SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- 8. Engineering and Technical Services in support of the Aircraft Structural Life Surveillance (ASLS) Program
- Notice Date
- 7/22/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Pax River, Building 441 21983 Bundy Road Unit 7, Patuxent River, MD, 20670
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- N00421-03-R-0130
- Response Due
- 8/18/2003
- Archive Date
- 9/2/2003
- Point of Contact
- Alfred Hensler, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 757-8939, Fax (301) 757-8959, - Patricia Cornett, Supervisory PCO, Phone (301) 757-2607, Fax (301) 757-268959,
- E-Mail Address
-
hensleraw@navair.navy.mil, cornettpa@navair.navy.mil
- Description
- The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is requesting that all interested parities in the vendor community review NAVAIR?s DRAFT Request For Proposal (RFP) N00421-03-R-0130 for the procurement of Engineering and Technical Services in support of the Aircraft Structural Life Surveillance (ASLS) Program for Navy and Marine Corps aircraft including, but not limited to, A-4, A-6, AH-1W, AV-8B, C-2, C-130, E-2, E-6, EA-6B, F-4, F-5, F-14, F/A-18, T-2, T-34, T-38, T-44, T-45, P-3, and S-3. Vendors are encouraged to submit any comments and/or questions to Nancy Keys at keysnc@navair.navy.mil . It is our intent to solicit competitive proposals for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Time and Materials (T&M) contract for the above services to the offeror who provides the best overall value to the Government, cost and non-cost factors considered. The contract will cover a period of five years comprised of one base year and four one-year options. The total maximum estimated dollar value for the contract will be $29,000,000, which is a maximum of $5,800,000 for each year of the contract. THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). The anticipated effort under the contract includes but is not limited to: Technical investigations shall be provided in support of the Structural Appraisal of Fatigue Effects (SAFE) element of the ASLS program: Collate, quality control, process and store individual aircraft usage information necessary to produce quarterly SAFE reports for Navy and Marine Corps aircraft including, but not limited to, A-4, AV-8B, C-2, C-130, E-2, E-6, EA-6B, F-4, F-5, F-14, F/A-18, T-2, T-34, T-38, T-44, T-45, P-3, and S-3. Process and store monthly individual aircraft fatigue life expended status necessary to produce the monthly fatigue updates for Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. Implement and maintain computer software on a NAVAIR-designated computer system to review/retrieve individual aircraft usage data utilized/available for each Type/Model/Series (T/M/S) aircraft in the SAFE program. Operate and maintain production Navy fatigue tracking software on the NAVAIR computer system. Provide updates to configuration management plans for subcontractors. Incorporate software upgrades to all fatigue tracking software. Implement upgraded Fatigue Analysis of Metallic Structures (FAMS), NASGRO, AFGRO, and SLAP IAT software as delivered by the OEM. Engineering and Technical Services in support of the T/M/S program shall include but not be limited to: The contractor shall perform engineering investigations and feasibility determinations related to structural design, development, and modifications of the T/M/S aircraft. The contractor shall perform strength analysis to predict failure modes and strength capabilities of high strength steels. Recommend changes to service life limits for high strength steel components; perform independent loads and/or strength analyses to provide recommendations on aircraft flight clearance requests; perform independent analyses to support aircraft modifications and/or stores integration and development efforts and perform strength analysis and damage tolerance analysis to recommend disposition of in-service structures and subsystems anomalies. The contractor shall be required to maintain facilities located within a 20-mile ground commuting distance of Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NAS), Patuxent River, MD. The contractor shall be required to operate SAFE system software on a server cluster with Windows NT operating system ORACLE database and a single server running LINUX. The following list covers the Level Of Effort for the Base year. These levels remain reasonably constant throughout the second, third and fourth option years as identifies below: [1] Program Manager (Key), 2,000 hours; [2] Senior Engineering Analyst (Key), 6,000 hours; [3] Engineering Analyst, 12,000 hours; [4] Senior Engineer, 4,000 hours; [5] Engineer, 8,000 hours; [7] Information Technology Manager (Key), 4,000 hours; [8] Information Systems Manager, 4,000 hours; [9] Sr. Applications Programmer, 6,000 hours; [10] Applications Programmer, 4,000 hours [11] Programmer, 6,000 [12] Data Technician, 10,000 hours; [13] Clerk Typist 10,000 hours; [14] Engineering Technician, 6,000. The total estimated Level of Effort for the Base year is 82,000 hours, Option Year 1 is 82,000 hours, Option Year 2 is 82,000 hours, Option Year 3 is 82,000 hours and Option Year 4 is 82,000 hours. The estimated total for the entire effort, options inclusive, is 410,000 hours. The