Sled Testing Activities Sources Sought WNUK-24-0402STv2.pdf

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC) Human Systems Division (HSD)

AFLCMC/WNU

1981 Monohan Way

Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433

SUBJECT: Sled Testing Activities Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) # WNUK-24-0402ST

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) Purpose

II. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) Responses

III. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) General Information

IV. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) Questions & Government Follow-up

V. Attachment 1 – Sled Testing Activities Performance Work Statement (PWS)

VI. Question and Answers

*Yellow highlight indicates what has been updated/amended.

I. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) Purpose

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Human Systems Division (HSD), office symbol AFLCMC/WNU, is seeking to identify potential sources and companies that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to complete the requirements listed in this document, Section V. Attachment 1 – Sled Testing Activities Performance Work Statement

(PWS).

* Please read this SSS in its entirety, if interested in responding.

II. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) Responses

Please provides SSS responses with requested information below electronically to all points of contact by Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 4:30 PM EST. Please title e-mail responses in the subject line of the e- mail as follows: Sled Testing Activities Sources Sought Synopsis #WNUK-24-

0402ST

Points of Contact Contact Information Kevin Peaslee kevin.peaslee@us.af.mil Kelsey Moran kelsey.moran@us.af.mil Alex Fryman alex.fryman@us.af.mil Zach Roberts zachary.roberts.7@us.af.mil

1. Please provide responses or feedback to the requirements of Attachment 1 – Sled Testing

Activities Performance Work Statement (PWS). The scope of your comments should include the following:

• Describing or stating if you can meet the listed requirements in Attachment 1 – Sled

Testing Activities PWS.

• Providing any further detail on how your company can meet the requirements Attachment

1 – Sled Testing Activities PWS.

• Providing if you have or had government contracts for sled testing and the requirements listed in Attachment 1 – Sled Testing Activities PWS.

• Providing if you have or had contracts with non-government entities for sled testing and the requirements listed in Attachment 1 – Sled Testing Activities PWS.

• Any other pertinent information regarding sled testing and the requirements listed in

Attachment 1 – Sled Testing Activities PWS that the government should consider (including feedback or limitations).

• A detailed list of any Government Furnished Equipment, Property, Information that may be needed to complete this effort (as applicable).

2. Responses shall also include the following administrative information:

• Company/Institute name

• Address

• Point of Contact

• Cage Code

• DUNS Number

• Phone Number

• E-mail Address

• Web page URL

• Is your company domestically or foreign owned? If foreign, please indicate the country of ownership.

3. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement, if applicable to the company’s capabilities, should be included in the company’s NAICS code listing in the SAM.

4. The NAICS Code for this action is 541380. Based on the NAICS Code, please indicated whether your company qualifies as a:

• Small Business (Yes/No)

• Woman Owned Small Business (Yes/No)

• Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (Yes/No)

• 8(a) Certified (Yes/No)

If yes, SBA certification Date:

SBA Graduation Date:

• HUB Zone Certified (Yes/No)

• Veteran Owned Small Business (Yes/No)

• Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (Yes/No)

• Statement as to whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign owned, please indicate country of ownership).

5. Please limit responses to no more than 10 pages including the questions from above.

Furthermore, identify a representative to support further Government inquiries and requests for clarification of the information provided, if needed. Marketing materials alone are considered an insufficient response to this SSS.

6. Responders should indicate which portions of their responses are proprietary and mark accordingly. Information received in response to this SSS that is properly marked as “proprietary” will be handled accordingly. Proprietary information must be clearly marked on the outside container and on the materials inside. The Government shall not be liable for, or suffer any consequential damages, for any proprietary information not properly identified.

III. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) General Information

• This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) only.

• The Government is not seeking proposals for this requirement at this time and shall not accept unsolicited proposals. Furthermore, pursuant to FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

• Responders to this SSS are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this SSS or any follow-up information requests. The Government shall not reimburse or pay for any information submitted in response to this SSS or any follow-up information requests.

Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and shall not be returned.

• The Government’s intent is to use this SSS to determine whether this requirement will be a full and open competition, a small business set aside, a sole source acquisition, or utilization of another Government contract or Government agency. This SSS may be used to support a requirements contract vehicle or type. This SSS does not restrict the Government to a particular acquisition or contract approach. Not responding to this SSS does not preclude participation in any future Request for Proposal (RFP), if issued. However, this SSS may be used as support for sole source or limited competition acquisition if demonstrated interest and capability is not received.

• Small Businesses are encouraged to provide responses to this SSS. If there is sufficient demonstrated interest and capability among small business contractors, then it may be determined that a small business set-aside is appropriate. A key factor in determining if an acquisition will be a small business set-aside is that two or more potent small business prime contractors must be capable of performing at least 50% of the effort, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14, “Limitations on Subcontracting.” If this effort is not set-aside for small business, then small business subcontracting and small business subcontracting plans would be required pursuant to 15 USC 637 and FAR 19.7.

