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13 August 2024

MARKET SURVEY QUESITONNAIRE

SYSTEMS TECHNICAL SUPPORT (STS)/

SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS TECHNICAL SUPPORT (SSTS)

Sources Sought Notice. The Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS), Project Management Mounted Armored Vehicles (PM MAV) is conducting a market survey to identify, as potential sources, companies that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to competently respond in providing non-personal services for logistics, engineering, and software integration to the Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems Family of Vehicles (BFVS FOV). The services will support BFVS FOV, Bradley Fire Support Sensor System (BFIST), Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), and other Bradley platform vehicles, both in and out of production.

Clarification of this Action. This request is a Market Survey. It is an inquiry intended to measure the level of industry interest in determining the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. The potential acquisition is for completion and/or level of effort man-hours obligated over four years with period of performance of July 2025- September 2029, to be awarded on a Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Contract.

This Market Survey neither constitutes a Request for Proposal or Invitation to Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. Additionally, as a Market Survey, this inquiry does not bind the Government to solicit for or award a competitive contract. Participation in the survey 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 survey. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. Lastly, participation in this Market Survey, while important to Army acquisition planners, is neither mandatory nor is it requisite to future participation by the contractor in this or a similar contract RFP. You may address any part or portion of this Market Survey. However, the Government reserves the right to solicit for all or parts of these requirements in the best interest of the Government.

Assumptions. The United States Government (USG) may not furnish a complete Technical Data Package (TDP) for the vehicles identified. The contractor is expected to tell USG what information is needed to accomplish each task.

Scenario. The requirement for this proposed contract is to provide logistics, engineering, and software integration for the Bradley FOV. Below each subpart, please provide a response based on your experience in the area, knowledge of subject matter, and manpower 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.

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QUESTIONNAIRE

Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire: Telephone inquiries will not be honored.

Please submit Email responses as follows:

Send responses to this Markey Survey Questionnaire via DoD Safe Exchange. Email the Contract Specialist(s) to request a DoD Safe link: Jacqualine Mark (jacqualine.a.mark.civ@army.mil) and Katherine Berels (katherine.m.berels.civ@army.mil). Please title the response as “Bradley STS – Industry Feedback”.

Responses are due NO LATER than close of business on date 11 September 2024.

Response Format.

Do not include any classified information, brochures, pamphlets, or marketing paraphernalia unnecessary to the specific questions. Responses are limited to 150 total pages (not including attachments for certifications), using Times New Roman 12 pitch, with one-inch margins.

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. Respondents to this questionnaire may be contacted directly in the future for additional comment and information as the requirements develop. Responses are limited to one per company.

All transmission and/or dissemination of CUI (i.e., email and file transfers) must use NIST/NIAP-approved cryptographic products/algorithms, e.g., DoD-approved Public Key Infrastructure Certification or DoD Safe Exchange at https://safe.apps.mil/.

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

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 USG socio-economic programs and preference mailto:katherine.m.berels.civ@army.mil

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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/Position

11. Telephone Number/Fax Number

12. E-Mail Address

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LOGISTICS SUPPORT. The following subparts are required under logistics support:

• Depot Maintenance and Strategy Planning

• Electronic Technical Manuals, Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals, National Maintenance Work Requirement (NMWR), and Depot Maintenance Work Requirement

(DMWR)

• Management, maintenance, operation, and security of USG Property in the Possession of the Contractor

• Product Support Analysis (PSA)/Logistics Product Data (LPD)Objectives

• New Equipment Training (NET)

• Fielding & Deprocessing using Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced (PBUSE), Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army), Defense Property

Accountability System (DPAS), Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) or equivalent.

• Computer Resources, Test Measurement Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE)

• Modification Work Orders (MWOs)

• Field Service Representative Support (CONUS and OCONUS)

• Supportability Analysis (FMECA, FTA, MTA, LORA, RCMA)

• Configuration Control, Identification, and Baseline Management

• Facilities and Infrastructure Management and Planning

• Obsolescence management

13. What is your expertise in planning for depot level material maintenance and repair requiring the overhaul, upgrading, or rebuilding of parts, assemblies, or subassemblies and the testing and reclamation of end item/equipment thereof? This includes aligning Maintenance Operations Metrics with Customer Outcomes.

14. Describe capability and experience in development of technical data, to include parts provisioning, for the operation, maintenance, testing/evaluation, and repair parts support of materiel systems. Include processes for participation in logistics demonstrations, technical manual validations/verifications.

15. Describe your organization’s experience, skill, and capability of developing (1) Logistics Product Data, (2) Logistics Product Data Summaries, using DoD adopted industry standard GEIA-STD- 0007 (Logistics Product Data) and military standards DI-SESS-81758, DI-SESS-81759. Identify computer-based tools/systems utilized to manage and generate these product data items.

16. Describe your experience in planning and developing New Equipment Training (NET) packages, and executing training in field and facility environments.

17. What is your organization’s capability and experience in materiel fielding and materiel transfer processes, which includes use of systems that maintains the accountability of government assets/property?

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18. Describe your experience with software development, Post Production Software Support (PPSS), Hardware/Software Obsolescence, security, calibration, interfacing and operations with Test Measurement Diagnostic Equipment, BIT/BITE, Software Loader Verifier (SLV), Maintenance Support Device (MSD), Embedded Diagnostics/Prognostics, Test Program Sets and Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and the reduction of TMDE.

19. Describe your capabilities and experience with Identifying, plan, resource, and acquire packaging / preservation, handling, storage and transportation (PHST) requirements to maximize availability and usability of the materiel to include support items whenever they are needed for training or mission.

20. Describe your organizations capability to Identify, plan, resource and implement management actions to acquire and support the equipment (mobile or fixed) required to sustain the operation and maintenance of the system to ensure that the system is available to the Warfighter when it is needed at the lowest Total Ownership Cost

(TOC).

21. Describe you experience in determining the type of MWO, the developing, reporting and fielding MWOs.

ENGINEERING SUPPORT. The following subparts are required under Engineering Support:

• Environmental Engineering Support

• Mechanical and Electrical Obsolescence

• Quality Engineering (Qualification and Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) Testing, Vehicle and Subcomponent Testing, and First Article Test)

• Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM)

• Software Engineering

• Systems Engineering

• System Safety

• System Test Integration

• System Validation and MANPRINT Integration

Engineering Support Questions:

22. Please describe any similar services in the last three years provided for any USG agency, to include but not limited to the following: examples of service(s) performed, timeframe, and location of performance.

23. Please describe how your company would manage the daily operations for each of the engineering support services (Army Team Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), logistics engineering support, systems engineering support, and System Integration Laboratory

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(SIL).

24. Please describe your Systems Engineering Plan.

25. Describe your company’s software engineering process and its management.

Please also address your software engineering experience, your technology management to handle new technologies/software, and lifecycle software management.

Your process should clearly describe all software aspects: (1) resource management,

(2) requirement, (3) development, (4) reviews, (5) test and integration, (6) risk, (7) configuration management, (8) schedule, (9) metrics, (10) quality, (11) reliable cost/estimate, (12) tools/techniques, and (13) documentation.

Configuration Management Questions:

26. Please describe your Configuration Management System.

27. Please describe your experience in maintaining configuration control of a fleet of vehicles.

28. Please describe your experience in providing overarching configuration coordination over production and fielded vehicles.

29. Please describe the database your company would use to track configuration management of the current fleet of BFVs.

Product Assurance and Test (PAT) Questions:

30. Please describe the quality system your company has in place.

31. Give examples of continuous improvement in accordance with a quality system.

32. Please describe how you would manage your supplier quality control.

33. Please elaborate on the process controls used by your company.

34. Do you have knowledge of the Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process? Does your company have a problem resolution tracking program?

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Questions:

35. What is your CMMI level?

36. Please describe your experience preparing/submitting Cost and Software Data Reporting (CSDR) in accordance with DoD 5000.4M1 (CSDR Manual).

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37. Describe any process improvement strategies that you currently have in place that apply to the following process areas:

a. Requirements Management

b. Project Monitoring and Control

c. Project Planning

d. Configuration Management

e. Measurement and Analysis (Metrics)

f. Process and Product Quality Assurance

g. Organizational Process Definition and Management

h. Causal Analysis of Defects

i. Software Engineering