FMTV A2 Market Survey Sources Sought May 2024.pdf

Market Survey

Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV)

1. Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles: The Product Director (PdD), Multi-Mission Protected Vehicle Systems (MPVS) located at the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) in Warren, Michigan is seeking to identify sources capable of manufacturing the FMTVA2 and associated kits, develop and integrate technical enhancements identified in the Performance Specification, and provide System Technical Support (STS) and Maintenance Technical Representative (MTR) support. This program intends to provide coverage to the U.S. Army and for future customers such as the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, other Program Offices, and potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. The vehicles shall be built to the FMTVA2 Production Level Technical Data package and meet the requirements contained in the FMTV A2 Performance Specification. The Performance Specification will include requirements for specific technical enhancements that shall be incorporated into the production configuration. The FMTVA2 includes the following variants:

Variant NSN Vehicle Description M1078 2355-01-654-5306 Truck, LMTV Cargo M1079 2355-01-654-5324 LMTV Van M1080 2355-01-654-5286 Truck, LMTV Chassis M1082 2320-01-449-1775 Trailer, LMTV Cargo M1083 2355-01-654-5294 Truck, MTV Cargo M1084 2355-01-654-5311 Truck, MTV Cargo w/ MHE M1085 2355-01-654-5212 Truck, MTV LWB Cargo M1086 2355-01-654-5308 Truck, MTV LWB Cargo w/MHE M1087 2355-01-654-5321 MTV Expansible Van M1088 2355-01-654-5319 Truck, MTV Tractor M1089 2355-01-654-5325 Truck, MTV Wrecker M1092 2355-01-654-5314 Truck, MTV Chassis M1095 2320-01-449-1776 Trailer, MTV Cargo M1096 2355-01-654-5279 Truck, MTV LWB Chassis M1147 2320-01-508-7887 LHS Trailer M1148 2355-01-654-5245 Truck, Load Handling

System M1157 2355-01-654-5323 Truck, 10 Ton Dump M1157 2355-01-654-5304 Truck, 10 Ton Dump w/Winch M1273 2355-01-655-0840 Truck, 10 Ton Dump

Chassis

The technical enhancements the Government is potentially seeking to include advanced safety features, fuel savings, mission-equipment updates, and maintenance improvements:

Safety:

• Front Collision Warning / Mitigation

• Back-up Assist

• 360 degree Situational Awareness with larger Driver Display Unit

Fuel Savings:

• Anti-idle capability that allows operation of the HVAC and cab accessories / Communication equipment with the vehicle in park and the engine off

Mission-Equipment:

• Load Handling System (LHS) – increased capacity, modernized design

• Dump – improved load sensing capability

• Cargo Variants – Upgrade cargo tie-downs to meet latest version of MIL-

STD-209

• LWB Cargo – Allow for transport of 20’ ISO container placed on cargo bed with integrated locks

Maintenance:

• Extended fluid service intervals with prognostic capability where available

• Display technical manuals on Driver Display Unit

• Reduction in nitrogen permeation

2. Associated Kits: Associated kits for trucks and trailers may be included. These could include but not be limited to B-kit Armor, Under Body Armor Kits (C-kits), Tarps and Bows for Cargo trucks, Arctic kits, Re-supply Vehicle kits and Re-supply Trailer kits.

3. Engineering and Logistic Services: Potential services may include Engineering, Configuration Management, Quality Assurance, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS, Maintenance, Testing Support services and other related support efforts associated with Government-initiated changes and improvements to the FMTV vehicles. STS services may also include Contractor custody of the Government FMTV Technical Data Package (TDP) and vehicles, Government initiated Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), ECPs in support of fielded MTV vehicles, Logistics efforts in support of Government initiated ECPs and Maintenance Technical Representatives. The Contractor may be required to update and revise TDPs by incorporating approved change documentation at the direction of the Government through the use of the Advance Center for Engineering (ACE) Windchill system, which requires a Common Access Card (CAC) and approval to access.

4. Market Survey Request: This market survey seeks to determine industry capability and interest to provide 3 and 8-Ton trucks and trailers, including STS and MTR support.

