463L Cargo Pallet

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE FOR FA8519-12-R-00516 HAS BEEN POSTED. 

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE IS 3 JAN 2013

Attached are various Questions that have been asked by interested sources and the Answers that have been given. 

DRAFT Attachments to the forthcoming solicitation have been added for your convenience.

The expectation of solicitation release is early November 2012.

This is the THIRD RFI which includes DRAFT solicitation documents.

Please remember these are DRAFT documents provided for review and informational purposes only.

We have included the DRAFT PWS, SOW, some of the available CDRLs, drawings, and a document entitiled Engineering Order which contains minor revisions currently being processed by the Government Engineer.

We have also included DRAFT portions of Section L and M containing CLIN structure which references the attached proposal schedules. 

Please look at the attached document titiled Questions and provide feedback to Donna.Pallini@robins.af.mil and Mandy.Mathews@robins.af.mil  

Due to our timeline any comments and feedback received after 23 March 2012 may not be included in considerations for final documents.  

Q & A from Request for Information

Who is the POC at AMC for the new design? 

            Mike Felton

What is the definition of a trip?

Cannot determine what this question is in reference to.  Please provide more      information as to what this is in reference to.

Will the Buy-American Act apply to this acquisition?

The Buy-American Act will apply to the production CLIN only.  BAA does not apply to service contracts.

Does the Buy-American Act apply to the acquisition of rings and or aluminum?

Per FAR 25.102, you should acquire only domestic end products for use inside the US. Accordingly, the pallets purchased under the supply CLIN will need to be domestic end products if the pallets are to be used in the US. This means that the manufacturer must manufacture the pallets in the US, and the cost of the domestic components must exceed 50 percent of the cost of all the components.

What is the most frequent type of repair?

            0001AV ~ new top and bottom skins and complete core

Will this be a Small Business Set-a-side?

The acquisition strategy has not been approved.   Market research is being conducted to determine if the conditions in FAR 19.5 are met.

What is the estimated RFP date?

            July 2012

Will field repairs be put on this specification?

            No

Will there be an industry day or contractor briefing for this solicitation?

There is not one scheduled at this time.  We are anticipating posting Sections L and M along with the CLIN structure for review before issuance of the solicitation.  Questions and concerns can be submitted and will be answered/addressed.

How does this solicitation mesh with the existing contracts?

The current repair contract expires 17 September 2013. There is no production contract in effect.

This is the SECOND request for information conducted for the 463L Cargo Pallet.

A seperate document containing questions and answers to the first request for information will be posted separately.

Please see attachments.