Joint Miniature Munitions Bomb Rack Unit (JMM BRU)

This announcement serves as an update to the Notice of Contract Action issued on 10 Jul 12 and provides clarification to industry questions. The JMM BRU program intends to issue a Request for Proposal on or about 30 Sep 12.

Please see attachment to this notice for Industry questions and Government responses regarding the draft RFP issued on 27 Apr 12.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the PCO, Cathy Gray, at (850) 883-2546 or email at catherine.gray@eglin.af.mil or the Contract Specialist, Wes Mason, at (850) 882-8004 or email at wesley.mason@eglin.af.mil.

NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION (NOCA) - The Air Armament Center (AAC), Armament Munitions Directorate (EB), intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Joint Miniature Munitions Bomb Rack (JMM BRU) on or about 10 Aug 12. The JMM BRU is an evolutionary acquisition of the miniature munitions carriage. The objective of the JMM BRU program is to develop a bomb rack capable of 4-place carriage of 250-pound class weapons and able to be carried both internally and externally. The Government anticipates award of a Fixed Price-Incentive-Firm (FPI(F)) Target contract in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 timeframe for Technology Development. The contract award will include FPI(F) priced options for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) BRU Development, EMD F-35 Flight Tests, JMM BRU Production Lot 1, JMM BRU Production Lot 2 and a Firm Fixed- Price JMM BRU Technical Data Package with Government Purpose Rights. Proposals are due sixty (60) days after RFP release date. Foreign participation in this acquisition is prohibited.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responding firms must have a secret level security clearance and must be export control certified in accordance with DoD 5230.25. A certification is required by U.S. contractors that wish to obtain access to unclassified technical data disclosing military critical technology with military or space application that is under the control of, or in the possession of the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD). Instructions for obtaining critical technical data required to respond to the solicitation will be provided with the RFP release. Export control certification may be obtained through the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC), Battle Creek, MI, 49017-3084, telephone 1-877-352-2255, website: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/documents.asp.

This pre-solicitation notice neither constitutes a RFP or an Invitation for Bids (IFB), nor does it restrict the Government in any way to an ultimate acquisition approach. This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.

The Air Armament Center has appointed an Ombudsman to hear concerns from potential offerors relating to this acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the Program Director or Contracting Officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of a routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman but rather the Contracting Officer previously identified. For any other concerns, interested parties may call the Air Armament Center Ombudsman, BGen. David A. Harris, AAC/CV, 101 West D Avenue, Suite 116, Eglin AFB FL 32542-5495, (850) 882-5422.

THE JMM BRU Industry Day Announcement is changed to read: Companies attending Industry Day shall limit their representation to no more than six (6) individuals. This represents the only change to subject announcement.  

The Miniature Munitions Division, Armament Directorate (AFMC), announces an Industry Day for the potential future acquisition of the Joint Miniature Munitions Bomb Rack Unit (JMM BRU) to be held on 27 June 2012 from 0830 to 1630 hrs. The Government will host the Industry Day at the University of Florida Research and Engineering Education Facility, 1350 North Paquito Road, Shalimar, FL 32579. The JMM BRU is an evolutionary acquisition of the miniature munitions carriage. The objective of the JMM BRU program is to develop and provide a non-pyrotechnic JMM BRU for suspension and release of the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB I) and Small Diameter Bomb (II). The SDB II is currently under development for US Air Force and DoN aircraft. The purpose of this Industry Day event is to provide an update to available program information pertaining to the JMM BRU program, discuss program focus areas, discuss source selection approach as outlined in draft Request for Proposal and conduct structured open forum question and answer sessions with interested companies. One-on-one sessions with potential prime contractors may be scheduled by written request only and will follow the structured open forum question and answer session. One-on-one discussions with interested prime contractors, in a proprietary only forum, will be scheduled and the length of time allotted for each potential offeror will be based on the number of requests received. Each potential offeror will receive an equal allotment of time. One-on-one sessions will be scheduled in the order requests are received and you will receive an email notification of the time and location of the session. The JMM BRU requirement contains classified elements that will not be discussed at the Industry Day event. However, we anticipate classified information will be presented in the future; therefore, responding firms are required to have, at a minimum, a secret level security clearance. Companies attending Industry Day shall limit their representation to no more than four (4) individuals. Companies planning to participate in the Industry Day activities, shall state if they are interested in being the prime contractor or if they are looking for subcontracting opportunities. Companies shall provide the Name of the Company, Point of Contact (POC), title, email address, and phone number along with the following information for each participant: social security number, birth country, birth city and state (if in the US), citizenship and country of residence. Please provide the aforementioned information to Brenda Stroud at brenda.stroud@eglin.af.mil or contact her at (850) 883-2848. This Industry Day event is open to all interested parties. Attendance at Industry Day and any discussions/release of information is strictly voluntary. Please submit all information to the POCs listed below. This announcement is not a formal solicitation and is not a request for proposal. Any formal solicitation will be announced at a later date

The contact information on the JMM BRU Exexcutive Summary was submitted in error. The correct contact information is as follows:

Responses/questions should be submitted to Wesley Mason at wesley.mason2@eglin.af.mil or catherine.gray@eglin.af.mil. Any questions or discussions on this DRFP must be conducted with the Procuring Contracting Officer, Catherine Gray, at (850) 883-2546.

The Miniature Munitions Division, Armament Munitions Directorate, Air Armament Center (AAC), hereby releases a draft request for proposal (DRFP) for the Joint Miniature Munitions Bomb Rack Unit (JMM BRU). A total of 16 draft files are being posted for industry review and comment. Some DRFP technical documents are NOT being posted to FedBizOps and must be requested in writing (See JMM BRU Executive Summary for further instructions).

Industry partners are reminded that any information published, to date, and/or questions/comments received by industry are for market research purposes only. A formal solicitation is not being issued at this time and this notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. Any information provided by industry to the Government is strictly voluntary and responses will not be returned. No entitlements to payment of direct or indirect cost or charges to the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses or the Government's use of such information.