Sources Sought -multiplatform Service.2025.pdf

Sources Sought Synopsis

On-Site OEM Engineering Services

(For Platforms)

B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135, E-3, AGM-86, F-15, C-17 and KC-46)

NAICS: 541330

Size Standard: $47.0 million

Department/Ind. Agency

DEPT OF DEFENSE

Sub-tier

DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE

Major Command

AFMC

Sub Command

AIR FORCE SUSTAINMENT CENTER

Requirement Office Tinker Air Force Base, AFSC/PZABC General Information

• Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)

• All Dates/Times are: (UTC-05:00) CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, CHICAGO, USA

CAUTION:

This market survey is being conducted to identify potential sources that may possess the specialized expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements to provide on-site engineering services to support B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135, E-3, AGM-86, F-15, C- 17, and KC-46 commodity end items, development of repair procedures and engineering sustainment support for the 848 SCMG applications, engineering, and supply chain management execution data. This effort requires a minimum of a SECRET/SAP level of security clearance. 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.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Attached is a document containing a description of the engineering services requirement and a Contractor Capability Survey, which allows you to provide your company’s capability.

If, after reviewing this document, 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.) Identify any areas of work that your organization believes should be broken out exclusively for Small Business.

Both large and small businesses are encouraged to participate in this Market Research.

Joint ventures or teaming arrangements are encouraged.

Questions relative to this market survey should be addressed to this e-mail address:

424SCMS.RFI.Responses@us.af.mil. It is important to realize that this is a common e-mail address used by several offices within the requiring organization. Therefore, the Government requires that the subject line of any e-mail must say “SSS Response – Multiplatform On-Site Engineering Services 2025”.

OEM Engineering Services (B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135, E-3, AGM-86, F-15, C-17 and KC-46)

PURPOSE/DESCRIPTION

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that are capable of providing engineering/technical services to provide on-site engineering services to support B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135, E-3, AGM-86, F-15, C-17, and KC-46 commodity end items, development of repair procedures and engineering sustainment support for the 848 SCMG applications, engineering, and supply chain management execution data.

The contractor shall be capable of providing engineering/technical services to include, but not limited to:

Qualifying new competitive sources of supply – with emphasis on qualifying small businesses

Analyzing design limit data for use in repair and new build requirements Resolving diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages

(obsolescence) Developing fabrication/repair procedures from engineering design data Developing fabrication/repair fixtures from engineering design data Evaluating damage, corrosion, wear, and aging Evaluating repairs System integration Developing technical order source data from engineering design data Preparing technical and risk analyses of candidate obsolescence solutions which will be presented to weapons systems’ chief engineers for approval.

Developing test plans for applicable flight test requirements

Additionally, any potential source(s) shall be required to possess any necessary license agreements with the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Boeing, to obtain access and rights to all required data, including military specific modifications. Any potential source must have access or can obtain access, and the rights to access, Boeing internal data systems to retrieve weapon system design data. Additionally, any potential source must have a licensing agreement with Boeing that authorizes issuing Boeing proprietary data to lower tier sources. Note that the Government currently has no data rights agreement with Boeing to furnish non-Government owned data to other corporate entities.

Evidence showing a current or potential licensing agreement must be provided. A letter from Boeing identifying your company as a licensee -- or potential licensee contingent upon a contract award -- could suffice depending upon the terms of the licensing agreement within the letter. The letter would have to identify the type of data Boeing is willing to license. Data to manufacture certain components is insufficient. Because this effort is dealing with obsolescence resolution and other technical sustainment activities, OEM design data that shows original performance requirements for dynamic loads, fatigue, nuclear hardness, environment stresses, etc. is required to successfully accomplish the workload.

The contractor must meet the following additional requirements:

AS9110 certification (or equivalent) Facilities (manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, and offices) where the work will potentially be performed must be secure and be able to meet the requirements for SECRET programs (DoD5200.01 and DoD 5220.22). Employs only individuals who can pass a Defense Investigative Service background check required for a SECRET clearance. Maintains a corporate cost accounting system that meets the requirements of DCMA and/or DCAA. Must not be owned (directly or indirectly) by a foreign company(ies) or individual(s) for the duration of any potential Government contract.

The contractor may be responsible for recurring and nonrecurring engineering services associated with becoming a qualified source. The contractor may be responsible for supply chain management, logistics, forecasting of parts, long-lead parts procurement, repairable forecasting, obsolescence issues, and delivery of serviceable assets.

