DRAFT RFP W52P1J-21-R-0005.pdf

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD 1. This Contract Is A Rated Order Under

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

Rating Page of Pages

2. Contract Number 3. Solicitation Number 4. Type of Solicitation 5. Date Issued 6. Requisition/Purchase Number Sealed Bid (IFB) Negotiated (RFP)

7. Issued By Code 8. Address Offer To (If Other Than Item 7)

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations ‘offer’ and ‘offeror’ mean ‘bid’ and ‘bidder’.

SOLICITATION

9. Sealed offers in original and copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in until

(hour) local time (Date).

Caution - Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

10. For Information A. Name B. Telephone (No Collect Calls) C. E-mail Address

Call: Area Code Number Ext.

11. Table Of Contents

(X) Sec. Description Page(s) (X) Sec. Description Page(s)

Part I - The Schedule Part II - Contract Clauses A Solicitation/Contract Form I Contract Clauses B Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs Part III - List Of Documents, Exhibits, And Other Attach.

C Description/Specs./Work Statement J List of Attachments D Packaging and Marking Part IV - Representations And Instructions E Inspection and Acceptance K Representations, Certifications, and F Deliveries or Performance Other Statements of Offerors G Contract Administration Data L Instrs., Conds., and Notices to Offerors H Special Contract Requirements M Evaluation Factors for Award

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror) NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within _____ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

13. Discount For Prompt Payment 10 Calendar Days (%) 20 Calendar Days (%) 30 Calendar Days (%) Calendar Days (%) (See Section I, Clause No. 52.232-8)

14. Acknowledgment of Amendments (The offeror acknowledges Amendment No. Date Amendment No. Date receipt of amendments to the SOLICITATION for offerors and related documents numbered and dated):

15A. Name and Code Facility 16. Name and Title of Person Authorized to Sign Offer Address of (Type or Print) Offeror

15B. Telephone Number 15C. Check if Remittance Address is 17. Signature 18. Offer Date Area Code Number Ext. Different From Above – Enter such

Address In Schedule

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

19. Accepted As To Items Numbered 20. Amount 21. Accounting And Appropriation

22. Authority For Using Other Than Full And Open Competition: 23. Submit Invoices To Address Shown In Item 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( ) (4 copies unless otherwise specified)

24. Administered By (If other than Item 7) Code 25. Payment Will Be Made By Code

26. Name of Contracting Officer (Type or Print) 27. United States Of America 28. Award Date

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION Standard Form 33 (Rev. 9-97) Previous edition is unusable Prescribed By GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(c)

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SECTION A - SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Buyer Name: GEORGE R. LINGRIS

Buyer Office Symbol/Telephone Number: CCRI-AC/(309)782-3855

Type of Contract 1: Firm Fixed Price

Kind of Contract: Supply Contracts and Priced Orders

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SOLICITATION SUMMARY

1. The United States (U.S.) Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) requests a proposal for the M782 Multi-Option Fuze for

Artillery (MOFA).

2. NOTICE OF BEST VALUE CRITERIA. All offerors are hereby notified that award of this acquisition will not be based on price alone, but on a trade-off process in accordance with FAR 15.101-1, in which evaluation will be based on the evaluation criteria, as stated elsewhere in this document.

3. Request for Proposal (RFP) W52P1J-21-R-0005 in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3(b)(1)(iv)(B), is restricted to the U.S., its outlying areas, or Canada. As a result of this solicitation, the U.S. Government intends to award a single award, five year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Firm Fixed Priced contract. There are no option periods.

In addition to the M782 MOFA itself, the following components are also restricted to the U.S. and Canada: M739 Safe & Arm Device, booster, explosive lead, M55 Detonator, M100 Detonator, proximity sensor, liquid reserve battery, PBXN-5, HMX, and RDX.

The ordering periods are provided below (actual dates will be provided at time of an award):

Ordering Period 1 - Award date + 364 Days after Award (DAA)

Ordering Period 2 - 366 DAA-730 DAA

Ordering Period 3 - 731 DAA-1095 DAA

Ordering Period 4 - 1096 DAA-1460 DAA

Ordering Period 5 - 1461 DAA-1825 DAA

4. The items to be solicited are:

a. Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001: M782 MOFA (National Stock Number/NSN: 1390-01-462-0699, Part Number: 12984952)

b. CLIN 0002: M782 MOFA Inert

c. CLIN 0003: M782 MOFA Cutaway

5. Explicit access documents may be obtained by having an active Joint Certification Program (JCP) account.

You can obtain an active account by visiting https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspx and submitting the necessary documents.

When requesting access, provide your CAGE Code in the Reason for Request block.

Once your account is active, you may request access to documents in beta.sam (https://beta.sam.gov ).

