Market Research Survey - CTT_FINAL.pdf

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MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY

Common Tactical Truck (CTT)

1. Overview: The purpose of this announcement is to conduct market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 and identify potential sources for the production of the Common Tactical Truck (CTT) Family of Vehicles (FoV). The information requested in this announcement is being sought for informational planning purposes only. It does not constitute a request for proposal (RFP) or a commitment by the Government in any way. All information will be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. There is no solicitation available at this time.

2. CTT Program Overview: The CTT FoV is a materiel solution intended to perform United States (U.S.) Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) mission roles currently performed by vehicles in the U.S. Army’s Heavy TWV fleet, which includes the Palletized Load System (PLS), Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), and M915 Line Haul Tractor (LHT). The U.S. Army relies heavily on TWVs capable of supporting agile and responsive sustainment and precision logistics. The CTT FoVs will be a critical battlefield maneuver and sustainment enabler, with variants capable of conducting line-haul/local-haul operations, self-load/unloading standard flat racks and containers, and transporting various mission packages to enhance the Combatant Commanders’ operational flexibility. The CTT supports widely dispersed forces through precision sustainment and provides timely delivery of supplies across complex terrain.

The CTT is intended to have the mobility, payload, survivability, and protection required to provide all classes of supply, breakbulk, containerized cargo, bridging equipment, and various mission packages from the Strategic Support Area to as far forward as the operations require. The CTT, depending on mission variants and requirements, will be designed to operate and perform its missions worldwide on primary and secondary roads, cross-country, trails, urban terrain, and in all climatic conditions. The CTT’s current and emerging warfighting domains of land and cyberspace will be highly contested, more lethal, and disruptive to maneuver and sustain operations. The CTT supports worldwide combat operations and mitigates current TWV gaps in driver safety systems, autonomy, fuel consumption, and predictive maintenance.

The goal of the CTT is a FoVs that provides Army required capabilities while incorporating as much commonality with commercial industry as possible. Aligning CTT with industry research and development (R&D) enables rapid and continuous integration of future technologies that reduce obsolescence issues. The CTT leverages industry R&D investments and allows the Army to modernize at the pace of industry, integrating new technologies with minimal cost to the Army.

The CTT FoV will consist of six variants, the Line Haul Tractor (replacing the M915), the Off-Road Tractor (replacing the M983 (HEMTT) / Light Equipment Transporter (LET) and the M916), the Load Handling System (replacing the M1120, M1074, and M1075), the Cargo Variant (replacing the M977/M985 HEMTT Cargo and M985 Missile

Transport), the Tanker Variant (replacing the M978 HEMTT Tanker), and the Wrecker Variant (replacing the M984 HEMTT Wrecker).

The requirements for the CTT vehicles are being finalized. Still, the intent of the future Performance Specification (P-SPEC) is that the CTT shall meet or exceed all of the legacy requirements for the vehicle that it is replacing while leveraging the commercial industry’s rapidly advancing fields of driver safety systems, cybersecurity, autonomy, improved fuel economy, off-road mobility, and predictive logistics.

3. Legacy Heavy Truck Information: Legacy Automotive Tank Purchase Description (ATPD) are being provided as reference to assist in understanding the future CTT requirements. The following ATPDs are attached for your reference:

Attachment 0001: ATPD 2286C – M915A5 Line Haul Tractor Attachment 0002: ATPD 2304 – Revision D – FHTV 4 Contract Extension

Transmission of legacy ATPDs does not constitute the United States Government (USG) desire for the CTT to have similar capabilities.

4. Near Term Milestones for CTT: The Government is working to prepare an RFP to provide to industry for review and feedback. The schedule portrayed within this section is pre-decisional and does not constitute USG’s commitment of time, funding, or resources to execute the notionally planned activities:

DRAFT RFP for Industry Review and Comment: September 2025

Industry Day: October 2025

Final RFP Release: 3QFY26

5. Intent of Survey: This request and all information herein are for informational planning purposes only and do not constitute an RFP, Invitation for Bid, or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. No solicitation document exists, nor will responders be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Participation in this Market Survey is strictly voluntary, and responses shall be provided at no cost or obligation to the Government, as no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Market Survey or any follow-on requests for information.

