Sources_Sought_-_EHP_Roller_-_18_December_2017.docx

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Explosive Hazard Pre-Detonation (EHP) Roller design will provide for forward mounted variable standoff for the Medium Mine Protected Vehicle (MMPV) Type II platform. The EHP Roller, with an On-Arm Wire Neutralization System (WNS), is a full width explosive hazard roller capability that consists of two bank assemblies, each having six wheel stations and two wire neutralization blade stations. The EHP Roller capabilities shall counter the full spectrum of conventional and asymmetric explosive hazards including surface-laid, buried and concealed landmines, IED, Explosively Formed Penetrators, Unexploded Ordnance, battlefield munitions and booby traps to include associated trigger mechanisms. The EHP Roller will have the capability to neutralize/detonate a broad spectrum of explosive hazards while on the move. Additionally, it will clear routes, destroy volatile hazards, proof lanes of explosive hazards and trigger mechanisms, neutralize/detonate and mitigate unpredictable hazards.

THE REQUIREMENT: Army Contracting Command-Warren intends to solicit for 344 each EHP Rollers, 5 each First Article Test (FAT) assets, and 1 each System Support Package (SSP). The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 336992.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this market survey is to identify potential sources that are capable of producing EHP Roller. The planned ordering requirements are as follows:

FY 18 - 72

FY 19 - 48

FY 20 - 72

FY 21 - 83

FY 22 - 69

This is a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) to gain further insight to industry interest. Please submit any questions in email to the following: chelsea.v.papke.civ@mail.mil

GENERAL INFORMATION: This is a request for information only and your response is not an offer. Participation in this survey is strictly voluntary with no cost or obligation to be incurred by the U.S. Government. This notice does not constitute an Invitation to Bid nor a Request for Proposal. This Request for Information does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in preparation of any submission(s) to this questionnaire. The U.S. Government will in no way be bound to this information if a solicitation is issued.

The U.S. Government is interested in obtaining industry response to this market survey regarding the EHP Roller. A portion of this market survey is export controlled material, the Government will not release this export controlled material to any firms, agencies, or individuals outside the Government without the Government first receiving a signed Acknowledgement of Responsibility to Safeguard EHP Roller Export Controlled Material on behalf of that specific firms, agencies, or individuals.

Non-U.S. firms, agencies, or individual seeking to respond to market survey

Because a portion of the market survey is export controlled material, the market survey can only be released to a U.S. person or, alternatively, to a Foreign person as defined in 22 CFR 120, who provides to the Government their current CAGE code and proper ITAR export license authorization(s) for the export of technical data directly related to items controlled in United States Munitions List Category VII.

Acknowledgement of Responsibility to Safeguard EHP Roller Export Controlled Material

1) The export controlled material is marked with export control warning label stated below. Recipient will properly safeguard the export controlled material so that there is no unauthorized exports, release, re-exports, etc.

WARNING - This document contains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979 (Title 50, U.S.C., App. 2401 et seq.), as amended. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties. Disseminate in accordance with provisions of DoD Directive 5230.25.

2) The export controlled material is marked with distribution statement stated below. Recipient will not remove, edit or obscure the export control warning label nor the distribution statement which is present on the export controlled material.

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT D. Distribution authorized to Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only; Export Control; 30 Oct 15. Other requests for this document shall be referred to ACC-WRN, CCTA-HTM-A, 6501 E. 11 Mile Road, MS 416, Warren, MI 48397-5000.

3) Recipient acknowledges their legal obligation to abide by all applicable export control laws and regulations.

4) Recipient agrees to guard the confidentiality of this export controlled material by limiting its distribution to only to those employees who would have a need to receive this material for purposes of responding to this market survey.

5) Recipient agrees after the export controlled material is used for the sole purpose of responding to this market survey, that the recipient will destroy the export controlled material and will certify to the Government in writing within 30 days of the destruction that the material has been properly destroyed, indicating the method used.

By signing the acknowledgment line provided below, the recipient is legally obligating itself to respect all of these conditions. This acknowledgment will then serve as the request of the prospective survey respondent to receive the export controlled materials and legal acceptance of the restrictions identified above.

By signing this acknowledgement, the undersigned warrants that she or he has authority to bind the recipient company to legal and regulatory obligations and that the recipient company is undertaking all obligations described herein.

Name:

Title:

Company:

Address:

Email/Phone:

Signed:

Email signed acknowledgement to: Chelsea V. Papke, Contract Specialist, chelsea.v.papke.civ@mail.mil

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SURVEY:

Please respond to every question.

1. Number each response with the appropriate question number.

2. You do not have to repeat the question in your response.

3. If you cannot answer the question, please indicate "No Response."

4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: "See response to question XX."

5. If your sales media or manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey.

6. Spell out all acronyms in their first instance.

7. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable the front page of your response package should state" "Proprietary Information Contained." Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:

1. Manufacturer:

a. Company Name (and any former names):

b. Mailing Address:

c. CAGE: DUNs Number:

d. Number of Years in Business:

e. Number of Employees: Number of Contract Employees:

f. Business Type (Check all that apply):

8(a)

Minority Owned

Disabled Veteran

Small Business

Hub Zone

Small-Disadvantaged

Large Business

Women Owned

Additionally, please provide a brief description of your company. How long has your company been in business? Provide photos of your company's production facility and storage areas. Please indicate if your company has ever changed its name. If so, please provide all previous name(s).