**PLEASE NOTE, THE PERSON APPROVED FOR YOUR BUSINESS IN JCP MUST BE THE PERSON WHO REQUESTS ACCESS IN BETA.SAM.GOV OR YOU WILL BE

DENIED.**

6. During the life of the ordering periods for this contract, the U.S. Government is entitled to order a maximum dollar amount of

$533,864,664.00 inclusive of all CLINs.

7. The Minimum Guaranteed Amount (MGA) is $5,000.00 for a M782 MOFA Process Map. The MGA will be awarded concurrently with the basic

IDIQ contract on the first delivery order to the offeror receiving the award.

8. All First Article Tests (FATs) and unit prices for all ordering period ranges shall be entered in the Price Matrix, Attachment 0001.

Offerors shall submit ceiling unit prices for each quantity range for each CLIN. Offerors shall submit FAT prices for all five ordering periods for CLIN 0001. FAT costs are required to be included for each CLIN 0001 ordering period. However, if continuous production can

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be achieved, FAT may be waived. Offerors should not assume FAT will be waived and must provide FAT costs as required to be considered for award. This is a competitive procurement action; although offerors are required to submit not to exceed ceiling prices, these prices must be determined fair and reasonable to be considered for award.

9. The U.S. Government anticipates holding a post-award conference for the contract resulting from this solicitation. It is expected that the contractor will be responsible for hosting the post-award conference. Hosting is defined as securing meeting facilities for up to approximately 20 participants, and ensuring presentation equipment is available.

10. The U.S. Government may require specific efforts applicable to production design or materiel changes, obsolescence mitigation concepts, malfunction investigations, and product teardowns for the M782 MOFA to address safety, cost, and performance issues during the contract period of performance. These efforts will be initiated through Statements of Work or Engineering Change Proposals and reviewed by the contractor prior to incorporation into the contract via contract modification.

11. Only ACC-RI is authorized to issue delivery orders under this contract.

12. Offerors may submit questions via email to the Contract Specialist, Mr. George Lingris (George.R.Lingris.civ@mail.mil) until 11:59

PM Central Time on June 14, 2021. No questions will be accepted after 11:59 PM Central Time on June 14, 2021 in order to ensure all offeror questions can be answered and posted for all offeror's knowledge prior to the RFP closing.

13. The closing date and time for receipt of offers is 12:00 P.M. Central Time on June 21, 2021.

14. The U.S. Government intends to award one contract pursuant to this solicitation. The award will be made to the offeror whose proposal offers the best overall value to the U.S. Government based on the integrated assessment of non-price and price evaluation factors. The evaluation factors include: Technical, Cost/Price, Past Performance and Small Business Participation.

15. Offerors are cautioned to ensure their proposals are fully complete, including all fill-ins and blanks in the RFP. Any offeror submitting a proposal agrees by submission that its proposal and the prices contained therein will be valid for 250 days after receipt of the proposal.

16. Evaluation of offers shall be in accordance with the evaluation guidelines and specific evaluation procedures in Section M of this solicitation. All offerors shall submit their proposals and any proposal revisions, if required, in strict accordance with the instructions set forth in the solicitation and any issued amendments. The U.S. Government must be able to access information along with any submitted changes within proposals readily and easily and will not be responsible for not being able to view necessary information that was not submitted in accordance with the instructions set forth in the solicitation.

17. Offerors are cautioned to read Section L, Proposal Instructions, carefully to ensure that any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation and any issued amendments includes all technical, past performance, and price information required by the solicitation.

18. An Offeror is required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database when submitting an offer, and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation.

Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM accessed through https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ or by calling 866-606-8220.

19. The MOFA Technical Data Package (TDP) includes classified information. Offerors must have this information in order to accurately respond to the RFP. In order to receive the TDP, offerors must provide proof of their valid Industrial Facilities Security Clearance, along with submitting a Military Critical Technical Data Agreement (DD Form 2345), Technical Data Questionnaire, Non-Disclosure

Agreement, and Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification (DD254) and have a basis of the need to know.

Please note, if an Offeror is not approved to receive the classified docs per its DD254 submission, access to the unclassified drawings will not be granted as classified drawing access is required to produce this item. If an Offeror cannot obtain access to the classified drawings, there is no need to access the unclassified documents.

All requests for the classified drawings and classified annex shall submitted via email to the Contract Specialist, Mr. George Lingris

(George.R.Lingris.civ@mail.mil), and received within 15 calendar days of the RFP release. Requests received greater than 15 calendar days after the RFP release date will not be processed with enough time for the Offeror to submit a proposal which meaningfully responds to the RFP. The Offeror shall provide the contact information for the Facility Security Officer in its response.

Only the company representative granted access is allowed to view the classified drawings.

20. Clauses and provisions from the FAR and supplements thereto are incorporated into this document by reference and in full text. Those incorporated by reference have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text.

