Repair of transducer, motional

The Government intends to issue a competitive solicitation on or about 18 March 2016 with a close date of 17 April 2016 for the repair of Transducer, Motional for B-1Bomber Aircraft. Upon issuance of the solicitation, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. This will be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. This notice of intent does not in itself represent the issuing of a formal request for proposal and is not intended to be taken as such. The requirements set forth in this notice are defined per PR FD2030-16-00380 as follows:

1) This is a repair requirement; repair is the complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection, repair/replacement of parts as necessary, reassembly and test IAW the end item's Air Force Technical Orders or OEM Acceptance Test Procedures to ensure the end item(s) is restored to a serviceable condition.

2) List of applicable CLINs:

CLIN 0001 Application: B-1 Bomber Aircraft Repair of NSN: 6695-01-157-1531JY Noun: Transducer, Motional P/N: L3400120-011 Description: Senses flight crew rudder pedal movement during nose wheel steering operation. Unit of Issue: EA Best Estimated Quantities: 2 EA Basic Year, 1 EA Option I, 1 EA Option II, 2 EA Option III, 1 EA Option IV

CLIN 0002: Over & Above / Unprogrammed Work / Engineering Services 1 EA - To Be Negotiated

CLIN 0003: CAV AF and Reports - Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) 1 LO - Not Separately Priced

3) Item Unique Identification (IUID) - Contractor to provide IUID service.

4) Required delivery referencing 2) above: Delivery will be negotiated quarterly for all CLINs.

5) The Government is unable to create qualification requirements for this repair effort; therefore, it will be solicited as us of competitive procedures per the competition requirements authority at FAR 6.102.

6) Evaluation Factors for Award - The Government will evaluate for acceptability the factors and subfactors described below:

FACTOR 1: Technical Proposal All solicitation requirements including: Proposal IAW CDRL's, NSN, Part Number and Performance Work Statement, Qualified Source (Ref: 52.209-1) -The Government is NOT required to delay contract award to review pending Source Approval Request (SAR).

FACTOR 2: Cost/Price

FACTOR 3: Past Performance

7) IAW FAR 5.207(c)(15)(ii), All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.

OMBUDSMAN (AUG 2005) (An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition.) The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call the Ombudsman at 405-736-3273. DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS.

8) Duration of Contract Period: 5 YEAR CONTRACT; BASE YEAR (12 MONTHS) PLUS FOUR 1 YEAR OPTIONS (48 MONTHS).

9) Electronic procedure will be used for this solicitation.