Request for Information - NPTLOX MX and Repair.pdf

AFICC 773 ESS/PK - Next-Generation Portable Liquid Oxygen (NPTLOX) Maintenance & Repair

General Information

Classification Code: J065 - Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment—Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies

NAICS Code: 336413 - Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/ SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT to conduct market research relative to the Next-Generation Portable Liquid Oxygen (NPTLOX) Maintenance & Repair. This RFI announcement is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) and the Government is not committed to award a contract pursuant to this announcement. The information from this RFI is for planning purposes only and will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.

General Intent

The Air Force is looking to award a single contract to facilitate this requirement. This market research is being conducted to assist in determining the best acquisition strategy for the subject service. Any information regarding contract type, commercial practices, and specifications are requested and being considered for the development of the solicitation.

This announcement is targeted for all qualified businesses that can perform the services as stated in the Performance Work Statement (PWS); responses from all interested parties are appreciated and accepted.

Description

This is a performance based non-personal service requirement to provide both unscheduled major and minor repairs and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) level 36 month scheduled preventive maintenance, herein referred to as scheduled preventive maintenance, of NPTLOX units in AFMS inventories that is outside the scope of Air Force (AF) Bio-Medical Equipment Technician (BMET) capabilities. Major repairs are those that require replacement of the Dewars Container Assembly, LOX Quantity Indicator, or the Heat Exchanger Assembly which are significant components of the NPTLOX. Minor repairs are all other adjunct repairs. The contractor shall also provide customer service support (both telephone and email) during the contractor’s routine business hours. The Contractor shall furnish all requirements necessary to perform these services and shall comply with the requirements contained in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Background

The Air Force Medical Agency (AFMS) has over 750 Next-Generation Portable Therapeutic Liquid Oxygen (NPTLOX) systems currently in inventory for the supply of supplemental oxygen to patients during transport as well as for use at deployed medical facilities. The units are part of the AFMS’s War Reserve Materiel (WRM) medical capability assembly sets positioned throughout the world for rapid response deployments. The AFMS fielded NPTLOX are also embedded globally in Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) operational inventories which support on-going peacetime and theater AE operations.

The NPTLOX replaced older generation Portable Therapeutic Liquid Oxygen (PTLOX) systems which were over 20 years old. The PTLOX inventory was phased out as the AFMS fielded the NPTLOX.

The previous contract number is FA8052-22-D0001, awarded as an IDIQ to Essex Industries. [Cage Code: 0U058/UEI: HM3XALHG6LM8] for the total amount of $9.4M.

Period of Performance: 30 September 2022 - 29 September 2023 with two exercised option years.

Information Requested

The 773d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (773 ESS) is seeking responses to the questions listed below. Please provide your responses on company letterhead to the Point of Contact (POC) identified at the end of this RFI.

1. Please provide your company’s name, mailing address, Cage Code, Unique Entity ID, Point of Contact (POC), telephone number and e-mail address. Please also provide the name of the company’s Parent Company, if applicable.

2. Please provide your business size status (i.e. 8(a) Business Development Small Business Certification, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Woman- Owned Small Business (WOSB) or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDCOSB), Small Business, Large Business, etc.) under NAICS 336413. *If you are under the 8(a) program, please identify when you graduate from the program.

3. Has your company had experience with this type of service, and/or at this magnitude in the last 5 years?

4. Based on the PWS, do you have enough information to provide an accurate proposal? If not, what additional information can the Government provide to assist you in creating a more accurate proposal?

5. Identify any factors that likely contribute risk or uncertainty to developing a contractor proposal for this proposed requirement. Please rate any factors you identify as either high or low regarding the degree of risk to the contractor. For the high-risk drivers, please explain why the risk is high and suggest how the Air Force might mitigate or reduce this risk.

6. Would your company be interested in participating in this solicitation?

7. Are you capable of providing trained technicians and fully compatible parts to provide all preventative maintenance and repair services for the military-owned part numbers listed in Attachment 1?

8. Do you manufacture and/or maintain this model of NPTLOX as a commercial product or service?

Please provide any additional questions, comments, concerns, etc. you have concerning this proposed acquisition. Provide feedback on whether the objectives, requirements, and other information presented in the PWS are clear, achievable within the proposed period of contract, and provide suggested changes, as appropriate.

Format of Responses

Limit RFI responses to 10, single-sided, single-spaced pages. The font for text should be Times New Roman 12-point or larger. The Responder may use oversized pages (including “foldouts”) where appropriate to contain graphic presentations. Oversized pages do not count as extra pages within the page limitations. Submitted responses should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format. Existing commercial documentation and product literature can also be submitted and is not subject to a page limitation. Responses must be unclassified and any proprietary information provided must be marked accordingly.

To protect such data, each line or paragraph on the pages containing such data must be specifically identified and marked with a legend similar to the following: “The following contains proprietary information that (name of Responder) requests not be released to persons outside the Government, except for the purposes of review and evaluation.”

Interested parties must send their responses to this RFI, no later than (NLT) 1600 (4:00 p.m.

Central Standard Time), 25 April 2025 to Meredith Parker at meredith.parker@us.af.mil and SrA Liel Stroupe at liel.stroupe@us.af.mil.

Disclaimer – This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise reimburse the responder for information submitted as a result of this RFI. The Government reserves the right to use the information provided by any respondent for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Information submitted will become the property of the Government. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation.

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