SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- The Product Manager, Tactical Vehicles is seeking data on existing capabilities in performing the roles of Performance Based Logistics Product Support Integrator-Product Support Provider.
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-N-A
- Response Due
- 4/15/2005
- Archive Date
- 6/14/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SFAE-CSS-TV-M 18 March 2005 The Product Manager, Tactical Vehicles is seeking data on existing capabilities in performing the roles of Performance Based Logistics Product Support Integrator-Product Support Provider. In September 2001, the Quadrennial Review (QDR) mandated implementation of Performance Based Logistics (PBL) with appropriate metrics to compress the supply chain, eliminate non value added steps and improve readiness for major weapon systems and commodit ies. PBL delineates outcome performance goals of weapon systems, ensures that responsibilities are assigned, provides incentives for attaining these goals and facilitates the overall life cycle management of system reliability, supportability and Total Ow nership Costs. In a 16 August memo, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics published guidance for purchasing weapon system logistic support using performance based guidance. This guidance stated in part, for PBL, performance is defined in terms of military objectives, using the following criteria: a. Operational Availability. The percent of time a weapon system is available for a mission or ability to sustain operations tempo. b. Operational Reliability: The measure of a weapon system in meeting mission success objectives (Percent of objectives met by weapon system) Depending on the weapon system, a mission objective could be a sortie, tour, launch, destination reached, capabil ity, etc. c. Cost Per Unit Usage: The total operating cost divided by the appropriate unit of measurement for a given weapon system. Depending on the weapon system, the measurement could be flight hour, steaming hour, launch, mile driven hour operated, etc. d. Logistics Footprint: The government/ contractor size or presence of logistics support required to deploy, sustain and move a weapon system. Measurable elements include inventory/ equipment, tools/special tools, personnel, facilities, transportation as sets and real estate. e. Logistics Response Time: This is the period of time from logistics demand signal sent to satisfaction of the logistics demand. Logistics Demand refers to systems, components, or resources, including labor required for weapon systems logistics support . The purpose of this survey is to solicit your interest, current capability, potential growth and intended processes for entering in a Performance Based Logistics Contract/Agreement to support one or more of our weapon systems. Performance Based Logistics Market Survey Questionnaire This market survey questionnaire relates the Product Manager, Medium Tactical Vehicles, need to identify potential Product Support Providers Product Support Integrators to support the Armys line of Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV) trucks and the Armored Se curity Vehicle (ASV). The Medium Truck Fleet consists of the, Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), and the M939 5 ton trucks. The FMTV consists of the 2 ? ton Light Medium Tactical Vehicles (LMTV) and the 5 ton MTV. The LMTVs include cargos and va ns (Models 1078 to M1081). The MTVs consist of cargos, tractors, dumps, wreckers and vans (Models M1078 through the M1094) and the new production variants with production quantities anticipated to be over 12,000. The FMTV also contains trailers Models 10 82 and M1095. The total quantities of FMTV vehicles and trailers represented are approximately 37,000. The M939/A1/A2 5 Ton truck family consists of the cargos, tractors, dumps, wreckers and vans models M923 through the M934 (approximately 38,000 vehicle s). The ASV has a programmed quantity of 1118 vehicles. General Description: The Contractor shall identify a plan and recommendations by developing a Logistic Support Concept to improve the existing Medium Truck Fleet Mission Capability encompassing areas of performance to include the following: 1. Operation Availability and Reliability by, at a minimum, reducing Non-Missi on Capable Maintenance (NMCM) and Non-Mission Capable Supply (NMCS). Example: NMCM & NMCS: Measure now and after support concept change. 2. System Annual Maintenance Manhours: Example: Non-traditional means to fill the gap between the systems requirement for maintenance and the ability of the operator/maintainer to provide maintenance. Such as in garrison contracted services, lifetime support contracts with component manufactu res such as engine, transmission, etc. Measure availability now vs. future selected timeline. 3. Diagnostic Time to Test: Example: Reduce the number of trouble shooting tasks w/o degradation to the fault diagnostic effectiveness. Measure now vs. later. 4. Speed, Accuracy & Technical Completeness: Example: Availability of technical data. Available vs. required. Measure now and later. 