SOURCES_SOUGHT_CH53K_CNI.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

United States Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53K Communication, Navigation and

Instrumentation (CNI) Maintenance Trainer

INTRODUCTION: The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

(NAWCTSD) located in Orlando, FL, is designated as the training system acquisition agent for PMA-261. As such, NAWCTSD intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price sole source contract for the Communication, Navigation and Instrumentation (CNI) Maintenance

Trainer, to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.

The anticipated statutory authority permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition is 10

U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements because NAWCTSD does not currently possess the electrical or mechanical drawings and schematics of the CH-53K platform’s systems and subsystems.

PURPOSE: Responses to this Sources Sought will be considered as market research to determine if other companies are capable of providing the required products and/or services in a competitive procurement. Other interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. See Submission Details for response deadline.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND: The CH-53K King Stallion is a heavy-lift cargo helicopter designed and produced by Sikorsky Aircraft. It is the latest evolution of the long running CH-53 series of helicopters which have been in continuous service since 1966, and it is the largest and heaviest helicopter in the U.S. military. The CH-53K CNI is a maintenance training device that provides a training platform for the development of necessary skills that will support first-level maintenance training of maintenance personnel for the CH-53K cockpit. The primary use of the

CNI training device will be to train cockpit system familiarization, component identification, the performance of function tests and all variations of Built-In Tests, fault isolation and remove and installs of selected Weapons Repairable/Replaceable Assemblies and/or Line Replaceable

Assemblies.

The current CH-53K maintenance training suite is missing the hands-on functional test and troubleshooting Avionics Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). The CNI maintenance trainer will fill this training gap.

ANTICIPATED SCOPE OF EFFORT: This will be a new contract effort will be the first CNI trainer of its type for the CH-53K variant. This maintenance trainer device will be located at the

Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Marine Unit (CNATT MARU) facilities Building

AS235 at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina (NC).

The contractor shall design, fabricate, install, test, and deliver a CNI maintenance training device with the capability to perform Initial Built-In-Test (IBIT) Functional and troubleshooting tests of the following aircraft systems and subsystems per the latest approved CH-53K Interactive

Electronic Technical Manual (IETM). Below is a comprehensive list of the systems and subsystems that the CNI will need to stimulate failure conditions, per the latest approved IETM.

Integrated Vehicle Health Management System (IVHMS)

Environmental Control System (ECS)

Flight Control System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy-lift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_helicopter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53_Sea_Stallion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces

Communication (COMM) AN/ARC-0(V) System

Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS)

Satellite Communications (SATCOM) System

Inter-Communication System (ICS)

Alternating Current (AC) Power System

Direct Current (DC) Power System

Fire Detection System

Fire Extinguishing System

On Board Inert Gas Generating System (OBIGGS)

Pressure Refueling and Defueling System

Fuel Dump System

Fuel Quantity Gauging System

First Stage Hydraulic System

Second Stage Hydraulic System

Standby Instrument System

Avionics Management System

Master Warning System

Landing Gear Control System

Instrument Panel Lighting

Controllable Searchlight

Emergency Egress Lighting System (EELS)

Air Data System

Radar Altimeter System

Radar Altimeter System

Very High Frequency Omnidirectional, Instrument Landing System and Marker Beacon

System

Embedded Global Positioning and Inertial Navigation System

Interference Blanker Unit

Utility Management System

Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)

Overhead Door and Cargo Ramp System

Main Rotor Blade Fold System

Rotor Brake System

Main Gearbox Chip Detector System

Nose Gearbox Chip Detector System

Tail and Intermediate Gearbox Chip Detector System

Rotor Positioner System

Tail Pylon Fold System

Engine System

Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) System

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System

Countermeasures Dispenser System

Radar Signal Detecting Set AN/APR-39C(V)

Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) AN/AAQ-4(V)

Laser Detecting Set AN/AVR-B(V)

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The preponderance of the effort can be completed at the contractor’s facility with installation, integration and final testing to be conducted at the trainer site. The anticipated allocation of work among the place of performance is:

Location % On-Site Government % Off-Site Contractor

MCAS New River 30 70

RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS: Responses by interested parties shall be written, limited to 15 pages, and should provide documentation on their firm’s experience in similar updates, capabilities, schedule, and cost/rough order of magnitude (ROM) to meet the requirements that demonstrates the ability to fulfill the trainer enhancements and tasks presented in this Sources

Sought.

1. EXPERIENCE: Companies will need to provide a brief synopsis demonstrating that they have the requisite knowledge, technical expertise, special skills, technical data, facilities and experience to complete the development, integration, and production of the

CH-53K to meet United States Marine Corps (USMC) training requirements.

Companies should provide details showing their experience with the design, built, test, and delivery of US Navy/US Marine Corps Aviation Maintenance Trainer IAW industry standards.

2. CAPABILITIES: Interested parties should provide a brief company introduction and details on the company/organization, including any potential teaming arrangements.

Include information on program management, systems engineering, requirements management, risks, and software development plans and processes. Discuss any customary business practices that might affect the firm’s fulfillment of the requirement or its relationship with the Navy customer. To successfully accomplish this effort, candidates must have experience and knowledge related to:

a. Ability to access detailed technical data for the CH-53K platform.

b. Accessibility to aircraft technical data engineering changes.

3. SCHEDULE: The Government anticipates a target contract award date during the

1stQtrFY25, and will require delivery to be completed by 25 September 2026.

Companies should provide comments as to their likelihood of satisfying the requirements stated above.

4. ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE (ROM): Interested parties should provide a cost/ROM to meet the requirements that demonstrates the ability to fulfill the trainer enhancements and tasks presented in this Sources Sought Notice.

SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION: Responses from large corporations should discuss any potential subcontracting participation by small businesses; to include identifying the respective socio-economic status.

SIZE STATUS: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 333310, size standard of

1000 employees. The Product Service Code is 6910. Companies must identify their size status, the results of which will be utilized as guidance to determine any potential set-aside basis.

SUBMISSION DETAILS: Interested parties shall submit responses by email to Xavier Rojas

(xavier.e.rojas.civ@us.navy.mil), and copy Alana Nunez-Bennett (alana.t.nunez-bennett.civ@us.navy.mil). Please submit all written questions by email to Xavier Rojas. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of any subsequent RFP will be accepted prior to its release.

One electronically submitted response shall be received no later than 10:00 am Eastern Time on

25 January 2023 and reference: UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS CH-53K

COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION, AND INSTRUMENTATION PART TASK

TRAINER (CNI PTT).

– Sources Sought, No. N6134023R0001.

Submissions shall be no more than ten (10) 8.5 x 11 inch pages excluding tables, spreadsheets, and graphics; with a font size no smaller than 10 point; and single line spacing. Documentation should be organized into the following sections: Experience, Capabilities, Schedule, Cost/ROM, and Small Business Participation. All responses shall include Company Name, Company

Address, Company Business Size, Points-of-Contact (POC) including name(s), phone number, fax number, and email address.

DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL

PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT

CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT

OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A

CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE

TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY

INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

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