Responses to this Market Survey should not be considered to be contractual offer. The Government cannot accept them to form a binding contract or agreement, nor will any contracts or agreements be awarded from this announcement. Information provided by the Government regarding potential contracts or agreements, as presented in this Market Survey, is subject to change. The USG will not return the Data submitted. It will remain archived as part of historical USG records.

6. Proprietary Information: The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. § 1905 to protect confidential information provided to the Government. Under this statute, the Government is willing to accept any trade secrets or proprietary restrictions placed upon qualifying data presented in response to this survey and to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following paragraphs.

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7. Disclaimer: The Government is not responsible for the public disclosure of unmarked data received in response to this Market Survey. Accordingly, survey respondents shall ensure that technical data provided shall be appropriately marked, as described in Section 6 herein, to ensure proper Government handling. Should the Government need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between Government offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place.

The Government may use support contractors to review responses. When the Government uses support contractors to review proprietary information, the USG will use best practices to protect the information.

8. Response Format: Responses shall be provided electronically in Microsoft (MS) Office or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). All MS Word and PDF files shall be based upon the use of standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper with a minimum font size of 10 point (8 point for captions) and with a minimum of 1 inch margins. Schedules, drawings, and other more appropriate documents may be formatted on no larger than 11 x 17 inch paper. All spreadsheets shall be in Microsoft Excel format and include all formulas, functions, macros, computations, and equations used to compute the proposed amounts. For each workbook, all Rows, Columns, Cells, and Worksheets shall be visible. Worksheet cells formatted with a font color equal to the fill color are unacceptable. Passwords must be provided for Workbooks or Worksheets that are password protected. Response shall not contain citations for or active links to live Internet sites or pages.

9. Instructions for Submitting Questionnaire: Sources who can meet the requirements of this survey, have the potential capability and capacity to meet the requirements based on the information provided, and would be interested in competing for any future contract are asked to complete the questionnaire in Section 10 below.

Written responses shall be submitted electronically via email to usarmy.detroit.peo-cs-css.mbx.pm-ts-ctt-rfp@army.mil, no later than 1200 PM EST, 20 MARCH 2025.

Submissions can be made via multiple email messages, if necessary. The subject line shall include the following: “Response to CTT Market Survey”, Company Name, and message number (e.g., 1 of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 3) (Example: Response to CTT Market Survey, Company Name, Message 1 of 1).

10. Questionnaire: Refer to Section 8 above for the submission format and Section 9 above for submission requirements. When responding to this Market Survey, responses may solely address the question number so as not to repeat the question in each response. Please spell out all acronyms on first use.

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MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

Common Tactical Truck (CTT)

Administrative Information:

Company Name:

Mailing Address:

Company Website:

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code:

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Point of Contact (POC):

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Company Profile:

1. Location of Facility(s):

2. Identify if the respondent submitting a completed survey is an interested subcontractor or an interested prime contractor:

3. Business Size: Please indicate your business size based on the U.S. Small

Business Administration North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

336120 – Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing:

4. Business Type as it applies to NAICS 336120 (check all that apply):

______ 8 (a)

______ Disable Veteran

______ Hub Zone

______ Large Business

______ Minority Owned

______ Small Business

______ Small-Disadvantaged

______ Women Owned

General Questions:

5. How much time will your company require to develop a formal proposal after the release of a final Request for Proposal (RFP)?

6. Would providing a draft RFP, prior to the release of the final RFP, reduce the amount of time required to develop a formal proposal? If so, please indicate how far in advanced of the final RFP you would like to receive a draft and how much it would reduce your proposal preparation time.

