TACTICAL POWER SUPPLIES PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U

W15P7T-14-R-E001

The synopsis is hereby amended to include the following updates:

--RFP release is now anticipated for second quarter Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, meaning January or February 2014.
--The Technical Data Package (TDP) is removed from the initial Request for Proposal requirements (RFP).
--After contract award the Government may request the awardee to offer a price for the TDP, if it is determined that the TDP procurement will be in the Government's best interest.
--Repair Parts will not be evaluated with the proposal, although the Government is requesting a baseline list of repair parts, (not separately priced). The Baseline Repair Parts List will serve as a basis for a contract modification that will be negotiated after First Article testing is passed adding all required Baseline Repair parts to the contract.

Full text of the amended synopsis follows:

The United States Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 21005 intends to release a Request for Proposal, (RFP), in second quarter FY14, meaning January or February 2014. The efforts required is to find a source for the long term production and sustainment of two Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U, and the associated Electronic Technical Manual.
Contractors will be requested to include a Baseline Repair Parts List with their proposals. The Solicitation will instruct the offerors that the Government is seeking only Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U unique parts and those common items, such as those that can be ordered from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) or elsewhere in the Government's supply chain, are not desired by the Government. In no event will the additional costs associated with those items increase the overall ceiling price of the Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract beyond that specified in the documentation supporting the Government's approval to enter into this contract. Additionally, the Government reserves the right to order common parts from DLA notwithstanding their potential inclusion in the contract being solicited here at some point during contract performance.

The tactical power supplies furnish 0-25 amperes over a voltage range of 24 to 32VDC from nominal 115/230 VAC at 50, 60 or 400 Hz single phase. The tactical power supply can also operate from a 24 VDC storage battery in the battery standby mode. Full technical details of the tactical power supplies can be found in MIL-PRF-49080 Revision D, dated 17 March 2010, found at: https://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/basic_profile.cfm?ident_number=26824. Notes: 1) Revision D contains new requirements and many differences relative to Revision C; 2) There is an Exceptions to Specifications, dated 30 May 2012, that will be included with the solicitation that updates the Point of Contact and changes the output cable's relationship to the output connector. These details will be supplied with the future release of the RFP. The tactical power supplies will be designed to be field maintainable with full instructions included in the Electronic Technical Manual. The tactical power supplies will be required to undergo First Article Testing, will require configuration management control, and undergo periodic production testing. Details of testing can be found in the aforementioned MIL-PRF-49080 Rev D, dated 17 March 2010.

The Government intends to award a five-year ordering period, Firm-Fixed-Price, (FFP), IDIQ type contract as a Full and Open Competition after Exclusion of Sources pursuant to FAR Part 15 for Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U & PP-2953E/U. This requirement will be conducted on the basis of a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a single contract award in accordance with FAR 19.502-2. Award will be made to the proposal which is determined to be the best value to the Government. The National Stock Numbers associated with the previous requirement were NSN: 6130-01-522-3494 and NSN: 6130-01-571-2142. The NSN numbers will change, and new NSN numbers are in process of being assigned for this new acquisition. The place of performance will be at the Contractor's facility; no contractors will need to have access to Army installations. The anticipated and/or potential delivery schedule for PP-6224D/U is 100 - 400 units per month until completion, and for PP-2953E/U, an anticipated monthly delivery quantity of 100 - 250 units per month until completion. Based on future and possible changing Government requirements, shorter lead times, or higher quantities, or concurrent deliveries may be required. The quantities and lead times will be negotiated for the specific Delivery Order. The combined delivery quantity of concurrent delivery orders of one or both Tactical Power Supplies is not required to exceed 500 total Power Supplies per month. The mix of PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U will be determined by the Government at the time Delivery Orders are issued. The minimum guaranteed order under this contract will be for either fourteen (14) First Article Units, including Testing and Reports, or for an amount not to exceed $250,000, whichever is less. FOB Point for delivery of the Tactical Power Supplies is FOB Destination. The official release of the RFP will be posted on the Internet at the Army Single Face to Industry, (ASFI), web site located at the following URL: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/. No additional information regarding this procurement will be available prior to the release of the RFP.

The on-line version of the RFP shall include all documents of the solicitation package. No hard copies of the RFP will be issued. Amendments, if any, will be posted at the same location as the RFP. The complete solicitation package, including amendments, should be received and reviewed prior to submitting a response. It is the responsibility of those responding to the solicitation to obtain all amendments and/or other applicable documents associated with the RFP. The point of contact for this action is Bobbi Baldwin, telephone 443-861-4880 or e-mail: Roberta.C.Baldwin.civ@mail.mil. All questions or comments in response to this solicitation shall be submitted in writing and e-mailed to Roberta.C.Baldwin.civ@mail.mil. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the ASFI website on a regular basis for any updates to these documents. Other documents, as necessary, will be posted when available.

