D-HMEE_EMD_MSQ.pdf

D-HMEE EMD Support

Sources Sought

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Enclosed/attached is the U.S. Army Manufacturer Surveillance Questionnaire (MSQ) related to the Delta HMEE (High Mobility Engineer Excavator) Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) Support for the Route Clearance Interrogation System (RCIS) Type I. The paragraphs below contain additional information regarding the MSQ and its subject. If you need further communications with the Army concerning this questionnaire, you may contact Pamela Taiariol, Contract Specialist, at pamela.e.taiariol.civ@mail.mil . We thank you in advance, for your time and participation in this Market Investigation (MI).

I. Objectives

a. This document is the MSQ in support of the MI for EMD support activities. The objectives of this market investigation are to better understand the availability and capabilities of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) or other equipment sources to meet Army requirements. The information gathered by the Army through this MSQ, along with other market investigation data, is solely intended for use by the U.S.

Army and will not be shared amongst competing companies. For instructions and more information regarding proprietary information, please refer to Section IV of this document.

b. Participation in this MI provides an important opportunity to influence the solicitation provision and contract clauses, budget requests, and a full range of other elements that supports the acquisition strategy for the Army rebuild programs. The U.S. Army will not provide compensation for any resources spent answering this MSQ and participation is at the discretion of the respondent(s).

II. Instructions

a. Read the capability summary for this effort in Section III of this MSQ. Industry may submit responses to this survey until 1:00 PM local Warren, Michigan time on May 8, 2017.

b. Answer all of the questions in the MSQ. If certain U.S. Army capabilities shown in this MSQ are deemed not currently available through the respondent, please provide a rough-order magnitude estimate of the work (time and money) needed to reach the Army’s listed capabilities. It is the U.S. Army’s desire to avoid “not applicable” (N/A) type answers.

c. Please provide the projected development resources such as cost and timing to support the survey’s objectives. This information is essential in understanding the scope of the project and it is understood by the U.S. Army that this information is strictly a rough estimate. The respondent’s company is not contractually obligated to this information. Please avoid N/A, not applicable or blank information. The U.S.

Army recognizes these are rough estimates and will use the information strictly as a means for gaining general knowledge. Please include development resource cost and timing estimates for all items as well as additional proposal(s) to meet stated requirements if a performance gap exists.

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d. Provide product brochures or other forms of information relevant to this MSQ as is deemed appropriate. Additionally, it is encouraged to provide any additional information that enables the U.S. Army to gain insight into the company, product performance, reliability and warranty performance.

III. Summary for the D-HMEE EMD Support Market Investigation This questionnaire applies to the US Army’s plans to provide EMD Support for the D-HMEE in the areas of Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Safety, Logistics, Test & Evaluation, and Manufacturing/Production Readiness. This is not an exhaustive list, rather the perceived areas of higher risk to support the overall RCIS Type I program and ensure success for the Army. In order to ensure the best value to the US Army and taxpayers, we are surveying the marketplace to determine if more than one potential source exists for providing D-HMEE system support through the EMD phase of the RCIS Type I Acquisition Lifecycle.

IV. Proprietary GENERAL INFORMATION: The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this MSQ. The U.S. Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C.

§1905 to protect data 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 response to the MSQ 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 an explanatory text so the U.S. Government is clearly notified of the data needing to be appropriately protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials truly proprietary (over 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 other appropriate means to indicate the portion of a single page to be protected.

3. The U.S. Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data which is already in the public domain or in possession of the U.S. Government or 3rd parties, or is afterward placed into public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the U.S. Government will not be protected once it is in the public domain. Data which is already in the possession of the U.S. Government will be protected in accordance with 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 U.S. Government, shall contain the

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“PROPRIETARY” legend, with any explanatory text on both the cover of the transmittal email and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for only portions of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends “PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS:” and

“PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS.”

5. The U.S. Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses.

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

6. This is not a request for proposal, does not constitute a solicitation, and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. The U.S. Government is not obligated to award a contract as a result of this MSQ. Funds are NOT available to pay for preparation of responses to this MSQ.

7. The U.S Government will not publish the results of this MSQ. Respondents WILL NOT be notified regarding information obtained related to this MSQ. If and when a solicitation is issued, it will be posted on www.fedbizopps.gov. It is the respondent's responsibility to monitor these sites for the releases of any synopsis or solicitation.

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D-HMEE EMD Support Manufacturer Surveillance Questionnaire

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Company/Manufacture’s Name:

Company Mailing Address:

DUNS #: CAGE Code:

Company Contact Name/Title: Office Telephone #:

Mobile Telephone #: Contact’s Office Email:

Item

Capability General

Description Capability Detail Description Respondent’s Capability Description Respondent’s Proposed

Alternatives and Comments

General Company/Manufacturer Information

1 Company/Manufacturer & Subcontractors

List the manufacturing plants & locations (City, State/Province, and Country), building size in square feet and number of employees per location.

