2021-814_METS_Industry_Day_Nov2021.pdf

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Multi-Engine Training System (METS) Pre-

Solicitation Conference General Session

02 NOVEMBER 2021

Presented to: Industry

Presented by: Blake A. Strickland

Procuring Contracting Officer

Procurement Group, NAVAIR

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Guidelines & Information

• All electronic devices are prohibited from use during the general session and one-on-one sessions.

Please silence all cell phones and other devices.

• The information shared today reflects current Government intentions and is subject to change based on a variety of circumstances.

• The formal solicitation, when issued, is the only document that should be relied upon in determining the Government’s requirements.

• The Government will not share proprietary and/or proposal strategy information provided by interested parties to other potential offerors.

• The pre-solicitation conference is being held to facilitate a better understanding of the Government’s requirements and Industry capability.

General Session: Provide overview of solicitation provisions, clauses, and requirements.

One-on-Ones: Encourage offerors to ask specific questions or provide feedback.

• Participants shall utilize the Pre-Solicitation Conference Question/Response Form.

The Government will address as many questions as feasible during the general session.

The Government reserves the right to table questions that may require additional consideration.

The Government intends to publish Questions & Answers on sam.gov no later than Final Solicitation.

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Agenda

0800 – 0830 Check-in

0830 – 0940 General Session

1000 – 1130 First One-on-One Session

1130 – 1230 Lunch (not provided)

1230 – 1400 Second One-on-One Session

1415 – 1545 Third One-on-One Session

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CNATRA RECAPITALIZATION

T-44C Pegasus

TH-57C Sea

Ranger TH-73A Thrasher

Multi-Engine Training

System (METS)

T-45C Goshawk Undergraduate Jet

Training System (UJTS)

T-6B Texan II

T-6 Replacement

FY20-24

FY23-26

The TH-73A is the aircraft component of the Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS).

Deliveries to the Fleet began in 2021. TH-73A will be used for undergraduate rotary and tilt-rotor pilot training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. The TH-73A is expected to be in service for approximately 30 years. It is the replacement for 35-year-old

TH-57B/C Sea Ranger, which is scheduled to sundown in fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

T-6A Texan II

METS is the T-44C follow-on replacement aircraft, which will be used to train Navy, Marine

Corps, and Coast Guard pilots to fly non-centerline thrust aircraft such as the CV-22 and

MV-22 Osprey, E-2C/D Hawkeye, P-8 Poseidon, P-3 and EP-3 Orion, C-130/KC-130/HC-

130 Hercules, E-6 Mercury and C-40A Clipper. The Navy expects to award the new METS aircraft procurement contract in FY23. Sundown of T-44C will begin six months after delivery of first METS aircraft.

The T-45C is used for intermediate and advanced portions of the Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions, as well as the

Advanced Tactical Maneuvering Stage of training for Naval Flight Officers. The Navy expects to begin replacing the T-45C after completing the METS aircraft procurement.

The T-6 Texans are the primary training aircraft for Navy/Air Force student pilots and Naval

Flight Officers/AF Combat Systems Officers. The Texans are currently training test pilots at the USN Test Pilot School. The T-6 replacement effort is expected to begin after the completion of UJTS aircraft procurement.

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Exchanges With Industry Reminder

• In accordance with FAR 15.201(f):

“after release of the solicitation, the contracting officer must be the focal point of any exchange with potential offerors”

• With the forthcoming formal solicitation, please direct future inquiries to NAVAIR Procurement Group:

Blake A. Strickland (Procuring Contracting Officer)

Shannon Bromiley (Contract Specialist)

Priscilla Ibanez (Contract Specialist)

ChanMee Chung (Contract Specialist)

• Sam.gov will continue to be the portal for dissemination of METS Aircraft specific announcements.

All future exchanges with the Government shall be through the contracting officer

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Anticipated METS Contracts

01 METS Aircraft

Commercial procurement of 58 to 64 Federal Aviation Administration certified non-centerline thrust aircraft, initial spares, peculiar support equipment, and training

02 Contractor Logistics Services

Support for METS and T-44C through sundown

03 Ground Based Training Systems

Mixture of simulators to replicate METS

04 Curriculum Development

Ground and Flight Training Courseware

While the METS is comprised of four distinct lines of effort, the focus of this industry day is the METS Aircraft

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METS Aircraft Acquisition Schedule

Event Actual Estimated

Request for Information 23 May 2019

Industry Day 4 February 2020

Sources Sought/(RFI) – Released Performance Based Specification (PBS) 26 May 2020

RFI – Released Performance Work Statement (PWS), Contract Data Requirements List

(CDRLs), and a refined PBS

6 November 2020

RFI – Requested industry input regarding a System Performance Demonstration event 6 May 2021

Announcement publicizing T-44 Pictures 30 August 2021

DRAFT METS Request for Proposal (RFP) Release 24 September 2021

Industry Day 2 November 2021

Final RFP December 2021

Proposals Received March 2022

System Performance Demonstration Events April/May 2022

Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Certification Submission 4th Qtr FY22

Contract Award November 2022

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Contract Line Item Number Structure

Red font annotates updates since the 24 September

2021 Draft Request for

Proposal release

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Contemplated Delivery Schedule

• Base Year:

• Option Year 1:

• Option Year 1 Plus-Up:

• Option Year 2:

• Option Year 2 Plus-Up:

“Plus-Up”

Options overlap with

CLIN 0101 and

CLIN 0301

Aircraft

Deliveries

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Commercial Financing

• In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 32.202-1, it is the responsibility of the contractor to provide the resources needed for performance. However, the contracting officer may include provision for financing when:

Financing by the buyer is consistent with commercial practice; and

Doing so is in the best interest of the Government.