Cost/Pricing Questions:

7. Has your company’s Cost Accounting System been approved by the Defense

Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) for accumulating and billing costs under Government contracts? If yes, when was it approved?

8. Does your company have experience in preparing and submitting Cost and Software Data Reporting (CSDR) in accordance with DoD 5000.4M1? If yes, please briefly describe this experience.

9. Has your company’s Purchasing System been approved by the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)? If yes, when was it approved?

Past Performance:

10. What experience does your company have in military tactical wheeled vehicle production?

11. Are your company’s described vehicles bought and sold commercially? If so, how many years have they been on the market?

Engineering Questions:

12. What mobility data and test results do you have to show that your CTT offering can meet or exceed the mobility characteristics of the six legacy Heavy Tactical Vehicles that it will be replacing?

13. To what degree/fidelity can you simulate your platforms? Provide areas of study such as acoustic, mobility, powertrain, reliability, survivability, etc. How can those virtual models be shared with the USG to aid them in reducing physical prototype testing? What formats is this data available in?

14. Does your company have experience utilizing the Computational Research and

Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments (CREATE) – Ground Vehicles (GV) tools to support your vehicle design? If so, describe your experience. The CREATE-GV tool is a physics-based co-simulation software tool utilized by the Department of Defense to simulate multiple performance tests performed by ground and tracked vehicles. (https://centers.hpc.mil/CREATE/CREATE- GV.html)

15. What would you recommend as CTT's Expected Useful Life (EUL) given the task to maintain alignment with your commercial offerings?

16. How much modification is required to your baseline crew cab to mount a crew served weapon station on the roof with an approximate weight of 1,315 lbs?

17. How much modification is required to mount an applique armor kit and upgraded transparent armor on your cab for improved armor protection? What is the estimated timeframe to install?

https://centers.hpc.mil/CREATE/CREATE-GV.html https://centers.hpc.mil/CREATE/CREATE-GV.html

18. Does your vehicle design include a replaceable armored cab? If so, what is the estimated timeframe to remove the non-armored cab and replace it with the armored cab?

19. Does your company have a vehicle architecture that integrates drive-by-wire?

What message protocols (ex. Controller Area Network (CAN) does it use? Is the vehicle architecture set up so that it is Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) compliant? What challenges would exist with integrating an applique autonomy kit onto the vehicle design?

20. What tools and resources are available on your company’s vehicle design to monitor the health of vehicle sub-systems? To what extent are they predictive in nature (i.e. taking advantage of the developing fields of predictive logistics, artificial intelligence, etc.)?

21. How would you design into the vehicle, the capability to generate 60kW of high voltage DC (HVDC), in accordance with MIL-STD 3071 and 3072, for export power continuously?

22. Would your design have the capability to generate 120 kW of HVDC for up to 30 minutes with the engine off? If not 30 minutes, for how long?

23. How could you convert that HVDC into 15 kW of 3-phase AC power continuously while maintaining the 28 VDC power requirement for onboard systems? Could you make this a kit so that only some variants would receive this kit?

24. Could you produce more than 15 kW of exportable 3-phase AC? If so, how much and could this still be a kit?

25. Could your vehicle design produce 15 kW of DC export power while on the move and still support all on-board system power requirements?

26. How long could you provide 28 VDC (at ~4 kW load) with the engine off? Would your vehicle design be able to perform this for up to four hours?

27. If part of your vehicle solution, how would your company protect Lithium-Ion batteries so that they are safe-guarded during a potential ballistic or explosive event? Does your company have procedures for transporting Lithium-Ion batteries?

28. Does your company have experience with deploying software updates to fielded systems through means of Over The Air (OTA) or Physical Media (SD Cards, etc.)? How is this done securely?

29. Describe any planned warranties that would be offered:

a. Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), if applicable? How long will these last?

b. Vehicle architecture, if applicable? How long will these last?

