USINDOPACOM RFI - 08 APR 26- 15 APR 26.pdf

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Request for Information (RFI) for AGT1500 Engine Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) to RESET Standard in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Region

1. Introduction

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The Government is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the U.S. (United States) 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 one is issued.

2. Background

The Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC) is exploring the establishment of a regional Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) capability to RESET the Abrams Automotive Gas Turbine (AGT)1500 Total InteGrated Engine Revitalization (TIGER) Engine within the USINDOPACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). This initiative is part of a broader Regional Sustainment Framework (RSF) designed to enhance the responsiveness and resilience of sustainment strategies in a contested logistics environment. The goal is to reduce the lead-time required to return mission-capable engines to the warfighter by establishing MRO capabilities closer to the point of need. The RESET standard requires a complete overhaul to return the engine to a zero hour, like-new condition, meeting the latest build specifications for performance and durability.

3. Requirement

The Government is seeking to identify sources with the capability to establish and operate an MRO facility for the AGT1500 TIGER engine within the USINDOPACOM AOR. This includes all necessary labor, tooling, test equipment, facilities, and supply chain management to perform complete engine overhauls to the RESET standard. The anticipated requirement includes an initial quantity of three engine overhauls with the possibility of an additional two engines per year for a five-year period.

4. Requested Information

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement that addresses the following questions. Please provide clear and concise responses.

• Corporate Information:

• Company Name, Address, and Point of Contact (including name, title, phone, and email).

• Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number.

• Business size and any applicable socio-economic status (e.g., Small Business, Veteran-Owned, etc.).

• Technical Capability:

• Describe your company’s experience in performing MRO on the AGT1500 engine or other similar turbine engines, specifically to a RESET or equivalent zero-hour overhaul standard.

• Describe your existing facilities, or your plan to establish facilities, within the USINDOPACOM AOR suitable for this work. Please specify the location.

• Describe your company’s access to the necessary technical data, licenses, and intellectual property required to perform AGT1500 engine overhauls to the RESET standard.

• Supply Chain Management:

• Describe the sources of supply your company has established for obtaining long-lead time parts and other critical components for the AGT1500 engine.

• What is your strategy for mitigating supply chain risks for this engine?

• Provide examples of your experience managing a global supply chain for complex defense systems.

• Cost and Schedule:

• Based on the anticipated workload (3 base engines, 2 engines per year thereafter), what is your rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate for the total value of a five-year effort? Please provide a breakout for the initial setup/first articles and the subsequent annual repair effort.

• What is the estimated timeline required for your company to become fully operational and ready to accept the first engine for overhaul from the date of contract award?

5. Submission Instructions

Interested parties are requested to submit their responses via email to Christine Marr at christine.m.marr.civ@army.mil no later than 4:00 EST on April 15, 2026. The subject line of the email should read: "Response to RFI for AGT1500 Engine MRO." Submissions should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format and should not exceed 10 pages.

6. Confidential Information and Labeling

Relevant sales media and product manuals may be included as attachments with your submission. Please clearly mark all proprietary information. The front page of your response package should state "PROPRIETARY INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN" (all caps), if applicable. Also, please provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this RFI.

Proprietary information shall be clearly marked. Classified documents shall not be included in your response. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI. There is no guarantee that any submission in response to this RFI will result in a Government program. The Government may or may not use any responses to this RFI as a basis for a subsequent project. The information submitted in response to this RFI may be used to help the Government further define its requirements. If the Government develops a program that addresses any submitted or similar topic, the resulting procurement will address technology and business specific requirements as defined by the Government to achieve the required objectives. Any projects developed from the RFI responses may be the subject of a subsequent acquisition; any such subsequent acquisition will be publicized accordingly. Respondents to this RFI will have no competitive advantage in receiving any awards related to the submitted topic area. In order to protect the integrity of any possible future acquisition, no additional information other than the information contained in this RFI will be provided.

The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this RFI. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. §1905 to protect information qualifying as “confidential” under this statute. [To avoid possible confusion with the meaning of the term “confidential” in the context of Classified Information,” we will use the term “PROPRIETARY.”] Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any PROPRIETARY (e.g., trade secret) restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in mailto:christine.m.marr.civ@army.mil response to the RFI questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) “PROPRIETARY” with any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly proprietary (excessive breadth in marking inappropriate data as “PROPRIETARY” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting, or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

3. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected IAW the Government's rights in the data.

4. Proprietary data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the Government, shall contain the “PROPRIETARY” legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate, when only portions of an electronic file are proprietary, use the restrictive legends ‘PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS:” and “PROPRIETARY PORTION

ENDS.”

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent’s marking of data as “PROPRIETARY” will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available.

7. Government Point of Contact

• Name: Christine Marr

• Title: Contract Specialist

• Email: christine.m.marr.civ@army.mil