21. This RFP should not be discussed with any U.S. Government employee except the Contracting Officer, Ms. Molly Lewis, or her

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representative, Mr. George Lingris. Failure to adhere to this restriction may be grounds to declare your firm ineligible for consideration of any award resulting from this competitive acquisition. Any formal communications such as request for clarifications, discussions, and/or information concerning this RFP should be submitted in writing to Mr. Lingris at George.R.Lingris.civ@mail.mil.

Please indicate the RFP number, W52P1J-21-R-0005, in the subject line.

22. Award will be made on an all or none basis. An award will be made to the Offeror whose proposal is determined to be the best overall value to the U.S. Government.

23. Award will be made using formal source selection procedures in accordance with FAR 15.1. See Section L and Section M for additional information.

24. The U.S. Government reserves the right to: limit the competitive range for the purpose of efficiency, award without discussions, and award to other than the offeror with the lowest total evaluated price.

25. The U.S. Government reserves the right, at time of award, to request a detailed pricing breakout to be used for planning purposes.

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SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

0001 M782 MULTI-OPTION FUZE FOR ARTILLERY ____________________________________

NOUN: M782 MOFA

NSN: 1390-01-462-0699

PART NUMBER: 12984952

Ordering Period 1: Date of Award (DOA) + 364 Days

After Award (DAA)

Ordering Period 2: 366 DAA 730 DAA

Ordering Period 3: 731 DAA 1095 DAA

Ordering Period 4: 1096 DAA 1460 DAA

Ordering Period 5: 1461 DAA 1825 DAA

First Article Test (FAT) Report is due no later than

18 months (545 calendar days) after delivery order award as delineated in FAR 52.209-3. The FAT samples are due 45 days prior to that date. The U.S.

Government will provide approval/disapproval within

30 days after receipt of FAT Reports and Ballistic

FAT results. FAT may be waived, as stated in FAR

52.209-3(h), or modified at the discretion of the

U.S. Government.

Offerors must complete the Price Matrix (Attachment

0001).

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE_________________________

Inspection: Origin

Acceptance: Origin

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE_________________________

FOB POINT: Origin

Deliveries locations will be determined at the time of each delivery order award.

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0002 M782 MULTI-OPTION FUZE FOR ARTILLERY INERT __________________________________________

NOUN: M782 MOFA INERT

Ordering Period 1: Date of Award (DOA) + 364 Days

After Award (DAA)

Ordering Period 2: 366 DAA 730 DAA

Ordering Period 3: 731 DAA 1095 DAA

Ordering Period 4: 1096 DAA 1460 DAA

Ordering Period 5: 1461 DAA 1825 DAA

Offerors must complete the Price Matrix (Attachment

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0001).

Please see Attachment 0008, "Statement of Work (SOW)

M782 MOFA Inert and Cutaway" for further information.

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE_________________________

Inspection: Destination

Acceptance: Destination

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE_________________________

FOB POINT: Destination

Deliveries locations will be determined at the time of each delivery order award.

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0003 M782 MULTI-OPTION FUZE FOR ARTILLERY CUTAWAY ____________________________________________

NOUN: M782 MOFA Cutaway

Ordering Period 1: Date of Award (DOA) + 364 Days

After Award (DAA)

Ordering Period 2: 366 DAA 730 DAA

Ordering Period 3: 731 DAA 1095 DAA

Ordering Period 4: 1096 DAA 1460 DAA

Ordering Period 5: 1461 DAA 1825 DAA

Offerors must complete the Price Matrix (Attachment

0001).

Please see Attachment 0008, "Statement of Work (SOW)

M782 MOFA Inert and Cutaway" for further information.

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE_________________________

Inspection: Destination

Acceptance: Destination

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE_________________________

FOB POINT: Destination

Deliveries locations will be determined at the time of each delivery order award.

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SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

1. The U.S. Government will furnish the following to support production. The Contractor shall submit a written request for this item to the Contracting Officer no later than thirty (30) days prior to the desired delivery date.

(a) ITEM NOMENCLATURE: MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

NSN/PART NUMBER: HMC149S14

QUANTITY: One MMIC per MOFA fuze

2. The U.S. Government may require specific efforts applicable to production design or materiel changes, obsolescence mitigation concepts, malfunction investigations, and product teardowns for the MOFA Program to address safety, cost, and performance issues during the contract period of performance. These efforts will be initiated through Statements of Work (SOW) or Engineering Change Proposals

(ECPs) and reviewed by the contractor prior to incorporation into the contract via contract modification. It is anticipated that technology enhancements will be implemented during the life of this contract to update the front end electronics to provide enhanced capability.

3. Program Management Reviews (PMRs):

PMRs shall be conducted within 180 days after contract award and every 180 days thereafter until contract close out to review progress of the contractor and subcontractors, and to discuss quality control and quality metrics.

