P-8A Training Systems Basic Ordering Agreement

Award Synopsis â€" Procurement of new and upgrades to existing P-8A Training Systems devices
The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) Orlando negotiated, on a sole source basis, a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) for new and upgrades to existing P-8A Training Systems devices with The Boeing Company, Saint Louis, MO, under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.†The ordering period will be five years. The anticipated overall ceiling of the contract action is $1,248,000,000. This acquisition may also include new or upgrades to P-8A training systems for both domestic and directed sole source Foreign Military Sales (FMS).
NAWCTSD intends to acquire P-8A training systems, which may include development devices, as well as modifications and upgrades of the US Navy and RAAF aircrew and maintenance training systems.
The requirements include the modification and upgrade of 20 Operational Flight Trainers (OFT), 37 Electronic Classrooms (some are modified to include Flight Management Systems Trainers (FMST)) and Mission System Desktop Trainers (MSDT), 16 Weapons and Tactics Trainers (WTT), 5 Part Task Trainers (PTT), 8 Deployable Mission System Trainers (DMRT), 11 Virtual Maintenance Trainers (VMT), 2 Ordinance Load Trainer (OLT), 26 Hardware Type 2 maintenance device trainers, 3 Training System Support Center (TSSC) and one Mission Avionics Systems Trainer (MAST). These training systems provide 70% of the P8 training and are designed to maintain concurrency with the aircraft platform. These training systems provide 70% of the P8 training and are designed to maintain concurrency with the aircraft platform.
Initially delivered in 2011, the P-8A Training Systems in NAS Jacksonville require operational flight software updates to maintain concurrency with the aircraft. Tech refresh initiatives are necessary to maintain adequate concurrency. The P-8A training devices must have the ability to train at the full mission capability in order to achieve its role in the Fleet Training Wholeness (FTW) 2025 vision. The entire FMS portfolio of acquisitions is not exactly known at this time, but could be any combination of new training devices or upgrades to existing training devices described within this paragraph.
P-8A unique supplies and services to be procured include the following: (a) research, development, test, and evaluation associated with developing, manufacturing, and integrating into the P-8A trainers and associated systems, subsystems, hardware and software, courseware; (b) engineering investigations and analyses; (c) forward fit and retrofit incorporation of engineering change proposals (ECPs), including designing and developing ECPs, developing technical directives, manufacturing validation and verification kits, manufacturing retrofit kits, installing kits, updating/maintaining maintenance manuals and technical publications, and spares to support ECP incorporation; (d) obsolescence management (Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages); (e) integration support for avionics, communications, mission, and weapons systems; (f) Integrated Product Support to include contractor logistics support/interim support services, technical, logistics supportability analysis, maintenance plans, provisioning, support equipment, technical manual updates and on-site training will also be included; (g) Systems fidelity upgrades and Naval Aviation Simulation Master Plan (NASMP) upgrades; (h) design, integration, test and retrofit of Increment 3 combat system capabilities into the P-8A Aircrew and Maintenance training devices; (j) Software Corrections and System Production Changes and (k) System/Subsystem Updates and Retrofits.
The supplies and support acquired will satisfy the Government’s minimum needs.
As the P-8A aircrew and maintenance training systems designer and integrator, the Boeing Company possesses the unique engineering knowledge and systems expertise to modify existing training devices and deliver new training devices. The P-8A aircrew and maintenance training devices also utilize Boeing proprietary Common Simulation Framework (CSF), and Insight Instructor Operation Station (IOS) as the underlying software architecture and IOS. In addition, P-8A training system devices utilize the aircraft operational flight software, Tactical Operational Mission Software (TOMS) and Boeing’s 737 proprietary commercial aircraft data, which without this information, the existing devices cannot be modified.
Going to any other offeror will require the re-development of trainer architecture and training devices and retrofit of the newly developed training devices into the existing suite of devices. This will result in an estimated cost of $1.16B over a period of 11 years to bring the devices to current configuration state. This estimate assumes re-use of existing training system hardware. Additionally, the existing suite of devices must remain operational and current while the new architecture is developed, mandating two P-8A Trainer baselines be maintained to avoid unacceptable schedule delays to fleet demands for trainer concurrency. Award to any other offeror would result in a substantial duplication of costs that will not be recovered through competition.
This award synopsis announces the Government’s BOA award on a sole-source basis with Boeing.
Small businesses can inquire with the Boeing Small Business Liaison Officer, Ms. Christine Johansen at christine.a.johansen@boeing.com or 206-247-5929 for possible subcontracting opportunities. Small businesses interested in subcontracting/supplier opportunities are also encouraged to notify the NAWCTSD Small Business Deputy at leslie.faircloth@navy.mil.
This acquisition was procured on a sole source basis under statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). Matters pertaining to this notification may be directed to Lynn Carlson at 407-380-8035 or via email at lynn.carlson@navy.mil.
. Awarded Vendors: The Boeing Company
6200 JS McDonnell Blvd
St Louis, MO 63134. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $1,248,000,000. Contract Award Date: 2019-07-24.