AGT_1500_Engine_Market_Survey.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED

MARKET SURVEY NOTICE

Automotive Gas Turbine (AGT) 1500 Engine Program

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

This is a Request for Information (RFI). No contract will be awarded from this announcement.

This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this market survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.

DISCLAIMER:

Reference herein to any specific commercial company, product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government (USG) or the Department of the Army (DA). The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the USG or the DA, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

OBJECTIVE:

The purpose of this market survey questionnaire is to obtain information on industry capability to satisfy U.S. Army requirements for support of existing Automotive Gas Turbine (AGT) 1500 engines. Support requirements include integrated services that span from engineering, quality, technical support, logistics, project management services, Field Service Engineer (FSE) support, data collection, management and analysis, and total supply chain management to include forecasting, planning and procuring a discrete list of parts based on demand, usage rate, fleet age, and failure rates; management of supplier base; material and warehouse management;

and overhaul production support for engine component repairs, the AGT 1500 engine overhaul line, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) requirements at Anniston Army Depot (ANAD).

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Provide technical and quality assistance to support the Digital Electronic Control Unit

(DECU).

2. Provide technical and quality assistance support to improve ANAD AGT 1500 engine overhaul processes (including utilization of Six Sigma techniques and Lean processes).

3. Perform integrated data collection, data management, and data analysis to include identification of components that drive field maintainability, durability, and reliability and provide tools for monitoring the engine and engine components’ life.

4. Have knowledge of and access to AGT1500 Engine Technical Data Package (TDP) and be able to design new hardware required to meet performance specifications and provide prototypes to support AGT 1500 test programs. Analyze data to recommend durability based design improvements, develop and validate product and process improvements, and identify opportunities to reduce overall life cycle costs to the single performance standard: Systems Specification for Tank, M1A1, Specification Number SA-X00003-D dated 12 November 1996, Systems Specification for Tank, M1A2, Specification Number SA-SA00001D, SCN No. 1 dated 22 April 2004, and Product Item Specification, DECU, EA- J7 (AGT1500) Specification Number 91547-E2523 Revision B dated 13 January 2010 (or latest revision).

5. Provide ANAD with electronic maintenance work instructions to overhaul the AGT 1500 engine to specifications: AGT1500 Fabrication specification 91547-E2180 Revision K, dated 05 February 2016, NMWR 9-2835-255 (volumes 1 through 5 inclusive) dated 01 March 2014 determined by the conduct of the overhauled engine test defined in the ATP Engine Test Procedure (ETP) 21-15494 dated 29 September 2015, and 91547-E2522 Interface Control Document (ICD) for the model EA-J7 DECU Revision C dated 14 January 2010 (or latest revision).

6. Perform root cause corrective action analyses of field problems and testing issues.

7. Maintain and update a record of usage rates based on condition based overhaul work planning guidance and reasons for maintenance. Perform demand management and parts planning for the AGT1500 Engine Bill of Materials based on usage rates and lead times.

8. Based on demand management and parts planning analysis, procure and supply required AGT1500 Engine Bill of Material hardware to support the AGT 1500 engine overhaul, reset and condition based overhaul programs at ANAD according to production schedule as well as to support field demands to maintain readiness for unit level replacement parts and spares.

9. Perform integrated supply chain management for all engine components to include management of supplier base, accurate forecasting of AGT1500 Engine parts requirements, and receipt and issue of assets to required delivery schedule.

10. Perform inventory management to include receipt of inventory, accountability, and kitting support for new and reclaimed hardware required to support the AGT 1500 engine overhaul line at ANAD and field demands.

11. Provide TDP maintenance and participation in configuration management meetings.

12. Provide FSE support to include training, technical assistance, and operation of field repair, production, and test sites at multiple CONUS and OCONUS locations. Collect maintenance and operational data, and perform approved low risk depot level repairs in the field.

13. Perform top level, integrated program management oversight.

RESPONSES:

Each initial response to this market survey is requested to include:

1. A brief (no more than one page) company description, summarizing the organization’s history and pertinent industry experience.

2. An executive summary (no more than one page) of the information submitted in response to this market survey.

3. Point(s)-of-Contact (POC) with associated contact information.

4. Answers to the following questions:

a. Briefly describe your knowledge of the AGT 1500 engine and how it interacts with the Abrams vehicle.

b. Are you qualified to manufacture or repair AGT 1500 engines? If so, by whom are you qualified?

c. What is your experience with AGT 1500 engine repairs?

d. Briefly describe your knowledge of the DECU, your capability to perform configuration management on the DECU to include parts obsolescence and nuclear hardness analysis management. Describe your capabilities and capacity for performing each of the following: facilities, transportation, manufacturing, and inventory and supply chain management.

e. Do you have rights to AGT1500 technical data, or can you obtain rights to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) proprietary data to allow for performance of configuration management and material production?

f. How much transition time would your company require to perform this contract?

g. What quality control measures do you currently have in place (ISO 9000, 9001, AS9100, NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program)?

h. Describe your experience with Government Source Inspection, Critical Safety Items, and

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.

i. How many employees are in your company?

j. What is your company’s annual revenue?

k. Are you currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and the Wide

Area Workflow (WAWF)?

l. Describe your experience in partnering with Government repair depots.

m. Briefly describe how you would meet this requirement.

RESPONSE DUE:

Responses to this market survey are due by 1:00pm EST on 13 July 2018. Please submit all responses and any questions prior to full response via email to Government POCs provided below. Please format the subject line of the response email as follows: “[Organization Name] response to Market Survey – AGT 1500 Engine”.

RESPONSE FORMAT(S):

Only electronic responses are requested. Please provide e-mail responses in PDF format to the Government POCs listed below. If you submit multiple e-mail messages, please make sure the subject lines include, for example, “message 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3,” as well as [Organization Name]. All interested entities (e.g. companies, non-profit organizations, and academic institutes), regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for information.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this market survey. 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 response to the survey 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 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 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.

GOVERNMENT POINTS OF CONTACT:

Army Contracting Command (ACC) - Warren, email: mira.patel.civ@mail.mil and Roxanna.m.genova-lasecki.civ@mail.mil.

mailto:rachel.l.serra.civ@mail.mil