SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- F-15 Flight Test Support Services Sources Sought
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/PK - WPAFB (includes PZ, WL, WW, WI, WN, WK, LP, WG, WF, WK), 2275 D Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-7218, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7218
- Solicitation Number
- F-15_Flight_Test_Program
- Archive Date
- 7/26/2013
- Point of Contact
- Michael G. McCreanor, Phone: 937-904-6686
- E-Mail Address
-
michael.mccreanor@wpafb.af.mil
(michael.mccreanor@wpafb.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Synopsis. There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation WILL NOT receive a response. The F-15 Program Office anticipates awarding a Delivery Order for F-15 Flight Test Support Services. Sources are sought to provide flight test support for the F-15 development test and evaluation programs at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), FL and Nellis AFB, NV. The period of performance will be 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016. At Eglin AFB, the contractor shall supply: (1) program management, (2) data management, (3) direct labor skills consisting of flight test engineering, field service, and instrumentation engineering, and (4) staff and other equipment and services necessary to support the assigned tasks. At Nellis AFB, the contractor shall supply: (1) program management, (2) data management, and (3) direct labor skills consisting of flight test engineering and instrumentation engineering. The contractor shall provide: F 15 Electronic Warfare System development and flight test, F-15 weapons certification, AN/APG-63 and AN/APG-70 radar development, F-15 integration and testing of AIM-120, fighter data link development, F-15 avionics and software testing. The contractor shall provide: F 15 AN/APG-63(V)1 and AN/APG-70 radar hardware/software development and flight test, avionics development and flight test, F-15 integration and testing of AIM-9X, fighter data link development, helmet-mounted cueing system integration, F-15 software upgrades testing, and operation and maintenance of telemetry facilities, a data laboratory, avionics integration test facilities, post flight data processing, and operation and maintenance of the Richter Laboratory at Eglin AFB, FL. The contractor shall be thoroughly familiar with hardware and software for all variants of the F-15 and related support equipment. The contractor shall be capable of performing engineering design analysis of airframe/avionics change proposals and external stores compatibility. This effort will include the operation and maintenance of avionics labs necessary to perform avionics, weapons, sensors, and software integration and verification for F-15 aircraft. These labs are tailored to service variants of the F-15 radar and all processors and displays associated with the F-15. The contractor shall have the following capabilities: maintain and operate the existing quick-look telemetry ground station, provide assistance for integrate additional instrumentation onto test aircraft, provide technical assistance for testing of all F-15 systems including assessment of aircraft instrumentation and test item performance, repair and refurbish instrumentation and TEWS/avionics laboratory equipment, perform bench calibration and installation of test bench modifications while maintaining commonality and interoperability with the Boeing Company, St. Louis, integration bench facilities. The F-15 Program Office is surveying the market to determine if any sources are qualified to perform all of the aforementioned requirements for this contract. Qualified sources must have an in-depth knowledge of the F-15 radar design and have the existing capability to perform all of the stated requirements commencing 1 April 2014. Capabilities Package The capabilities package should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirements. The package shall include the following information: a. Name of Company b. Address c. Point of Contact (to include phone number and email address) d. Recent, relevant experience in all areas should be provided. e. Teaming and/or subcontracting arrangements should be clearly delineated and previous experience in teaming must be provided. f. Firms responding to this announcement should indicate whether they are a large business, small business, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), 8(a) certified business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), or Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone). g. Company size status and CAGE code h. Is your company domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership). The National American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 541330, Engineering Services. The size standard for this NAICS code is $35.5 million (Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons). All prospective contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). This is an INDUSTRY NOTIFICATION and is for INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. This is NOT A SOLICITATION. In accordance with FAR 15.201, this announcement shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or otherwise pay for information solicited. The Government reserves the right to contact the submitting parties as required, for further clarification on material provided. The Government will evaluate the information provided, include it in within our market research, and use it as needed during RFP development. In addition, the Government will use its evaluation of the information and other research to determine which sources appear qualified to perform the work required by the Government. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida and Nellis AFB, Nevada, United States
- Record
- SN03085931-W 20130613/130611235056-3f66ea53c42bf9d140abd3dea21d205a (fbodaily.com)
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