M88A2 Recovery Vehicle Sources Sought Questionnaire.docx

M88A2 RECOVERY VEHICLE

SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTIONNAIRE

Sources Sought Notice. Army Contracting Command-Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA), in support of the Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS), the Project Manager for Mounted Armored Vehicles (PM MAV), is conducting a Sources Sought Questionnaire to identify, as potential sources, companies that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to produce an M88A2 recovery vehicle.

Clarification of this Action. This request is a Sources Sought. It is an inquiry intended to measure the level of industry interest in determining the appropriate acquisition strategy for potential future acquisitions. The potential acquisitions are for domestic or Foreign Military Sale (FMS) vehicles to be ordered in Fiscal Year (FY)26 through FY27 timeframe and will be awarded on Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. This Sources Sought neither constitutes a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Invitation to Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. Additionally, as a Sources Sought, this inquiry does not bind the Government to solicit for or award a competitive contract. Participation in this questionnaire is also wholly voluntary on the part of the contractor, as no reimbursements will be made to any contractor for any costs associated with their participation in the questionnaire. Data submitted in response to this Sources Sought will not be returned. Lastly, participation in this Sources Sought, while important to Army acquisition planners, is neither mandatory, nor is it requisite to future participation by a contractor in this or a similar contract RFP. You may address any part or portion of this Sources Sought. However, the Government reserves the right to solicit for all or parts of these requirements in the best interest of the Government.

Assumptions. The Government WILL NOT furnish a complete Technical Data Package (TDP) for the vehicle identified. The contractor is expected to tell the Government what information is needed to accomplish each task.

Scenario. The requirement for this proposed contract is to provide your firm’s capability and experience in vehicle manufacturing (fabrication and/or assembly), quality, cost/schedule, and delivery for providing an M88A2 recovery vehicle. Below each subpart, please provide a response based on your experience in the area, knowledge of subject matter, and capabilities.

Contractors who deem themselves qualified, please take the time to respond to the questionnaire below. We are interested to see who is capable and experienced in meeting any or all areas of interest.

QUESTIONNAIRE

Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire: Telephone or hard copy inquiries WILL NOT be honored.

Please submit e-mail responses to:

Interested sources should respond with COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE to Mr. Jeffrey (Dylan) Schoenherr, e-mail at jeffrey.d.schoenherr.civ@army.mil. All responses should be received no later than 1:00 PM EDT 2nd September 2025.

Response Format.

Submittal will be in text format only. Respondents to this Sources Sought are specifically instructed to appropriately mark any document that contains proprietary data, trade secrets, or other business sensitive information.

If desired, responses may address the question number so as not to repeat the question in each response. Please spell out acronyms in their first instance. Also, clearly mark any confidential information per the guidance listed in the General Information section below (pages 4 and 5). Respondents to this questionnaire may be contacted directly in the future for additional comment and information as the requirements develop.

Administrative Information.

1. Company Name

2. Mailing Address and Website

3. Location of facilities

4. CAGE Code (if applicable)

5. North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) number

6. Business size and eligibility under Government socio-economic programs and preference

7. Does your company use a cost system that has been certified by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)?

Person Responding to Questionnaire.

8. Name

9. Title

10. Company Responsibility

11. Telephone Number/Fax Number

12. E-mail Address

PRODUCTION/MANUFACTURING:

Describe your production/manufacturing capability and experience with the following:

· Manufacturing the M88A2 recovery vehicle without access to a complete technical data package (TDP) available.

· Experience planning and executing a complex vehicle production program (fabrication/assembly) and ancillary tasks (including but not limited to fabrication/weld of hull structure, supply chain management, production line qualification, execution of assembly process, working with DCMA, painting components and vehicles, tracking defects and quality metrics, identifying build issues and initiating Request for variance (RFV)/Engineering change proposals (ECPs), conduction final inspection records)

· Active facilities that can support the fabrication and assembly of an M88A2 recovery vehicle.

· Acquiring vehicle components via sole source providers, competitive sources, and federal supply system.

· Experience developing manufacturing build plans/schedules for the M88A2 recovery vehicle.

· Estimated timeframe between a projected contract award, and the commencement of M88A2 recovery vehicle deliveries.

· Special tools, test equipment, and plant tooling required to fabricate/assemble large combat vehicles.

QUALITY:

· Describe your company’s quality philosophy and means of quality control/assurance.

· Provide any pertinent quality metrics for relative manufacturing/production efforts completed or underway.

COST/SCHEDULE:

· Describe what initial investments and non-recurring setup (i.e. tooling, facilities, etc.) your company would need to complete to start production of the M88A2 recovery vehicle on a production line. Please provide an estimated cost and schedule for the necessary nonrecurring engineering, tooling and facilitation, and any reverse engineering required for components where a TDP may not exist. If your firm does not have access to the TDP, describe a process for developing the data, including schedule and approximate cost. The Government has unlimited data rights to the M88A1 but does not have data rights for the M88A2 recovery vehicle unique components.

DELIVERY:

· What is the manufacturing lead-time needed to produce and deliver a like-new M88A2 recovery vehicle (time from induction of an M88A1 or M88A2 recovery vehicle seed asset to delivery of a completed product)? (Note: the determination of seed assets will be USG discretion based on affordability and availability)

· What do you foresee are the minimum and maximum line rates for producing an M88A2 recovery vehicle during the timeframes stated above (FY26-27)?

· Experience coordinating shipments via truck and/or rail for large military vehicles throughout the continental United States.

GENERAL INFORMATION: The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this questionnaire. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as “confidential” under this statute. [To avoid possible confusion with the meaning of the term “confidential” in the context of Classified Information, we will use the term “PROPRIETARY.”] Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any PROPRIETARY (e.g., trade secret) restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the questionnaire and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following:

0. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) “PROPRIETARY” with any explanatory test, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

0. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly proprietary (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as “PROPRIETARY” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response – see Item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

0. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government’s rights in the data.

0. Proprietary data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by respondent or by the Government, shall contain the) “PROPRIETARY” legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for only portions of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends “PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS” and “PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS.”

0. In any reproduction of technical data or any portions thereof subject to Asserted restrictions, the Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Marking of data as “PROPRIETARY” will preclude disclosure to those support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors, consistent with the resources available.

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