Meeting site, time and date shall be mutually agreed upon between the U.S. Government and contractor. The contractor shall prepare minutes in contractor format and distribute in electronic format IAW CDRL A021.

4. Integrated Product Team (IPT):

Bi-weekly IPT meetings shall be held throughout the duration of this contract. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to change the frequency of the IPT meetings or cancel them all together at any time.

4. The MOFA TDP includes classified information. Offerors must have this information in order to accurately respond to the RFP. In order to receive the TDP, Offerors must provide proof of their valid Industrial Facilities Security Clearance, along with submitting a

Military Critical Technical Data Agreement (DD Form 2345), Technical Data Questionnaire, Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), and Department of Defense (DoD) Contract Security Classification Specification (DD254) and have a basis of the need to know.

All requests for the TPD and classified annex shall be received within 15 calendar days of the RFP release. Requests received greater than 15 calendar days after the RFP release date will not be processed with enough time for the Offeror to submit a proposal which meaningfully responds to the RFP. The Offeror shall provide the contact information for the Facility Security Officer (FSO) in your response.

5. ENGINEERING EXCEPTIONS: The Following Engineering Exceptions Apply To This Procurement Action(s):

Dwg 12964608 - MIL-STD-38510 should be MIL-PRF-38535.

Dwg 12984953 - P/N 12984958-1 should be P/N 12984958.

Dwg 9326147 - The following source control note applies.

"Identification of the approved sources of supply hereon is not to be construed as a guarantee of present or continued availability as a source of supply for the item described on the drawing."

"Only items described on this drawing are approved for use in the applications specified hereon. A substitute item shall not be used without prior approval by the qualifying activity."

Source Control Document

Dwg 9311167 - Versamid 125 is available from Gabriel.

MMM-A-187 and ASTM-D2905 are okay to use for this procurement

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Delete following drawings from PACKAGING DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS:

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ASTM D5749

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Delete following spec: MIL-P-60412

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SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS

(a) Packaging shall be in accordance with 8861213 revision BH, dated 06 MAR 2020.

(b) When lot numbering is required, no more than one lot shall be packaged in an outer shipping container.

(c) Marking shall be in accordance with 8861213, revision BH, dated 06 MAR 2020. 2-D barcodes are required in accordance with 12999545, rev J, dated 26 January 2018.

(d) The following shall apply to drawing 8861213, revision BH, dated 06 MAR 2020:

(e) PERFORMANCE ORIENTED PACKAGING (POP)

(1) Prior to shipment, the manufacturer shall make sure the container has been tested by a government approved Performance

Oriented Packaging (POP) Test laboratory for compliance with POP requirements in accordance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulation.

Test will be to a weight at least 10% greater than the actual gross weight to be marked on the tested container. POP marking shall not be applied to the container until verified by the government. The POP test report shall be generated by the Manufacturer/Laboratory following the test. The report must be kept on file by the contractor and submitted as required by the Contract Data Requirement List.

For multiyear contracts, the contractor shall re-perform POP testing at a certified test laboratory if: the initial POP test report expires before the end of the contract, or there is a change in container manufacturer or design of the exterior shipping container. No re-test is needed if all packaging was purchased during the period that the POP test was valid.

(f) EXCEPTION TO POP MARKINGS

(1) If the container is manufactured outside the USA, the contractor shall not apply the UN POP certification mark provided in this contract (if applicable). The contractor/container manufacturer (outside the USA) is responsible to perform the UN POP certification tests and apply the marking authorized by the Transportation Competent Authority of the country of manufacture.

(g) POP VERIFICATION

(1) In no case shall a container be shipped if the gross weight marked on the package is greater than the POP certified weight.

If the average gross weight of the packed containers (determined by weighing two representative samples and averaging the weight) is greater than the certified weight, container marking operations shall cease and the procuring activity shall be contacted immediately.

(h) HEAT TREAT WOOD QUALITY MARKING

(1)In accordance with the requirements of the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 15, the following commercial heat treatment process has been approved by the American Lumber Standards Committee (ALSC) and is required for all Wood

Packaging Material (WPM). Boxes/pallets and any wood used as inner packaging made of non-manufactured wood shall be heat-treated. All

WPM shall be constructed from heat treated (treated to 56 degrees Celsius -core temperature- for 30 minutes) lumber and certified by an agency accredited by the ALSC in accordance with Wood Packaging Material Policy and Wood Packaging Material Enforcement Regulations (see

URL: http://www.alsc.or g). The box/pallet manufacturer and the manufacturer of wood used as inner packaging shall ensure traceability to the original source of heat treatment.

