RACT_Q&A_11-14-17.pdf

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Questions and Answers

Broad Agency Announcement: W911W6-17-R-0003

Call Number: W911W6-18-R-0001

Rotorcraft Automated Component Tracking (RACT)

Issued By:

ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - REDSTONE

BUILDING 401 LEE BOULEVARD

FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA 23604-5577

Date: 14 November 2017

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Reference/Location Question Response

1 Call paragraphs 1.0, Introduction; 2.0 Scope of Research;

Please define Health State Awareness and its degree of separation from prognostics or CBM.

Health State Awareness - Aircraft's knowledge of current condition of major systems, subsystems or components as determined from monitoring devices on the aircraft.

Health state awareness, prognostics and CBM are all directly related. Health state awareness of the aircraft is required to conduct aircraft prognostics and CBM. You cannot conduct CBM or prognostics on the aircraft if you do not have health state awareness of the components on the aircraft.

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2 Call Section 2.0 Is GCSS-A the "comprehensive solution that can be used by decision-makers to assess individual aircraft and fleet readiness?”

No, RACT is the comprehensive maintenance solution that can be used by decision-makers to assess individual aircraft and fleet readiness. GCSS-A is an Army maintenance storehouse asset that maintenance records can be sent to or retrieved.

As defined in the GCSS-A Website: GCSS-Army will be one single system that contains the functionality associated with the business areas of supply, maintenance, property, and tactical finance. GCSS-Army is an integrated system where users with access and permissions can login and perform their business area missions regardless of their position in the modular structure or location throughout the world.

3 Call Section 4.0 In light of the upcoming Thanksgiving day holiday, would it be possible to extend the Army RACT proposal due date from

November 28th to Dec 15th?

The proposal due date will remain as stated: November 28, 2017; 2:00PM EST

4 Call Section 4.0 The Army RACT Call states classified responses will not be accepted, will it be ok submit a confidential response?

No; a proposal marked CONFIDENTIAL is considered a classified proposal. See National Industrial Security

Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) Ch. 4