• Draft solicitation incorporates FAR clause 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items.

Clause stipulates a formula for installment payments, up to 70% of the unit price.

• Commercial financing is contingent upon compliance with FAR clause 52.228-16, Performance and Payment Bonds—Other than Construction.

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Commercial Financing Example

• The above example is for illustration purposes only

• Example is for CLIN 0001 assuming a December 2022 award and $5M per aircraft

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Draft Evaluation Criteria (Section M)

Technical (Rating & Proposal Risk)

• Tech Data, Comp SW, and Comp

SW Documentation

• Sustainment Approach

• Engineering/Logistics Reach-

Back Approach

• Usage Impact Approach

• Initial Sparing Approach

• Peculiar Support Equipment

• Support Infrastructure

• Small Business

Management Approach (Rating & Risk Rating)

Design Approach* (Rating & Risk Rating)

• Air Vehicle*

• Student Training*

• Safety*

Corporate Experience (Confidence Assessment

Rating)

• Considers the number of aircraft delivered per year

• Will consider deliveries that occurred between 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2021

All evaluation factors other than price, when combined, are significantly more important than the Price factor.

Price (Reasonableness and Unbalanced Pricing)

> Total Evaluated Price

Instant Procurement

O&S Estimated Cost

* The System Performance Demonstration will inform the evaluation of the Design Approach

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Technical Data

• Policy – Rights in Commercial Technical Data:

Pursuant to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)

227.7102-1, the Department of Defense shall acquire only technical data that are:

Customarily provided to the public.

Form, fit, and function.

Required for repair or maintenance or for the proper installation, operating, or handling of commercial items.

• METS Aircraft Data Approach:

Define and negotiate the rights associated with Contract Data Requirements

List deliverables pursuant to Attachment 13, Rights in Data.

This attachment will be included in the award regardless of level of license negotiated.

Attain access to data for enumerated purposes of Attachment 7, Access Agreement.

Attain additional GBTS centric license rights per Attachment 10, Special License Agreement.

Attachments 7 & 10 are Framework Documents Subject to Negotiations

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Support Equipment & Spares

• Existing T-44 utilized government property exists and may influence peculiar support equipment negotiations.

• Nonetheless, METS offerors shall propose pursuant to the following:

METS offerors shall propose initial spares in accordance with:

Section L.1 Part B, Volume 2.0, Book 2.2, paragraph 2.2.5, Initial Sparing Approach.

Section M.1(II)A.2.

METS offerors shall propose peculiar support equipment in accordance with:

Section L.1 Part B, Volume 2.0, Book 2.2, paragraph 2.2.6, Peculiar Support Equipment.

Section M.1(II)A.2.

• Post-contract execution, in the event the Interim CLS options are exercised:

The contractor shall not assume use of existing government property to perform interim CLS services.

Contractor will deliver spares and peculiar support equipment pursuant to Exhibits C through H, J through N, & P through S.

Interim Logistics Services (CLINs 0010 through 0014) would have use of delivered spares and equipment.

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Corporate Experience

• The solicitation is structured to evaluate Corporate Experience of the “Offeror”:

Section L.1, Part A, Paragraph 1.4 defines “Offeror” as illustrated below:

“As used in this RFP, the following terms are defined: “Offeror” means the prime contractor with its CAGE code identified in Block 17A on Standard Form (SF) 1449 Solicitation, Offer, and Award...”

Section L.1, Part B, Paragraph 3.0 states:

“The Offeror’s proposed experience for the quantity of aircraft delivered shall be verifiable…”

Section M.1, Part II, B states:

“The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s Corporate Experience…”

• NAVAIR is interested in understanding if “Offeror” is the proper basis (i.e., does it align with industry’s structure).

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Corporate Experience

• Section L.1, Part B, Paragraph 3.0 states [emphasis added]:

The Offeror shall provide documentation (e.g., copies of delivery receipts, aircraft acceptance documents, DD-250) to demonstrate its experience delivering manned aircraft at a rate similar to that required for the METS effort (See Section M) where deliveries occurred between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021.

• Through draft RFP feedback, industry has expressed a desire for the Government to consider unmanned aircraft under the Corporate Experience factor.

NAVAIR is interested in understanding industry’s input regarding the relevancy of unmanned aircraft as it relates to the METS manned aircraft procurement.

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Noteworthy Instructions

• The Government intends to conduct discussions with all Offerors who submit a timely proposal.

• System Performance Demonstration The Government will conduct one SPD per week between the following dates:

4/25/2022 – 6/3/2022.

The Offeror shall rank those weeks in order of preference within that period, which the

Government will attempt to accommodate.

The Government requests that the Offeror provide its ranking of these weeks 30 calendar days prior to the proposal due date.

The Offeror may use up to two aircraft for the SPD flight demonstration and no more than three aircraft for the SPD ground demonstration, including anthropometric.

The aircraft used in the SPD shall be as close as possible to the final configuration of the Offeror’s proposed METS aircraft, and shall be at least of the same type/model/series.

• Volume 1 Certifications is due upon Final Proposal Revision FAA airworthiness certificate is not received or is incomplete, the Offeror’s proposal will be deemed ineligible for award.

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Price

• For the Price Factor, the Government will evaluate each Offeror’s Total Evaluated Price, which is the sum of:

METS Procurement Price.

METS Operations and Support-Contractor Contribution.

• The Government will evaluate price reasonableness and evaluate all CLINs for unbalanced pricing.

• Walkthrough of Price Attachment L-17.

• As a reminder, the Government is seeking feedback related to the questions that the Government posted on October 14.

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Questions & Answers