The Government is anticipating a potential future 10-year competitive contract beginning mid-year FY28 through mid-year FY38. If interested, furnish your detailed responses to this market survey questionnaire. Provide any supplemental information or commercial literature describing the human factors, engineering, safety, supportability, quality, cost, product availability or other information not specifically requested that supports your response. The Government DOES NOT wish to obtain any proprietary or otherwise protected documents resulting from this market survey. The Government may return such data or documents submitted that have proprietary or protected markings.

The intent of this market research process is to obtain only commercially available information about contractors’ products.

All portions of these enclosures are merely for market research purposes, subject to change at any time, are in no way binding on the Government and do not represent an established requirement. The furnished enclosures are for information purposes only with the understanding that the Government is under no obligation of any kind to proceed with an acquisition in any way related to or based upon the data set forth in these enclosures. The information contained in this survey is not a basis to seek payment, reimbursement or other consideration from the Government. Moreover, the intention of this survey is not to solicit any proposals from Industry.

5. Responses: Responses to this market research survey questionnaire, comments to the purchase description, as well as industry questions should be sent via e-mail to the Contracting Officer, Mr. John L. Pierce, john.l.pierce61.civ@army.mil with a copy furnished to Contract Specialist, Mr. Jonathan W. Lenz at jonathan.w.lenz.civ@mail.mil.

6. Response Format: Electronic responses are required and may be provided in any of the following formats: Microsoft Word 2013 or earlier and text in Times New Roman 12pt with one-inch margins. Zip files are not acceptable. E-mails are limited to 10Mb in size; e-mails in excess of 10Mb must be broken into smaller submissions. The subject line must include the message number, (example: 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3), and must read “(Company Name) response to Army Product Office for FMTV A2”. If desired, responses may address the question number so as not to repeat the question in each response. Be sure to spell out acronyms in their first instance.

Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as confidential under this statute.

7. Responses Due: Replies to this questionnaire must be received by 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 10 June 2024.

8. Market Survey Questionnaire: The below questions are intended to provide a snapshot of your capabilities to supply the FMTV trucks, trailers and Engineering and Logistic Services.

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MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles

Company Identification:

Company Name:

Mailing Address:

Company Website:

Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE): _______________

Data Universal Numbering System Number (DUNS): ______________

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): ___________

Location of Facilities:

Business Size and eligibility under U.S. Government socio-economic programs and preference (i.e. type of business – large, small, small-disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, or 8(a)):

If your company is a small business, is the company compliant In Accordance with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting:

Is your company located in a labor surplus area or a HUB Zone:

Does your company utilize a Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) certified cost system: _________________________________________________

Point of Contact (POC) Identification:

Name:

Title:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

E-Mail Address:

Alternate POC: _____________________________________________________

Alternate POC Title: _________________________________________________

Alternate POC Telephone Number: _____________________________________

Alternate POC Fax Number: ___________________________________________

Alternate POC E-Mail Address:

Business Profile:

1. What products/services does your company primarily manufacture? Please list the names and/or identifying numbers of the specific trucks and trailers you are describing in response to this questionnaire.

2. How long has your company been in business?

3. What business type is your company (large, small, small-disadvantaged, women-owned or 8(a)? Is your company located in a labor surplus or HUB-zone (See FAR Part 19 –Small Business Programs)?

4. List your North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number.

Past Performance:

5. What experience does your company have in military tactical wheeled vehicle and trailer production?

6. Are your described trucks and trailers bought and sold commercially? If so, how many years have they been on the market?

Programmatic:

7. Please provide a detailed explanation (including preferences) of the extent to which contract type/structure (i.e. multi-year contract, requirements contract with options, Indefinite- Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with options) and contract length (i.e., 1, 3 or 5 years) influence your interest in participating in an RFP for this requirement?

8. What can the Government do to help facilitate future competition of the FMTV Family of Vehicles (FoV)?

9. How much time will your company require to develop a formal proposal after the release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) and complete Technical Data Package

(TDP)?

Logistics:

10. Describe your Logistics experience and knowledge in the following areas: training and fielding, provisioning, TM development from creation to authentication, packaging, and fleet management.