2 Company as a Prime contractor to the US Government

Describe the company’s experience with providing military equipment to the US Government, currently or in the last 3 years. Include the dates and the U.S. Government agency /department.

3 Small Businesses Check the box in the next column as is appropriate.

Small Business VOSB Veteran Owned Small Business SVOSB Service-disabled Veteran-owned

Small Business HUBZ SB HUBZ one Small Business SDB Small Disadvantaged Business WOSB Woman-owned Small Business

4 Small Business Code. Please list all applicable NAICS Codes identifying the company as a small business.

Engineering/Technical Capabilities

Subject Matter Expertise in base platform High Mobility Engineer

Please list the knowledge possessed on the base HMEE and D-HMEE

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Excavator Type I (HMEE-I) and Delta HMEE modifications to base HMEE-I to enable teleoperation.

modifications, and abilities to: 1) analyze potential impacts of adding a robotic applique kit, 2) determine feasibility of proposed vehicle modifications

Cybersecurity Please state your prior experience and/or current ability (or through partnership) to implement a Cybersecurity program for the base HMEE-I and D-HMEE modifications.

Cybersecurity program would include:

1) Conduct cybersecurity program to assess software development, software assurance, hardware validation, supply chain risk assessment, vulnerability management, & patch management

2) Comply with Cybersecurity requirements in accordance with DoDI, DoD, and NIST protocols?

3) Analyze D-HMEE system and make modifications to improve cyber performance and updates?

4) Support Government Cybersecurity Testing through explaining information provided to Government and implementation of Cybersecurity controls?

System Safety Please state your prior experience and current abilities (in-house or with partnership) to: conduct system safety analyses IAW MIL-STD-882 for hardware and software, provide documentation of risks and any resolutions, ensure safe operation of equipment delivered to soldiers.

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EMD Test Support Please state your abilities or access to personnel and knowledge to provide root cause analysis, vehicle inspection and repairs, and provide spare parts for D-HMEE test assets undergoing test & evaluation at multiple Government test sites (Aberdeen, Yuma, White Sands, etc).

TDP updates Please state your abilities to make updates and changes to the TDP for the D-HMEE modifications as a result of EMD test & evaluation. TDP concerns both hardware components and software items.

Manufacturing and Production Readiness

Please state your abilities to develop a Manufacturing Plan for the D-HMEE to support future Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and Full-Rate Production (FRP) program phases.

Manufacturing Plan would include:

1) General manufacturing processes and procedures, as well as inclusion of Quality Management System

2) Plans to manage obsolescence of base HMEE-I and D-HMEE components

3) Details on a Retrofit Induction program to refurbish base HMEE-Is (tear-down, inspect, etc) and modify them to the D-HMEE configuration

Logistics Support Development/Products

Technical Manuals (TM) Explain your capability to provide Work Packages that meet the requirements for an Operator & Field Level

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Maintenance Including Repair Parts and Special Tools Manual with current Military Standards?

How will you meet the Operational Instructions requirement?

How will you identify Operator & Field Level Maintenance Trouble Shooting Instructions required to support the D-

HMEE?

Fuel, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems schematics are critical to support Troubles Shooting and Field Level Maintenance what level of schematic are you able to provide?

Will a Repair/Spare Parts List be provided with appropriate copyright release to use data in support of this program?

How will you met the required Illustrated Parts Breakdown for a -

13&P TM?

Maintenance Analysis / Parts Provisioning

Explain your approach to maintenance analysis and how this will meet the Army’s Two Level Maintenance (TLM) Concept?

Explain your approach to meet the Diagnostics Requirements in the Maintenance Analysis and LORA Requirements?

To what extent do you intend to provision parts to support TLM?

Where the repair of your equipment requires special tools, what planning will be done to meet this requirement?

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How do you intend to meet the Army’s information requirements to support the development of the System Support Package in regards to copyright release of data in support of this program?

Training Support Package (TSP) Explain your TSP development plan to meet current Military Training Standards?

Packaging Will special packaging testing and reporting be performed in-house or through a sub-contractor facility?

Facilities / General Event Support

Do you have facilities and manpower (or logistics sub-contractor facilities and manpower) to support disassembly, assembly, documentation, and associated logistics event costs?

What is the level of expected support for Logistics Events?

Warranties Does your company provide any warranties or pass through warranties?

Explain the process for an Army Unit to utilize the Warranties provided?

Additional Information

Subject Additional Information/Description

Additional Information Please include any additional information or data/descriptions you deem pertinent and relevant to this MSQ or related thereof. This includes any information which may not be covered or fully covered in the questionnaire. (Tab at the end of the row to add rows).

Additional files may also be attached to your response.