BSS_Market_Questionnaire.docx

This document is a Market Questionnaire for use by the Army, related to the Bridge Supplemental Set (BSS). Written in the paragraph(s) below is additional information regarding the Market Questionnaire and BSS. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Also, it is not a request seeking contractors interested in being placed on a solicitation mailing list. Should you have need clarifications regarding this Market Questionnaire, you may contact Mike Simonson, TARDEC Bridging at 586-282-6247, or email to michael.p.simonson.civ@mail.mil. Responses to this Market Questionnaire should be sent to Mike Simonson at michael.p.simonson.civ@mail.mil, Jennifer Wagner at jennifer.m.wagner26.civ@mail.mil and David Joley at david.s.joley.civ@mail.mil. Replies to this Market Questionnaire must be received by close of business 25 Feb 2019. We thank you in advance, for your time and participation in this Market Questionnaire.

I. Objectives

a. The objective of the Market Questionnaire is to better understand the availability and capability of industry to manufacturing the BSS subsystems from the provided Technical Data Package (TDPs) and also develop and provide a means for transportability. The information gathered by the Army through this Market Questionnaire, along with other market investigation data, is solely intended for use by the U.S. Army and will not be shared amongst the other Market Questionnaire responses received. For instructions and more information regarding proprietary information, please refer to Section IV of this document. Participation in the Market Questionnaire by the various contractors is considered low risk to the companies responding, given the Army will treat information from the Questionnaire responses per Section IV as Proprietary.

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

II. Instructions

a. Read the capability summary for the BSS in Section III of this Market Questionnaire. Attachments are also included with important additional information.

b. Answer all of the questions in the Market Questionnaire. If certain U.S. Army capabilities shown in this Market Questionnaire are deemed not available, or not achievable, according to the respondent’s company knowledge, please include an alternate proposal(s) which will provide the intent of the capability described herein. 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 schedule to support the BSS requirements. This information is essential in understanding the scope of the project. It is understood by the U.S. Army that this information is strictly an estimate and the respondent’s company is not contractually obligated to this information. Please avoid N/A or blank information. Please include development resource cost and timing estimates for all alternate proposals as well as the mainstream proposal.

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

III. BSS Description The Bridge Supplemental Set (BSS) provides the Multi-Role Bridging Companies (MRBCs) with a float bridge anchorage capability, bridge protection, site stability, and power generation/special tools. The BSS team is surveying the Commercial Industry to determine its ability to provide manufacturing support and integration of the anchorage, site stability mats, and the power generation/special tools. The required work is summarized below.

a. BSS Prototypes:

· Manufacture one (1) BSS prototype

· Anchorage

· Site Stability Mats

· Power Generation/Specialty Tools

b. Anchorage Efforts:

· Manufacture anchorage towers based on the existing Government owned Technical Data Package (TDP); Attachment 0001, Anchorage TDP

· Manufacture 58 sets of anchorage towers

· Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS) cables, helical anchors, and pulleys will need to be purchased and kitted with the anchorage towers. Additional parts list enclosed; Attachment 0002, Anchorage Additional Parts

· Kit the anchorage towers and additional required parts for ease of transport – Transportability limitations are provided in the integration effort below

c. Site Stability Efforts:

· Manufacture the site stability matting based on the existing Government owned TDP; Attachment 0003, Site Stability Matting

· Manufacture 58 Sets of matting (consisting of 32 mats/set)

· Kit the matting sets for ease of transport – Transportability limitations are provided in the integration effort below

d. Tools Efforts:

· Purchase the tools identified in attached tool list and develop and provide a kitting solution for the tools in hard cases with foam cut outs similar to a General Mechanics Tool Kit (GMTK). Attachment 0004, BSS Tool List

· General Mechanics Tool Kit (GMTK) – Example Solution https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/catalog/product_detail.do?gsin=11000013716265

· Integrate the tool kits with the Anchorage system and site stability for ease of transport - Transportability limitations are provided in the integration effort below

e. Integration Effort:

· Develop and provide a means to integrate the BSS anchorage system, site stability matting, and tool kit together onto four (4) or less M1077 pallets, flatracks, or equivalent. Flatracks currently used by the US Army are the M3 Container Roll-In/Out Platform (CROP) Attachment 0005, TM 9-3990-260-14P and M1077 Flatrack Attachment 0006, TM 9-3990-206-10.

· The BSS will need to be lifted and transported by a Common Bridge Transporter (CBT) – see Attachment 0007, TM 9-2320-425-10 -- and transloaded onto and off of a Palletized Load System Trailers (PLST) see Attachment 0008, TM 9-2330-342-10.

f. Organic Support Package:

· Develop and provide the Operator and Maintainer technical manuals to support the organic field level installation and maintenance of the BSS.