• It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor system for award management

(SAM) website for additional information pertaining to this SSS.

IV. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) Questions & Government Follow-up

• Verbal questions shall not be accepted.

• Please submit questions electronically to the POCs in Section II. The questions must not contain trade secrets or classified information.

• Answers for the questions received will be provided after the SSS deadline, unless the Government determines an answer or answers are required before the SSS deadline. The answers to the question or questions received shall be posted on this system for award management (SAM) posting, unless proprietary information is involved, or the answer addresses a question specific to a company or that company’s response. The Government intends to answer questions submitted prior to the SSS deadline in the manner above;

however, the Government reserves the right to not address questions.

• Providing a response to this SSS does not commit the Government to reply to the information received.

• One-on-one information sessions with responders are not contemplated. However, one-on-one information sessions may be offered to responders to clarify the Government’s understanding of anything the responder sent in response to this SSS.

V. Attachment 1 – Sled Testing Activities Performance Work Statement (PWS)

1.0 Introduction

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (ALFCMC)’s Human Systems Division (HSD), also known as AFLCMC/WNU, has the collective Air Force mission and responsibility to acquire and support human systems to enhance warfighter performance, protection, and survivability. A key aspect of HSD’s mission is to provide equipment to warfighters, so the warfighter is capable to survive in-flight scenarios which include but are not limited to in-flight ejection. As indicated above, HSD may support other services/components in Department of Defense (DOD) and the Government. However, due to limited organic capabilities and schedule availability, the Government must augment with other suitable support services for in flight scenarios.

2.0 Objective/Scope

The purpose of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) is for the contactor to provide turnkey support, expertise, capability, engineering, and technical services to support the execution of sled testing activities. A large portion of HSD’s portfolio requires the validation of ejection test data and therefore, this document incorporates the contractor requirements for proposal and shall be separately priced as appropriate in the manner shown below.

2.1 Labor and material costs associated with structural and wiring updates to the F-15/F-

16 sled (Base Year)

2.1.1 Drag Run (F-15)

2.1.2 Drag Run (F-16)

2.1.3 F-15 @ 450 KEAS

2.1.4 F-16 @ 450 KEAS

2.1.5 F-15 @ 450 KEAS – Priced Option

2.1.6 F-16 @ 450 KEAS – Priced Option

2.2 Labor and material costs associated with structural and wiring updates to the F-15/F-

16/F-22/B-1 sled (Option Years)

2.2.1 Drag Run – Priced Option

2.2.2 F-15 @ 450 KEAS – Priced Option

2.2.3 F-16 @ 450 KEAS – Priced Option

2.2.4 F-22 @ 450 KEAS – Priced Option

2.2.5 B-1 @ 450 KEAS – Priced Option

2.3 Labor and material costs for F-16 canopy acquisition and actuation for jettison capability during test events – Priced Option for each event

2.3.1 Threshold: Windscreen

2.3.2 Objective: F-16 canopy acquisition and actuation for jettison capability

2.4 Labor and subcontract support for F-15 test execution

2.4.1 Pre-Test Activities

2.4.2 Video

2.4.3 Instrumentation

2.4.4 Data Collection/Report

2.4.5 Munition/CADPAD

2.5 Labor and subcontract support for F-16 test execution

2.5.1 Pre-Test Activities

2.5.2 Video

2.5.3 Instrumentation

2.5.4 Data Collection/Report

2.5.5 Munition/CADPAD

2.6 Labor and subcontract support for F-22 test execution

2.6.1 Drag Run Event

2.6.2 Pre-Test Activities

2.6.3 Video

2.6.4 Instrumentation

2.6.5 Data Collection/Report

2.6.6 Munition/CADPAD

2.7 Labor and subcontract support for B-1 test execution

2.7.1 Drag Run Event

2.7.2 Pre-Test Activities

2.7.3 Video

2.7.4 Instrumentation

2.7.5 Data Collection/Report

2.7.6 Munition/CADPAD

3.0 Contract/Order Period of Performance

The period of performance for the contract is a base year with four option years. The period of performance is projected to begin in late 2024. The base year will consist of up to six (6) sled test events as described in above section 2.1. Option years will support up to five (5) individually priced sled tests from either F-15, F-16, F-22, and B-1. The option year sled tests will range as described in section 2.2. The option years do not limit the Government from selecting sled tests all from one type, spreading across select variants, or all variants.

4.0 Place of Performance

These services shall be performed at the contractor’s facility. However, the reports or test data shall be delivered as specified in the PWS.

5.0 Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL)

The contractor shall deliver the CDRLs as listed below.

