SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- Joint Programmable Fuze Production
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332995
— Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AAC - Air Armament Center, AAC/PK, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 433, Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542-6864
- ZIP Code
- 32542-6864
- Solicitation Number
- JPF-Production
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2009
- Point of Contact
- Lisa Younghanse, Phone: (850)883-0902, Stacey L Hughes, Phone: (850)883-1782
- E-Mail Address
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lisa.younghanse@eglin.af.mil, stacey.hughes@eglin.af.mil
(lisa.younghanse@eglin.af.mil, stacey.hughes@eglin.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS - FMU-152A/B Joint Programmable Fuze (JPF) for five follow-on production lots - The Air Armament Center, 308th Armament Systems Wing, 708th Armament Systems Group, 679th Armament Systems Squadron, Contracts Office, Eglin AFB FL, is conducting market research in preparation for a new contract to be awarded in FY11 for First Article Acceptance Testing (FAAT), 5 production lots of Joint Programmable Fuzes (JPF) for USAF and Foreign Military Sales and approximately 5 years of engineering/sustainment support. The JPF includes the fuze, cable, fuze bomb initiator and a retaining ring. This contract will include trainers, spares, instrumented fuzes, sled test support and non-warranty support. The Air Forces acquisition strategy for the follow-on production contract is to begin deliveries in May 2012. The JPF is a multifunction, multi-delay tail fuze system with hardened target capability for use in general purpose and penetrating unitary warheads. The JPF operates with a wide variety of guidance kits, high and low drag fins, and with all configurations of the DSU-33 proximity sensor to provide an airburst capability. When used with the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), the JPF operating mode and other settings may be selected in flight from the cockpit through a serial RS-422 interface between the weapon and fuze. The objectives of JPF production lots are to fabricate a high quality JPF that is fully integrated and qualified for employment. The following delivery schedule must be met or exceeded; Contract Award - approximately November 2010, first delivery of fully qualified production units - NLT May 2012. The estimated annual budget is $37.4M in FY11, $36.4M in FY12, $38.5M in FY13, $33.6M in FY14 and $32.5M in FY15. The annual budget does not include Foreign Military Sales quantities. Potential offerors would be required to provide a fully qualified JPF that is compatible with the Mark 80 series (MK-82, MK-83, MK-84) and penetrator warheads (BLU-109, BLU-110, BLU-113, BLU-122). It must also be compatible for use in all JDAM variants and GBU-10/12/16/24/27/28 weapon systems as well as in the basic "dumb" bomb configurations. In addition to weapons compatibility, the JPF must be qualified and certified on the following aircraft: B-1B, B-2A, B-52H, F-15E, F-16C/D, F-22, A-10, MQ-9A. The contractor must also have adequate resources to provide engineering and testing support for emerging aircraft integration requirements. The current budget only supports First Article Acceptance Testing (FAAT) and production of FMU-152A/B JPF systems. As a result, the Government considers system maturity and schedule to be the top priority, therefore, offerors must be prepared to begin full rate production by May 2012. The contractor must also have the capacity to produce at a rate of 1,800 systems per month for the duration. The contractor must provide shipping to CONUS locations and also provide adequate production, test, logistics (warranty) support, shipping and containers. The warranty support must cover 200 hours of captive carry time on fighters and bombers. The contractor must meet the system specifications for both the FMU-152A/B and FZU-55A/B fuze bomb initiator. All JPF components will be subject to lot acceptance testing. The JPF system is defined by the System Specification, which is available in an electronic technical library that is accessible to interested sources with the required export control license IAW DoD Directive 5230.25. Interested sources who can meet the performance and schedule requirements outlined above are invited to submit a Statement of Capabilities (SOC). The SOC must include appropriate documentation to demonstrate the following: 1) A plan for meeting the governments required production deliveries to begin in May 2012; 2) A manufacturing plan demonstrating the ability to meet delivery schedule and production rate; 3) The technical expertise/experience and support equipment to produce the JPF system; 4) The capability to booster explosives and the capacity to store boostered fuzes (not to exceed a qty of 6000 units for up to 180 days) until FMS countries are able to receive shipments; 5) Respondent will provide an extended warranty for the JPF system. The SOC shall be limited to 25 pages including attachments. This acquisition will be limited to domestic sources. Firms responding to this synopsis should also state whether or not they are a small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone certified, woman-owned, service-disabled veteran owned, veteran owned, or minority owned concern as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-1. The appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this proposed acquisition shall be 332995 with a size standard of 500 employees. A decision as to whether this acquisition shall be full and open competition, small business set-aside or sole source shall be based on responses to this synopsis and other market research. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment to contract by the Government. Interested companies must submit a statement of capability within 15 days of this announcement to Ms. Lisa Younghanse at 697 ARSS, 205 West D Ave, Suite 545, Eglin AFB, FL 32542 or to lisa.younghanse@eglin.af.mil. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program manager or contracting officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to appropriate Government personnel. When required, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of a routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman, but rather to the contracting POC identified above. The Ombudsman is Colonel Arnold W. Bunch, AAC/CV, located at 101 West D Ave., Suite 116, Eglin AFB, FL 32542. He may be contacted via email at Arnold.bunch@eglin.af.mil or phone number (850) 882-5422. POC for this effort are Lisa Younghanse, Contract Specialist, phone (850) 883-0902, email lisa.younghanse@eglin.af.mil or Stacey Hughes, Contracting Officer, phone (850) 883-1782, email Stacey.hughes@eglin.af.mil.
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