Additionally, please state if your company is a Small Business as defined in FAR Part 19 and if it registered in the Dynamic Small Business Search at: http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm

2. Personnel Responding to this Survey:

a. Name:

b. Title:

c. Company Responsibility/Position:

d. Telephone/Fax Numbers:

e. E-mail address:

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Chelsea V. Papke, Contract Specialist, by email at: chelsea.v.papke.civ@mail.mil

When answering the questions below please limit your responses to EHP Roller related products that your company manufactures and identify if it was new or remanufactured.

1. Product Information for Manufactured Products Most Similar to EHP Roller:

a. Description of similar types of products manufactured for military and commercial use, past and present:

b. Manufacturing Plant Location(s):

c. Capabilities of Manufacturing Facilities and percentage of Current Utilization:

2. Production History:

a. Length of time company been producing vehicle equipment components:

b. A detailed description of your company's experience with manufacturing military hardware for integration on a vehicle or similar products manufactured by your company. Please provide photos. Also please include a detailed listing of the types of products your company manufactures.

c. Describe the facilities, tools, and equipment which have been used to build the vehicle equipment components:

d. Describe the complexity of these vehicle equipment components including the age of the equipment and the scope of work performed. Pleases note if vehicle equipment components are foreign or domestic and whether it is commercial or military defense equipment:

e. Describe in-house welding functions, to what standard are company welders qualified, and how often are they re-certified:

f. Define your configuration management process (e.g., CM tools):

g. What specialized tools or Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) are required to operate and maintain the platform(s) your produce? Please be descriptive:

h. Describe the skill set of the workforce that would be used to perform the work; including technical, management and labor (e.g., years of experience, certifications, etc.):

i. Describe your company's approach to non-conforming material:

3. Production Plan:

a. What is your plan for procurement and management of parts production? What is your company's process for buying parts? Please discuss how your company proactively manage its suppliers and supply chain management.

b. What is the projected lead time to manufacturer the EHP Roller for use on the MMPV Type II?

c. What are the Long Lead Items?

d. What would you consider the most complex manufacturing aspect in producing this item?

e. Please list your major suppliers. Please name 1st tier subcontractors you would consider to produce the EHP Roller. What percentage of this EHP Roller effort would be performed by subcontractors, if any? Please provide the names of possible subcontractors you would utilize for this effort.

4. Production Rate (for products your company has built):

a. What is the current monthly rate of production for similar products at your company's facility? Are single or multiple shifts currently being employed?

b. What is the maximum production capability per month? What is your company's total facility production capacity?

c. With the above EHP Roller quantities, do you have existing facilities to support the specified quantities based on your current and future manufacturing efforts?

d. Is the proposed production facility compliant with the DoD security requirements as described in AR-190-13 & AR 380-5? If so, how is the production facility compliant?

5. Quality Control and Test:

a. Does your company have a documented Quality Management System (QMS)? Is your company certified/registered to an international standard such as ISO-9001 or TS 16949? If so, which is your highest level of certification and how long have you held that certification? If not certified/registered, please provide an outline describing the key elements of your company's QMS and the number of employees in the Quality department.

b. What level Quality Management System do you feel is appropriate for this level of effort?

c. Describe your company's approach to in-house quality testing, include test facilities, fixtures, and number of quality testing employees.

d. Describe your company's approach to continuous cost and reliability improvement.

e. Identify major suppliers and describe company approach to supply chain management/Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) system/process including metrics and supplier requirements, i.e. QMS, ISO accreditation, security, etc.

f. What experience does your company have with First Production Asset Inspection? First Article Test? Production Verification Test?

g. What experience does your company have with Failure Analysis and Corrective Action Reports? Does your company perform failure analysis in-house or is it subcontracted? If your company utilizes a subcontractor, is there an existing agreement in place to perform this work? How many Engineers do you have in-house? What type of facilities do you have to support failure analysis?

6. Cost/Schedule/Government Contracts:

a. How long after contract award can your company begin to deliver the FAT Assets, EHP Roller Production Assets and the SSP?

b. Please describe any price impacts of production rate, schedule, and range pricing.

c. Describe your company's experience managing and maintaining Government Furnished equipment (GFE).

d. What is the company's experience with submitting monthly reports on performance (progress/cost/schedule to the Government/Customer? Provide examples submitted in the past.

e. What types of Government contracts (such as Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) etc.) has your company performed? Please provide contract numbers and award dates.

Note: Be advised, potential offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to conduct business with the Government. Interested companies may submit their capabilities, and qualifications to perform the effort described above in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 1:00 PM EST on 30 January 2018. Such capabilities and qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining if this procurement can be accomplished on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice. Sources shall include in their responses:

7. Contact information: Interested companies should respond by providing the following information; point of contact, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address, DUNS number, cage code and tax ID number. Please provide an Organization Chart that explains how your company is organized.

8. Capabilities Statement: A detailed statement stating your company's capabilities providing the same and similar items described in this notice.

9. Business Size: Please indicate your business size based on the U.S. Small Business Administration North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 336992 - Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing.

10. Business Status: Please indicate the business size status of your company. Is your company considered a Small Business Concern, and if what type (Socio-Economic Factors: 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business etc.)? How many people are employed by your company, (in-house and contract employees).

11. Berry Amendment: All manufacturers must be Berry Amendment compliant.

12. Positive Statement: Please provide a positive statement of interest to submit a proposal.

As previously stated, no contract will be awarded from this announcement. This notice is a Sources Sought Request ONLY to see if this procurement can be accomplished on a competitive basis; therefore, no questions will be taken at this time. If and when a solicitation is posted, questions will be taken at that time and answered via a live Question and Answers Document.

All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned.

Your interest in this response is appreciated. Interested vendors should provide information regarding this announcement to:

Chelsea V. Papke Contract Specialist E-mail: chelsea.v.papke.civ@mail.mil