical systems

– Existing facility is not capable of supporting future sled types

• Future State

– Modify existing storage facility to enhance safety, quality of life, and retainability of welders

– Improve sled manufacturing processes and provide new modern facility with welding platforms capable of supporting test assets coming down the pike

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Requirements

• Existing Conditions: Demolish existing electrical system, rollup doors, man doors; no existing fire suppression or HVAC system

• New Construction: break room and mechanical room additions, fence, and storage sheds

• HVAC: New ductwork, HVAC units, and ventilation to include fume extractors for welding ops

• Electrical: Provide new electrical distribution system to support welding ops including but not limited to new main distribution panel (MDP), safety switches, conductors, light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, 240V welding outlets

• Fire Protection: Install wet pipe fire protection system, fire alarm panels, and mass notification system

• Structural: Install interior insulated wall panels, roof insulation, new rollup doors, man doors.

• Constraints: Project is relatively unconstrained as the facility is unoccupied; no special access program, entry authorization lists, or escorting required

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Security Requirements

Keith Davis, AEDC/TSD-SF

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Safety Requirements

Billy Childress, AEDC/SE

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Q&A

Closing Remarks

• This briefing provided a “high level” requirements overview

• Questions can be asked during one-on-one sessions or by sending an email to robert.mosley.3@us.af.mil

• You will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage with functional experts during one-on-one sessions. We encourage you to take advantage!

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