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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Sustainment Transport System (STS) Notice ID: RFI-STS-070224-JJY

DESCRIPTION.

Project Manager Tactical Network in support of Sustainment Transport System (STS) is seeking information on how an interested contractor could provide Logistics and Management Support Services:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request For Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Army is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. Please note, the information received from this RFI is used to help the Government refine the requirement and help identify areas of ambiguity so that, if released, the RFP is well defined. Any feedback/questions as a result of this RFI, will not be responded to directly and will be addressed in the final RFP if the Government deems necessary.

BACKGROUND.

The Government requires logistics support for the development of the logistic documentation required to establish and maintain Sustainment Support Packages (SSPs) for each STS terminal variant and configuration. Tasks on this effort will include logistics/maintainability analysis, provisioning, technical manuals, training, and development of technical data packages.

REQUESTED INFORMATION

STANDARD QUESTIONS.

1. If an RFP is solicited for the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) will your Company propose on this effort? Yes or No?

0. If yes, please indicate the amount of time requested to develop a proposal, 7, 14 or 30 days.

0. If not, please explain why not.

1. Please provide any questions, comments, and feedback on the attached draft PWS and its contents. Please be specific when referencing part of the PWS (paragraph #, page #).

1. Does this draft PWS have enough information in it for your company to effectively bid? If not, what other information would you need?

1. Can your Company provide Logistics and Management Support Services as identified in the draft PWS to meet the Government’s requirements? If yes, please describe how.

1. Does your company have past corporate experience providing Logistics and Management Support Services as described in the attached draft PWS? Please describe how, whether you were successful or not and what program each effort was supporting, as well as the following information:

a. Contract Number (and task order number if applicable) and the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, Data Universal Number System (DUNS) Number and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.

b. Contract Type (Fixed-Price (FP), Cost Reimbursement (CR), Time & Material (T&M), etc.) and if providing a task order as an example of corporate performance, then specify the base Contract Type (definite quantity, indefinite quantity, or requirements).

c. Contract Performance Schedule and Actual Dates of Contract Performance.

d. The responder should briefly describe the specific work that was performed by itself or proposed significant subcontractors or joint venture or teaming agreement, noting whether the work was completed as the prime or subcontractor.

1. This is an RFI to provide the Government a better understating of industry capabilities. To assist Government with planning, what are GENERAL estimates of cost for each year? This data WILL ONLY BE USED TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING ESTIMATED BUDGET AMOUNTS.

EFFORT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

1. This logistics development and management support services contract requires the Contractor to work closely with the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) in order to meet logistics development requirements and Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs). In addition, the Contractor needs to leverage the OEMs to provide required support for Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) development, configuration management assistance, address terminal quality issues, generating Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System / Repair Maintenance Activities FRACAS/RMA data inputs for reports and analysis, planning for end of life concerns via a Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) approach and providing technical support for logistics documentation and technical data package development. Please explain how your company intends to establish those relationships to achieve these requirements.

1. Does your company have expertise in analyzing FRACAS and DMSMS reports from third party manufactures? If yes, provide examples of previous work experience.

1. Is your company’s Training Developer familiar with Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Regulation 350-70 New Equipment Training (NET) and the training development process? If yes, provide examples of previous work experience.

1. Please explain the Training Developers knowledge and understanding of TRADOC Army Learning Policy and Systems (ALPS) emphasis on analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) process and Training Development Capabilities (TDC) process.

1. Please explain your company’s level of understanding of how to successfully produce a Provisioning Parts List (PPL) in 036 text format.

1. Does your company have access to / familiarity with a National Stock Number (NSN) screening tool to screen all PPL part numbers? If so, which tool does your company leverage?

1. What is your company’s level of familiarity with each of the PPL data elements required from the PWS Data Requirements Annex? Provide examples of previous work experience.

1. Please explain how your company plans to successfully crosswalk the log products to ensure continuity across products and align them to the baseline configurations defined in the technical data packages. (i.e LORA, Log Drawing Tree, & PPL)

1. Please explain your company’s level of understanding of the GEIA-STD-007 as it relates to provisioning. Provide examples of previous work experience.

1. Please explain your company’s approach to developing logic-based troubleshooting procedures IAW MIL-STD 40051-2C or MIL-STD-40051-1D.

1. Explain how Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Document Type Definition (DTD) play a part in technical manual development? Can you provide example showing your experience in this area?

1. Does your company have experience developing technical manuals IAW Army MIL-STDs? If so, please provide the TMs numbers for the Authenticated TMs that were developed?

1. Please explain how a Work Package (WP) is created in XML?

1. Please explain the purpose of Interactive Authoring and Display Software (IADS)?

1. Has your company participated in or ran a validation or verification of technical manuals and training materials?

1. Does your company have a Quality Management Plan (QMP) in place that defines a project’s quality policies, procedures, criteria for review of contract deliverables, and roles, responsibilities, and authorities? If so, can you provide an example of a QMP for one of your projects?

1. Can you explain the use of the MIL-HDBK when developing technical manuals?

1. What is your company’s experience with developing LORAs, MACs, Logistics Drawing Trees and RPSTLs? Can you provide a sample?

1. Have you every planned, managed the execution of and generated required reports for a Logistics demonstration event? Can you provide example?

1. What is your company’s experience with transportable satellite communications systems?

1. Is your company familiar with Configuration Management processes and requirements defined within SAE EIA 649-1A and MIL-HDBK-61B? Is your company able to adequately communicate these processes requirements to sub-contractors and sub-suppliers?

1. Does your company currently possess a Configuration Management Plan or leverage a widely accepted industry Change Management practice such as CM2 or Prosci?

1. Has your company managed configurations for COTS hardware components, software, interface, and/or systems? Provide examples of previous work experience.

1. Does your company have experience interacting with and communicating requirements to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), sub-contractors, sub-suppliers, vendors, and/or distributors? If so, please explain.

1. Is your company familiar with ASME Y14.100, Y14.35, and MIL-STD-31000 standards? Provide examples of previous work experience.

1. Is your company familiar with producing computer-aided drawings and/or graphics? If so, which software applications are currently being used to produce these items? Provide examples of previous work experience.

RESPONSES.

Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI. Responses shall provide the following minimum administrative information: Name, mailing address, phone number, DUNS number, and e-mail of designated point of contact.

Responses are due no later than 1600 hour Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 23 JUL 2024. Responses shall be limited to twenty (20) pages. Responses shall be in Times New Roman or Arial font, with no less than 11-point font size. Left & right margins will be 1 inch, with the header & footer being .5 inches.

Proprietary information shall NOT be submitted.

Respondents may provide supplemental information such as product brochures, specification sheets, photographs, illustration, and technical descriptions that describe your company’s current products that most closely match these capabilities described above. Contractors are encouraged not to include marketing informational materials that do not relate to the products recommended for consideration, as they will be discarded. However, responses may include universal resource locater (URL) links to technical documentation materials (i.e., technical data sheet).

QUESTIONS.

Questions regarding this RFI shall be submitted in Attachment 3 – Questions Template by e-mail to the Contracting Officer. Thomas E. Lynn Jr. at thomas.e.lynn23.civ@army.mil, and the Contract Specialists, John J. Ye at jianhua.j.ye.civ@army.mil. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. Accordingly, questions shall NOT contain proprietary or classified information. The Government does not guarantee that questions received will be answered. Timeline to submit questions is due no later than 1600 hour EST on 11 JUL 2024.

SUMMARY.

THIS IS AN RFI ONLY to identify sources that can provide STS Logistics and Management Support Services. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The Army has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

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