SOURCES SOUGHT
23 -- TACTICAL VEHICLES MARKET SURVEY Product Support Integrator/ Product Support Provider in support of a Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Program.
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541614
— Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- PBL-08-23-2005
- Response Due
- 9/23/2005
- Archive Date
- 11/22/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this survey is to solicit your interest, experience, current capabilities, and potential in performing the roles of Product Support Integrator/ Product Support Provider in support of a Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Performance Based Logisti cs (PBL) Program. IAW AR 70-1 and DOD 5000.1, PBL is the preferred support strategy for materiel systems. The Army will implement PBL on weapon systems in order to provide the war fighter increased operational readiness; increased reliability; enhanced logistics response times; enhanced deployment support; enhanced wartime support; reduction in the logistics footprint, and reduction in logistics costs. Under this PBL contract, the contractor will be responsible for a large portion of the worldwide tactical vehicle fleet logistics support, such as supply chain management and all scheduled and unscheduled Sustainment level maintenance. The contractor will be responsible for the scheduled Preventative Maintenance Checks & Service (PMCS) at the field level, with the exception of any operator level daily, weekly or monthly checks. The focus of this PMCS effort will be semi-annual and annual services and lubr ications. The Army will retain responsibility for the unscheduled field maintenance of tactical vehicles. Contractor will be responsible for executing a complete Total Package Fielding of all new production, Reset and/or RECAP vehicles. Operator and ma intenance training to include both new equipment training and sustainment training will be the contractors responsibility. Contractors will be required to produce a Training Program which can be executable by Army Field units as a stand alone NET and/or S ustainment Training package. The support process is required to be transparent to the war fighter. In addition, the contractor will be responsible for vehicle configuration, to include recommendation and implementation of configuration changes to improve performance and reliability. We expect that the OEMs will have to be partnered with the overall Product Support Integrator (PSI) in order to take full advantage of the reliability vs. support cost incentives. PBL Definition: See Appendix A for Definitions of PBL and other frequently used terminology. Intent: Length/Type of Contract: Contract is expected to be a Firm Fixed Price long-term contract. Length to be determined. Goal: Ultimate goal is ultra-reliability. Our goal is to structure a contract, which will incentivize the contractor to maximize system reliability, thereby reducing maintenance, spare parts and training requirements in the process. Desired Results and Outcomes: Operational readiness 98% or better. Enhanced Logistics response times. Enhanced deployment. Reduced Logistics Footprint, unscheduled maintenance, training burden, scheduled maintenance and maintenance times. Reduced Logistics costs. Proposed Measurements: Level of performance expressed in terms of measurable outcomes/how outcomes are to be measured and evaluated. Operational Readiness - Standard Army readiness reporting will be used to the maximum extent possible. Also, we will measure mission start and completion performance. (Vehicle starts and completes mission XX% of time) Logistics Response Time The period of time from when a failure/malfunction is detected and validated by the maintainer to the time the failure/malfunction has been resolved. This includes all related time to order, ship and deliver parts and perform mai ntenance. Reduced Logistics Footprint Measurable reduction in number of tools reqd (special and common). Measurable reduction in number of maintenance, repair and troubleshooting tasks. Measurable reduction of training required. Measurable increase in fuel economy. Any other reduction in the size or presence of losistics support required to deploy, sustain and move the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle fleet. Cost per Mile Total Operating Costs divided b y the total number of miles driven. PBL System Candidates: See Appendix B* for profile of potential PBL Systems. Systems to be supported under this PBL Program are vehicle systems currently in production, systems currently in the Army fleet, and reset/recap systems. These profiles will include both wartime and peacetime Optempo and specific details necessary to det ermine level of work required to perform the support operations. * Appendix B is For Official Use Only and will be provided separately by request to the P.O.C. identified below. PBL MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONAIRE 1. Name of Firm Address City, State, Zip Code Point of Contact Name Telephone Number Email Address Website Address 2. What would be your business approach to meeting these responsibilities for managing the tactical vehicle fleet? 3. How would you propose meeting the goal of ultra-reliability? 4. What potential constraints or boundaries do you see with one contractor having ultimate responsibility for managing the majority of logistics and configuration support under a PBL arrangement? 5. Do you have any further suggestions, beyond those listed in the Proposed Measurements paragraph above, for measuring performance of the PBL, particularly supply support, reliability, training and maintenance 6. What would you recommend as the approach to supply chain management in support of the vehicle fleets? 7. How would you approach performance of sustainment maintenance and reduce vehicle maintenance, both scheduled and unscheduled? 8. How would you approach operator/maintainer training and reduce training needs? 