SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Market Survey for Performance Based Logistics (PBL) for the Petroleum Quality Analysis System (PQAS)
- Notice Date
- 2/2/2006
- 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
- W56HZV06Q0525
- Response Due
- 3/2/2006
- Archive Date
- 5/1/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS (PBL) MARKET SURVEY FOR THE PETROLEUM QUALITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM (PQAS) Purpose: The purpose of this survey is to solicit interest in the implementation of Performance Based Logistics (PBL) for the Petroleum Quality Analysis System (PQAS). The Army is looking for potential contractors to perform in the role of Product Support Integrato r/Product Support Provider for the PQAS. In Accordance With (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 r eadiness; increased reliability; enhanced logistics response times; enhanced deployment support; enhanced wartime support; reduction in the logistics footprint, and reduction in logistics costs. The selected PBL contractor will be responsible for some portion of the system logistics support, which could include, but is not limited to, supply chain management (parts support) for field and sustainment level maintenance, sustainment level maintenance (scheduled and unscheduled), and sustainment training. The Army will retain responsibility for the scheduled and unscheduled field maintenance of PQAS units. Operator and maintenance training, and New Equipment Training (NET) will be TACOMs responsibility. The system support processes will be transparent to the war fighter. In addition, the Product Manager will be responsible for vehicle configuration, including recommendation and implementation of configuration changes to improve performance, reliability and maintenance. 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 Contract for up to 5 years. Goals. Desired Results and Outcomes: Expected performance results from the PBL provider for the PQAS is achievement of efficiencies that drives the system to an increase in operational availability by; reducing the logistics footprint; reducing maintenance/repai r times for scheduled and unscheduled sustainment level maintenance; providing relief to the army from conducting sustainment training, and ultimately reducing O&S costs to the Army. Measurements: Level of performance shall be expressed in measurable outcomes and achievement of those outcomes by objective evaluation. Reduced Logistics Footprint: * Measurable reduction in the time it takes to deliver field and sustainment level spare and repair parts to the requiring organization Reduced maintenance/repair times: * Measurable reduction in the cycle time it takes to return repaired sustainment level equipment/parts to the supply system. Relief from conducting sustainment training: * Measurable reduction in the number of sustainment training classes conducted by the Army. PBL System Candidates: Systems that will be supported using PBL are those systems currently in production, systems currently in the Army fleet, and those undergoing reset/recap. Operational profiles will include both wartime and peacetime Operations Tempo (Optempo) if available . See Appendix B for a profile of the PQAS. PBL MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONAIRE FOR THE PETROLEUM QUALITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM (PQAS) Name of Company: Address: City, State, Zip Code: Point of Contact (POC) information: Name: Telephone Number: Email Address: Website Address: What is the size of your business; i.e. large business, small business, 8(a)? 1. Describe your companys experience, if any, in providing PBL support to army vehicles or systems. 2. Have you successfully performed the in the role of Product Support Integrator/ Product Support Provider on any other army or DoD vehicles or system? If so, on which vehicles or systems and what was the extent of the support provided? 3. If you have performed under a PBL contract in the past, what are some of the best practices you have used to be successful? 4. What would be your plan for managing the supply chain (parts support) for field and sustainment level maintenance and integrating that with the current organic system? 5. What potential constraints and boundaries do you anticipated within the responsibilities of managing a PBL support contract? 6. How do you propose the government should measure the specific areas of performance related to reducing the logistics footprint, reducing maintenance/repair times, and providing relief from conducting sustainment training? What recommendations can your organization provide? 7. What would be your plan for reducing maintenance/repair times for scheduled and unscheduled sustainment level maintenance? 8. How would your company manage a sustainment training program and reduce the Armys training burden? 9. Would your company be interested in providing PBL support under a long-term contract? 10. Compare and contrast the different strategies your company would utilize in wartime vs. peacetime situations. 11. Do you feel the desired results and outcomes as defined above are attainable? 12. Are there any other areas of logistics support in which your company would be interested in providing a service? Keep in mind that this is a continuous improvement and learning exercise for the government and industry. We do not have all the answers nor do we even know all the right questions.? Please take time to relate to us any ideas/suggestions you may have in im proving our questionnaire or any other areas where you may have insight. Send responses to this market research survey questionnaire to the PM POCs by email: Joe Scott e-mail address: scottjoe@tacom.army.mil and Jim Doherty e-mail address: dohertyj@tacom.army.mil. Your organization may provide response to all or part of this qu estionnaire. Replies to this questionnaire must be received by 2 Mar 05. The response can be marked as confidential. Clearly indicate that the information is Proprietary if appropriate. All participation is voluntary and no compensation will be provided for respo nding to this survey. The Army appreciates your participation in this survey. APPENDIX A DEFINITIONS 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 Product and/or P rogram Managers (PM's), their 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 predetermined 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 ne gotiate Performance Based Agreements (PBA) 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. 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/provider to the trainer, user, and supporter. Sustainment Training: Individual and c ollective training conducted in the unit or resident schools, units, and organizations to ensure continued expertise on the operations, employment, and logistics support of fielded systems or equipment. Sustainment Maintenance: Sustainment maintenance is off-system maintenance and is mainly repair of defective equipment/parts. Sustainment maintenance returns repaired equipment/parts to the supply system. It covers selected Direct Support (DS) tasks, Gener al Support, and Depot maintenance. Field Maintenance: Field maintenance is on-system maintenance and is mainly replacement of defective parts and preventative maintenance. Field maintenance returns repaired equipment to the soldier. It covers crew, unit, and selected Direct Support (DS) mai ntenance tasks. Some off-system maintenance can be done at field level if, based on task analysis, it is simple to complete or it is critical to mission readiness. Operational Availability: A measure of the degree to which a system is either operating or is capable of operating at any time when used in a typical operational and support environment. APPENDIX B PROFILE FOR THE PQAS Vehicle System: Petroleum Quality Analysis System (PQAS) Model Designators: M1159 NSN 6640-01-501-2726 System Description: The PQAS is a fully integrated fuel laboratory installed in an environmentally controlled expandable shelter, mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV, M1113) with a High Mobility Trailer (HMT, M1102) for transporting support equipment, supplies and a tent. The PQAS is a complete petroleum labor atory capable of conducting the tests required by the Combat Developer on kerosene based and diesel fuels. System software provides an information database/expert system for the technician to consult in interpreting test results and in making recommendatio ns for the disposition of fuels. Data acquisition equipment includes a modem that allows the PQAS to quickly transmit test results for the Unit of Employment (UE) to the requiring customers. The attached tent structure serves as a customer service area where samples can be received, logged, an d stored prior to processing. The PQAS will require two operators to sustain operations for 20-hour days. Operational Mode Summary/Mission Profile (OMS/MP): Operational Mode Summary/Mission Profile. a. Wartime. The PQAS is required to perform up to 30 samples for the appropriate mission level (as described in MIL-STD-3004) per day on samples representing multiple military fuels. The number of samples required per day will be reduced on movement day s as shown in the table. The PQAS fuel tests involve completing the required tests in accordance with approved procedures, printing of the results, and transmitting them to the requesting unit. The PQAS is required to operate for 30 days at an average ra te of 15 samples per day under this OMS/MP without resupply of expendable supplies with the exception of those expendable supplies found commonly throughout the theater (e.g., water, fuel, etc.). The PQAS will move between sites on approximately 5 of every 7 operating days, with four short move days (25-50 miles) and one long move day (150 miles). Preventive maintenance checks and services are performed at the beginning of the mission day and at the end of the mission day. Additionally, the PMCS are performed simultaneously with setup and teardown of the PQAS. T he table depicts a 1-week mission for the PQAS. Note that the PMCS addressed in this OMS/MP apply to PQAS devices and not to the transport vehicle or any shelter that is used. Event Short Move Day Long Move Day No Move Day (4/wk) (1/wk) (2/wk) No. of Total No. of Total No. of Total Events Time Events Time Events Time Fuel Test* 10 14.25 hrs 6 6.75 hrs 30 19 hrs Setup 1 30 min 1 hr each 0 N/A w/PMCS Teardown 1 20 min 40 min each 0 N/A w/PMCS Move 1 3.4 hrs 10 hrs each 0 N/A Before 1 20 min 1 20 min 1 20 min Operation PMCS After 1 10 min 1 10 min 1 10 min Operation PMCS *Times overlap A typical week of operations IAW the above Table would resemble the following: Day 1. No move day. Perform before operations PMCS, perform 30 fuel tests, and perform after operations PMCS. Day 2. Short move day. Perform before operations PMCS, perform five fuel tests, teardown system (including after operations PMCS), move system to new site, setup system (including before operations PMCS) perform five fuel tests, and perform after operat ions PMCS. Day 3. Short move day. Perform before operations PMCS, perform five fuel tests, tear down (including after operations PMCS), move system to new site, setup system (including before operations PMCS), perform five fuels tests, and perform after operations PMCS. Day 4. Long move day. Perform before operations PMCS, perform two fuel tests, teardown system (including after operations PMCS), move system to new site, setup system (including before operations PMCS), perform two fuel tests, teardown system (including after operations PMCS), move system to new site, setup system (including before operations PMCS), perform two fuel tests, and perform after operations PMCS. Day 5. No move day. Perform before operations PMCS, perform 30 fuel tests, and perform after operations PMCS. Day 6. Short move day. Perform before operations PMCS, perform five fuel tests, teardown system (including after operations PMCS), move system to new site, setup system (including before operations PMCS), perform five fuel tests, and perform after opera tions PMCS. Day 7. Short move day. Perform before operations PMCS, perform five fuel tests, teardown system (including after operations PMCS), move system to new site, setup system (including before operations PMCS) perform five fuel tests, and perform after operat ions PMCS. b. Peacetime. The PQAS will support field training exercises deployed and operating in the same manner as prescribed in the wartime OMS/MP. Additionally, the PQAS will perform testing for military activities and installations and will support various ci vilian agencies as ordered by the DoD and U.S. Army. The PQAS assigned to Reserve and National Guard component units will operate under