5.1 Quality of CDRL Deliverable

The contractor shall deliver all data/reports associated with CDRL, with no more than one rejection of any single deliverable. There shall be no more than one rejection of deliverables per month. The Government will reject a deliverable if there are any technical errors, or if six or more minor errors are found within the deliverable. The rejected deliverable shall be corrected ad resubmitted within 10 business days of notification of Government rejection.

5.2 Submission of CDRL Deliverable:

The contractor shall electronically deliver all contractual data using the Government-controlled method of delivery, Multi-user ECP Automated Review System (MEARS):

https://mears1.redstone.army.mil/mears/Default.aspx

The contractor shall work with the Government to ensure that an adequate number of Contractor personnel obtain and possess Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certification from an accepted Government source. The contractor shall prepare, maintain, and track the contract data status and schedule to ensure timely data deliveries. Separately priced data must also be submitted/accepted in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) for the Contractor to receive payment.

5.3 Receipt of CDRL Deliverable(s)

There shall be no more than one late receipt of deliverables per quarter. The contractor shall notify the Government if the delivery of any data/document will not meet the scheduled delivery date and negotiate a revised delivery date. The data/ document shall be delivered by the revised delivery date acceptable to the Government.

6.0 Procurement of long lead items

The Government shall provide the contractor funding to procure necessary parts for successful sled test execution for long lead items which present a procurement timeline of greater than six

(6) months. The contractor shall address these items via written and verbal communication with the Government and provide a Bill of Materials (BOM) which lists each long lead items required for testing. The BOM shall list each item and include pricing and total costs. Examples of long lead items consist of the following: munitions, ejection seats and canopies for jettison.

7.0 Programs for Testing Activity

HSD continually accepts new programs/workload that will require various levels of testing and evaluation of data from test events. Such programs currently required to be tested or projected for testing include but are not limited to Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) devices, ejection seats, and other modified equipment as required.

8.0 Test Rig Vehicle

https://mears1.redstone.army.mil/mears/Default.aspx

A test rig vehicle, consisting of a pusher sled and forebody, shall be provided by the test facility.

Both F-16 and F-15 forebodies shall be used. Additional forebodies to be considered include F- 22 and B-1. The forebody shall meet the following design requirements:

8.1 Provide mounting/installation for each of the ejection seats, removal sub-systems, and associated interfaces or sub-systems.

8.2 Ensure cockpit environment is ambient, with the ability to control manikin temperatures between 62-91 degrees Fahrenheit prior to launch and start of test initiation.

8.3 Interface with the test track facility to facilitate the attachment of propulsion rocket motors and instrumentation/data recording devices.

8.4 Provide a stable platform for dynamic tests being capable of withstanding the combination of applied inertial and aerodynamic loads.

8.5 Provide suitable mounting structures for high-speed cinematic cameras to record seat initiation and performance through seat rail separation.

9.0 Aircraft Canopy

The use of aircraft canopy is required unless otherwise specified by the AFLCMC/WNU Chief Engineer. Aircraft standard canopies with functioning Canopy Removal System (CRS), if available. It is permissible to use canopies with substandard optical quality and/or substandard or missing coatings with Chief Engineer concurrence for test event during planning phase. The canopies shall be provided and installed by the Test Facility.

9.1 Canopy Removal and Seat Sequencing: The CRS for sled test timing shall be as close to operational as possible. The canopy shall be jettisoned via the Canopy Jettison Rocket Motors. Initiation of the CRS shall be an independent event prior to the initiation of the two seats. There shall be provisions to ensure that the canopy is removed prior to initiation of either of the two seats being tested. Seat sequencing shall mirror the existing aircraft timing as closely as possible as long as it does not interfere with photo-optical coverage of each seat performance.

10.0 Test Facility Capabilities

The contractor shall provide test facility capabilities as listed below.

10.1 Test information shall be collected using Data Acquisition Systems (DAS). One DAS shall be positioned in the chest of each LOIS/LARD manikin and at least one DAS shall be installed on the forebody sled to record onboard parameters including sled acceleration, sled system timings, lanyard pull time, etc.

10.2 A pusher sled shall be attached to the forebody train to provide the propulsive effort to accelerate the forebody to the desired velocity for the test. Munitions for the test event are at the discretion of the facility.

10.3 Sled train velocity and time-space information shall be collected using a variety of Weibel radars break wires and photo-optical systems.

VI. Question and Answers

1. Are all tests to be conducted with ACES II seats? No.

2. Is there or will there be a requirement to test with the ACES 5 seat? Yes.

3. Are all tests to be assumed dual shot (meaning LOIS and LARD) simultaneously and no single shots? No. Tests will primarily be dual shot. However, single shots are anticipated. Dual shots will be primarily with the LOIS manikin in the front and LARD manikin in the back.

* Additionally, please refer to Section II, Para 1 regarding government furnished equipment/ property and feedback/limitations in an SSS response.