30. If the vehicle contains a device that is running a Windows or Linux based Operating System, does your company have the ability to provide an unlocked/unencrypted virtual image of this entire software package so that it can be mounted on a virtual machine and Cyber scanned by USG? This allows the USG to provide guidance on how to close Windows or Linux Cyber software vulnerabilities.

31. How does your company plan to “harden” its vehicle offering to meet USG System Survivability Requirements, such as Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) and Electromagnetic Interference / Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC)?

32. What information, besides CAN message sets and data interfaces, does the

Government need to provide to finalize your vehicle architecture to be “Autonomy ready”?

33. Can your vehicle perform all legacy missions at the following terrain profiles?

a. LHT: 65% Primary Road / 30% Secondary Road / 5% Trails

b. ORT/LHS/Cargo/Tanker/Wrecker: 15% Primary Road / 25% Secondary

Road / 50% Trails / 10% Cross-Country

34. Can both of the below capabilities be achieved with a single crane, and what are the cost impacts of two cranes vs one?

a. 5,500 pounds lift capacity at 16.5 ft extension and 3,900 pounds from any location on cargo bed

b. 4,500 pounds lift capacity at 20 ft extension

Manufacturing Questions:

35. What is the timeframe it will take to build a production representative test asset of a single CTT variant that meets all of the CTT requirements? How many variants can you build simultaneously? What is the timeframe that it will take to build six variants (one each)? What is the timeframe that it will take to build up to 66 assets (11 of each variant)?

36. What would be your company’s ability to ramp up from building test assets, to

Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), to Full Rate Production?

a. Identify the estimated time you will require to prepare your production facility for production of the CTT vehicles. Identify the estimated time to complete and validate tooling, as well as production lead time to complete initial vehicle deliveries.

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

c. What would be your company’s production capacity of a single CTT variant?

What would be the capacity if multiple variants were procured in a single year (up to six)?

d. What is a typical production and delivery lead-time upon order receipt?

37. 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.

38. Does your company require capital investments to execute your anticipated CTT manufacturing plan? If so, please describe the type of investments required and estimated lead times.

39. Based on your vehicle design what items do you anticipate having a long-lead time for delivery? Do you have an estimated timeframe for delivery of these items into your manufacturing facility?

40. Does your company utilize standard operating procedures and/or control plans?

41. Does your company understand and utilize statistical process data/metrics? If so, briefly explain how.

42. Does your company understand and utilize design and process failure mode and effects analysis as a risk management tool? If so, briefly explain how.

43. Does your company incorporate in process inspection and final inspection criteria, to include lessons learned?

Quality Questions:

44. Does your company adhere to higher-level quality management system? (i.e.

ISO 9001:2015)

45. Does your company implement continuous improvement initiatives? If so, briefly explain how.

46. Does your company have a supply chain management system? If so, briefly explain how and how high-risk suppliers are identified and managed.

Test and Evaluation Questions:

47. What experience does your company have in supporting training on-site, parts support, and maintenance at Government Testing Locations? Please provide supporting detail.

Logistics Questions:

48. Describe your Logistics experience and knowledge in the following areas:

training and fielding, provisioning, Technical Manual (TM) development from creation to authentication, packaging, and fleet management.

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

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

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

52. 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 Army Regulation (AR) 750-1, Army Material Maintenance Policy (Army’s Two-Levels of Maintenance) - Field & Sustainment? If yes, please describe.

53. 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?

54. 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?

55. Does your company have an existing skilled workforce and established logistical operations that are sufficient to provide CTT 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?

56. 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).

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

58. 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).

Additional Questions:

59. What security clearances does your company have?

60. 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?

61. Does your company have experience with encryption of data (including Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and For Official Use Only (FOUO)) stored electronically using Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140- 2 validated encryption, in accordance with (IAW) DoDI 8582.01?

62. 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, National Institute of Standards and Technology (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?