RFI AC-130J PSP CLS Support.docx

Request for Information (RFI) Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Special Operations Forces/Personnel Recovery (SOF/PR) AC-130J Precision Strike Package Contractor Logistics Support

CAUTION:

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the repair data, expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet qualification requirements to provide Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for the AC-130J Precision Strike Package (PSP). The level of security clearance and amount of foreign participation in this requirement has not been determined. The Government does not currently own or have access to the technical data package for the PSP due to its constant evolution and therefore lack of stabilization. The Government has determined that this effort is not competitive due to the PSP’s current instability.

The Government does not own or have access to the data for these items. The Government has determined that this system is not a commercial item.

The contractor shall furnish all material, support equipment, tools, test equipment, and services. The contractor is responsible for providing, maintaining, and calibrating all support equipment required at their facility or a subcontractor’s facility. Contractor-Furnished Material or parts used for replacement shall equal or exceed the quality of the original material or parts. The contractor shall manage all Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE). The contractor shall establish and maintain a stateside supply point operation that includes material storage, distribution, spares replacement, document control, and parts issue and delivery.

This Request for Information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Quotation or Proposal. No solicitation document exists, and a formal solicitation may or may not be issued by the Government as a result of the responses to this RFI. The Government will not be liable for payment of any response preparation expenses nor does the Government intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this posting. Contractors/Institutions responding to this market research are placed on notice that participation in this survey may not ensure participation in future solicitations or contract awards. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation in this survey.

FAR 52.215-3 – Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes

As prescribed in FAR 15.209(c), insert the following provision:

Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997)

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(b) Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.

(c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of market research in an attempt to overcome barriers to competition.

(End of Provision)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The documents below contain a description of the AC-130J Precision Strike Package Contractor Logistics Support requirement and a Contractor Capability Survey. The Survey allows contractors to provide their company’s capability.

2. If, after reviewing these documents, you desire to participate in the market research, you should provide documentation that supports your company’s capability in meeting these requirements. Failure to provide documentation may result in the Government being unable to adequately assess your capabilities. If you lack sufficient experience in a particular area, please provide details explaining how you would overcome the lack of experience/capabilities in order to perform that portion of the requirement (i.e., teaming, subcontracting, etc.)

a. Identify any areas of work that your organization believes should be broken out exclusively for Small Business.

3. Both large and small businesses are encouraged to participate in this Market Research. Joint ventures or teaming arrangements are encouraged.

4. Questions relative to this market survey should be addressed to the Logistics Manager and Contract Specialist listed below.

Logistics Manager: Joseph Brasier, AFLCMC/WIUAA Email: joseph.brasier.2@us.af.mil

Contract Specialist: Morgan Tapia, AFLCMC/WIUKA Email: morgan.tapia@us.af.mil

AC-130J PSP CLS

PURPOSE/DESCRIPTION

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to provide CLS for the AC-130J PSP. The PSP is a self-contained ground attack platform with the ability to find, fix, track, target, engage, and access in minimum time with deadly accuracy while minimizing collateral damage. The PSP incorporates a Global Position System (GPS) Mission Operator Pallet (GMOP), a Gun Weapon System (GWS) consisting of the medium/large caliber gun with trainable gun mount, multiple Special Operations Precision Guided Munitions (SOPGMs), internal crew member and external communications, Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) data links, Line of Sight (LOS) data links, and multiple Electrical Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensors.

Specifically, the contractor shall be responsible for performing CLS and providing support labor at host aircraft locations. This responsibility requires troubleshooting and organizational-level (O-Level) maintenance/repair of the PSP, GMOP, Trainable Gun Mount (TGM), and SOPGM Dragon’s Breath Door on the host aircraft; provide qualified maintenance personnel capable of maintaining the PSP operational availability rate of 90 percent; provide on-the-job training to Government maintenance personnel as technical data and training become available. The contractor shall provide effective management and be responsible for custodianship of Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE), Government-Furnished Property (GFP) and shipping/receiving repairable assets in order to minimize costs and maximize system availability to include maintenance and software update activities; provide acquisition of Contractor-Acquired Property (CAP) needed to support the maintenance activities Host base facilities (parts storage, offices, etc.) and infrastructure (vehicles, equipment, etc.) should be used to minimize costs. The contractor shall provide labor and supervision to accomplish tasks in support of maintenance on the PSP and associated equipment and applicable training devices at Cannon AFB, NM, Kirtland AFB, NM, Hurlburt Field AFB, FL, Robins AFB, (ForceX South) at Hurlburt Field, FL, Nashville, TN ForceX, Inc., deployed locations and Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division at Dahlgren, VA.

In regard to the PSP Software Sustainment, the contractor shall provide contract engineering support for evaluation, adjustments to correct or upgrade interface requirements, correction of deficiencies, documentation, configuration, training, testing, and fielding of software on the AC-130 PSP to sustain the resident software that facilitates the interface control. The PSP software supports the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) platform by integrating and combining controls and information from the various on-board systems into a single multipurpose interface. The contractor shall provide contract engineering support for the evaluation, documentation, configuration, training, testing and fielding of software deficiencies on the AC-130 PSP Software.

