CH-53K CNI PTT - Sources Sought Notice (2024-11-26).docx

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

United States Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53K Communication, Navigation and Instrumentation Part Task Trainer (CNI PTT)

INTRODUCTION: The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), Orlando, FL, is seeking information for potential sources to acquire the USMC CH-53K CNI PTT, and deliver this maintenance trainer device to the following location:

· Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Marine Unit (CNATT MARU) facilities Building AS235 located at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina (NC).

The CNI PTT is a maintenance training device that provides a training platform for development of maintenance skills and that supports first-level maintenance training of maintenance personnel for the CH-53K cockpit. The primary use of the CNI training device will be to train cockpit system familiarization, component identification, the performance of function tests and all variations of Built-In Tests, fault isolation and remove and installs of selected Weapons Repairable/Replaceable Assemblies and/or Line Replaceable Assemblies.

PURPOSE: This is a Sources Sought Notice (SSN) Technical Description to determine the availability and technical capability of any interested Training Systems Contract IV (TSC IV) awardees to provide the required products and/or services. In addition, the results of this SSN will be utilized to determine the acquisition and contracting strategy for this effort.

ANTICIPATED SCOPE OF EFFORT: The contractor shall construct a CNI PTT with the capability to perform Integrated Built-In-Test (IBIT) Functional and troubleshooting tests of the following aircraft subsystems;

· Integrated Vehicle Health Management System (IVHMS)

· Environmental Control System (ECS)

· Flight Control System

· Communication (COMM) AN/ARC-210(V) System

· Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS)

· Satellite Communications (SATCOM) System

· Inter-Communication System (ICS)

· Alternating Current (AC) Power System

· Direct Current (DC) Power System

· Fire Detection System

· Fire Extinguishing System

· Pressure Refueling and Defueling System

· Fuel Dump System

· Fuel Quantity Gauging System

· First Stage Hydraulic System

· Standby Instrument System

· Avionics Management System

· Master Warning System

· Landing Gear Control System

· Instrument Panel Lighting

· Controllable Searchlight

· Emergency Egress Lighting System (EELS)

· Air Data System

· Radar Altimeter System

· Radar Altimeter System

· Very High Frequency Omnidirectional, Instrument Landing System and Marker Beacon System

· Embedded Global Positioning and Inertial Navigation System

· Interference Blanker Unit

· Utility Management System

· Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)

· Overhead Door and Cargo Ramp System

· Main Rotor Blade Fold System

· Rotor Brake System

· Main Gearbox Chip Detector System

· Nose Gearbox Chip Detector System

· Tail and Intermediate Gearbox Chip Detector System

· Tail Pylon Fold System

· Engine System

· Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) System

· Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System

· Countermeasures Dispenser System

· Radar Signal Detecting Set AN/APR-39C(V)2

· Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) AN/AAQ-24(V)

· Laser Detecting Set AN/AVR-2B(V)

NOTE: DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW), AND DRAFT PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION (SPEC) FOR USMC CH-53K CNI PTT ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The preponderance of the effort can be completed at the contractor’s facility with installation, integration and final testing to be conducted at the trainer sites. The anticipated allocation of work among the places of performance is:

PROGRAM BACKGROUND: The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Training System Division, FL, is designated as the training system acquisition agent for PMA-261 to contract for the task to accomplish this procurement.

Current CH-53K maintenance training suite is missing the hands-on functional test and troubleshooting Avionics MOS. The CNI PTT will fill this training gap.

RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS: Responses by interested parties shall be written and should provide documentation on their firm’s experience in similar efforts, capabilities, and schedule to meet the requirements that demonstrates the ability to fulfill the trainer development, delivery and tasks presented in this Sources Sought.

EXPERIENCE: Companies will need to demonstrate that they have the requisite knowledge, technical expertise, special skills, technical data, facilities and experience to complete the development, integration, and production of the CH-53K to meet United States Marine Corps (USMC) requirements

· Provide your experience with design, development, integration and implementation of USMC and/or any other Department of Defense (DoD) service branch, helicopter maintenance training devices.

· Provide your experience with the integration of actual aircraft equipment in training systems.

· Provide your experience with the integration of simulated aircraft equipment in training systems.

Companies should provide details showing their experience with the design, build, test, and delivery of US Navy/US Marine Corps Aviation Maintenance Trainer IAW industry standards.

