RFI TH-1H Multi-Function Display Software Block Cycle Change (BCC) 2.0 (003).pdf

Request for Information:

TH-1H Software Block Cycle Change (BCC) 2.0

For the Software Update of the

Multi-Function Display

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to provide a software update to the TH-1H Multi-Function

Display (MFD) in a block cycle change (BCC). These services include updated software which corrects deficiencies and provides enhancements to the affected software. BCC 2.0 will implement multiple software change requests (SCRs) for the MFD, including fixes to multiple annunciator displays to include warnings, cautions, advisories and exceedances, addition of additional available information to the attitude indication, and modifying/adding certain data storage protocols and retrieval capabilities. The level of security clearance and amount of foreign participation in this requirement has not been determined.

Contractor shall furnish all required labor, material, support equipment, tools, test equipment, and services to accomplish repair, test, preservation and packaging, and return to the government a completely serviceable unit. The contractor shall be 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. Contractor shall be responsible for supply chain management, logistics, forecasting of parts, long-lead parts procurement, reparable forecasting, obsolescence issues and delivery of serviceable assets.

Contractors or 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. The government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation in this survey.

DESCRIPTION

The software upgrade will be installed on 28 Air Force TH-1H aircraft. The Multi-Function

Display aids flight crew by implementing multiple SCRs for the MFDs, including fixes to multiple annunciator displays to include warnings, cautions, advisories and exceedances, addition of additional available information to the altitude indication, and modifying/adding certain data storage protocols and retrieval capabilities. This software update is required due to help aid flight crew in operating as well as maintaining the aircraft. The software that is currently in the MFD is the original software that was installed when the UH-1H to TH-1H conversion occurred from 2008 to 2013. No software updates have taken place since this initial

MFD installation.

Request for Information:

TH-1H Software Block Cycle Change (BCC) 2.0

For the Software Update of the

Multi-Function Display

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Attached is a Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) containing a description of the

Rotary Wing UH-1N requirements and a Contractor Capability Survey, which allows interested parties to provide your company’s response via a white paper or an in-depth report, by no later than close of business 22 Apr 2023.

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.

3. 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.)

4. ATTENTION: SMALL BUSINESS RESPONDENTS who are interested in participation for this effort:

a. An 8(a) set aside decision has been considered for this effort. The Government will determine the final strategy after thorough analysis of the small business responses and other market research available, considering the demonstrated interest and capability.

Please ensure that you provide a thorough response to each question. If your company does not currently possess the full capability required to fulfill the entire requirement, what teaming/partnership/joint venture/subcontracting arrangement do you have in place to fulfill the government needs? Providing evidence of this arrangement, e.g., emails, letter, etc. that demonstrates a united response to this RFI is highly encouraged, but not required. The evidence should state the type of arrangement and the role each member will fulfill. If your company is only interested in being a subcontractor to the future awardee, state the portion of the work that your organization has capability of fulfilling.

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

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

CONTRACTOR CAPABILITY SURVEY

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:

541511

Based on the above NAICS Code, state whether your company is:

• Small Business (Yes / No)

• Woman Owned Small Business (Yes / No)

• Small Disadvantaged Business (Yes / No)

• 8(a) Certified (Yes / No)

• HUB Zone Certified (Yes / No)

• Veteran Owned Small Business (Yes / No)

• Service-Disabled Veteran Small Business (Yes / No)

• System for Award Management (SAM) (Yes / No)

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

Part II. Capability Survey Questions

A. General Capability Questions:

1. Describe briefly the capabilities of your facility and the 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. 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.

5. Are there specific requirements in the documentation that we provide that would currently preclude your product from being a viable solution to our requirement?

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

7. Demonstrate your ability to work fully staffed for the workload described in the PWS to this

RFI immediately upon contract award.

B. Reliability Centered Maintenance Questions:

1. Describe your capabilities and experience with the software regarding the Multi-Function

Display for rotary wing aircraft.

2. Describe your experience with failure analysis and reporting for rotary-wing aircraft,

3. Describe your capabilities and experience with the designing and implementing EMI/EMC compliance for a rotary-wing aircraft platform.

4. Describe your capabilities and experience with mishap notification and deficiency reporting for rotary-wing aircraft platform IAW (MIL-STD) 882.

5. Describe your capabilities and experiences in performing research on Reliability, Logistics, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS), Upgrades or

Modifications to resolve maintainability and Intercommunication issues on Rotary Wing aircraft.

6. Does your company have any testing experience with the USAF rotary wing platform (s) and associated systems? If so, please provide detailed information to support assertion.

C. Engineering Services Questions

1. Demonstrate that you have immediate access to and rights to use the proprietary data developed by the OEMs for each respective rotary platform HH-60G to accomplish this work.

2. Describe your capabilities and experience in modifying existing Intercommunication system hardware to solve maintenance and support problems in the depot environment.

3. Demonstrate your capabilities and experience in providing non-recurring engineering tasks on programs for military weapon systems, preferably HH-60G, TH-1H, and UH-1N:

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

5. Describe your capabilities and experience with engineering drawing corrections, engineering change orders and revisions.

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

7. Describe your capability and experience addressing software deficiencies on a rotary weapon system.

8. Describe your capabilities and experience in providing technical support to the operators of fielded rotary-wing aircraft with rapid “no notice” deficiencies.

9. Are you able to travel to locations within the Continental United States (CONUS) and outside the continental United States (OCONUS) in support of R&M tasking(s).

Responses to the Capability Survey Part I and Part II must be received on 22 Apr 2023 no later than 4:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). 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.

Please email a copy of your response to:

• Shamieka Gilmore-Williams Contract Specialist, Shamieka.Gilmore-Williams@us.af.mil

• Erica Carter, Contracting Officer, erica.carter.3@us.af.mil

Questions relative to this market research should be addressed to Shamieka Gilmore-Williams and

Erica Carter at the email addresses above.

mailto:Shamieka.Gilmore-Williams@us.af.mil mailto:erica.carter.3@us.af.mil