LOCB Market Survey Questions 18 Feb 20.docx

Line of Communication Bridge (LOCB) Market Survey Questions

The U.S. Army is soliciting industry for Military Load Classification (MLC) 80 Tracked /110 Wheeled and MLC 120 Tracked /150 Wheeled Line of Communication Bridge (LOCB) systems, all capable of supporting Normal vehicle crossings per the Trilateral Design and Test Code (TDTC).

Description of Intent: This is a market survey questionnaire requesting information in support of the following potential requirement. 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 questionnaire 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. The U.S. Army will not publish the results of this questionnaire. Respondents will not be notified regarding information obtained related to this questionnaire. The paragraphs below contain additional information regarding the questionnaire and its subject. If you need further communications with the U.S. Army concerning this questionnaire, you may contact Shelia Couch at Shelia.a.couch.civ@mail.mil. Thank you in advance for your time and participation in this market survey questionnaire.

Potential Requirement: The purpose of this questionnaire is to support market research efforts being conducted by the U.S. Army to better understand the availability of commercial / non-developmental LOCB systems that satisfy US Army requirements for Dry and Wet Gap bridging capability. The following information describes the US Army’s requirements for MLC 80T/110W and MLC 120T/150W dry and wet gap LOCB systems.

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS:

The desired LOC bridging capability demonstrates the performance characteristics detailed below.

UTILIZATION OF CURRENT MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT (MHE) AND PERSONNEL:

The desired LOC bridging capability shall accommodate launch and retrieval using the resources currently available to the MRBCs. These resources consist of the equipment and personnel detailed below.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE:

Please provide your response to each question according to the following instructions.

• Answer all questions that are applicable to your LOC bridging system.

• Use subparagraphs for your separate responses for the dry and wet configuration of your LOCB system as applicable.

• Number each response with the appropriate question number.

• Do not repeat the question in your response.

• If you cannot answer a question, please indicate “No Response.” Please provide a reason the question cannot be answered (e.g., bridge design is not complete).

• If a response will satisfy another question, state: “See response to question XXX.”

• Briefly respond to each question. Limit responses to no more than one paragraph consisting of a maximum of eight short, concise sentences

• Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing an ACROBAT formatted manual, annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If preferred, include Internet Web links to locations where animations/videos may be downloaded.

• If your sales media and/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 investigation.

• Spell out any acronyms in their first instance

• 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 investigation.

• Limit your total response to all the questions to 60 pages of electronic text.

• A copy of the Tri-Lateral Design and Testing Code (TDTC) will be provided upon request.

Responses to this market investigation questionnaire should be sent to Shelia Couch via email Shelia.a.couch.civ@mail.mil or, for submissions including files exceeding email limits, DoD SAFE at URL: https://safe.apps.mil/ . You are requested to put “Line of Communication Bridge Market Survey Response” in the email subject or the Description in the DoD SAFE website. Any requests for clarifications of this Survey shall be addressed to Contract Specialist (email: Shelia.a.couch.civ@mail.mil) and Mr. David Kozlowski (email: david.j.kozlowski2.civ@mail.mil). DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO ANY QUESTIONS IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.

Any product literature that cannot be e-mailed may be sent to:

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren

CCTA-HCP-B

ATTN: Shelia Couch, Mail Stop 351 6501 E. Eleven Mile Rd.

Warren, MI 48397-5000

Replies to this questionnaire must be received by 5:00 EST, 10 March 2020.

1. Company Information:

a. Name:

b. Mailing Address:

c. Plant Location for bridge production:

d. Other plants (if applicable):

e. Website:

f. Business size:

2. Personnel Responding to Questionnaire:

a. Name:

b. Position Title:

c. Telephone number(s):

d. Email address:

3. Item Description:

a. 80T/110W, 50m dry gap system

i. Dry gap model number:

ii. Comments:

iii. Wet gap model number:

iv. Comments:

b. 80T/110W, 130m wet gap system

i. Dry gap model number:

ii. Comments:

iii. Wet gap model number:

iv. Comments:

c. 120T/150W, 50m dry gap system

i. Dry gap model number:

ii. Comments:

iii. Wet gap model number:

iv. Comments:

d. 120T/150W, 130m dry gap system

i. Dry gap model number:

ii. Comments:

iii. Wet gap model number:

iv. Comments:

4. Overview Questions

a. 80T/110W, 50m dry gap system

i. Cost:

1. Main bridge:

2. Ramp set (two sets per bridge; one each end):

3. Launch & erection set:

4. Other necessary equipment:

5. For multi-span, 10m Pier support:

6. Multi-span junctions:

ii. Weight:

iii. Emplacement time:

iv. Fatigue life (number of crossings at MLC):

v. How long have these make(s) and model(s) been in production?

vi. How many units have been produced in the current configuration?

b. 80T/110W, 130m wet gap system

i. Cost:

1. Main bridge:

2. Ramp set (two sets per bridge; one each end):

3. Launch & erection set:

4. Other necessary equipment:

5. For multi-span, 10m Pier support:

6. Multi-span junctions:

ii. Weight:

iii. Emplacement time:

iv. Fatigue life (number of crossings at MLC):

v. How long have these make(s) and model(s) been in production?

vi. How many units have been produced in the current configuration?

c. 120T/150W, 50m dry gap system

i. Cost:

1. Main bridge:

2. Ramp set (two sets per bridge; one each end):

3. Launch & erection set:

4. Other necessary equipment:

5. For multi-span, 10m Pier support:

6. Multi-span junctions:

ii. Weight:

iii. Emplacement time:

iv. Fatigue life (number of crossings at MLC):

v. How long have these make(s) and model(s) been in production?

vi. How many units have been produced in the current configuration?

d. 120T/150W, 130m wet gap system

i. Cost:

1. Main bridge:

2. Ramp set (two sets per bridge; one each end):

3. Launch & erection set:

4. Other necessary equipment:

5. For multi-span, 10m Pier support:

6. Multi-span junctions:

ii. Weight:

iii. Emplacement time:

iv. Fatigue life (number of crossings at MLC):

v. How long have these make(s) and model(s) been in production?

vi. How many units have been produced in the current configuration?

5. For the cost stated above, please identify the elements included in the subsystem estimate. Bill of Materials and/or drawings may be submitted to supplement information provided. If anything is omitted that is required for emplacement or operation, please identify and separately price. Please provide the cost of the recommended spares.

6. For your MLC 80T/110W (normal) system:

a. How was the MLC rating determined? Please identify the standard used to determine the rated MLC.

b. Have you tested your proposed bridge configuration? If yes, to what standards or test methods?

c. Has the bridge been tested in accordance with TDTC requirements? (i.e. working load, overload, etc):

d. If tested per TDTC, was testing performed by the Government or Commercial test facility?

e. What are your testing capabilities to determine structural strength, fatigue, and transportability requirements?

f. What is your Finite Element Analysis (FEA) approach and how do you observe stress and determine the fatigue life of the bridge?

g. Does your company have Modeling & Simulation data showing structural strength and fatigue performance? If so, can you provide the output to the government for review?

h. Have you performed component level fatigue testing on the 80T/110W components? If yes, what parts are tested, and what is the predicted number of life cycles for the components?

7. For your MLC 120T/150W (normal) system:

a. How was the MLC rating determined? Please identify the standard used to determine the rated MLC.

b. Have you tested your proposed bridge configuration? If yes, to what standards or test methods?

c. Has the bridge been tested in accordance with TDTC requirements? (i.e. working load, overload, etc):

d. If tested per TDTC, was testing performed by the Government or Commercial test facility?

e. What are your testing capabilities to determine structural strength, fatigue, and transportability requirements?

f. What is your Finite Element Analysis (FEA) approach and how do you observe stress and determine the fatigue life of the bridge?

g. Does your company have Modeling & Simulation data showing structural strength and fatigue performance? If so, can you provide the output to the government for review?

h. Have you performed component level fatigue testing on the 80T/110W components? If yes, what parts are tested, and what is the predicted number of life cycles for the components?

8. For both a 50 meter clear span MLC 80T/110W and a 50 meter clear span MLC 120T/150W system:

a. Has the system been through environmental testing (such as temperature, humidity, solar, salt fog, etc.)? If so, please provide documentation (i.e. test plans, test reports, and if possible test data).

b. Has the system been through structural strength/fatigue testing (i.e. testing MLC ratings and reliability of the bridge)? If so, please provide documentation (i.e. test plans, test reports, and if possible data).

9. For a 10 meter tall 80T/110W Pier and a 10 meter tall 120T/150W Pier system:

a. Has the system been through structural strength/fatigue testing (i.e. testing MLC ratings and reliability of the bridge)? If so, please provide documentation (i.e. test plans, test reports, and if possible data)

b. Describe the possibility of using a single design to support both MLC 80T/110W and MLC 120T/150W bridge systems.

