Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals, Technical Publications & Logistic Support Analysis Services for F/A-18

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.  THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.  IT DOES NOT CONSITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.  RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS, AND THE GOVERNEMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  ANY INFORMANTION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TEHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible small business firms capable of providing the supplies and/or services described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of Request for Proposal.  The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis.

INTRODUCTION

This Sources Sought notice is being posted to satisfy the requirement of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement PGI 206.302-1(d).  The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River, MD intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to The Boeing Company (TBC) to update F/A-18A-F and EA-18G Technical Publications, Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS), and drawings and to provide Logistics Support Analysis (LSA)/Provisioning labor support (LPD).  The contract action will be awarded to TBC, 6200 JS McDonnell Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63134.  This acquisition is being pursued on sole source basis under the statutory authority of Title 10, U.S.C. Section 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, "Only one responsible sole source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements".  Only TBC, as the sole designer, developer, weapons system integrator, and producer of the F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft, and its subsystems, can produce the drawing updates, LSA/LPD updates, and technical manual updates, as it is likely that award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements.

ELIGIBILITY

The Product Service Code (PSC) for this requirement is K015 (Modification of Equipment - Aircraft and Airframe Structural Components), and the NAICS code is 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing).

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The effort requires direct knowledge of the design and configuration of the F/A-18E-F and EA-18 Aircraft.  The work and supplies to be performed under this effort include creation and update of IETMS and drawings, as well as LSA/Provisioning labor support.

INCUMBENT

This contract action will be a follow-on to order N0001921G0006-N0001921F0881 under the BOA.

ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

This IDIQ effort will allow for the placement of delivery orders from 1 January 2026 through 31 December 2030.  Each delivery order issued under this effort will designate an applicable period of performance.

ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE

Per FAR 16.501-2, an IDIQ contract may be used to acquire supplies and/or services when the exact times and/or exact quantities of future deliveries are not know at the time of contract award.  The Government anticipates issuing fixed-price delivery orders under this IDIQ.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses shall submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten (10) 8.5x11 inch pages, font no smaller than 12 point, 1.5 spaced) demonstrating their ability to provide the supplies or services listed in the required capabilities described hereing.  Documentation should be in bullet format.  All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, and Points-of-Contact (POC) including name, phone number, fax number and email address.

The documentation must address, at a minimum, contain the following: the type of work your company has performed in the past 3 years in support of same/similar requirement(s), Cage Code, UEI number, and DUNN's number.  Include information such as contract number, organization supported, indication of whether a prime or subcontractor, contract value, Government point of contact and current telephone number, and a brief description of how the contract reference relates to the required capabilities described herein.

Describe the specific technical capabilities and experience which your company possesses which will ensure capability to perform requirements as outlined in the required capabilities described herein.

The capability statement package shall be sent by email to: 

Joanna Berntsen-Rooney

joanna.l.berntsen.rooney.civ@us.navy.mil

Submissions must be received at the office cited not later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 23 October 2024. 

Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Joanna Berntsen-Rooney at joanna.l.berntsen-rooney.civ@us.navy.mil.

Contracting Office Address:

Building 2272 RM 445

47123 Buse Road Unit IPT

Patuxent River, Maryland  20670

United States

Place of Performance: 

Performance is anticipated to occur at TBC in Saint Louis, MO