W15P7T-14-R-E001

The synopsis is hereby amended to include the following updates:

--RFP release is now anticipated for second quarter Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, meaning January or February 2014.
--The Technical Data Package (TDP) is removed from the initial Request for Proposal requirements (RFP).
--After contract award the Government may request the awardee to offer a price for the TDP, if it is determined that the TDP procurement will be in the Government's best interest.
--Repair Parts will not be evaluated with the proposal, although the Government is requesting a baseline list of repair parts, (not separately priced). The Baseline Repair Parts List will serve as a basis for a contract modification that will be negotiated after First Article testing is passed adding all required Baseline Repair parts to the contract.

Full text of the amended synopsis follows:

The United States Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 21005 intends to release a Request for Proposal, (RFP), in second quarter FY14, meaning January or February 2014. The efforts required is to find a source for the long term production and sustainment of two Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U, and the associated Electronic Technical Manual.
Contractors will be requested to include a Baseline Repair Parts List with their proposals. The Solicitation will instruct the offerors that the Government is seeking only Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U unique parts and those common items, such as those that can be ordered from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) or elsewhere in the Government's supply chain, are not desired by the Government. In no event will the additional costs associated with those items increase the overall ceiling price of the Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract beyond that specified in the documentation supporting the Government's approval to enter into this contract. Additionally, the Government reserves the right to order common parts from DLA notwithstanding their potential inclusion in the contract being solicited here at some point during contract performance.

The tactical power supplies furnish 0-25 amperes over a voltage range of 24 to 32VDC from nominal 115/230 VAC at 50, 60 or 400 Hz single phase. The tactical power supply can also operate from a 24 VDC storage battery in the battery standby mode. Full technical details of the tactical power supplies can be found in MIL-PRF-49080 Revision D, dated 17 March 2010, found at: https://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/basic_profile.cfm?ident_number=26824. Notes: 1) Revision D contains new requirements and many differences relative to Revision C; 2) There is an Exceptions to Specifications, dated 30 May 2012, that will be included with the solicitation that updates the Point of Contact and changes the output cable's relationship to the output connector. These details will be supplied with the future release of the RFP. The tactical power supplies will be designed to be field maintainable with full instructions included in the Electronic Technical Manual. The tactical power supplies will be required to undergo First Article Testing, will require configuration management control, and undergo periodic production testing. Details of testing can be found in the aforementioned MIL-PRF-49080 Rev D, dated 17 March 2010.

The Government intends to award a five-year ordering period, Firm-Fixed-Price, (FFP), IDIQ type contract as a Full and Open Competition after Exclusion of Sources pursuant to FAR Part 15 for Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U & PP-2953E/U. This requirement will be conducted on the basis of a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a single contract award in accordance with FAR 19.502-2. Award will be made to the proposal which is determined to be the best value to the Government. The National Stock Numbers associated with the previous requirement were NSN: 6130-01-522-3494 and NSN: 6130-01-571-2142. The NSN numbers will change, and new NSN numbers are in process of being assigned for this new acquisition. The place of performance will be at the Contractor's facility; no contractors will need to have access to Army installations. The anticipated and/or potential delivery schedule for PP-6224D/U is 100 - 400 units per month until completion, and for PP-2953E/U, an anticipated monthly delivery quantity of 100 - 250 units per month until completion. Based on future and possible changing Government requirements, shorter lead times, or higher quantities, or concurrent deliveries may be required. The quantities and lead times will be negotiated for the specific Delivery Order. The combined delivery quantity of concurrent delivery orders of one or both Tactical Power Supplies is not required to exceed 500 total Power Supplies per month. The mix of PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U will be determined by the Government at the time Delivery Orders are issued. The minimum guaranteed order under this contract will be for either fourteen (14) First Article Units, including Testing and Reports, or for an amount not to exceed $250,000, whichever is less. FOB Point for delivery of the Tactical Power Supplies is FOB Destination. The official release of the RFP will be posted on the Internet at the Army Single Face to Industry, (ASFI), web site located at the following URL: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/. No additional information regarding this procurement will be available prior to the release of the RFP.

The on-line version of the RFP shall include all documents of the solicitation package. No hard copies of the RFP will be issued. Amendments, if any, will be posted at the same location as the RFP. The complete solicitation package, including amendments, should be received and reviewed prior to submitting a response. It is the responsibility of those responding to the solicitation to obtain all amendments and/or other applicable documents associated with the RFP. The point of contact for this action is Bobbi Baldwin, telephone 443-861-4880 or e-mail: Roberta.C.Baldwin.civ@mail.mil. All questions or comments in response to this solicitation shall be submitted in writing and e-mailed to Roberta.C.Baldwin.civ@mail.mil. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the ASFI website on a regular basis for any updates to these documents. Other documents, as necessary, will be posted when available.

W15P7T-14-R-E001

Pre-Solicitation Questions (Q) and Answers (A)

Q5. Good morning Roberta, Referencing synopsis W15P7T-14-R-E001, our records show no updates as of late. Can you tell me if it has been issued as a formal RFP, canceled, or awarded already? Thank you in advance for your response[.]

A5. The Government has not issued the related Request for Proposal (RFP). When the RFP is issued, it will be announced. All interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from this Q&A.

