SOLICITATION NOTICE
58--58 -- Market Survey for technical support for GUARDRAIL obsolescence in support of an increase in ceiling against a current ongoing contract with Blackhawk Management Corp.
- Notice Date
- 4/6/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
- ZIP Code
- 07703-5008
- Solicitation Number
- MARKET-SURVEY-4483-1
- Response Due
- 4/27/2009
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2009
- Point of Contact
- Robin Turner, 732-532-2109<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Logistics Readiness Center (LRC), Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM, Intelligence Electronic Warfare Division, GUARDRAIL/ Advanced Quicklook Branch, Ft. Monmouth, NJ, is seeking to increase the ceiling on the current contract with Blackhawk Management Corporation for support of the GUARDRAIL family of equipment. This notice is to inquire if there are any other interested sources that would propose to perform similar work in the follow areas. Potential sources should submit technical information, descriptions and proposals for potential technical support to assist the government in issues of obsolescence and vanishing vendor problems with the GUARDRAIL family of equipment. Comments, questions, recommendations are welcomed with respect to the technical support required. The required technical support will be to research items identified by the USG as no longer supportable due to sources no longer being available to support the equipment for repair. The contractor will provide research of alternative means of support and produce form, fit and function replacements for various spare and repair parts to make the equipment sustainable for repair. The contractor will be required to partner with Tobyhanna Army depot on all replacement equipment. The contractor will be required to provide documentation needed for Engineering Change Proposals and training to Tobyhanna Army depot on repair and sustainment of any new parts developed. The contractor must demonstrate knowledge of the interaction of the various sub-systems of GUARDRAIL to ensure the newly developed items are compatible with the overall operation of the GUARDRAIL systems. As applicable the new items must undergo testing for airworthiness. The contractor may also be required to provide support at the various GUARDRAIL sites in support of the equipment replacements. The contractor should have personnel that have Top Secret Clearance to allow them access to on-site facilities. The purpose of this effort is increase the ceiling on the current existing contract to provide continued support under the current contract for ongoing work. Increases in requirements have resulted in expending the original ceiling prior to the expiration of the contract. Interested parties are advised that they would need to be able to pick up projects that are currently ongoing and complete them in the original period of performance with out ramp up time. All interested parties considering submission in support of this request for technical support should submit a white paper no greater than 10 pages in length and should include at a minimum the following information: 1) Provide evidence of the contractors knowledge and work performed in support of the GUARDRAIL weapons system in general and knowledge of the specific sub-systems, including the Advanced Quicklook (AQL) system. 2) Provide evidence of the contractors ability to meet the time schedule. 3) Provide evidence of the contractors ability to meet the security clearance requirements. This documentation may be mailed to US Army, Commander CECOM, AMSEL-LC-IEWS-R-GR, Building 1201W, Fort, Monmouth, NJ 07703-5211 to the attention of Andrea Battaglia. Documentation may also be sent to electronic address andrea.battaglia1@us.army.mil. To be considered as part of the market research database, documentation should be received no later than 27 April, 2009. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute a solicitation for bid or proposals, and is not be construed as a commitment by the Government. The government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this synopsis. Respondent firms should indicate whether or not they are a small business. All future notices/revisions regarding this request for technical support will be posted at the following site: abop.monmouth.army.mil. EMAIL andrea.battaglia1@us.army.mil
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07 ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ<br />
- Zip Code: 07703-5008<br />
- Zip Code: 07703-5008<br />
- Record
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