HMPT800 Sources Sought_v1_Approved.docx

Sources Sought – HMPT800 Transmissions_v1 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A – Approved for Public Release

1. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. There is no risk to you for participating in this survey. Responses to this posting is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in this sources sought posting and any follow-on information requests. The U.S Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. However, this is an important opportunity for Industry to influence the application of requirements and the full range of other elements supporting the acquisition strategy for this program. 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 Government to issue a solicitation.

Data submitted in response to this will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. It is the responsibility of Industry, when providing any comments/responses, to properly mark such information that is considered proprietary or is otherwise restricted.

2. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION:

The USG acknowledges its obligations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 3.104-4 to protect confidential information provided to the Government (18 U.S.C. §1905). Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secrets or proprietary restrictions placed upon qualifying data forwarded in response to the below and to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following:

· Qualifying data must be clearly marked PROPRIETARY and be accompanied by an explanatory text so that the Government is clearly notified as to exactly what data so qualifies.

· Mark only data that is truly PROPRIETARY

· Do not mark data that is already in the public domain or is in possession of the USG or third parties on an unclassified basis.

· Proprietary data transmitted electronically must have the PROPRIETARY legend on both the cover of the transmittal email as well as at the beginning of the file. Proprietary information contained within the correspondence shall use the legends: “PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS” and “PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS.”

3. DISCLAIMER:

The United States Government (USG) is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Nor is the Government obligated for like data in possession of third parties or for data which is afterwards placed in the public domain by the contractor or by third parties through no fault of the USG. Should the USG need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between Government offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place utilizing Department Of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5200.48 Controlled Unclassified Information.

4. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST:

Responses to this request for information shall be sent electronically via email to Dane Hansen at dane.j.hansen2.civ@army.mil. (No classified information should be submitted) You are requested to put “HMPT800 Transmission – Industry Feedback” in the subject line of the email, attachments shall be in MS Word or PDF format. Any request for clarifications shall also be addressed to the point of contact specified above.

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/.

Responses to the RFI are due on July 5, 2024. Responses received afterwards, may not be considered. Please note that all questions and answers will be posted anonymously to this website. The cut-off date for questions is June 29, 2024. Questions that are received by this office after the deadline will be considered late and may not be answered.

5. INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY:

Company

a. Name: _________________________________________________________________

b. Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________

c. Website: _______________________________________________________________

d. CAGE (Commercial and Government Entity) Code (if any): ______________________

e. North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) number: __________________

f. Business size and eligibility under USG socioeconomic programs and preference:

Personnel Responding to RFI

a. Name: __________________________________________________________________

b. Title: ___________________________________________________________________

c. Company Responsibility/Position: ____________________________________________

d. Telephone/Fax Numbers: ___________________________________________________

e. Email Address: ___________________________________________________________

6. OBJECTIVE:

The purpose of this market survey is to assess industry capability in providing transmission hardware, Transmission Control Modules (TCM), Shift Towers, Cable Assemblies, and Systems Technical Support (STS) services for the HMPT800, or equivalent transmission for the Bradley Fighting Vehicles System (BFVS), Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) Vehicle, Armored Multipurpose Vehicle (AMPV), and Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) platforms that are at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 9. Services will include support for production and STS related to the HMPT Series transmission. All responses must be on a transmission that the respondent manufactures, in the category of a TRL 9 or higher.

7. CAPABILITIES:

7.1 Capability: Production

· Describe your manufacturing capability and experience working with the following:

· Vibration isolated, environmentally controlled, access restricted clean rooms.

· Ball-bore match equipment matching to the millionth of an inch.

· CNC final machining of major castings.

· Cross drive transmission final assembly.

· Describe your history with developing casting suppliers for major housings to include qualification, tooling, and process controls in preparation for production.

· Describe your supplier quality control program.

· Describe your experience with transmission dynamometer testing to include performance of production acceptance tests, control tests, and first article tests requiring the following capabilities and per Product Specification 12558304:

· Output torques.

· Dynamic deceleration.

· Max governed speed.

· Cooling point heat rejection.

· Rated forward ratio.

· Reliability and Maintainability (RAM).

· Describe your familiarity with working with US Army Technical Manuals (TMs) / National Maintenance Work Requirements (NMWRs).

· Describe experience with the following:

· Ability to design, manufacture, and maintain configuration control of build station specific work instructions, quality control and material accountability.

· Partnerships/subcontracts with organic depots providing: cross drive transmission technical support; engineering support; depot controls; manufacturing process sheets; and developing build station unique kit carts.

· Describe experience with electronics manufacturing of transmission controls, Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus implementation and control logic.

· Describe how your company's Transmissions meet the following:

· Support a power pack rated for 675hp and vehicle weight up to 85,000 lbs.

· 6,000 miles durability life.

· Ability to provide transmissions and associated hardware that will fit into the current BFVS and M109A7 Family of Vehicles (FoV) space claims.

· Capable of withstanding input torque of 1,620 feet/pounds.

· Capable of using 15W40 Engine Oil.

· Capable of accelerating from a standing start with the engine idling to 30 mph in not more than 22 sec under nominal conditions.

· Capable of stopping the vehicle from 20 mph within a distance of 35 feet from the point of brake application.

· Capable of twenty decelerations from 30 to 15 mph, with a maximum of 60 sec between initiation of any two successive cycles and a minimum deceleration rate of 9.0 feet/sec2, the vehicle shall decelerate from 30 to 0 mph at a rate of at least 12.9 feet/sec2.

· Capable of vehicle forward speed of not less than 38 mph.

· Minimum Speed - Capable of operating at a speed of not more than 2.5 mph for a period of 2 hours without irregular operation of the engine or vehicle component damage.

· Capable of attaining at least 5 mph in reverse.

· Slope Operation - Capable of ascending or descending dry slopes up to 60% either forward or backward, and maintaining at least 13.5 mph in the forward direction while climbing hard-surfaced slopes up to 10%.

· Describe your production capacity for transmissions, electronics manufacturing, and containers. What production lead time would be required for these items?

· Describe how your transmission is a TRL 9 and has demonstrated completion of actual mission conditions as found in Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E).

7.2 Capability: STS

· Describe your design, fabrication, verification, and qualification experience with transmissions capable of providing the following:

· 800 hp net input.

· 2900 rpm max speed.

· Power Take Off (PTO) interface.

· 13,000 ft-lbs of output torque.

· Vehicle braking ability.

· Pivot Steer.

· Cooling.

· Field Return Failure Analysis and Corrective Action.

· Describe your experience with providing Field Service Support (FSR) to fielded Army units.

· Describe your experience with transmission, power train, and combat vehicle mobility performance modeling and simulation.

· Describe your experience in design collaboration with vehicle integrators/Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for tracked combat vehicles exceeding 80,000 lbs.

· Describe your experience in software development for transmission controls for the following areas:

· CAN Bus interfacing and controls.

· Validation and verification of software modifications.

· Architecture development for transmission systems.

· Management of software documentation and libraries.

· Multisystem/platform commonality support.

· Obsolescence Management.

· Describe your experience with hardware development for transmission controls in the following areas:

· System interfacing and documentation.

· Vehicle and transmission integration.

· Multisystem/platform commonality support.

· Obsolescence Management.