(i) MARKING

(1) Each box/pallet shall be marked to show the conformance to the International Plant Protection Convention Standard. The quality mark shall be placed on both ends of the outer packaging, between the end cleats or end battens. Pallet markings shall be applied to the stringer or block on diagonally opposite sides or ends of the pallet and be contrasting and clearly visible. All dunnage lumber used in configuring and/or securing the load shall also comply with ISPM-15 and be marked with an ALSC approved dunnage stamp on opposite surfaces. Foreign manufacturers shall have the heat treatment and marking of non-manufactured wood products verified in accordance with the ISPM-15 compliance program.

(j) Palletization shall be in accordance with 19-48-4116/156, revision 13, dated 01 JUL 2017. 19?48?4116, Revision 14, dated 01

DECEMBER 2019, applies. This drawing is the basic palletization drawing called out in this contract. Marking shall be in accordance with

ACV00561, Revision G, dated 26 JAN 2018. Wood Packaging Material (WPM) shall be in accordance with ACV00831, Dated: 01 MAR 2010. 2-D barcodes are required.

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SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

1. First Article Test: Defined below are the different FATs that may be required throughout the life of any resulting contracts from this RFP. The definitions serve to further clarify the First Article Test clause in the contract.

Initial FAT: The initial FAT is the FAT awarded at the start of the contract. This FAT is in accordance with the complete FAT requirements in the TDP and contract. This FAT would account for the full facilitization of the production line, inspection equipment, and the supplies to ensure all processes and procedures are in place to support production in accordance with the contract. The U.S.

Government plans to award an initial FAT no more than once per contract for each item.

Subsequent First Article Test (SFAT): The SFAT is defined as the FAT awarded on a delivery order after an initial FAT is approved. A

SFAT will be required when an item has been out of production for more than 90 days or a change occurs in the manufacturing process, material used, source of supply, place of performance, or there has been a major change to the technical data, drawings or specifications. SFATs will typically be in accordance with the complete FAT requirements, however the U.S. Government may tailor this

SFAT as it deems appropriate. Determination will be made concerning the need for the subsequent first article test or portion thereof at the time of delivery order or following notification of change to the Contracting Officer. Component FATs are required to be part of the

SFAT if the component has been out of production for more than 90 days or a change occurs in the manufacturing process, material used, source of supply, place of performance, or there has been a major change to the technical data, drawings or specifications. The U.S.

Government plans to award a SFAT no more than once per item per delivery order.

Complete FAT: A Complete FAT shall consist of items and quantities in accordance with all item specifications, quality assurance provisions (QAPS), and drawings listed in the TDP. The contractor shall provide first article samples, test equipment, inspection results, test results, and conduct destructive FAT less Ballistic test. The U.S. Government will conduct the ballistic testing and the contractor shall submit samples in accordance with specifications. The contractor shall conduct the FAT at the manufacturing site of the specific item or component. The FAT will be performed by the contractor and witnessed by the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government shall be invited to witness production of FAT samples or start up units during the FAT and verify dimensional measurements on samples. FATs shall be performed in accordance with 52.209-4511, First Article Test (U.S. Government Testing), 52.209-4512, First Article Test

(Contractor Testing), and FAR 52.209-4 (First Article Approval Government Testing Alternate I). The contractor shall provide a First

Article Qualification Test Plan and Procedures in accordance with the contract. Upon the completion of the FAT, the contractor is responsible for providing a FAT Report in accordance with the contract. Ballistic testing will be conducted at a designated U.S.

Government facility. Initial ballistic testing will be funded by the U.S. Government; however, all subsequent testing due to failure will be borne by the contractor as applicable. Reporting and analysis of the ballistic testing will be conducted by the U.S. Government.

Acceptance of the FAT will be provided by the Contracting Officer upon review of FAT Report, inspection data and ballistic data.

2. Annual QMS Audits:

The contractor shall develop and maintain a plan in its Quality Management System (QMS) for quality system audits (including vendor/suppliers) to verify compliance to contract requirements. The plan shall include a schedule for the conduct of these audits and provisions for the U.S. Government to participate as part of the audit team; audit schedules and audit reports shall be provided to the

U.S. Government IAW CDRL A018. The contractor shall notify the U.S. Government 30 days prior to any subcontractor/vendor audit so that the U.S. Government may participate at its discretion.

At any time during this contract effort the U.S. Government reserves the right to independently audit or examine the contractors and any sub-contractors Quality Management System and Records for Compliance to all contractual quality requirements. The contractor shall ensure the necessary provisions are placed in all sub-contractor/vendor purchase orders/contracts to grant the U.S. Government access to perform these audits. The contractor shall provide personnel and facilities to support the above audits. The U.S. Government will notify the contractor 30 days prior to conducting an audit.

3. CRITICAL CHARACTERISTICS CONTROL

(a) The contractors processes shall be designed with the objective of preventing the creation or occurrence of non-conforming critical characteristics (see paragraphs d & e). The contractor shall establish, document and maintain a product specific, critical characteristics control (CCC) plan that shall be submitted to and approved by the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) IAW DD Form 1423.