TRANSPORTABILITY LOAD PLANS

10. Has your company performed design work for M1077 Flatrack operational load plans for 50 meter dry gap LOCB systems?

11. Has your company performed design work for M1077 Flatrack operational load plans for 130 meter wet gap LOCB systems?

12. What unique configurations or constraints are required to ensure the operational Flatrack load plans conform to lift capabilities of the M1977 Common Bridge Transporter (CBT) – with a maximum gross weight of 24000lbs and evenly distributed on the Flatrack?

13. Does your company have experience in developing ISO container load plans to meet Dept of Defense transportability system requirements?

14. Has your company performed design work for ISO container load plans for 50 meter dry gap LOCB systems, with maximum use of 20 foot ISO containers?

15. Has your company performed design work for ISO container load plans for 130 meter wet gap LOCB systems, with maximum use of 20 foot ISO containers?

16. For each of the above configurations, please provide number of 20 foot and 40 foot ISO containers required per system.

17. Additionally, if 20 foot ISO container gross weight was limited to 19,000 pounds total, provide the new number of 20 foot ISO containers required per 50m Dry system. 40 foot ISO containers do not have a requirement to limit weight to 19,000 pounds.

18. Has your company developed technical instructions so a customer is able to repack a 50 meter dry gap system into ISO containers into the same configuration as it was delivered from your company?

FAST-WATER FLOATING BRIDGE PERFORMANCE

19. Do you have data showing the floating bridge (MLC 80T/110W and MLC 120T/150W) crossing performance/capacity in various water conditions?

20. How does the bridge crossing capacity change as a function of water depth and speed?

21. Have you ever developed or deployed a cable system to support a floating bridge across moving water for any of your applications? What were the design capacities and limitations for such a system?

22. Describe the types of anchors or anchoring systems you have used to support a bridge built across moving water. Do you have experience in implementing various anchor systems depending on soil conditions below the body of water the bridge is crossing?

MAINTENANCE

23. How do you conduct routine inspection and maintenance for bridging systems you have provided to other customers? How do you determine your inspection/maintenance intervals?

Publications:

24. Do you currently have an industry proven commercial manual that supports your equipment? Please provide a copy.

25. What is your experience in writing technical manuals? Give specific examples and provide samples of your work.

26. Describe your experience, if any, in writing a manual to a Military Standard. Which Standard was used? Provide a sample of any manual you produced to a Military Standard.

27. Describe your experience in coding and publishing using Army XML. Provide a sample of your work.

28. Do your manuals provide all the information necessary for the customer to assemble, launch, train and maintain a bridge, independent of vendor support? If not, what additional information is required?

PROVISIONING:

29. What is your experience with provisioning, specifically LSA 036 reports, TPD or EDFP?

30. What is your experience in performing a Maintenance Analysis, Level of Repair Analysis and Failure Mode Effects & Criticality Analysis? Please provide specific examples?

PACKAGING:

31. Will all components of the LOCB Bridging System be available for Packaging data development?

32. Do you have any previous experience in developing Military Packaging? If yes, please provide details.

33. Do you have the capability to test Packaging IAW ASTM D4169, Distribution Cycle 18, Assurance Level I with Acceptance Criterion 3?

IUID:

34. Does your company have knowledge of both the DFARS Clause 252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation along with the Policy for Unique Item Identification addressed in DFARS 211.274-2?

35. Are you familiar with the DoD Requirement for Item Unique Identification?

36. Are you familiar with MIL-STD 130? If so, can you produce a MIL-STD 130 ECC 200 Compliant 2-D Matrix for the material that meets the requirement for Item Unique Identification?

37. Are you familiar with the Verification and Validation of a MIL-STD 130 ECC 200 Compliant 2-D Matrix?

38. If data plates or labels would be produced within your facility, would you be able to establish quality controls to ensure consistency with marking along with MIL-STD 130 compliance?

39. Does your company have knowledge on accessing and establishing an account within the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment were electronic billing and registrations of Unique Item Identifiers occur?

TRAINING:

40. Does your company provide onsite assistance and training for the installation and maintenance of your wet and dry gap bridges of differing distances?

41. Do you have training material developed for the installations and maintenance of the wet and dry gap bridges to include instructions covering restricted build sites?

a. If not, do you have the ability to produce Program of Instruction to include lesson plans, student guides, instructor guides, and student handouts?

42. What type of multi-media training does your company currently have?

a. Can your company produce other types of multi-media to support training?

43. Does your company have the ability to produce video training materials on the installation and maintenance of the wet and dry gap bridges?