MFC Follow-on Market Survey.docx

Multi-site Facility Contract (MFC) Follow-On Market Survey Questionnaire

1. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT

The Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS), Project Manager (PM) Abrams is conducting a market survey to collect written information from industry to the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (JSMC) facility for real property management, Government Furnished Property, industrial plant equipment, other plant equipment maintenance, repair, and facility support for determine the current market capability to provide facility real property, industrial plant equipment, and other plant equipment maintenance, repair, and replacement support for the production of Heavy Combat Vehicles. The contractor shall also conduct special projects, analyses, and evaluations of manufacturing processes and production facilities to support production of Heavy Combat Vehicles.

A. Facility Real Property, Industrial Plant, Equipment, and Other Plant Equipment Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Support Management:

Joint Systems Manufacturing Center – Lima (JSMC-L) is a Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated (GOCO) industrial plant located in Lima, Ohio. The facility encompasses approximately 370 acres and has approximately 1.6M square feet of manufacturing floor space. JSMC-L also has a power substation and high-voltage distribution system, railroad and railheads, support and administrative structures, and combat vehicle testing capabilities. The facility requires support for the acquisition, installation, use, maintenance, repair, replacement, rehabilitation, upgrade, minor military construction, accountability, preservation, protection, surveillance, and disposition of the Government owned real property, industrial plant equipment, and other plant equipment required for direct support of active production of multiple heavy combat vehicle systems. The capability is anticipated to include roads, grounds and facilities maintenance, equipment maintenance, oversight and execution of capital improvement projects, supporting U.S. Government (USG) personnel onsite performing periodic work duties, coordinating site visits, and overall facilities operations coordination to ensure uninterrupted production of Heavy Combat Vehicles.

Additionally, this effort will include support to the GDLS Scranton Defense Plant (SDP), located in Scranton, PA (SDP), the GDLS Sterling Heights Complex (SHC) located in Sterling Heights, MI, and the GDLS Tallahassee Defense Plant (TLH) located in Tallahassee, FL, and GDLS Anniston Operations at Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, AL. The SDP, SHC, and TLH are contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) industrial plants. GDLS Anniston Operations is a public-private partnership. These facilities require support for the acquisition, installation, use, maintenance, repair, replacement, rehabilitation, upgrade, accountability, preservation, protection, surveillance, and disposition of the GFP required to support production of the Abrams Family of Vehicles and derivative systems.

B. Manufacturing Analysis and Planning (MAP)

The contractor shall conduct special projects, analyses, and evaluations of manufacturing processes for the Abrams series of vehicles at the Abrams tank production facilities, specifically JSMC-L, SDP, SHC, and TLH. This effort may also extend to other facilities that contain Government owned industrial property used in the production of the Abrams series of vehicles. Such projects will be related to future production planning, manufacturing processes, and procedures for the Abrams series of vehicles.

1. The contractor shall develop, maintain and deliver a six-year plan to include recommendations that will assist the Government in planning the rehabilitation and replacement, of GFE, as well as any facility improvements. The plan will provide maintenance, repair, replacement, upgrade, or new construction projected for the JSMC, and GFE requirements at Scranton and the other Abrams manufacturing facilities that will be needed in the next six years.

2. Provide production planning when transitioning from one vehicle configuration to another configuration.

3. Conduct engineering investigation to develop and provide recommended courses of action for facility and equipment improvement projects at JSMC-L.

4. Evaluate and develop manufacturing problem resolution and work around solutions related to GFP failure or out of service condition.

5. The contractor shall perform studies, as required, to:

a) Conduct and deliver an industrial base analysis to show prime and/or sub-tier supplier fragility and impacts in cases of low vehicle production

b) Conduct studies to improve Abrams vehicle and/or component quality and inspection techniques. This will include recommendations for specific process changes and any changes required of GFE or the facility.

c) Produce Productivity Enhancement Analyses for the improvement of vehicle production activities to reduce production time and/or cost at any workstation.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION

The USG intends to utilize the information submitted in response to this market survey for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the USG to procure any items/services described herein, or for the USG to provide payment for the information received.

Responding companies must provide written evidence of their relevant work performed in the area of facility support to include acquiring new industrial and other plant equipment, real property and installed systems, new and minor military construction, replacement and rehabilitation, upgrade, preservation, installation use, maintenance and repair, preservation, protection and surveillance accountability and the disposition of Government owned assets. Responding companies must also provide written evidence of their relevant work performed conducting analyses and evaluations of manufacturing processes for the Abrams series of vehicles.

Respondents are required to provide responses for all the questions listed in the market survey in order to be deemed a complete market survey. The USG will not review incomplete market survey submittals.

Potential responders are required to be a United States company and possess the means to properly store and work on information and hardware classified at the SECRET/No Foreign Nationals (NOFORN) level.

Participation in this market survey is strictly voluntary, and the USG will not reimburse a contractor for any cost incurred for its participation in this survey. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the USG.