The CCC plan shall include or reference all procedures, work and handling instructions and process controls relating to any critical characteristics. Mistake Proofing techniques of the material handling and inspection systems shall be a part of the CCC Plan. Guidance for developing this plan and submitting Critical Plans of Action (CPOA) (paragraph g) can be found at http://www.ardec.army.mil/organizations/QESA/ .

(b) The contractor shall assure its critical processes are robust in design, capable and under control, with the objective of not generating any critical non-conformances. The contractor shall calculate, document, clearly identify, and have a schedule that routinely assess the reliability and effectiveness of its critical processes to prevent generating critical non-conformances as identified in the

CCC Plan.

(c) An inspection and verification system shall be employed that will verify the robustness of all critical processes. The contractor shall calculate, document, clearly identify, and have a schedule that routinely assess the reliability and effectiveness of its inspection and verification system to detect and prevent critical non-conformance escapes as identified in the CCC Plan. The Government

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expects that a contractor will allow zero critical escapes. To demonstrate its critical escape risk the contractor will utilize the nonconformance escape risk goal provided below.

(1) Unless otherwise specified immediately below, the calculated critical non-conformance escape risk is 1 in a million (.000001) items delivered. Or:

Alternate calculated Critical Non-conformance Escape risk: N/A

Unless otherwise approved by the PCO, the non-conformance escape risk is the sum of the individual characteristic escape rates. The probability of escape for a single characteristic shall be calculated by multiplying the non-conformance rate(s) entering the inspection system(s) by the error rate of the inspection system(s). These escape rates are then summed and shall not exceed the tolerable critical non-conformance escape risk.

(2) Within 45 days after award, the contractor can elect to submit a phased-in approach on how the non-conformance escape risk will be achieved over a period of time not to exceed 180 days from the date of first article approval, or from initiation of production when first article is not required. Submission will require approval by the Government and is subject to a technical review and analysis.

Allowance for a phased-in approach will then become a part of the contract. Disapproval of the contractors submission does not relieve the contractor of its obligation to comply with the terms of this requirement.

(3) Based on the maximum error rate defined for the inspection system, the contractor shall develop a test procedure to demonstrate the error rate. As part of the test plan the contractor shall include sufficient test quantities to assure 90% statistical confidence in the resultant rates unless otherwise approved by the PCO. Once established, the contractor shall have a documented schedule to routinely monitor the non-conformance and inspection system error rates to assure they do not exceed the maximum rates allotted.

(d) As a result of previous practices, the governments technical data may refer to Critical I, Critical II, and Special characteristics.

The use of the term critical characteristics within this section includes Critical I, Critical II and Special characteristics and the use of the term critical nonconformances includes those nonconformances pertaining to Critical I, Critical II and Special characteristics. Unless otherwise stated in Section C, these characteristics shall be subject to all requirements of this section.

(e) In addition to critical characteristics defined in the governments technical data (drawings, specifications, etc.), the contractor shall also identify and document in its contractor developed technical data all known material, component, subassembly and assembly characteristics whose non-conformances would likely result in hazardous or unsafe conditions for individuals using, maintaining or depending upon the product. All additional critical characteristics identified by the contractor shall comply with the critical characteristic requirements of the technical data package, supplemented herein. The Critical Item Characteristic List (CICL) review process shall be included in the CCC Plan. The contractors additional critical characteristics shall be classified in accordance with guidance located at http://www.ardec.army.mil/organizations/QESA/ and shall be submitted to and approved by the PCO prior to production (see DD Form 1423).

(f) In the event that a critical non-conformance is found anywhere in the production process, the contractor, as part of its CCC Plan, shall have procedures in place to ensure:

(1) The non-conformance is positively identified and segregated to ensure that nonconforming product does not inadvertently remain in or reenter the production process. This control shall be accomplished without affecting or impairing subsequent non-conformance analysis. Final disposition of non-conforming product shall be documented and audited for traceability.

(2) The operation that produced the non-conforming component or assembly and any other operations incorporating suspect components or assemblies are immediately stopped. (See para h. for exceptions)

(3) The government (PCO) is immediately notified of the critical non-conformance (electronic mail)(See DD Form 1423).

(4) Any suspect material is identified, segregated and suspended from any further processing and shipment.

(5) An investigation is conducted to determine the root cause of the non-conformance and the required corrective actions. An evaluation shall also be conducted with regard to suspect material to ensure that no additional critical non-conformances are present. A report of this investigation shall be submitted to the government (See DD Form 1423). The use of the DID report shall not delay notification to the government as required in f(3) above.