CAPABILITIES: Interested parties should provide a brief company introduction and details on the company/organization, including any potential teaming arrangements. Include information on program management, systems engineering, requirements management, risk management and software development plans and processes. Include as part of the response:

· Statement of intent to propose as prime.

Discuss any customary business practices that might affect the firm’s fulfillment of the requirement or its relationship with the Navy customer. To successfully accomplish this effort, candidates must have experience and knowledge related to:

· Ability to access detailed technical data for the CH-53K platform.

· Accessibility to aircraft technical data engineering changes.

SCHEDULE: The Government anticipates the effort to require delivery to be completed by 31 May 2028, excluding post-delivery support. Companies should provide comments as to their likelihood of satisfying the requirements stated above.

· A discussion of your company’s capabilities to deliver the CH-53K Device 11B112 within the Government’s delivery schedule requirements. Please provide supporting rationale for your response to include a discussion of manufacturing capacity, resources and facilities that will be employed to meet the Government’s delivery schedule requirements.

· Identify your lead time from contract award to RFT of the CH-53K Device 11B112 per the Government’s required delivery schedule. Please provide supporting rationale for your response.

SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION: Responses from large businesses should discuss any potential participation by Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Small-Disadvantaged Business (SDB), 8(a), or Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) concerns. Please provide details on exactly which tasks will be assigned to those subcontractors; in addition, provide the names of those anticipated subcontractors, and list the anticipated percentage of small business subcontracting.

SIZE STATUS: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 333310 (Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing), small business size standard of 1000 employees. The Product Service Code is 6910 (Training Aids). Companies must identify their business size status (Large or Small) under the size standard associated with the chosen NAICS code, the results of which will be utilized as guidance to determine any potential set-aside basis.

To assist in our market research and determination of any applicable small business set-aside for this effort, if you are a small business interested in priming this effort and plan to utilize “similarly situated entities” to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting, please identify the name & CAGE Code of the specific firm(s) you intend to partner/subcontract with to meet the requirements as well as their SB size status under the NAICS that you as the prime would assign for their workshare. Information regarding any planned similarly situated entity should be included in answering any questions outlined in the SSN in order to assist the Government’s capability determination.

DRAFT REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTATION REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS:

Requests to obtain the DRAFT requirements documentation shall be sent to the Lead Contract Specialist with a copy to the Procuring Contracting Officer, identified in the Sources Sought Notice Submission Response Details below. Requests are acceptable from TSC IV awardees only. The Requests shall include Exports Control – Security POC(s) as these documents are marked with DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT D – Distribution authorized to Department of Defense and U.S. DoD Contractors only (Export Control, Administrative and Operational Use Only) (01 July 2023).

SUBMISSION DETAILS: Interested parties shall submit responses by email to Caitlyn Ersek (caitlyn.e.ersek.civ@us.navy.mil) and copy Erin Young (erin.b.young.civ@us.navy.mil). Please submit all written questions by email to Caitlyn Ersek. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of any subsequent RFP will be accepted prior to its release.

One electronically submitted response shall be received no later than 12:00 pm Eastern Time on 17 December 2024 and reference: UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS CH-53K COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION, AND INSTRUMENTATION PART TASK TRAINER (CNI PTT).

– Sources Sought, No. N6134025R0022

Submissions shall be no more than ten (10) 8.5 x 11 inch pages excluding tables, spreadsheets, and graphics; with a font size no smaller than 10 point; and single line spacing. Documentation should be organized into the following sections: Experience, Capabilities, Schedule, and Small Business Participation. All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, Points-of-Contact (POC) including name(s), phone number, fax number, and email address.

NAWCTSD will use the responses to the sources sought to make an informed decision concerning the strategy it will pursue to meet its objectives and, if NAWCTSD elects to proceed with a procurement, to structure the solicitation to maximize commercial sector interest.

DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. FURTHER, ANY DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED OR MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST ARE CONSIDERED DRAFT DOCUMENTS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE GOVERNMENT’S FINAL REQUIREMENTS. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. ALL DATA RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT THAT IS MARKED OR DESIGNATED AS CORPORATE OR PROPRIETARY WILL BE FULLY PROTECTED FROM ANY RELEASE OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT. INFORMATION AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST WILL NOT BE RETURNED. CLASSIFIED MATERIAL SHALL NOT BE SUBMITTED. NO BASIS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT SHALL ARISE AS A RESULT OF A RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT.