Sample Task 003 Logistics Operations SOO Aug 08.pdf

Statement of Objectives (SOO) Sample Task 003

Logistics Support Operations

1.0 Program Objectives: This SOO identifies the requirement to implement a cost-effective organization to provide high quality, rapid response material management and logistics services to the contractor logistics support services contract operation headquartered at Bluegrass Station, KY. The objective capability encompasses warehousing, inventory control, distribution, delivery, wholesale supply management, planning and managing supply and demand, acquiring material from commercial and government sources, CONUS and OCONUS transportation, and developing material requirements based on customer expectations and customer service. The objective capability also calls for integrating the concepts of planning, sourcing, manufacturing, delivery, and return.

2.0 Contract Objectives: The SOO tasks the Contractor with incorporating commercial and government best business practices to continuously improve SOFSA supply chain processes and instill user confidence in the materiel management system. The Contractor must establish and maintain documented procedures for all processes. The following are contract objectives.

2.1 Warehousing. Warehouse requirements must encompass commercially acquired production material and Government Furnished Property (GFP) with classifications of unclassified, classified, controlled, or sensitive.

Additionally, storage of flammable, hazardous, warranty, shelf life and serialized material is required. GFE stored for customers shall adhere to standard DoD supply management codes (e.g., condition codes, shelf life codes, advice codes). For purposes of this SOO, the SOFSA warehouses possess 17 million parts in JOBSCOPE and another 2.7 million parts in GOLD. The associated footprints for these assets are as follows: 650,000 sq. ft. at Bluegrass Station, 16,000 sq. ft. at Bluegrass Army Depot, 14,000 sq. ft. at a commercial warehouse facility in Fort Walton Beach, FL, and 391,000 sq. ft. at commercial warehouse facilities in Lexington, KY.

2.1.1 Develop workload planning and scheduling to accomplish all warehouse activities.

2.1.2 Identify procedures for maintaining strict accountability.

2.1.3 Perform receipt, issue, handling, store, packaging, shipping, and transportation services consistent with the logistics support requirements.

2.1.4 Identify the methodologies and/or applications used to optimize warehouse utilization and minimize costs.

2.2 Inventory. The contractor is responsible for implementing inventory management procedures that will ensure all contract and customer property stored at SOFSA-operated facilities are documented and auditable, while ensuring that inventory accuracy rates are maintained to the satisfaction of the Government.

2.2.1 Define a cost effective solution for accomplishing recurring inventory assessments that provide the Government with confidence that inventory accuracy is being maintained at a level consistent with military and commercial expectations.

2.2.2 Identify the processes used in the recording and reporting of stock balance adjustments, and warehouse denials/refusals that result in an adjustment on stock balances.

2.2.3 Inventory Control Point. The Contractor is responsible for maintaining the SOFSA Contractor Inventory Control Point (C-ICP) to support Military Standard (MILS) processing. This ‘SOFSA ICP’ will be used to manage all Special Operations-Peculiar (SO-P) assets (across various systems and services) currently under contract to the SOF Support Activity. The Contractor is the ICP manager for all SO-P spares, including those used for air vehicles, engines, ground vehicles/equipment, communications, and support equipment. The Contractor is responsible for providing all materiel management functions required to support the peculiar spares to meet the program and contract requirements. These functions include, but are not limited to: management, identification, forecasting requirements, procurement, inventory, configuration control, repairing, allocating, storage, shipping, disposal, and providing packaging data to the appropriate services/bases/units for peculiar reparable and expendable assets via the AF Standard Base Supply System (SBSS), the Army Standard Army Retail Supply System (SARSS) and Navy Uniform Automated Data Processing System (UADPS); NOTE, interface with the Navy UADPS application is not yet configured). Common items are excluded from management and will be requisitioned through normal government/contractor supply systems.

2.2.4 Cataloging. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to catalog all applicable SO-P items for which spares are to be purchased. The Contractor shall describe their methodology for conducting cataloging actions for the various SOF customers.

2.3 Material Control/Non-ICP. Storage and inventory control of peculiar spares and consumables is the responsibility of the Contractor. The Contractor is responsible for maintaining a system and procedures for accessibility, inventory, and storage of material. The services required to manage and operate material control include the following:

2.3.1 Maintain accessible/auditable records for all items managed in the inventory management system.

2.3.2 Maintain visibility of on-hand, due-in, in-repair, and in-transit assets.

2.3.3 The Contractor shall provide the government/customers with the capability to see levels at various storage sites for Total Asset Visibility (TAV).

The Contractor shall receive and fill requisitions, provide status on requisitions and act as a liaison with using activities. Material requests are received through a localized web interface.

2.4 Manufacturing Acquisition. The Contractor is responsible for procuring material to support manufacturing Bill of Material (BOM) from commercial and government sources. The Contractor is responsible for monitoring vendor relationships to ensure that vendors continuously meet documented business requirements for cost, schedule, and performance.

2.5 Transportation. The Contractor is responsible for minimizing the total inbound and outbound transportation costs, unnecessary long-distance shipments, cross-hauling, and circuitous routing, and to maximize shipment consolidation and the efficient use of transportation resources. The Contractor is responsible to ship to CONUS/OCONUS locations and to comply with export/customs mandates.

2.5.1 Line-item manifest and/or packing information shall be available on standard electronic media to provide rapid identification of the contents of containers, pallets, and consolidation shipments.

2.6 Total Asset Visibility (TAV). The Contractor is responsible for providing timely and accurate information on the location, condition and identity of equipment and supplies at any point from asset origin to final destination.

The Contractor is responsible for providing the ability to track requisitions, locate assets in process, storage, and in transit.

2.7 Metrics. The Contractor is responsible for identifying the metrics and/or reports necessary to evaluate all applicable logistics support operations affiliated with SOFSA Enterprise logistical operations. All metrics and reports must be automated and available to the Government on a 24/7 basis.

2.8 The Contractor is responsible for creating a list of recommended logistics support metrics and reports, for possible consideration/selection at the task order level. The metrics/reports shall be categorized by SOFSA core capability, with top-level detail as to which recommended software applications will be used to extract and create said metrics and reports.

3.0 Management Objective:

3.1 The management objective is to allow the Offeror the flexibility to innovatively manage program schedule, performance, risks, warranties, subcontracts, and data to produce an end item that satisfies the user's performance requirements at the task order level.

3.2 The Contractor shall ensure that Government personnel have clear visibility into the program schedule, performance, and risk.