The Government’s AC-130J PSP CLS strategy is to award a 7-year contract (basic year, plus six Option years) that will continue through FY33.

CONTRACTOR CAPABILITY SURVEY

AC-130J Precision Strike Package Contractor Logistics Support

Part I. Business Information

Please provide the following business information for your company/institution and for any teaming or joint venture partners:

· Company/Institute Name:

· Address:

· Point of Contact:

· CAGE Code:

· Phone Number:

· E-mail Address:

· Web Page URL:

Government Proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 488190 – Other Support Activities for Air Transportation

· A statement as to whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership).

Responses to the Capability Survey Part I and Part II must be received no later than close of business 15 days after posting of RFI. Please ensure data is in a readable electronic format that can be received through a firewall. Attachments shall not to exceed 10 MB per email. Multiple emails are acceptable. Responses must be sent via email to all of the following:

Logistics Manager: Joseph Brasier, AFLCMC/WIUAA Email: joseph.brasier.2@us.af.mil

Contract Specialist: Morgan Tapia, AFLCMC/WIUKA Email: morgan.tapia@us.af.mil

Questions relative to this market research should be addressed to the POC above.

Part II. Capability Survey Questions

A. General Capability Questions:

1. Describe briefly the capabilities of your facility and nature of the goods and/or services you provide. Include a description of your staff composition and management structure.

2. Describe your company's past experience on previous projects similar in complexity to this requirement. Include contract numbers, a brief description of the work performed, period of performance, agency/organization supported, and individual point of contact (Contracting Officer or Program Manager).

3. Describe your company's capabilities for generating, handling, processing and storing classified material and data.

4. What is your company’s experience working in overseas locations?

5. Describe your company's capabilities and experience in generating technical data, engineering drawings and manuals. Identify what software programs are utilized to generate these data products and what formats are available for delivered items.

6. What is your company’s current maximum capacity per month for this particular type of requirement? Provide information on any facility reserves you may possess to increase capacity in the event of an immediate need do to critical operational mission requirements.

7. What quality assurance processes and test qualification practices does your company employ? Provide a description of your quality program (ISO 9001, AS9100, etc.).

a. Provide a detailed quality plan implementing AS9100 (or equivalent).

B. Technical Support Questions:

1. Describe your capabilities and experience in repairing existing systems/equipment (hardware and software) to solve maintenance and support problems in the depot environment.

2. Describe your capabilities and experience in developing/modifying repair or maintenance procedures. Include associated upgrade of technical orders and preparation of new technical orders. State the types of diagnostic and troubleshooting tools utilized for efforts such as this.

3. Demonstrate your ability and experience in repair of the same or similar components, which are currently in use on commercial or military fighter aircraft providing the following information on the same or similar items:

a) Contract Number

b) Procuring Agency

c) Contract Value

d) Number of assets shipped

4. Provide your commercial manual(s) or Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP), your rights to these manuals and/or ATP used in the depot level repair along with the functional check of these or similar assets for Government Engineer review.

5. Describe your capabilities and experience in test, evaluation, repair, or maintenance procedures.

6. Describe your configuration management processes and how you identify and resolve counterfeit parts and manage obsolescence and diminishing manufacturing sources problems.

7. Describe your process for maintaining inventory records, reporting on-hand/work-in-process balances, turnaround time, and repair status to your customer.

8. Include a detailed listing of facilities and equipment, including quantities, required to satisfy the requirements of this effort.

9. How will your organization address the absence of a stabilized technical data package as it relates to this effort?

C. Repair Questions:

1. Describe your capabilities and experience in repairing existing systems/equipment (hardware and software) to solve maintenance and support problems in the depot environment.

2. Describe your capabilities and experience in developing/modifying repair or maintenance procedures. Include associated upgrade of technical orders and preparation of new technical orders.

a. State the types of diagnostic and troubleshooting tools utilized for efforts such as this.

3. Demonstrate your ability and experience in repair of the same or similar components, which are currently in use on commercial or military aircraft by providing the following information on the same or similar items:

a) Contract Number

b) Procuring Agency

c) Contract Value

d) Number of assets shipped

4. Provide your commercial manual(s) or Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) and your rights to these manuals and or ATP used in the depot level repair and functional check of these or similar assets for Government Engineer review.

5. Describe your capabilities and experience in test, evaluation, repair or maintenance procedures.

6. Describe your configuration management processes and how you identify and resolve parts obsolescence and diminishing manufacturing sources problems?

7. Discuss your process for addressing any fit, form, and or function issues that may arise out of this effort.

8. Describe your process for maintaining inventory records and reporting on hand/work-in-process balances and repair status to your customer.

9. Include a detailed listing of facilities and equipment, including quantities, required to satisfy the requirements of this effort.

a. Provide an outline of the proposed process, including inspections.

i. State the type of test procedures are anticipated for this effort.

ii. State the type of inspection processes anticipated for this effort.

1. NDI/T.

2. Destructive testing/inspection.

10. How will your organization address the absence of drawings, specifications, technical data, test procedures, etc.

11. If the item cannot be repaired in total, state what your organization can repair.

12. State any technology insertion ideas for the item that would be suitable for this effort.

13. Discuss any reverse engineering or item replacement opportunities that may be present.

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