(6) A request to restart manufacturing or to use any suspect material associated with the critical non-conformance is submitted to the government (see DD Form 1423). Restart of production shall not occur until authorized by the PCO, unless previously addressed in the approved CCC Plan. The Government will respond to a restart request within 3 working days. All objective evidence of the investigations to date shall be available for review at the time of restart. Suspect material shall not be used without PCO approval.

(7) The procuring activity reserves the right to refuse acceptance of any suspect material until the root cause or reasonably likely cause of the critical non-conformance has been identified, corrective action has been fully implemented and sufficient evidence has been provided to exclude non-conforming material from the conforming population.

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(g) The contractor may develop alternative plans and provisions, collectively referred to as a Critical Plan of Action (CPOA), relative to government or contractor identified critical characteristics. All CPOAs are independent and shall be evaluated by the government for this contract. The CPOA and any subsequent revisions submitted IAW DD Form 1423 require PCO approval prior to implementation. Unless otherwise specified at time of approval, contractor shall review and evaluate CPOAs for currency and process improvements at least on an annual basis and submit results to the PCO. Unless otherwise approved by the PCO, each critical characteristic shall require a separate

CPOA. If the CPOA includes other documents by reference they shall be submitted upon request. Guidance for the development of a CPOA can be found in the referenced guidance located at paragraph a of this section.

(h) The contractor may continue production with an approved CPOA provided that the critical non-conformance is consistent with the failure mode(s) and rates established in the CPOA. Failure to meet all CPOA requirements will require the contractor to revert back to paragraph f requirements.

(i) If a critical non-conformance is discovered beyond its designated inspection point and prior to Government acceptance the contractor shall take actions specified in paragraph f above. If a critical non-conformance is discovered after Government acceptance the

Government has the right to invoke the requirements of paragraph f with respect to the contractors remaining production under this contract.

4. MIL-STD-1916

The Department of Defense (DoD) Preferred Methods for this Acceptance of Product, MIL-STD-1916, shall be used for this procurement action. All references to MIL-STD-105, MIL-STD-414, MIL-STD-1235, and ANSI Z1.4 appearing in the Technical Data Package (TDP) are replaced by MIL-STD-1916. Verification Levels (VL) shall replace AQLs and shall be VL IV for major characteristics and VL II for minor characteristics.

5. STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL

Part I General Statistical Process Control Requirements

(a) In addition to the quality requirements of the technical data package, the Contractor shall implement Statistical Process Control

(SPC) in accordance with a government accepted SPC Program Plan. Control chart techniques shall be in accordance with the American

National Standards Institute (ANSI) B1, B2 and B3. Alternate SPC charting methods may be proposed and submitted to the Government for review.

(b) The SPC Program Plan developed by the contractor shall consist of a general plan and a detailed plan. The plans shall be structured as delineated on the Data Item Description referenced in the DD Form 1423. The general and the detailed plans shall be submitted to the government for review per DD Form 1423 requirements. Notification by the Government of acceptance or nonacceptance of the plans shall be provided in accordance with the timeframes specified on the DD Form 1423. Once a general plan for a facility has been approved by this Command, the approval remains in effect for subsequent contracts as long as the contractual requirements remain substantially unchanged from contract to contract. Therefore, resubmission of a previously accepted general SPC plan is not required if current SPC contract requirements and Data Item Description (DID) requirements are fulfilled. If this Command has previously accepted the general

SPC plan under essentially the same SPC contractual requirements, so indicate by providing the Contracting Officer with the following information:

Date of Acceptance ______________

Contract Number(s) ______________

(c) The contractor is responsible for updating the general plan to current SPC contractual requirements. If errors or omissions are encountered in a previously accepted SPC general plan, opportunities for improvement will be identified by the Government, and corrective action shall be accomplished by the contractor.

(d) A milestone schedule will be submitted for those facilities who do not have, or have never had, a fully implemented SPC program and will not have a fully operational SPC program once production is initiated. The milestones shall provide a time phased schedule of all efforts planned relative to implementation of an SPC program acceptable to the Government. A milestone schedule shall include implementation start and complete dates for those SPC subjects addressed in the Statistical Process Control requirement located in Part

II of this section. The milestone schedule shall only include those actions that cannot be accomplished prior to first article or the initiation of production, if a first article is not required. Milestones shall be developed for each commodity identified for SPC application. Milestones shall be submitted through the Government Quality Assurance Representative to the Contracting Officer for review and acceptance. Any deviations from the accepted milestones, to include justification for such deviations, shall be resubmitted through the same channels for review. The Government reserves the right to disapprove any changes to the previously accepted milestones.

Notification by the Government of the acceptance or nonacceptance of the milestones shall be furnished to the Contractor by the

Contracting Officer.

