System Technical Support

MARKET INVESTIGATION SURVEY
RETURN THE COMPLETED SURVEY TO JACKIE ADAMS, CONTRACT SPECIALIST VIA EMAIL @ JACQUELINE.C.ADAMS8.CIV@MAIL.MIL NO LATER THAN 1:00PM EST TIME ON 10 MAY 2017
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems Family of Vehicles (BFVS FOV) including M113 FOV, Bradley Fire Support Sensor System (BFIST), Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) and other Bradley platform vehicles, both in and out of production.
THE REQUIREMENT: The Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS), Project Management Armored Fighting Vehicles (PM AFV) and Project Management Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (PM AMPV) requires System Technical Support (STS) and Sustainment System Technical Support (SSTS) for BFVS FOV.
OBJECTIVE: This request is a market survey questionnaire intended to obtain information about industry capability to provide STS / SSTS on a completion and level of effort basis covering the time period of FY18-FY20, to be awarded on a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) basis.
GENERAL INFORMATION: There is no risk to you for participating in this survey. Participation in this effort is strictly voluntary with no cost or obligation to be incurred by the U.S. Government. This notice does not constitute an Invitation to Bid or Request for Proposal (RFP). This request for information does not commit the Government to pay any cost incurred in preparation of any submission to this questionnaire. If a formal RFP is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published. No award will be made as a result of this market survey questionnaire.
GOAL: To identify contractors capable of providing complete STS and SSTS support for modifications, changes and improvements to the BFVS and the derivative vehicle systems and subsystems. Efforts will include program management, logistics support, engineering, product assurance, testing and field service support. Examples of work to be performed under this requirement include the following:
Sustainment
Configuration Management
Engineering Change Proposals
Environmental Issues
Facility Vehicle Support
Failure Analysis
Field Service Representatives
Human System Integration
Logistics Support
Modification Work Order (MWO) Development and Application
Engineering Project Requests (EPRs)
Product Improvements
Program, Engineering, and Quality Management
Reliability and Maintainability Support
Safety
System Assessment
Systems and Equipment Training
System and Vehicle Integration
System Design Technical Support of Vehicle Survivability Enhancements
Systems Engineering
Technical Reports
Technical Support to Production Engineering and Design Change
Training Plans and Technical Manuals
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED: The US Government will not furnish a complete Technical Data Package (TDP) for the vehicles identified.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SURVEY:
Please respond to every question.
1. Number each response with the appropriate question number.
2. You do not have to repeat the question in your response.
3. If you cannot answer the question, please indicate "No Response."
4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: "See response to question XX."
5. Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing an ACROBAT formatted manual, annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If preferred, include Internet Web links to locations where animations/videos may be viewed.
6. If your sales media and/or manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey.
7. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance.
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION: The USG acknowledges its obligations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation 3.104-4 to protect confidential information provided to the Government (18 U.S.C. §1905). Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secrets or proprietary restrictions placed upon qualifying data forwarded in response to this survey and to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following:
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• Mark only data that is truly confidential.
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DISCLAIMER: The USG is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Nor is the Government obligated for like data in possession of third parties or for data which is afterwards placed in the public domain by the contractor or by third parties through no fault of the USG. Should the USG need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between Government offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place.
SUPPORT CONTRACTORS: The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent's marking of data as "PROPRIETARY" will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:
1. Manufacturer
a. Name:
b. Mailing Address:
c. CAGE: DUNs Number:
d. Business Type (Check all that apply);
8(a) Minority Owned
Disabled Veteran Small Business
Hub Zone Small-Disadvantaged
Large Business Women Owned

2. Personnel Responding to this Questionnaire
a. Name:
b. Title:
c. Responsibility/Position:
d. Telephone/Fax Numbers:
e. E-mail address:

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Jackie Adams, Contract Specialist, by phone at (586) 282-2727 or by email at jacqueline.c.adams8.civ@mail.mil. Any information that cannot be sent via email can be sent through AMRDEC Safe Access File Exchange @ https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/. All documents submitted through AMRDEC SAFE site shall be submitted to Jackie Adams at the email address provided.
ENGINEERING SERVICES/SYSTEM TECHNICAL SUPPORT
1. Program Management:
a. Describe your company's experience and tools to manage project cost, schedule, and performance.
2. Configuration Management (CM):
a. Describe your company's CM Process, tools to perform Configuration Management of the Technical Data Package, and experience in Configuration Management.
3. Systems Engineering:
a. Describe your company's experience and tools to manage requirements, develop specifications, assess and track risk, and address parts obsolescence.
4. Software Engineering:
a. Describe your company's level of certification, processes, and experience in managing software requirements, development, test, fielding and sustainment support. Describe your company's experience developing and verifying embedded diagnostics software on vehicles with an electronic architecture.
5. System Validation/Testing:
a. Describe your company's experience performing subsystem and vehicle level integration, assembly, test, and checkout. What is your company's experience performing hardware/software integration and troubleshooting?
6. Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Management:
a. Describe your company's experience in developing and updating logistics support products for integrated vehicle systems. What is your company's experience with obsolescence and continuing support for vehicles in light of these issues? What is your company's process to ensure the vehicle system remains supportable through spare parts, maintenance, and logistics documents as the configuration changes?

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