IV. Proprietary GENERAL INFORMATION: The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this Questionnaire. The U.S. 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 Questionnaire 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 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 “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. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the U.S. Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. 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.

V. Pricing for the BSS

The market survey includes a number of requirements that may be military unique. Please provide cost breakdowns and schedule for the below options:

1. Materials

2. Engineering design work of prototype

3. Manufacturing efforts

4. Test costs

Bridge Supplemental System (BSS) Integration and Manufacturing Capability January, 2019

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This Market Questionnaire pertains to the Bridge Supplemental Set (BSS).

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Is your company and the applicable subcontractors willing to support the system overseas and possibly in Theater (warzones) if necessary?

List your storage capabilities, (square feet? indoor/outdoor? restrictions?)

Are there any minimum or maximum order quantity limitations?

Does your company use a cost system that has been certified by the Defense Contract Audit Agency?

Describe the product distribution and service channels for the system, subsystem and components.

Does the company have the capability to further manipulate and finalize TDP updates and revisions? What is your experience with incorporating Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)?

Anchorage

Do you have the manufacturing capability to produce the government designs from the Anchorage TDPs provided? Please explain the company’s capabilities.

Provide examples of similar systems and work that displays the manufacturing capability of your company.

Please provide manufacturing cost & timeline for the anchorage towers. Cost and timing data is for planning purposes only and is not contractual. The U.S. Army does not consider this information firm.

What is the expected mean capacity production rates and the maximum capacity production rates

Do you need to purchase tooling to fabricate the anchorage towers on the attached TDP’s?

What is the current monthly production rate of similar products?

Site Stability

Do you have the manufacturing capability to produce the government designed Site Stability mats from the TDP provided? Explain the manufacturing capability.

Please provide examples of similar systems and work that displays the company’s manufacturing capability.

Please provide manufacturing cost & timeline for the Site Stability mats. Cost and timing data is for planning purposes only and is not contractual. The U.S. Army does not consider this information firm.

What is the expected mean capacity production rates and the maximum capacity production rates for the mats?

Do you have the experience and tooling to fabricate fiberglass structures? Please provide examples of similar projects worked.

Do you need to purchase tooling to fabricate the mat design on the attached TDP’s?

What is the current monthly production rate of similar products?

Tools

How would you go about acquiring the tools from the provided tool list?

What is the cost and timeline associated with procuring the tools from the provided tool list?

Does your company have the capability to integrate the different tools into a tool and kit, then continue the integration effort kitting all the tools?

What is the cost and timeline associated with the integration effort of kitting the tools?

Please provide examples of similar systems and work that displays the integration capability.

What is the expected mean capacity production rates and the maximum capacity production rates for producing the tool kits?

What is the current monthly production rate of similar products?

Integration

Describe your plan for the integration of the BSS subsystems (anchorage, site stability, tools).

What would be the associated cost to integrate the BSS systems (anchorage, site stability, tools)?

Please provide a timeline/schedule that would explain the integration efforts of the BSS systems (anchorage, site stability, tools)?

Describe a plan for integrating the Army specific requirements

Please list your approximate schedule/timeline for BSS integration and production.

How many M1077 pallets or CROPS do you believe would be needed per BSS; for one site stability mat system, one anchorage system, and one tool set? How much do you estimate each loaded flatrack would weigh?

BSS Additional Questions

What is the production and delivery lead –time required to deliver the first BSS system?

Would you be interested in a partnership arrangement with an Army maintenance depot? If yes, please describe the potential partnership.

Do you have a procedure in place for identifying counterfeit parts?

Identify the length of time (in years) that repair, maintenance and serviceable parts will be supported beyond the model year end.

What means are available to your customers to obtain spare parts for the systems? What is your support system for spare or replacement parts?

List the networks (U.S.A. and overseas) for warranty, maintenance and repair parts to support. Describe the process used to qualify support facilities.

Would your company be able to provide individual packaging of the components of the set for individual purchases through the Army supply system? What standard would you use? Please describe the experience you have had in this specialty.

Would you be able to provide a top down breakdown Bill of Materiel (BOM) for the finalized TDP integrating all three (3) subsystems of the BSS?

Will special packaging testing and reporting IAW ASTM D 4169 be performed in-house or through a sub-contractor facility?

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

Have you ever produced Electronic Technical Manuals (ETM)? If not, please propose a strategy to incorporate this capability in case it is needed.

Security

Do you have a Facility Security Officer?

Does your company deal with International Trade Agreement Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) issues?

Is your company foreign owned? If so, fully or partially owned? If so, what country?

Would the workforce on the prospective contract be United States citizens?

Does your company have experience with Army security regulations?

Has your company implemented an Operations Security plan?

Does your company have experience with a Program Protection plan?

Does your company have the ability to operate and maintain a secure Army data collection site (manpower, estimated labor hours, and total payments)?

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