This is NOT a pre-solicitation notice. This notice does not constitute an Invitation to Bid or Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a solicitation, and no award shall be made on the basis of this notice. There is no formal solicitation available at this time, no solicitation will be issued against this notice, and this request for information does not obligate the USG to issue a solicitation.

Respondents to this market survey are specifically instructed to refrain from submitting any type of proprietary data, trade secrets, or other business sensitive information.

Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned.

The market survey is NOT a request to seek contractor interest in being placed on a solicitation mailing list.

Respondents shall not be notified of the results of the survey or results of information submitted.

Telephone or email inquiries will not be honored.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE

The survey response shall NOT exceed 7 pages, including cover page. Submittal shall be in text format only; do not send pictures, graphics, etc.

· All questions must be addressed.

· Font size no smaller than 12.

· Responses must include the question number associated with the applicable answer.

· Spell out acronyms in their first instance.

· Do not reply with proprietary information.

· Responses shall include the following administrative information:

· Company Name

· Point of Contact including email and phone number

· Mailing Address

· Company website

· DUNS/Cage Code

· Company NAICS Code

· Ownership

· Number of Years in Business

· Type of Business (Large or Small, include category if Small)

· Average Annual Revenue Last Three Years

· Location of facilities

· Number of Employees

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

Please send the Market Survey response to kyle.j.phillips20.civ@army.mil and laura.k.stoyanovich.civ@army.mil.

No telephone, hand delivered, faxed or mail delivered responses will be accepted.

Responses are due no later than close of business on XX May 2025.

Multi-site Facility Contract (MFC) Follow-On Capability Worksheet

Company Name and Address

Company Point of Contact and Phone Number:

E-mail Address:

DUNS/Cage Code:

Ownership:

Number of Years in Business:

Company NAICS Code:

Type of Business (S=small or L=large) pursuant to NAICS code

Average Annual Revenue Last 3 Years:

Number of Employees

Category of Small Business: 8(a). Woman, HUBZone, SDVOSB etc…

Additional Business Arrangement Info:

Relevant Work Performed in Previous 5 Years

Contract #

Description of Requirement

Description of How Above Identified Relevant Work is Similar to the “Description of Intent” above:

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MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONAIRE

1) Describe your company’s capabilities with contracting, engineering, manufacturing, and facilities operations at classified levels (secret and higher), if those capabilities currently exist.

2) Describe your company’s experience with heavy combat vehicle production lines and production forecasting for Government and contractor owned facilities.

3) Describe your experience with Digital Engineering/Digital Manufacturing and DevSecOps for development of electronic manufacturing plans and analyses.

4) Describe your company’s experience and knowledge of operating and maintaining equipment used in a production environment.

5) Describe your company’s experience with facilities to include equipment maintenance and operation, oversight and execution of capital improvement projects, supporting USG personnel on site performing periodic work duties, coordinating site visits of distinguished USG personnel, and overall facilities operations coordination.

6) Describe your ability to design, build, and support classified manufacturing buildings with requirements like 709 compliances.

7) Describe your company’s experience in evaluating and developing manufacturing problem resolution and work around solutions related to GFP failure or out of service condition.

8) Describe your experience with establishing a support network for materials and specialized labor necessary for the timely maintenance of real property and GFP.

9) Describe your company’s experience in conducting industrial base analyses for heavy combat vehicle manufacturing and production lines.

10) Describe your company’s established maintenance processes and procedures for the proper maintenance and repair of real property, industrial plant equipment, and other plant equipment used for manufacturing Heavy Combat Vehicles. Describe the USG’s capability to access the database to view the maintenance processes, procedures, and preventative maintenance records.

11) Describe your company’s experience with managing base operations for a Government Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO) facility or an Army industrial facility similar to JSMC-L.

12) Describe your company’s background/experience in providing services (such as Equipment Removal and Area Restoration, Upgrade Electrical Controls on (2) Niles Grinders) inside a GOCO facility and a facility operated by another contractor.

13) Describe your company’s methods and processes for developing accurate and economical cost estimates.

14) Describe your company’s experience, knowledge, and enforcement of federal, state, and local regulations and codes.

15) Describe any working relationships your company has experienced with General Dynamics Land Systems.

16) Describe your company’s ability to adhere to contractual language. Provide examples of how you would avoid deficiencies, specifically recurring deficiencies.

17) Describe your company’s ability to distribute workload (outsourcing vs in-house) to ensure timely execution of USG investments. Provide a timeline of when the workload determination is made.

18) Provide your procurement process and execution strategy to ensure USG investments remain on schedule.

19) Describe your company’s policy regarding facility cleanliness. Describe how you remedy littering and neglect of USG property by your employees.

20) Describe your company’s workplace health and safety strategy/policies (equipment safeguarding, air and water quality, personal protective equipment(PPE), hazmat handling, mobile equipment safeguards and accident reporting, etc.).

21) As an operating contractor of a USG facility, describe your company’s position on accepting and maintaining any equipment or property added which may be contracted out and installed by a third party.

22) Describe your company’s ability to forecast (at least 6 years) equipment and property requirements.