(e) The Contractor shall review all process and operation parameters for possible application of SPC techniques. This review shall

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include processes and operations under the control of the prime contractor and those under the control of subcontractor or vendor facilities. A written justification shall be included in the detailed plan for each process and operation parameter that controls or influences characteristics identified as critical, special, or major which have been deemed impractical for the application of SPC techniques. A pamphlet on application of SPC for short production runs is available through the Contracting Officer.

(f) Statistical evidence in the form of control charts shall be prepared and maintained for each process or operation parameter identified in the detailed plan. These charts shall identify all corrective actions taken on statistical signal. During production runs, control charts shall be maintained in such a manner to assure product is traceable to the control charts. At the conclusion of the production run, a collection of charts traceable to the product, shall be maintained for a minimum of 3 years. The control charts shall be provided to the Government for review at any time upon request.

(g) When the process or operation parameter under control has demonstrated both stability and capability, the Contractor may request, in writing, through Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) and Contracting Officer (CO) channels to the Product Assurance and Test

Directorate, that acceptance inspection or testing performed in accordance with contract requirements be reduced or eliminated. Upon approval by the CO, acceptance shall then be based upon the accepted SPC plan, procedures, practices and the control charts.

(h) The Government will not consider requests for reduction or elimination of 100% acceptance inspection and testing of if any one of the following conditions exist:

(1) The existing process currently utilizes a fully automated, cost effective, and sufficiently reliable method of 100% acceptance inspection or testing for an attribute-type critical parameter or characteristic.

(2) The Contractor utilizes attribute SPC control chart methods for the critical parameter or characteristic.

(3) The critical parameter or characteristic is a first order, single point safety failure mode (nonconformance of the critical parameter or characteristic in and of itself would cause a catastrophic failure).

(i) The Government will only consider reduction or elimination of the 100% acceptance inspection or test requirement for other critical parameters or characteristics if either of the following conditions are met:

(1) The process is in a state of statistical control utilizing variable control chart methods for the critical parameter or characteristic under control and the process performance index (Cpk) is at least 2.0. The Contractor shall maintain objective quality evidence through periodic audits that the process performance index is being maintained for each production delivery.

(2) The critical parameter or characteristic is conclusively shown to be completely controlled by one or more process or operation parameters earlier in the process, and those parameters are in a state of statistical control utilizing variable data, and the product of the probability of the conformance for each earlier parameter associated to the critical characteristic is better than or equal to a value equivalent to that provided by a Cpk of at least 2.0. The Contractor shall maintain objective quality evidence through periodic audits that the process performance indexes are being maintained for each production delivery.

(j) For characteristics other than critical, requests for reduction or elimination of acceptance inspection and testing shall be considered when the process performance index is greater than or equal to a Cpk of 1.33 for variables data. Requests shall be considered for attributes data when the percent beyond the specification limits is less than or equal to .003 (Cpk=1.33).

(k) Process or operation parameters under reduced or eliminated inspection or testing that undergo a break in production less than 6 months in length, may continue to operate under reduced or eliminated inspection or testing provided there has been no degradation below a Cpk of 1.33 (2.0 for criticals). Any break in production greater than 6 months shall require resubmission of the request for reduction or elimination of inspection or testing through the same channels cited in paragraph (g) above.

(1) Not used.

(m) Immediately following a change to a process or operation parameter under reduced or eliminated inspection, the process capability

(Cp) or process performance indexes (Cpk) shall be recalculated and documented for variable data; the grand average fraction defective shall be recalculated for attribute data. If any of these values have deteriorated, immediate notification shall be made to the

Government along with the associated documentation. Return to original inspection and test requirements may be imposed as stipulated in paragraph n below.

(n) The Government reserves the right to withdraw authorization to reduce or eliminate final acceptance inspection or testing and direct the Contractor to return to original contract inspection or test procedures at any indication of loss of process control or deterioration of quality.

Part II Detailed requirements pertaining to plan submittal

In accordance with DD Form 1423 and Part I of this section, the following supplemental information shall be considered and used when designing your general and detailed SPC plans.

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1.0 General Management Plan

This section shall define managements SPC responsibilities and involvement and shall include managements commitment to continuous process improvement. The plan shall embrace a total commitment to quality and shall be capable of standing on its own merit.

1.1 Policy/Scope:

Describe the Contractors policy for applying SPC, including goals and management commitment to SPC.

1.2 Applicable Document:

List documents that are the basis for the contractors SPC program (i.e., ANSI standard, textbooks, Government documents).

1.3 SPC Management Structure:

Define the SPC management structure within the organization. Identify and include interrelationships of all departments involved in SPC

(i.e., Production, Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, etc.) Identify by job title or position all key personnel within departments involved in the application of SPC. Describe which functions are performed by key personnel and when these functions are performed

(i.e., include personnel responsible for performing inspections/audits, charting and interpreting data; personnel responsible for determining, initiating and implementing…