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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

1.0 Description

1.1 The Marine Corps Installations Pacific – Regional Contracting Office (MCIPAC -RCO) located in Okinawa, Japan is seeking written responses with information to assist the Government with identifying potential sources that are interested in and capable of performing the work described in section 2 below.

1.2 This is a Request for Information only: In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes, this Sources Sought (SS)

Notice/Request for Information (RFI) is for information and planning purposes only at this time and shall not be construed as a solicitation for proposals/quotes.

2.0 Requirement

2.1 The MCIPAC - RCO is contemplating a solicitation for Aviation Logistics Maintenance Assessment

Team (ALMAT) Contractor Support.

2.2 BACKGROUND: First Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) is an aviation unit of the United States

Marine Corps that serves as the Aviation Combat Element of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, headquartered at Camp Foster on the island of Okinawa, Japan. 1st MAW’s mission success hinges upon the readiness of its assets and personnel. The Aviation Logistics Maintenance Assessment Team

(ALMAT) is a critical element in ensuring maximum readiness of assets and personnel through the evaluation, training, and enforcement of all applicable instructions and standards, such as the

COMNAVAIRFORINST 4790.2 series, Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP).

2.3 The contemplated scope of work is that the Contractor perform Material Condition Inspections, as well as assessing and evaluating individual units in response to drills and practical application evaluations. These inspections, assessments, and evaluations would be supporting Type/ Model/ Series F-

35B, FA-18D, KC-130J, CH-53E, AH-1Z, UH-1Y, MV-22B, and RQ-21A aircraft. During a unit evaluation, ALMAT inspectors assess maintenance programs and conduct Material Condition Inspections

(MCI) on a pre-determined percentage of assigned aircraft, ordnance equipment, aviation life support systems equipment, and support equipment assets. In addition, they assess the unit’s procedural adherence and responsiveness to emergency drills and practical application evaluations. Evaluations will account for approximately 45 weeks in a typical year but is contingent upon unit deployment rotations.

The specific inspections that the Contractor will be required to perform are limited to the programs listed in Table 1.

Table 1. List of applicable Computerized Self Evaluation Checklists (CSEC)

CSEC

Area

Program Title

200 Maintenance Training

300 Fuel Surveillance

400 Navy Oil Analysis

600 Hydraulic Contamination Control

700 Tire & Wheel Maintenance

800 Quality Assurance

900 Maintenance Department/Division Safety

1100 Aircraft Confined Space

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1200 Foreign Object Damage Prevention

1400 Corrosion Prevention and Control

1500 Plane Captain Qualification Program

1900 Central Technical Publications Library

2200 Hazardous Material Control and Management

2300 Individual Component Repair Listing

2600 Technical Directive Compliance

2700 Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS)

2900 Maintenance Control

3000 Production Control

3100 Weight and Balance

3400 Phase Maintenance

3700 Material Control

3900 Vibration Analysis

Respiratory Protection Program

2.4 The contemplated objective of this RFI is to have the contractor provide maintenance inspections, assessments, and evaluations in accordance with the NAMP and COMNAVAIRFORINST 4790.2 objectives to help ensure 1st MAWs readiness and NAMP compliance are sustained and adhered to during government personnel rotations and change-over.

3.0 Responses

3.1 Please respond to this notice with a capability statement if interested in submitting a quote for the follow on solicitation no later than 10:00AM Friday 7 June 2021, (Japanese Standard Time).

POC for all inquiries is Ashley McCabe, email at ashley.mccabe@usmc.mil. Commercial phone #011-81-

98-970-4643.

3.2 All responses should be submitted electronically via email to Ashley McCabe at ashley.mccabe@usmc.mil. Responses should include:

3.2.1 RFI title, company name, cage code and DUNS number, address, and Technical POC

3.2.2 Capability Statement with enough information to determine the company’s ability to provide the services.

4.0 Disclaimer

4.1 This SS/RFI notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation or obligation on the part of the Government. Per FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers, shall not be used as a proposal, and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kinds of offers will be considered in response to this notice. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents; however, the

Government does reserve the right to contact any respondent and/or respondent reference to obtain additional information. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation.

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