Turret Battery Unit A-Kit

Market Survey

RETURN THE COMPLETED SURVEY TO DANIEL SAFFRON, CONTRACT SPECIALIST                                                                                                             VIA EMAIL at DANIEL.J.SAFFRON.CIV@MAIL.MIL

NO LATER THAN CLOSE OF BUSINESS (COB) 29 MARCH 2021 

 DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this market survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.  It is the responsibility of Industry, when providing any comments/responses, to properly mark such information that is considered proprietary or is otherwise restricted.

DISCLAIMER:

The United States Government (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 office, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place.

Reference herein to any specific commercial company, product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or the Department of the Army (DA). The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the DA, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST

Questions towards and responses to this request for information should be sent via e-mail to Daniel Saffron at daniel.j.saffron.civ@mail.mil. You are requested to put “BRADLEY A4 Turret Battery Unit (TBA) A-Kit” in the subject line of the e-mail. Any request for clarifications shall also be addressed to Daniel Saffron at daniel.j.saffron.civ@mail.mil

Responses to the RFI are due on 29 March 2021. Please note that all questions and answers will be posted anonymously to this website. The cut-off date for submitting questions is 29 March 2021. Questions that are received by this office after the deadline will be considered late and may not be answered.

Any information that cannot be sent via email can be sent on two (2) identical compact disks (CDs) to the following address:

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren

ATTN: Daniel Saffron

TACOM/Mail Stop 509

6501 E. 11 Mile Rd

Detroit Arsenal, MI 48397

INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY:

 Manufacturer

a. Name: ________________________________________________________

b. Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________

c. Website: ________________________________________________________

Personnel Responding to RFI

a. Name: ________________________________________________________

b. Title: ________________________________________________________

c. Company Responsibility/Position: ________________________________________________________

d. Telephone/Fax Numbers: ________________________________________________________

e. E-Mail Address: ________________________________________________________

f. CAGE (commercial and Government entity) Code (if any): ________________________________________________________

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Turret Battery Unit A-Kits for Bradley A4 Production

THE REQUIREMENT: Production total quantity of 477 TBUs A-Kits

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this market survey questionnaire is to obtain information on industry’s capability to provide non-developmental items (NDI): Turret Battery Unit A-Kit

Product Manager (PdM) BFVS is acquiring a, total quantity of (477) each, Turret Battery A-KIT Part Number (P/N) 13096758, for installation onto the Bradley A4 production vehicles. The Turret Battery A-KIT Part Number (P/N) 13096758, is the required cabling and hardware to integrate a current limiter Turret Battery Unit (TBU) Part Number (P/N) 19200-13104113 to the turret battery charging circuit.

For any or all of the below capabilities listed, please also respond with what technical data, Government furnished information, and/or hardware you require from the Government to execute and integrate the A4 Systems onto the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) platform.

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. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance.

6. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable the front page of your response package should state” “Proprietary Information Contained.” Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey.

                                                                                                            

Business Type (Check all that apply):

8(a)

Minority Owned

Disabled Veteran

Small Business

Hub Zone

Small-Disadvantaged

Large Business

Women Owned

CONTRACTING:

1. Is the Turret Battery Unit considered Commercial? If so, in what way are the TBUs considered a commercial item?

1. Are there any warranties offered on the purchase of the autoloader? If so, what are the details of the warranty?

1. Will small business be offered the opportunity to manufacture the TBU?
2. Do you offer any general pricing information on the TBU? If so, what is the general pricing information?

Capability: Test and & Evaluation

1. Describe your in-house testing capabilities. How have you applied MIL-STD-810G?

1. Please describe your experience with Government Testing requirements such as component qualification testing, writing technical reports, and Safety Assessment Reports using DI-SAFT-80102b?

1. What data analysis tools and data recorders for test and evaluation do you use? Give examples of how you have applied to data analysis.

1. Please describe your organization’s experience with National Security Agency (NSA) and Information Assurance certification?

Capability: Logistics 

1. Describe your organization’s experience and capability in planning, establishing and managing an Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) Program that incorporates the following ILS Elements.  This includes identifying  computer-based tools/systems utilized:
   1. Computer Resources
   2. Design Interface
   3. Facilities & Infrastructure
   4. Maintenance Planning & Management
   5. Manpower & Personnel
   6. Packaging, Handling, Storage & Transportation (PHS&T)
   7. Product Support Management
   8. Supply Support
   9. Support Equipment
   10. Sustaining Engineering
   11. Technical Data Management
   12. Training & Training Support

1. Describe your organization’s experience, skill and capability with developing (1) Logistics Product Data, (2) Logistics Product Data Summaries, (3) Logistics Management Information (LMI) using Department of Defense (DoD) adopted industry standard GEIA-STD-0007 (Logistic Product Data) and military standard MIL-PRF-49506 (logistic management Information). Identify computer Based tools/systems utilized to manage and generate these product data items.