11. What experience does your company have producing Army formatted TMs (Electronic Technical Manuals (ETMs) and IETMs), including Military Standard (MIL- STD) and Interactive Authoring and Display Software (IADS) compliancy, and training products suitable for Army use?

12. What are the standard practices of your company with regard to packaging, warranty, discounts, etc.ct? Please describe any experience with military packaging.

13. Does your company have the technical subject matter expertise to develop/support FMTV vehicles? Explain.

14. Does your company have the technical expertise and the capability to perform Preventative Maintenance Checks & Services (PMCS) and perform the Army’s TM-10/- 20 maintenance standards as prescribed within AR 750-1, Army Material Maintenance Policy (Army’s Two-Levels of Maintenance) - Field & Sustainment? If yes, please describe.

15. Has your company ever participated in, or provided, the technical expertise and material support for Original Equipment manufacturer (OEM) validations and Government verifications for Army TMs?

16. Does your company have experience with Product Supportability Analysis that delivers Logistics Product Data Summaries as prescribed in SAE TA-HB-0007-1A and loaded into PowerLOG-J2?

17. Does your company have an existing skilled workforce and established logistical operations that are sufficient to provide FMTV management and logistical operations in a Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) environment within 30 days from award of a contract?

18. Is your company able to provide a fully vetted and qualified staff of Mechanics, Trainers, and logistics support personnel capable of supporting the program described in this market survey? All personnel for this effort will require a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) or equal investigation and need to acquire a Common Access Card (CAC).

19. Do you have experience performing Failure Models Effects and Critically Analysis (FMECAs) and/or Level of Repair Analysis (LORAs)? If so, please provide information on your experience.

20. Are you experienced with the Department of Defense (DoD) Requirement for Item Unique Identification (IUID)? Please provide specifics on your experience with IUID, and example IUID data plates or labels that you have created on previous program(s).

Production & Quality Capability:

21. Has your organization produced a FMTV truck and FMTV trailer (or similar) for either commercial or military application? If so, for whom and when? What is the commonality between the FMTV and the current platforms you are producing?

22. Has your organization produced Armor B-kits and/or Underbody Armor Kits (C-kits) for Commercial or Military vehicles. Does your organization have an interest in producing these kits?

23. Briefly describe your proposed manufacturing plan, from the earliest in-house fabrication to final assembly. Please include and describe all inspection and test points.

24. Briefly describe your organization’s painting/surface finishing capabilities. Please include your experience with Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC), electroplating and electrophoretic coatings.

25. Identify the estimated time required to prepare your facility for production of the FMTV vehicles, trailers, and kits. Identify the estimated time to complete and validate tooling, production lead-time to complete initial vehicle deliveries, and estimated time to reach the required production quantities identified.

26. Do you require capital investments to execute your manufacturing plan to meet FMTV production requirements? If so, please describe the type of investments required and estimated lead times.

27. Please describe your Quality Torque Program. Identify the type, and prevalence, of torque tooling used in your manufacturing facilities (i.e. pneumatic, DC), as well as your maintenance and calibration program.

28. How much time would you need to build a prototype (to include the proposed design as an ECP along with the prototype)?

29. How long will it take from contract award to establish a vendor base, order hardware and deliver the First Article Test (FAT) vehicles?

30. Identify the estimated time required to complete initial vehicle deliveries, as well as the estimated time needed to meet the required production quantities.

31. Based on current resources, what is your maximum monthly production volume?

Please include the number of shifts included in this estimate.

32. Briefly describe your make-or-buy decision process. If known, identify the major components, assemblies, subassemblies, services (i.e. paint), and/or variants you would intend to subcontract.

33. Based on the information provided in this market survey, please estimate the percentage of internally manufactured vs. externally sourced components required to produce each variant.

34. Describe your supplier evaluation and selection process. Please include the criteria, and other information, your organization assesses to ensure external suppliers possess the competencies required to supply conforming products and services.

35. Describe your organization’s process for monitoring the performance of external providers.

36. Describe the verification methods, or other activities, used to ensure that externally provided products and services meet requirements.

37. Describe your organization’s experience with procuring source-controlled materials, to include obtaining and providing quality data and/or vendor certifications of conformance for these materials.

