Analysis, Development, and Implementation of Manufacturing Technology for the Defense Industrial Base - OFFICIAL RFP - REV 2

THIS SOLICITATION/REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED. The due date for proposals submitted in response to this solicitation is 05 October 2020. This revised solicitation is to establish a due date for all questions to be submitted (narrative A0001, A-2, has been revised).  All questions MUST be submitted by 09 September 2020 before 5:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Solicitation W31P4Q-20-R-0044 is limited to educational or other non-profit offerors. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii); Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental, or Research Capability; or Expert Services, which allows the use of non-competitive procedures in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, and/or development capability provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal for Engineering Services required to support the United States Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aviation and Missile Centers (CCDC-AvMC) Systems Readiness Directorate for performance of the effort entitled, Analysis, Development, and Implementation of Manufacturing Technology for the Defense Industrial Base. This Request for Proposal is issued to obtain a proposal for the attached PWSs (See Attachment 001 for the Performance Work Statement for the IDIQ contract and Attachment 0002 for the Performance Work Statement for the initial Task Order). One proposal should be submitted for the overall IDIQ, and a separate cost proposal should be submitted for the initial Task Order (we ask that offerors also provide a summary technical approach for the initial task order that defines how the offeror plans to execute all sections of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) to include the performance requirements, any travel required, security considerations, IA/Anti-Terrorism/OPSEC, GFE, GFP, and schedule).

The resulting contract will be awarded to the offeror whose proposal represents the Best Value to the Government based on the evaluation criteria in Section M, as a performance based Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF)/Cost Reimbursement (CR), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order type contract with an ordering period from date of award through five (5) years. Task Orders will be issued on a CPFF/CR basis against the IDIQ contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.5. The Period of Performance (POP) for individual task orders will be specified in each task order and may extend beyond the five (5) year ordering period.

*Any questions or concerns shall be submitted by email, no later than 09 September 2020 at 5:00 PM Central Standard Time, to the Contract Specialist and Cc the Contracting Officer. Email subject lines shall start with "RFP W31P4Q-20-R-0044" followed by the email subject.

THIS SOLICITATION/REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED. The due date for proposals submitted in response to this solicitation is 05 October 2020.

Solicitation W31P4Q-20-R-0044 is limited to educational or other non-profit offerors. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii); Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental, or Research Capability; or Expert Services, which allows the use of non-competitive procedures in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, and/or development capability provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal for Engineering Services required to support the United States Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aviation and Missile Centers (CCDC-AvMC) Systems Readiness Directorate for performance of the effort entitled, Analysis, Development, and Implementation of Manufacturing Technology for the Defense Industrial Base. This Request for Proposal is issued to obtain a proposal for the attached PWSs (See Attachment 001 for the Performance Work Statement for the IDIQ contract and Attachment 0002 for the Performance Work Statement for the initial Task Order). One proposal should be submitted for the overall IDIQ, and a separate cost proposal should be submitted for the initial Task Order (we ask that offerors also provide a summary technical approach for the initial task order that defines how the offeror plans to execute all sections of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) to include the performance requirements, any travel required, security considerations, IA/Anti-Terrorism/OPSEC, GFE, GFP, and schedule).

The resulting contract will be awarded to the offeror whose proposal represents the Best Value to the Government based on the evaluation criteria in Section M, as a performance based Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF)/Cost Reimbursement (CR), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order type contract with an ordering period from date of award through five (5) years. Task Orders will be issued on a CPFF/CR basis against the IDIQ contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.5. The Period of Performance (POP) for individual task orders will be specified in each task order and may extend beyond the five (5) year ordering period.

AMENDMENT 0001 - Will further extend the system due date of the Draft Solicitation from 20 July 2020 to 15 August 2020. Please note, this Solicitation should continue to be treated as a Draft Solicitation for the purpose of obtaining comments/question from interested parties.  (See Attachment W31P4Q-20-F-0044 Amendment 0001)

THIS SOLICITATION/REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS BEING RELEASED AS A DRAFT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS VIA E-MAIL TO CANDACE S. TUCKER (CANDACE.S.TUCKER.CIV@MAIL.MIL) AND CC: NATALIE S. OWENS (NATALIE.S.OWENS.CIV@MAIL.MIL). NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL  QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED AND POSTED VIA AMENDMENT(S) TO THE SOLICITATION. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THEY CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL VERSION OF THE SOLICITATION. A DUE DATE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION WILL BE ESTABLISHED WHEN THE FINAL SOLICITATION/RFP IS RELEASED.

Solicitation W31P4Q-20-R-0044 is limited to educational or other non-profit offerors. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii); Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental, or Research Capability; or Expert Services, which allows the use of non-competitive procedures in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, and/or development capability provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution. 

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal for Engineering Services required to support the United States Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aviation and Missile Centers (CCDC-AvMC) Systems Readiness Directorate for performance of the effort entitled, Analysis, Development, and Implementation of Manufacturing Technology for the Defense Industrial Base. This Request for Proposal is issued to obtain a proposal for the total estimated cost for the attached PWSs (See Attachment 001 for the Performance Work Statement for the IDIQ contract and Attachment 0002 for the Performance Work Statement for the initial Task Order). One proposal should be submitted for the overall IDIQ, and a separate proposal should be submitted for the initial Task Order.

The resulting contract will be awarded to the offeror whose proposal represents the Best Value to the Government based on the evaluation criteria in Section M, as a performance based Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF)/Cost Reimbursement (CR), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order type contract with an ordering period from date of award through five (5) years. Task Orders will be issued on a CPFF/CR basis against the IDIQ contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.5. The Period of Performance (POP) for individual task orders will be specified in each task order and may extend beyond the five (5) year ordering period.

THIS SOLICITATION/REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS BEING RELEASED AS A DRAFT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS VIA E-MAIL TO CANDACE S. TUCKER (CANDACE.S.TUCKER.CIV@MAIL.MIL) AND CC: NATALIE S. OWENS (NATALIE.S.OWENS.CIV@MAIL.MIL). NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL  QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED AND POSTED VIA AMENDMENT(S) TO THE SOLICITATION. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THEY CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL VERSION OF THE SOLICITATION. A DUE DATE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION WILL BE ESTABLISHED WHEN THE FINAL SOLICITATION/RFP IS RELEASED.

Solicitation W31P4Q-20-R-0044 is limited to educational or other non-profit offerors. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii); Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental, or Research Capability; or Expert Services, which allows the use of non-competitive procedures in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, and/or development capability provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution. 

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal for Engineering Services required to support the United States Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aviation and Missile Centers (CCDC-AvMC) Systems Readiness Directorate for performance of the effort entitled, Analysis, Development, and Implementation of Manufacturing Technology for the Defense Industrial Base. This Request for Proposal is issued to obtain a proposal for the total estimated cost for the attached PWSs (See Attachment 001 for the Performance Work Statement for the IDIQ contract and Attachment 0002 for the Performance Work Statement for the initial Task Order). One proposal should be submitted for the overall IDIQ, and a separate proposal should be submitted for the initial Task Order.

The resulting contract will be awarded to the offeror whose proposal represents the Best Value to the Government based on the evaluation criteria in Section M, as a performance based Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF)/Cost Reimbursement (CR), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order type contract with an ordering period from date of award through five (5) years. Task Orders will be issued on a CPFF/CR basis against the IDIQ contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.5. The Period of Performance (POP) for individual task orders will be specified in each task order and may extend beyond the five (5) year ordering period.