the wartime OMS/MP 49 days per year. The PQAS assigned to Fort Lee, Virginia, will be used as a training base and will operate 240 days per year. c. Environmental Conditions. The environmental conditions in which the PQAS will be operated are shown in table below. Climatic Design Types Usage (AR 70-38) (Percent) Hot 20 Basic 80 d. Movement Terrain. The movement terrain expected to be encountered by the PQAS is shown in table below. Terrain Usage (Percent) Primary Roads 30 (Long Move) Secondary 30 Roads (Short Move) Cross-Country 40 (Short Move) OEM: Systems Integrator, Rock Island Arsenal JMTC. Availability of TDP: The Army does not own a TDP, the system was procured according to PD# ATPD 2300, Dated 15 Mar 00. Configuration Stability: System configuration is currently frozen at the final Production Qualification Test configuration. Fleet Assessment: PQAS is a new system currently in Full Rate Production (FRP ). The initial quantities to be delivered are 19. There is only one configuration of the PQAS which has an Expected Useful Life of 25 years. Annual Support Workload (Maintenance AMMS): The PQAS is estimated to require 180 hours of field level maintenance and 90 hours of sustainment level maintenance per year. Reliability : The PQAS shall demonstrate a mean time between system abort of greater than 390 hours. The PQAS shall demonstrate a mean time between essential function failure of greater then 190 hours. The maintenance ratio shall be less than 0.04. Mean time to repair shall be less than 1 hour. The maximum time to repair 90% of the repairs shall be less than 2 hours. Depot Capability Current Workload: This program is being produced by Rock Island Arsenal JMTC and inherently is a depot assembly program. Annual Sustainment Parts Cost: Life Cycle Cost Estimate states $190,855 per system for annual replenishment of spare replacements and consumables. Current Organic Support: a. Maintenance. The PQAS technical manual will use the two-level maintenance concept: field and sustainment in accordance with MIL-STD-40051A. The PQAS, except for the Analytical Instrumentation Subsystem, will have organic maintenance support. The system Preventive Maintenance, Checks and Services (PMCS) should not exceed 20 minutes before operation and 10 minutes after-operation and will consist primarily of visual inspections and equipment self-diagnostic tests. During operation, the PMCS w ill consist of equipment self-diagnostic tests, observations, cleaning of equipment being used, and replacement of expendable supplies, as required. b. Manpower and Personnel. The fielding of the PQAS will not result in a requirement for additional personnel. No new MOS or additional skill identifier will be required to operate or maintain the PQAS. The primary operator of the PQAS will be M OS 92L. The PQAS will not add any additional limitations on the operator or maintainer MOSs. c. Supply Support. The PQAS will be supported logistically by both military and Rock Island Arsenal (as the System Integrator) personnel using the most cost and operationally effective means available for the particular situation. Routine mainten ance will be provided by system operators and assigned maintenance personnel. d. Support Equipment. (1) Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE): Only common Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) will be required. The selection of TMDE will be in accordance with the U.S. Army Regulation 750-43, Army Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Program, dated 29 September 98. The PQAS will maximize the use of built-in diagnostic and self-calibrating capabilities to identify malfunctioning Analytical Instrumentation Subsystem (AIS) instruments or components. (2) Technical Data. All equipment publications will be developed by Rock Island Arsenal (as the System Integrator) and delivered in hard copy and as an Electronic Technical Manual on CD-ROM. The publication which is being developed is: TM-10-6 640-262-13&P (3) Training and Training Support. Introduction of the PQAS will utilize individual sustainment training through the use of ASAT (IAW TRADOC Regulation 350-70). New Equipment Training will be provided by Rock Island Arsenal (as the System Inte grator) on individual skills necessary for efficient employment of institutional and unit sustainment training required for fielding the PQAS IAW AR 350-1, Army Training and Education. In the production phase, Rock Island Arsenal (as the System Integrato r) will develop and conduct tester training for personnel scheduled by the Government. The training will include all necessary equipment to support testing of the PQAS and New Equipment Training (NET) deliverables in the production phase. In the production phase, Rock Island Arsenal (as the S ystem Integrator) will provide training at their facility for personnel scheduled by the government. The training will include all necessary equipment to support operation, operator preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS), and organic maintenanc e of the PQAS. Technical Manuals (TM) will be through the use of the Automated Systems Approach to Training and all training products/devices to include operator maintainer task list, program of instruction, lesson plan and student hand-outs, will be delivered prior to fielding. Technical Manual, training products, and installation instructions will be provided with the PQAS during initial fielding to support the unit training. A training course outline will be developed and delivered by Rock Island Arsenal (as the System Integrator) during the production phase of this contract. (4) Computer Resources Support. Computer integrated programs will be incorporated within the PQAS. The programs will be compatible with the standard Army computer in use at the time of fielding. The computer and data communication requirement s will be integrated with the PQAS testing devices. The computer will have the capability to store at least one year of test data and will contain all the software necessary to analyze data obtained from the testing instruments and transmit test reports v ia SINGAR. The PQAS will not directly electronically exchange information with any other system. (5) Facilities. No special or new facilities will be required to support the PQAS.
- 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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