9. How would you approach performance of all scheduled services at the Field level? 10. Would you be willing to provide this type of support under a long-term contract? What length of contract would you need in order to make this a viable proposition? 11. What would you do differently in support of deployment contingency (wartime vs peacetime) operations? 12. How would you envision the measurement of cost per mile? Response to this market research survey questionnaire should be sent via email to grguricc@tacom.army.mil. You can respond in total or to any part of this questionnaire. Any product literature that cannot be emailed may be sent to: U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Attn: SFAE-CSS-TV-S (C. Grgurich), M/S 500 6501 E. Eleven Mile Rd. Warren, MI 48397-5000 Replies to this questionnaire must be received by 23 September 05. You may fax in your response to (586) 574-8835 if you do not have electronic capability. Please mark your information Proprietary , as you feel appropriate. Your input is voluntary and no compensation can be made for your participation in this survey. We appreciate your cooperation in answering these questions and thank you in advance for your participation. DEFINITIONS APPENDIX A Performance Based Logistics (PBL): PBL is a product support strategy in which the logistics requirements are stated as expected results (outcomes)., and wherein the responsibility and accountability of meeting these expectations fall on the PMs designated Product Support Integrator (PSI) and their support provider(s). PBL is: - Buying results not resources - Using performance specs not design specs - Buying solution or an outcome not defining the process and methods to achieve a pre-determined course of action. - About assigning responsibility to the supplier not the requiring organization. Performance Support Integrator (PSI): The PSI is intended to identify a single source as being responsible and accountable for providing product support to the assigned Defense/Army system. This is designated to an agency (private, public sector or a pri vate/public sector partnership). Product Support Provider (PSP): The PSP is anyone that provides a logistics/support product or service in support of a materiel system. This term applies to all providers that have not been designated by the PM as the PSI. The PSI will be required to negotiate Performance Based Agreements (PB A) type arrangements with all PSPs to fulfill their responsibility. Examples of PSPs include: DLA centers, AMC MSC Inventory Materiel Management Centers (IMMCs), Depots, contractors sub-contractors, etc. Two Level Maintenance: Latest Army concept for maintenance, which transforms the current 4-level maintenance system to a more flexible two-level system, one which is focused on on-system repair, the other focused on off-system repairs. The goal is a simp lified structure that provides reduced cycle time with greater efficiency in all maintenance processes. Field Maintenance: Focused on returning a weapon system to an operational status by fault isolating and replacing the failed component, assembly or module of the weapon system. Usually consists of operator, organizational and selected direct support task s from the old 4-level maintenance system. Sustainment Maintenance: Focused on repairing components, assemblies, modules and end items, generally characterized as off-system and repair rear . The intent of Sustainment Maintenance is to perform commodity-oriented repairs on all supported items to one standard that provides a consistent and measurable level of reliability. Sustainment Training: That training necessary to maintain requisite skills within both Field and Sustainment units to continue efficient, high-quality performance of necessary repairs and maintenance for assigned equipment, considering periodic personnel rotations/reassignments. This is also commonly referred to as refresher training and will also include operator training. New Equipment Training: The identification of personnel, training, and training aids and devices and the transfer of knowledge gained during development from the materiel developer/contractor to the trainer, user and supporter. It represents that knowled ge that is needed for operation, maintenance and logistic support during testing and initial introduction of new materiel into the Army inventory. Reliability: The ability of a system and its parts to perform its mission without failure, degradation or demand on the support system. Ultra-Reliability is maximized system reliability, which thereby reduces maintenance, spare parts and training requi rements in the process. Recapitalization (recap): The complete rebuild and select upgrade of currently fielded systems to a like-new condition, zero time/zero miles. The objectives of the RECAP process include: extending service life, reducing operating and support costs, enha ncing capability and improving system reliability, maintainability, safety, and efficiency. RESET: A series of actions to restore and reconfigure units to a desired level of combat capability (commensurate with mission requirements and availability of resources) after returning from contingency operations. These actions consist of cleaning, in specting and repairing equipment, and as well as replacing battle losses, washed out and obsolete equipment. Work is conducted IAW applicable Army maintenance standards(10/20) and aviation Special Technical Inspection and Repair Standards (STIR). Total Package Fielding (TPF): Total package fielding is the Armys standard materiel fielding process for new or modified materiel systems. The TPF process is designed to provide a consolidated support package of equipment and materiel to the using units.
- 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
- Record
- SN00877175-W 20050825/050823212541 (fbodaily.com)
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