5. Training: Example: Reduction in training time needed to maintain proficiency in operating or maintaining equipment. Development or maintenance of self paced training media that results in higher scores by participants and/or shorter performance times while mainta ining current proficiency. Training classes that train more students to an established or higher proficiency. A training regimen that results in a higher % per unit of trained operators and/or maintainers. Also addressing any of the other 10 logistic elements as listed in the following attachment A. Please respond based on your interest, experience, capability, potential growth and processes for evaluating and influencing the design, redesign, upgrade of our weapon systems, to enhance the Medium Tactical Truck and/or ASV Fleet Mission Capability not l ater than 15 April 05. When discussing your plans/processes please provide some notion of the time frames you would require to respond to a significant portion and include a timeframe for each element. Submit the completed survey and any related data to albrechc@tacom.army.mil or U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Armaments Command Attn: SFAE-CSS-TV-S (C. Albrecht) Mail Stop 500 6501 E. Eleven Mile Rd. Warren, MI 48307-5000. Please respond to the questionnaire no later than 15 Apr 2005. ATTACHMENT A The elements of Logistics are found in AR 700-127. In responding please, at a minimum, identify your interest, capability and processes for each of the elements listed below. Please note in responding the intent is to improve one or more of the ten elemen ts below not merely replace uniformed and DA civilian personnel with contractor personnel. The Elements of Logistics: 1) Design Influence is the relationship of logistics related design parameters of the system to its projected or actual readiness support resource requirements; these parameters are expressed in operational terms. Operational Availability, Operational Rel iability, Cost per Unit Usage and Logistics Footprint are influenced by this element. 2) Maintenance Planning begins with developing the maintenance concept and evolves into the establishment of maintenance tasks, schedules and standards restore and maintain operational capability. 3) Manpower and personnel involves identification of military and civilian personnel with skills required to operate and maintain of our weapon systems. This element includes Manprint (Machine Soldier interface) and Human factors engineering that identifi es hardware designs that improve (make possible) the soldiers ability to operate or maintain our weapon systems. 4) Supply Support encompasses the management actions, procedures and techniques used to determine supply requirements for all maintenance significant items (any part consumed in a maintenance action), weapon system unique support equipment and weapon syste m unique special tools these actions include: a) acquiring b) cataloging c) receiving d) storing e) transferring f) issuing g) disposing h) providing initial support (initial provisioning) i) acquiring, distributing and replenishing inventory 5) Sup port Equipment includes all equipment (mobile and fixed) required to support functions including: a) Handling and Maintenance equipment b) Tools c) Metrology d) Calibration Equipment e) Test Equipment f) Automatic Test Equipment g) Support Equipment h) Special inspection equipment, plant equipment, to support depot operations 6) Technical Data consists of the scientific or technical information necessary to translate materiel system requirements into discrete engineering and logistics support documentation. Technical Data includes: a) Technical manuals b) Technical and supply bulletins c) Transportability manuals/guidance d) Repair parts Special Tools Lists (RPSTLs) e) Drawings/ specifications/technical data packages f) Software documentation g) Provisioning documentation h) Depot Maintenance Work Requirements (DMWRs) National Maintenance Work Requirements (NMWRs) i) Product Support Data j) Other support lists k) Hazardous Materiel Documentation 7) Training and Training Support encompasses the processes, procedures, techniques, training devices (including embedded training devices) and equipment used to train civilian and military personnel to operate and support our weapon systems. This element includes: 1) Training Material Development 2) Instructor and Key Personnel Training 1) New Equipment Training (NET) 2) Sustainment Training 3) Training devices and equipment 6) Test Site Training 8) Computer Recourses Support includes the facilities, hardware, software, documentation, manpower required to operate and maintain computer systems either embedded in our weapon systems or required to maintain our weapon systems. 9) Facilities include all the permanent and semi permanent operating and support facilities (training, field and depot maintenance, storage, operation and testing) needed to support one of our weapon systems. 10) Packaging, Handling Storage and Transportation includes resources and procedures to ensure all support equipment and support items are preserved, packaged, packed, marked, handled, transported and stored properly for sort term and long term requirement s. This element is closely related to supply support and may be responded to in combination with that element.
- Place of Performance
- Address: TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
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- SN00771699-W 20050320/050318212237 (fbodaily.com)
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