MODIFICATION
58 -- Amendment to Sources Sought Announcement (SSA) for AN/TPQ-53 Full Rate Production (FRP)
- Notice Date
- 5/16/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B, HQ CECOM CONTRACTING CENTER, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, ABERDEEN PROVING GROU, MD 21005-1846
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T-13-R-C113
- Response Due
- 6/21/2013
- Archive Date
- 7/15/2013
- Point of Contact
- Marc Concilio, 443-861-4790
- E-Mail Address
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ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B
(marc.a.concilio.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ***The purpose of this amendment is to revise this Sources Sought announcement. Any previous responses to this Sources Sought posting should be revised if necessary to reflect the changes prescribed below. Solicitation Number: W15P7T-13-R-C113 Notice Type: Request for Information/Sources Sought Announcement for AN/TPQ-53 Full Rate Production 1. Synopsis. This Request for Information/Sources Sought Announcement (RFI/SSA) is being issued to accomplish market research and to support pre-solicitation planning for Full Rate Production (FRP) of the AN/TPQ-53 Radar. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI/SSA, or to otherwise pay for the information requested. This RFI/SSA shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, or request for proposal. It shall not be used as the basis for a proposal. This RFI/SSA is being issued to obtain information from interested sources regarding their ability to produce AN/TPQ-53 Radars that meet the Government's technical performance, cost and schedule requirements. 2. Introduction. a. Program Description. The U.S. Army Product Manager (PM) Radars and the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) have a requirement for AN/TPQ-53 Radar Systems, spares and non-developmental engineering, and field support. The AN/TPQ-53 radar will serve as the Army's replacement for the AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 Radars. The AN/TPQ-53 Radar shall satisfy known, current, and future force concept requirements by interfacing with the global information grid and future force battle command systems. The AN/TPQ-53 Radar will provide the Warfighter with continuous and responsive counter-battery target acquisition for all types and phases of military operations. The AN/TPQ-53 Radar is a highly mobile radar that will detect projectiles in-flight, as well as determine and communicate the firing point location of rockets, artillery and mortars (RAM). It will be deployable and capable of operation in varying terrain and climatic conditions. The system shall provide both 90 and 360 degree azimuth detection coverage against all threats at increased ranges, enhanced human machine interface, ease of programmability, and built-in capacity for growth. It also will accurately locate and classify hostile weapon locations at greater ranges and coverage patterns to permit more effective detection and counter-battery fires. b. Program Background and Procurement History. Current and future forces have a critical and immediate need for a RAM locating system that provides 360 degree detection coverage to mitigate capability gaps in force protection and target detection. Current indirect fire detection systems lack the mobility and agility to meet the requirements of the supported force and are too large and slow to support units in all types of military operations. Brigade combat teams and Fires Brigades must quickly secure the operational area and the current counterfire systems introduce unnecessary risk to operations. In 2006, the Government awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin following full and open competition. This contract provided for the design of the AN/TPQ-53 radar and the purchase of four radars. Twelve additional radars were purchased under the same contract in response to a directed procurement in July 2008. The Army Acquisition Executive approved the acquisition of up to 20 radars, of which 17 were procured via letter contract in April 2010. Three additional radars were procured in August 2011. On 29 February 2012, the Government competitively awarded a firm fixed price contract for up to 54 low rate initial production assets and spares. The table below provides contract information. Contract Number Award DateContractor Extent Competed/Authority W15P7T-06-C-T004 26 Sep 06Lockheed Martin Full and Open competition W15P7T-06-C-T004 25 Jul 08Lockheed Martin Option Award (FAR 17.2) W15P7T-06-C-T004 12 Apr 10Lockheed Martin Letter Contract; (FAR 6.302-1) W15P7T-06-C-T004 11 Aug 11Lockheed Martin Letter Contract; (FAR 6.302-1) W15P7T-12-C-C015 29 Feb 12Lockheed Martin Full and Open competition 3. Full Rate Production Acquisition Approach. a. Acquisition/Procurement Strategy Planning Information. The Government anticipates the FRP contract will be a single award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with firm fixed price and cost plus provisions. The contract will be comprised of a base year, with up to four ordering periods. Range quantities will be used for each ordering period. The contract will include provisions for ordering spares, training, technical data, reliability data, logistics data and technical manuals on a fixed price basis. The contract will include cost plus provisions for services, which include but are not limited to operations; maintenance and repair; interim contractor support; training; test support; studies and analysis; field support representatives; threat support upgrade; software maintenance and updates; technology insertion and fielding support. The Government anticipates release of the solicitation in early 2014, with an anticipated award of lat 2014. Production of approximately 70 systems is planned for from FY14 to FY19. The Government estimates a production quantity range of between 12-30 systems per year. b. FRP Requirements. The Government does not own a technical data package for this effort. The draft AN/TPQ-53 Performance Specification is available upon requet. All AN/TPQ-53 Performance Work Statement and Performance Specification requirements will be stated in performance based terms. Proposed systems are required to be production ready upon contract award. PM Radars plans to structure contract requirements to ensure industry has the flexibility to employ existing manufacturing and management processes. Industry will further have the flexibility to propose and use facilities, plants and processes, which are the same as they use for commercial production. The prime mover shall be an Army standard wheeled vehicle with an integrated armor package (IAP) to allow it to accept B, C, D armor kits or a Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) armor cab (depending on vehicle type for full armor protection). This requirement shall not drive the weight of the vehicle beyond its gross vehicle weight limits. The Government may not provide vehicles as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE); rather the contractor may be required to provide vehicles. The technical data package for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles 1092A1P2 LTAS is available upon request. Other program objectives include reducing life cycle sustainment costs of the AN/TPQ-53 Radar, while providing current technology and a critical and effective capability to the Warfighter. 4. Request for Information. All responses to this RFI/SSA should include the following information: a. State whether your firm is interested in participating as the prime contractor or as a subcontractor on the AN/TPQ-53 Radar contract. Companies that intend to be a prime contractor should clearly demonstrate that they possess the technology, design and production capabilities to meet the specified requirements. Any small business interested in participating as the prime contractor should clearly articulate their plan to satisfy the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. b. Summarize relevant experience with radar technologies. Identify any systems in development, systems planned for development, or fielded systems that may be used or leveraged to satisfy the requirements of the AN/TPQ-53 Performance Specification. c. Assess the risk associated with meeting AN/TPQ-53 Performance Specification requirements. If your firm does not currently have the capability to meet Performance Specification requirements, specifically identify what would be required to achieve the capability. Outline the strategy to evolve technologies and prove out system performance requirements, and the impact to the production schedule. d. Describe production and manufacturing capabilities. Identify the length of time after contract award that production representative systems will be available for acceptance testing. Identify the minimum, maximum and optimal monthly production rate for the proposed system. Identify the lead time required to achieve each of these production rates. e. Identify major cost drivers for the system. f. Provide a milestone schedule for accomplishing production g. Outline innovative lifecycle sustainment strategies, and recommendations for reducing sustainment cost for both hardware and software. h. Identify efficiencies that you believe could be implemented to reduce acquisition costs, while maintaining quality and meeting performance specification requirements. i. Identify potential partner/teaming arrangements or joint ventures that may be pursued to meet AN/TPQ-53 Radar requirements. j. Clearly identify assumptions on which your response is predicated. As a minimum, identify any required Government furnished equipment/Government furnished information on which the approach is predicated, and all required Government support anticipated. Identify any plans for reuse, or dependency on any other awarded contract. k.Provide any other relevant information you wish to share regarding your ability to satisfy the requirements of the AN/TPQ-53 Performance Specification. 5. Place of Performance: United States 6. Response Requirements. All response submissions should include a cover page with the following information: a. Company name b. Address c. Point of contacts, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers d. Identification of business size, i.e. U.S. large or small business in relation to North American Industry Classification System Code 334511-Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. Small businesses must identify any applicable socio-economic categories such as small disadvantaged business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 8(a), woman owned small business, etc. e. List of supplemental information or product brochures provided as attachments (if any are provided). Company information will be verified via the System for Award Management (SAM) data base. Responses to this RFI/SSA must be unclassified, and must not exceed 20 pages in length (includes cover page, and table of contents). Double sided printed pages will be counted as two pages. Responses must be provided on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, double spaced with fonts no smaller than 10 point, and one inch margins. Each page of the submission shall contain the document identifier in the document header. Information is preferred in soft-copy form in either Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft PowerPoint. Information may be provided through mail, or via e-mail. Respondents should ensure labeling of information contained as proprietary. Supplementary product brochures with product specifications are authorized as attachments and are not included in the page limitation requirement. Supplementary product brochures shall be labeled as attachments, and shall be identified and listed on the cover page as such. All interested firms are encouraged to respond to this notice by providing the information specified herein, on or before 1700 hours on 21 June 2013. Telephone requests for additional information will not be honored. Any UNCLASSIFIED questions regarding this RFI/SSA may be posted to Federal Business Opportunities. After reviewing the industry's responses, capabilities, and comments to this RFI/SSA, the Government may schedule an Industry Day or one-on-one meetings for further market research discussions. All documentation submitted shall become the property of the Government. The Government reserves the right to utilize and share with industry any information suggested, unless information is identified with proprietary or business sensitive markings and unique to your company. 7. Contracting Office Address: U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Attention: CCAP-CCC (Mr. Marc Concilio, Contracting Officer) 6001 Combat Drive Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
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- Address: ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B HQ CECOM CONTRACTING CENTER, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE ABERDEEN PROVING GROU MD
- Zip Code: 21005-1846
- Zip Code: 21005-1846
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