Q6. Greetings Ms. Baldwin, Has there been any updates or added information to SOLICITATION NUMBER W15P7T-14-R-E001 since the most recent added synopsis? We are currently anticipating that the RFP will be issued in December 2013. Can you confirm this? Thank you in advance.

A6. Please refer to Question #5.

Q7. .....I had a few questions about the above solicitation #: [W15P7T14RE001] [1.] The original solicitation stated that it was to be a small business set aside. With the changed solicitation I do not see that it has a set aside. Will this opportunity remain a small business set aside?

A7. Yes, this requirement still remains as a Total Small Business Set-Aside.

Q8. [2.] Are you or anyone on the team for the solicitation considering life cycle cost or cost of ongoing maintenance & reliability as part of your evaluation criteria?

A8. The evaluation factors shall be disclosed when the related solicitation is released.

Q9. Has there been any announc[e]ment on the tactical power supplies. The last announcement i could find was in Oct?

A9. The last announcement for this requirement pertaining to Tactical Power Supplies was posted to FedBizOpps on 28 October 2013.

As a reminder, all questions or comments in response to this solicitation shall be submitted in writing and e-mailed to Roberta.C.Baldwin.civ@mail.mil

Questions and Answers - Answers are in response to Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U Market Survey posted on 25 May 2012.

1. Question - Please tell us if there is anything we can do to assure that we will be notified of the RFP or any other information associated with this solicitation.

Answer - In addition to adding your company's information to the Interested Vendor List as stated in the Special Notice, posted 24 October 2013, and in accordance with Questions and Answers - 17th Round posted on FedBizOpps (FBO) under W15P7T-12-R-A307, question #2, posted 22 May 2013, please refer to FBO Vendors Guide Section 4.12, paragraph I, Watched list:

quote mark I. Vendors can add opportunities to a watched list (a la favorites list). This allows for ease in referencing targeted opportunities. Additionally, vendors receive email updates about opportunities on their Watched List. quote mark

***IMPORTANT NOTE TO VENDORS***If you are currently receiving email updates on Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U based on the Watched List from the original solicitation number W15P7T-12-R-A307, to continue receiving email updates on Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U, vendors MUST follow the instructions in the aforementioned FBO Vendors Guide and create a new Watched list for the new solicitation number W15P7T-14-R-E001.

Furthermore, it is also recommended for vendors to review all Questions and Answers (Q&A)s from the original solicitation number W15P7T-12-R-A307 and the new solicitation number W15P7T-14-R-E001. The final Q&A on original solicitation number W15P7T-12-R-A307 was Q&A #20 posted on August 21, 2013. Starting with Questions and Answers dated 28 October 2013, all Questions and Answers will be posted on W15P7T-14-R-E001.

2. Question - These appear to be drawings of cable assemblies and not part of a power supply.

Answer - As stated in Q&A 20th round, question #3, posted 21 August 2013, the drawings contain certain specifications which must be adhered to, e.g., the mounting holes. The design is to be developed by offerors and is not specifically dictated by the specification, provided the offered design meets the required performance specifications.



3. Question - I did not receive attachment three.

Answer - The Government is not aware of what you are referring to as quote mark Attachment three. quote mark As stated in Q&A 12th round, question #7, posted 17 January 2013, the complete drawings and specifications package for Tactical Power Supplies are being sent out to all inquires sent to Roberta.C.Baldwin.civ@mail.mil. All inquiries are being sent the same set of drawings and specifications. The drawings and specifications package at this time consists of five (5) drawings, one (1) document entitled quote mark Performance Specification, quote mark and one (1) document entitled quote mark Exceptions to Specifications quote mark for a total of seven (7) pdf files. Part Number PT07C14-5P (also written PT07C-14-5P) is available commercially from distributors of Amphenol Corporation connectors. An equivalent connector from another manufacturer is also acceptable.

The Government is releasing the drawings and specifications to all inquiries, however, please note that if the Government has forward to your company the drawings and performance specifications, that does not qualify your business as a small business under the NAICS code. If you have not sent in your request for the drawings and performance specifications, please do so now.


4. Question -Can you tell me if the requirement for Tactical Power Supplies if the solicitation has been issued or awarded already?

Answer - The Government does not have a firm date for when the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be released nor a firm date for when it will be awarded. We are currently anticipating that the RFP will be issued December 2013. It is anticipated the award of this requirement will most likely be 3rd quarter of FY14, meaning most likely April - May 2014. These anticipated dates are subject to change.

As a reminder, all questions or comments in response to this solicitation shall be submitted in writing and e-mailed to Roberta.C.Baldwin.civ@mail.mil

SPECIAL NOTICE - Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U,
Change of Solicitation Number.

Due to the new Government Fiscal Year, the solicitation number for Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U will be changed to:

W15P7T-14-R-E001

The Solicitation will be issued under W15P7T-14-R-E001, (in lieu of W15P7T-12-R-A307).

**IMPORTANT NOTE TO VENDORS***All Interested Parties must add their company's information to the INTERESTED VENDOR LIST under the new solicitation number W15P7T-14-R-E001 to receive notifications on Tactical Power Supplies PP-6224D/U and PP-2953E/U.