38. Describe your system for traceability of parts in the assembly process. How are parts traced to individual vehicle, trailer, and kit serial numbers?

39. Describe your organization’s quality process for ensuring parts produced within your facilities conform to a technical data package?

40. Describe your organization’s experience with weldments and fabrications. List all weld codes (i.e AWS, MIL-STD) you are currently qualified to perform.

41. Does your organization employ certified welders? If so, please list the standards they are certified to.

42. Does your organization employ American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Nondestructive Test (NDT) certified inspectors for validating weld quality?

43. Are you utilizing a manufacturing facility with a certified Quality Management System (QMS)? Please specify the QMS (i.e. ISO 9001, IATF16949) and the scope of your certification.

44. Implementation of Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) core tools is required.

Explain how your organization has implemented each of the core tools listed below and provide examples for each as to how this application led to favorable results.

a. Advanced Product Quality Planning [APQP]

b. Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis [PFMEA]

c. Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis [DFMEA]

d. Statistical Process Control [SPC]

e. Measurement System Analysis [MSA]

f. Production Part Approval Process [PPAP]

g. Effective Problem Solving [CQI-20]

h. Error Proofing [CQI-18]

45. Describe your process for collection and utilization of Cost of Poor-Quality data, as defined by AIAG CQI-22.

Engineering:

46. Does your company have experience with integration of advanced vehicle safety features including collision mitigation, back-up assist, and 360 deg Situational Awareness? Please describe any experience in this area.

47. Does your company have experience with integration of anti-idle capability that allows operation of the HVAC and cab accessories / communication equipment with the vehicle in park and the engine off? Please describe any experience in this area.

48. Does your company have experience designing and producing specialty vehicles including a dump truck, Load Handling System for transport of palletized cargo and ISO containers, fifth wheel tractor, and wrecker? Please describe any experience in this area.

49. Does your company have the capability to submit data/drawings via electronic/digital data media? Can your company provide data through a web-based Advanced Collaborative Environment (ACE) such as PTC Windchill? If yes, what hardware and software do you use?

50. What types of modeling and simulation data are available for the products you offer (i.e. CAD, dynamics model, etc)? What formats is this data available in?

51. What is your process for implementing engineering changes and drawing changes into production?

52. Describe your familiarity with the Government Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) process.

53. Does your company have experience/capability to use PTC Creo Parametric software?

54. Describe your capability and experience to produce vehicles in accordance with a Government Owned Technical Data Package and test to a Performance Specification.

55. What security clearances does your company have?

56. Does your company have experience with establishing appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect Government data to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Government data in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 8582.01 Security of Unclassified DoD Information on Non-DoD Information Systems?

57. Does your company have experience with encryption of data (including CUI and FOUO) stored electronically using FIPS 140-2 validated encryption, IAW DoDI 8582.01?

58. Does your company have experience complying with Cybersecurity requirements in accordance with DoDI 8510.01 Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology (IT), DoD 8500.01 Cybersecurity, NIST SP 800-37 Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Lifecycle Approach, NIST SP 800-53 Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, 6212.01E Interoperability and Supportability of Information Technology and National Security Systems, DoD 5220.22-M National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), AR 380-5 Department of The Army Information Security Program, and AR 25-2, Information Assurance?

59. Is your company capable of providing Reliability and Maintainability data?

Service Support:

60. How do you support your current products?

61. Describe your dealership maintenance capabilities.

62. Do you have any dealerships located Outside Continent of United States (OCONUS)? If so, where are they located?

Additional Information:

63. Please add any additional comments:

NOTE: The Government is not asking you to develop or provide drawings or develop any technical data in response to this market survey.

Please send your completed survey questionnaire to Mr. John L. Pierce at john.l.pierce61.civ@mail.mil. Companies responding to this survey are required to submit electronic responses in accordance with paragraph 6 of this survey.

Direct questions regarding the market survey to Mr. John L. Pierce at john.l.pierce61.civ@mail.mil. Alternate POC is Jonathan Lenz, jonathan.w.lenz.civ@mail.mil.

Again, the Government is requesting this information for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposals. The Government will not award a contract based upon responses to this announcement. The Government shall not reimburse or pay any costs associated with the preparation and submittal of information in response to this notice.