SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- QF-4 FULL SCALE AERIAL TARGET (FSAT) PRODUCTION OPTIONS
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AAC - Air Armament Center, AAC/PK 205 West D Avenue, Suite 433, Eglin AFB, FL, 32542-6864
- ZIP Code
- 32542-6864
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-WMRAK-03-QF4-FSAT
- Response Due
- 7/11/2002
- Point of Contact
- Leanne Green, Contract Specialist, Phone (850)882-9307x5057, Fax (850)882-9306, - Marcia Smith, Contract Specialist, Phone (850)882-9307x5081, Fax (850)882-9306,
- E-Mail Address
-
leanne.green@eglin.af.mil, marcia.smith@eglin.af.mil
- Description
- QF-4 FULL SCALE AERIAL TARGET (FSAT) PRODUCTION OPTIONS MARKET RESEACH SYNOPSIS - POC Leanne Green, Contract Specialist, 850-882-9307, Ext 5057; Marcia Smith, Contracting Officer, 850-882-9391, Ext 5252; 1LT Gabe Hiley, Program Manager, 850-882-9307, Ext 5177. The purpose of this synopsis is for market research to find qualified sources that have the capabilities to produce FSATs. The production of the FSATs requires a substantial initial investment as well as an extended period of preparation and sustainment. The Aerial Targets Integrated Product Team (IPT), Air Armament Center (AAC), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, plans to contract for follow-on production of the QF-4 Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT), an acquisition that is currently projected to extend into the 2009 timeframe. The QF-4 program entails modification of government-provided F-4E and RF-4C aircraft with a contractor-furnished equipment/installation package to provide a remotely controlled, supersonic, afterburning FSAT capable of all-attitude, high G maneuvering flight, compatible with the Gulf Range Drone Control System (GRDCS) at Tyndall and Eglin AFBs FL and the Drone Formation Control System (DFCS) at the White Sands Missile Range NM. Major contractor-furnished items are: (1) Command Telemetry System (CTS), (2) Primary and Back-up Automatic Flight Control Systems (AFCSs), (3) Flight Termination System (FTS), and (4) Vector Scorer System [Currently, the Vector Doppler Scoring System (VDOPS) produced by Cartwright Electronics, Inc.]. Establishment/maintenance of a body of engineering expertise/sustaining engineering capability will be an integral contract requirement in order to facilitate implementation of candidate system changes/enhancements as requested by the operational community. Integration of new/additional elements such as newly developed target control system [currently the Multi-Service Target Control System (MSTCS) being developed by the 46th Test Wing, Eglin AFB FL] and service-unique payloads interfaces will be required. Sustaining engineering support requirement is projected to extend to 2011. Prior contracts have been issued for EMD and production lots 1-9. This procurement is a continuation of the production of FSATs and is expected to include annual lot buys for production lots ten (10) through thirteen (13). Each lot option will include the following provisions: (1) Procurement of a variable quantity ranging from 12 to 24 FSATs with a best estimated quantity of 16 targets per lot, (2) Maintenance/repair of government-furnished F-4 aircraft for the period from receipt for modification at the contractor's facility through FSAT delivery to Tyndall AFB FL, (3) Sustaining engineering for support of the currently deployed FSAT systems (to include configuration management, development of design changes, integration, and documentation (engineering and technical order data) of newly defined requirements), (4) Drone-unique component warranty (option -- two (2)-year or life-time / five (5)-year period of performance), (5) Repair of non-warranted (out-of-warranty) FSAT system equipment, (6) Sustained logistics/drone-unique technical order/manual (issued as supplemental manuals to basic F-4 manual series) support, (7) On-site technical representative at Tyndall AFB FL, and (8) Spares provisioning. Environmental stress screening (ESS) from the lowest assembly through the system-level will be required on all drone-unique system components. All drone-unique components procured from other than currently qualified component vendor(s) will be subject to a formal qualification program requirement. All FTS explosive components will be subject to lot acceptance testing. The QF-4 FSAT system is defined by the following documentation to be placed in a technical library accessible to potential bidders in the January 03 timeframe. Government-developed/ maintained System Specification, (2) Contractor-developed and maintained set of Type-B (B1, B2, and B5) Specifications, (3) Contractor-developed and maintained set of Type-C (C1, C1b, C2, C2b, C4, and C5) Specifications, (4) Level-III Re-procurement Data Package, and (5) Set of drone-unique supplemental manuals to the basic F-4 technical order series. Specifications are on digital media, format compatible with Microsoft Windows - Word/Excel/Power Point. The Level III data package consists primarily of digital media - text in Microsoft Windows - Word/Excel/Power Point format, mechanical drawings in .dwg file extension, Auto Cad format, and electrical/electronic/artwork in Gerber Out format. Technical order consists of Word-Perfect text files with Auto Cad and Gerber Out format illustration sub-files. It is impracticable to distribute the applicable documents with this solicitation. Current plans are to include a copy of all reference documents except the F-4 basic technical order series in a technical library that will be located on the Aerial Targets Information Management System (ATIMS) site - a Lotus Notes-based digital data base site accessible via the Internet. All related program documentation, except for the basic F-4 technical order/manual series, can be examined at that location (when established, as authorized/cleared by the Program Office). However, the Program Office will have to coordinate use of the F-4 technical order library, maintained by the 475WEG at Tyndall AFB FL, on an as required/requested basis. The government plans to make updated information concerning this acquisition available to qualified offerors via FedBizOps. A draft request for proposal (DRFP) is planned for release in January 2003. Formal RFP release is planned for May 2003 with proposal submittal required in September 2003. Contract award is planned for February 2004 with a 24-month core contract performance period for each option buy (first delivery 12 months after award/option exercise, last delivery 24 months after award/option exercise date). Only qualified U.S. prime contractors who have registered with and are certified by the United States/Canada Joint Certification Office, Defense Logistics Service Center, Battle Creek MI 49016-3412 (1-800-352-3572) are eligible to receive solicitations. Certification is accomplished using DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment to contract by the government. Interested primes must submit a brief statement of capability within 30 days of this announcement to Ms. Leanne Green, AAC/WMRA, 102 West D Avenue, Suite 300, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6808. This statement of capability must include, but is not limited to, a description of successful experience or capability: (1) In acting as a FSAT prime contractor (to include technical capabilities, approaches to problem solutions, current technical expertise, and current or past FSAT development and/or production efforts), (2) In developing and integrating command and control systems used in unmanned air vehicle operations (to include ability to integrate complex electronics, antenna subsystems, and FTS and explosive components, capabilities and experience with software integration/management for RF and command-control systems/ subsystems), (3) In verifying, validating, and testing hardware/software for target command and control systems/subsystems, and (4) In successful use of subcontracts including a description of the level of capability that would be subcontracted under an FSAT production contract. The statement of capability should show that the respondent has a current capability in place to meet the requirements of the QF-4 FSAT follow-on production/ sustainment program. As directed by the Foreign Disclosure Office, Eglin AFB, no foreign participation shall be allowed for this effort. Small Business: Firms responding to this synopsis should state whether or not they are a small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone certified, woman-owned, disabled-veteran owned, historically black college or university or other minority concern as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-1 and FAR 52.219-2. The appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this proposed acquisition shall be 336411 with a size standard of 1,500 employees. A decision as to whether this acquisition shall be full and open competition or small business set-aside shall be based on responses to this synopsis and other market research. Firms that have submitted a Statement of Capabilities will be contacted concerning future industry day plans or notified of perceived shortfalls. Industry day plans will also published via FedBizOps announcement when finalized. 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 the source of concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to contact Dr. Mario J. Caluda, AAC/CD, 101 West D Avenue, Suite 123 Eglin AFB FL 32425-5495. He may be reached at (850) 882-5558 or email mario.caluda@eglin.af.mil. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Note 26.
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