labor categories shall reflect the necessary qualifications and experience to perform the anticipated tasks stated herein. The applicable NAICS Code for this requirement is 541330. Finally, contractor personnel shall be required to have a security clearance at the level required for each specific task/delivery order, i.e.: Confidential, Secret or Top Secret. Personal clearance levels must be obtained for the appropriate program being supported. The contractor shall comply with specific site access requirements. The contractor shall protect all proprietary data from unauthorized use or disclosure so long as it remains proprietary and the contractor shall refrain from using the information for any other purpose other than that for which it was furnished. The Government anticipates release of the electronic RFP on 28 August 2003 with an anticipated closing date of 14 October 2003. The proposed contract award date is 26 March 2004. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award or be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties in support of the effort mentioned above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit or award a contract. A DRAFT solicitation (N00421-03-R-0130) is currently located on the NAVAIR homepage: http://www.navair.navy.mil/doing_business/open_solicitations/. This Draft solicitation is also being released and synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities website, located at www.fedbizops.gov. It is the potential offeror?s responsibility to monitor this cite for the release of any follow-on information. This is a Draft Solicitation and feedback from industry is sought on our requirements as stated in this synopsis. Interested sources are highly encouraged to submit any questions, comments or suggestions to Ms. Nancy Keys. Responses to this announcement shall be submitted no later than close of business on 18 AUG 2003 to: Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Attn: Ms. Nancy Keys (2.5.1.3.1.7), Building 441, 21983 Bundy Road, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1127 Attn: Engineering and Technical Services in support of the Aircraft Structural Life Surveillance (ASLS). Electronic responses are recommended and encouraged and should be submitted to Nancy Keys at keysnc@navair.navy.mil. If providing the information electronically, please ensure that the information is compatible and accessible using Microsoft Office 98 software. This synopsis also announces the Government?s intent to hold an Industry Day for the upcoming ASLS/SAFE procurement. NAVAIRSYSCOM intends to hold the Industry Day forum on or about Tuesday, 12 August 2003 to provide interested parties with additional information and to solicit feedback on the Draft solicitation. The place and time have not been established and additional information will be posted on the NAVAIR web page cited above. All interested attendees must pre-register by e-mail to Ms. Nancy Keys at keysnc@navair.navy.mil, facsimile (301) 757-8959. Registering parties must include the attending individual?s name, company, phone number and e-mail address. As seating is limited, only those individuals that pre-register are guaranteed seating. For those individuals unable to attend the forum, the presented materials will be available on the NAVAIR website http://www.navair.navy.mil/doing_business/open_solicitations/ on or about 13 August 2003. Any questions concerning this material should be submitted to Ms Nancy Keys at the above cited e-mail address. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Questions/comments received by 11 August 2003 may be addressed at the Industry Day forum. It is anticipated that the final request for proposal (N000421-02-R-0130) will be available through the NAVAIR solicitation homepage, http://www.navair.navy.mil/doing_business/open_solicitations/ approximately 28 August 2003. This office will e-mail a notification of release of the solicitation and any amendments to all prospective offerors that submit a request to register for this information via e-mail. Requests for inclusion on the e-mail solicitation release list should be sent to Ms. Nancy Keys (Contract Specialist) via e-mail at keysnc@navair.navy.mil . Paper copies of the solicitation will not be mailed. All responses must be sent via e-mail and must include the following information: (1) Company Name; (2) Company Address; (3) Company Business Size; (4) Point of Contact (POC) Name, telephone number, fax number, and email address. Internet responses without this information will not be accepted. Phone and fax requests for a copy of the solicitation will not be accepted. Points of contact for contracts are Nancy Keys at keysnc@navair.navy.mil or telephone (301) 757-2609, Alfred Hensler at HenslerAW@navair.navy.mil or telephone (301) 757-8952, or Patricia Cornett (PCO) at Cornettpa@navair.navy.mil or telephone (301) 757-2607. Technical point of contact is Mark Thomas at thomasma1@navair.navy.mil or telephone (301) 342-9352.
- Place of Performance
- Address: NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND HQ, PATUXENT RIVER, MD
- Zip Code: 20670
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20670
- Record
- SN00377786-W 20030724/030722213935 (fbodaily.com)
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