The specific requirement consists of, but not limited to, the following commodity type items used on B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135, E-3, AGM-86, F-15, C-17, and KC-46 for which Boeing is the original equipment design activity, or the original design specification activity, or the items exist under a Boeing Proprietary Limited Rights legend.

All of the commodity type items that encompass this announcement are considered Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) – items that can easily be removed from an aircraft, or system, by maintenance personnel at forward operating locations.

As a small or large business, do you believe conditions exist for a small business set-aside in accordance with FAR 19.502-3(a) for any portion of the requirement described above? If yes, please indicate which portion of the requirement and the most appropriate NAICS code for each portion.

Of the portion of work you identified as having the potential to be small business set-aside, are you most interested in performing as a prime contractor or subcontractor for the requirement described above? Please indicate whether you would qualify as a small or large business under the NAICS code you believe is most appropriate.

If you are a small business, of the portion of work you identified as having the potential to be partially set-aside, are you capable of performing at least 50% of the work, in order to comply with FAR Clause 52.219-14, specifically 52.219-14(c)(1), “At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.”

If you are a small business interested in performing a portion of the requirement as a set-aside, provide a brief summary of your company’s experience and past performance within the past three years as a prime contractor as it relates to the magnitude of this anticipated requirement and/or the portion of the work you identified as having the potential to be partially set-aside.

If a large business, relative to NAICS Code 541330, submit the reasonable expectation of subcontracting opportunities for small business concern(s) to provide materials, parts and/or services in support of your capabilities to meet the requirements to provide on-site engineering services to support B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135, E-3, AGM-86, F-15, C-17, and KC-46 commodity end items weapon systems.

Interested vendors that have not been previously qualified for this acquisition must submit a Source Approval Request (SAR) package to the Source Development, Small Business Office at 405-739-7243. As prescribed in FAR 9.202(e), the contracting officer need not delay a proposed award in order to provide a potential offeror with an opportunity to demonstrate its ability to meet the standards specified for qualification.

CONTRACTOR CAPABILITY SURVEY

OEM Engineering Services (B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135, E-3, AGM-86, F-15, C-17 and KC-46)

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:

The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 541330 which has a corresponding Size Standard of $47.0 million. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement.

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) HUBZone Certified (Yes / No) Veteran Owned Small Business (Yes / No) Service Disabled Veteran Small Business (Yes / No) Central Contractor Registration (CCR). (Yes / No)

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

Please e-mail your response to 424SCMS.RFI.Responses@us.af.mil. It is important to realize that this is a common e-mail address used by several offices within the requiring organization. Therefore, the Government requires that the subject line of any e-mail must say “SSS Response – Multiplatform On-Site Engineering Services 2025” so that your response can be recognized and addressed.

General Capability Questions:

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

Describe your company's past experience on previous projects similar in complexity to this requirement.

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

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

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.

Describe your company’s capability to secure data rights licenses from other companies, preferably military aircraft OEMs. Identify the licensor, applicable dates, license terms, and this license was used for providing OEM support to the Government.

Describe your company's strategy for staffing engineers and equipment specialists sufficient to support this requirement.

Services Questions

Describe your services capabilities and experience with regard to the requirements of this effort.

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

Demonstrate your ability and experience for the same or similar services, which are currently provided in the commercial and/or military environment.

Describe your capabilities and experience in any required test, evaluation, and repair processes/procedures with regard to the required items.

Describe how you/your organization will identify and resolve parts obsolescence and diminishing manufacturing sources problems?

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

Describe your process for maintaining inventory records and reporting on hand/work-in-process balance and manufacturing status to your customer as required.

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

If your company can not perform the entirety of the requirement what part could or would your company be able to perform. Provide specific info on what could be broken out for your company’s performance. The Government seeks information as to the cost to the Government to obtain The Boeing Company’s proprietary data for engineering services for 848 SCMG managed B-1, B-2, B-52, KC-135, E-3, AGM-86, F-15, C-17, and KC-46 commodity end items, development of repair procedures and engineering sustainment support for 848 SCMG applications, engineering, and supply chain management execution data.

1) This ROM is issued as part of the Government’s market research and is 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 ROM does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. All costs associated with responding to this ROM will be solely at The Boeing Company’s expense.

2) In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997), the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited.