SPECIAL NOTICE
15 -- RFI for Commercial Derivative Aircraft Capability Alternatives
- Notice Date
- 10/26/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 336411
— Aircraft Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Material Command, AFLCMC/PK - WPAFB (includes PZ, WL, WW, WI, WN, WK, LP, WF, WK), 2275 D Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-7218, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7218
- Solicitation Number
- FA8604-15-R-7019
- Archive Date
- 12/19/2015
- Point of Contact
- Pete Kronbergs, Phone: 937-904-4499, Jonathan J. Fredrick, Phone: 937-255-8922
- E-Mail Address
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pete.kronbergs@wpafb.af.mil, jonathan.fredrick.2@us.af.mil
(pete.kronbergs@wpafb.af.mil, jonathan.fredrick.2@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- COMMERCIAL DERIVATIVE AIRCRAFT CAPABILITY ALTERNATIVES Capability Request For Information (CRFI) INTRODUCTION The Air Force is exploring in-production, non-developmental, Government Off-The-Shelf or Commercial Off-The-Shelf (GOTS/COTS) alternatives for a commercial derivative aircraft adapted for military operations. If approved by DoD, the initial need is notionally a "green aircraft" delivery in FY18, subsequent "missionization" by an aircraft mission integrator, followed by an additional 9 aircraft, delivered at a rate of one per year. To assist in this effort, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Aeronautical Systems Development Division (AFLCMC/XZA), Wright-Patterson AFB OH, is issuing this Capability Request for Information (CRFI) to obtain market insight into potential solutions capable of providing at least 10 GOTS/COTS commercial derivative aircraft. In addition to the initial aircraft, sufficient aircraft training and other support (initial spares, support equipment, data, etc.) will be required to operate this aircraft to support a user-command Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in FY20. Any COTS alternative requires an existing FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) and any GOTS alternative requires sufficient airworthiness evidence to enable timely USAF Airworthiness Certification. Meeting schedule is critical and some performance trade-offs will be considered to achieve schedule at an affordable cost. If your solution cannot meet all the USAF desired capabilities, as provided in Attachment 1, describe those capabilities your solution can meet and describe the cost and schedule needed to meet them. If you have more than one commercial derivative solution, please provide a separate response for each. You must describe your solutions' compatibility and comparability to meet the government capabilities listed in Attachment 1, to include rough order-of-magnitude (ROM) cost estimates, delivery schedules, and other details requested for potential solutions. This CRFI IS NOT an Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this CRFI. This CRFI is part of ongoing Government-conducted, commercial derivative market research for military planning purposes. It is NOT a solicitation. The Government will not provide reimbursement for costs associated with this request. Responses will be treated as information only and will not be used as a proposal. The submitted documentation, upon delivery, becomes the property of the US Government and will not be returned. Such information will be reviewed by a team comprised of Government and Contractor personnel hired to provide technical assistance in the Government's preparation of an input to a potential acquisition strategy. All members of the team will be reminded of their obligation to protect such information to the maximum extent permitted or required by the Economic Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. 1831 et seq., and other applicable statutes or regulations. In addition, Government members will be reminded of their obligation to afford protection under the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. All contractor members are required to protect the information by the terms of their contract agreements. The Government has also determined that assisting contractor team members have no organizational conflicts of interest that could adversely affect protection of proprietary information. The Government will not reply to information received. The Government may conduct follow-on discussions with responders through individual and/or collective "Industry Day" sessions. PURPOSE The purpose of this CRFI is to: (1) Engage industry early in the effort, (2) Identify sources that can provide a GOTS/COTS aircraft capability and (3) Assist the USAF in ascertaining schedule, cost and technical risk associated with potential procurement of a commercial derivative aircraft for military operations. The information that respondents submit may be used to develop an acquisition strategy. The information in this CRFI is preliminary and may be updated or changed prior to any further acquisition actions on the part of the government. RESPONSE GUIDANCE Information received as a result of this request will be considered sensitive and will be protected as such. Any company proprietary information contained in the response should be clearly marked as such, by paragraph, such that 'publicly-releasable' and 'proprietary' information are clearly distinguished. Any proprietary information received in response to this request will be properly protected from any unauthorized disclosure. The Government will not use proprietary information submitted from any one responder to establish the capability requirements for any future systems acquisition, so as to not inadvertently restrict competition. CRFI responses should include the following components: •1. Cover page containing identification of the company Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, street address, business size for NACICS code 336411 (aircraft manufacturing), names and telephone numbers of the technical Point of Contact (POC) and the overall company POC (in the case of a partnership, please provide appropriate CAGE codes and POC information for the lead company). •2. Responses are limited to 30 pages and must be received by 4 December 2015. Responses must be submitted via e-mail with a CD copy by regular mail in text searchable Portable Document Format (.pdf). All responses should be unclassified. Please send to AFLCMC/XZAB, (Pete Kronbergs, leon.kronbergs.1@us.af.mil ) and to the Contracting Officer, AFLCMC/PZITC, (Jonathan Fredrick, jonathan.fredrick.2@us.af.mil ), 2275 D Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7224. USAF REQUIRED CAPABILITY BACKGROUND A high altitude, extended-range, commercial derivative aircraft is required to meet Air Force needs. Aircraft must be capable of achieving speed/altitude/range minimums as well as the ability to accommodate a mission payload that meets the Size, Weight, and Power / Cooling (SWaP-C) descriptions in Attachment 1. Capabilities to achieve IOC in 2020 include the following: •• COTS production aircraft with an approved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Type Certificate or Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) or GOTS production aircraft with completed Airworthiness Certification •• One primary "green aircraft" delivered in FY18, plus one set of critical and non-critical spares for each aircraft delivered •• Follow-on production capability for a minimum of 9 additional "green aircraft" (total of 10 aircraft) with delivery to the government at a rate of one aircraft per year beginning in FY19 •• Training initial cadre of pilots and co-pilots (including courseware) •• Implementation of aircraft interim contractor logistics support (CLS) •• One continental United States (CONUS) operating base location with one set of user-verified and published operations and maintenance procedures •• One set of training/courseware material for initial maintenance cadre •• One set of peculiar support equipment RESPONSE DISCUSSION TOPICS Respondents should describe their solution that can best meet the capabilities described in Attachment 1 to achieve the stated IOC. Provide a technical description of the solution to include details of the airframe, subsystems, and costs as requested in Attachments 1 and 2. Assume 600 flight hours annually, for each aircraft, with regard to maintenance, logistics, availability, and training estimates. In addition to the information requested in Attachments 1 and 2, address the following interest areas: •1) Discuss your solutions' current mission(s), users, and delivered quantities. •2) Describe your production rate versus capacity (i.e., excess production capacity). Discuss lead times, any approach used to ramp-up production and the associated risk. Discuss major GFE systems or commercially furnished equipment (CFE) your production line relies on or expects and their associated cost. •3) Provide a notional schedule clearly showing go-ahead, testing, long-lead procurement, production milestones, training events, and logistics/sustainment events. •4) Describe your solution's current airworthiness and/or FAA STC status. Discuss effort, to include cost and schedule, to achieve USAF airworthiness certification by first delivery date. •5) Describe any Developmental Testing (DT), Operational Testing (OT) and Live Fire (LF) Testing accomplished and what agency performed the testing. •6) Describe the maintenance plan for your solution (scheduled maintenance, on condition, required inspections) and existing maintenance training courses. Describe any existing Performance Based Logistics contracts for your solution - Include contracting agency, performance metrics, and number of aircraft supported. Describe the method in which maintenance procedures are documented. •7) Provide list and associated costs of peculiar support equipment, diagnostic tools and spares. •8) Describe your plan to provide Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for this aircraft at one operational location. CLS includes all aircraft maintenance and personnel, materials and inspections, launch and recovery of aircraft, management of all Government-owned spares and support equipment, repair and overhaul of all repairable spares at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified repair stations (if FAA certified); maintenance and repair of all support equipment; aircraft paint; engine/Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) repair and overhaul. The supply support requires the contractor to identify, procure, stock, store and issue common and peculiar spare parts, components, consumables and bench stock for the aircraft, aircraft systems, engines/APUs and peculiar test/support equipment. •9) Describe Flight Training and other crew training devices (simulators, part task trainers, etc.), courseware available to support your aircraft. Provide the number of training systems already in service, users/operators, procurement lead times and cost estimates. •10) Describe your Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH) Program and Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) Management Program Plan. Describe your solution's current compliance with FAA, ICAO, and other international civil aviation authority noise standard requirements. SUMMARY THIS IS A CRFI ONLY to obtain market insight into potential solutions and sources capable of providing an aircraft capable of serving an operational role in the USAF. The information provided in the CRFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. AFLCMC has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this CRFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Attachment 1 Desired Aircraft Capabilities: The USAF capabilities are listed below with mission descriptions in Attachment 1. Describe your solution's ability to meet each capability requirement. If your solution does not meet the capability requirements in some, or any of the following areas, describe those your solution can meet if a buy decision is made in FY17 and how your solution would meet the remaining capability requirements in a future increment. Discuss an incremental approach, if needed, for the modifications to meet the described capabilities. State the level of engineering design and testing this approach will require. Discuss if these modifications will be completed in the production line, or as post-production modification kits. Discuss the cost of the modification effort. You may use an attachment to document these discussions. •1. Size, Weight and Power - Cooling (SWaP-C): The aircraft must be capable of hosting all components required to prosecute the primary military mission. To accomplish this, the alternative must be capable of supplying the electrical power, accommodate the weight/volume of mission payload plus mission crew members/workstations and the required communications/navigation/self-protection systems. Describe, in detail, the analysis performed to determine ability to meet each of the following capabilities: •· Size: Aircraft interior shall include provisioning for the following: o A Galley roughly the size 4'w x 3.5'h x 3'd - 42 cubic feet o A Latrine roughly the size 3'w x 5'd x 5.0'h - 75 cubic feet o Aircraft cabin space with provisions for: •- A Jump seat 2'w x 3'd x 4.5'h - 27 cubic feet •- A minimum of five mission workstations 4'd x 4.5'h x 3'w (54 cubic feet each) - 270 cubic feet. Provide data regarding aircraft cabin volume available to accommodate additional workstations and cargo or cabin space, if it exists. •- Primary mission equipment (PME) - 250 cubic feet o Minimum available cabin volume: 664 cubic feet •· Weight: Capacity to carry 2 aircrew (pilot and co-pilot), a minimum of 5 additional mission crew members, PME and mission workstations totaling 13,000 lbs while achieving the mission profiles listed in section 4 below. •o Total Primary Mission Equipment (PME) weight of 13,000 lbs includes the following: •- PME Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) •- Aircrew (2), mission crew (5) •- Workstations for mission crew •- Two (2) 600 lbs aperture units capable of transmit/receive from left and right sides of the aircraft •- Communications/Navigation equipment sufficient for world-wide use in the FY20 timeframe and beyond •- Self-protection system •o PME weight does not include structural modifications and wiring (Group A) to accommodate: - Modifications for additional power, cooling or structural changes to the aircraft PME installation. - External carriage/hardpoints (See 9 below) - Fairings and structures to house transmit/receive aperture units (See 5 below) •o Describe additional weight estimates (wiring, racks, connectors, CG, etc.) to host the PME suite listed above. Separately, describe weights for aircraft modifications required for external carriage/hardpoints and the transmit/receive aperture units. •· Power: In addition to aircraft power used, an electrical system capable of producing a minimum 170 kVA to power the PME. •· Cooling: System capable of producing a minimum 102 kW heat removal from the PME. •2. Altitude: The aircraft must be capable of performing on-station loiter for a minimum of 3.5 hours at a minimum of 41,000 feet MSL. •· Describe analysis performed to determine ability to meet this capability. Provide engine thrust, aircraft flight characteristics, supporting test/demonstration data and maximum service altitude. •3. Airspeed: Using no more than maximum continuous power, the aircraft must maintain at least.75 Mach, enroute to/from the takeoff base to the mission on-station area. •· Describe analysis performed to determine ability to meet this capability. Provide the fuel used (lbs), fuel remaining (lbs), and maximum cruise speed for these legs. •4. Unrefueled Endurance/Mission Range: The aircraft must be capable of achieving the following un-refueled mission profiles while equipped with the full 13,000 lbs mission payload : Profile 1: Takeoff standard runway, ingress no less than 1,000NM above 0.75M, maintain 6 hours on station above 41,000 ft with full power draw and cooling for the mission payload, egress 1,000NM with a 45 minute fuel reserve in International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) conditions. Profile 2: Takeoff standard runway, ingress no less than 1,500NM above 0.75M, maintain 3.5 hours on station above 41,000 ft with full power draw and cooling for the mission payload, egress 1,500NM with a 45 minute fuel reserve in International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) conditions. •· Describe analysis performed to determine ability to meet this capability. Provide the transit airspeeds/altitudes, fuel used (lbs), fuel remaining (lbs), and excess endurance/range capability if applicable. Attachment 1 (Cont.) •5. Aperture Provisions: A fully mission capable aircraft with an approved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Type Certificate or Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) designed to host multiple transmit and receive antennas, of approximately one hundred (100) total square feet and approximately 600 lbs each, mounted to each side of the fuselage and contained within a fairing. Note, this weight is included in PME weight above in Section 1.0. •6. Self-Protection System: EO/IR Missile and Laser Threats: Upon detection of the threat missile, EO/IR countermeasures in the automatic and manual mode must have a 95% probability of preventing a successful engagement of man-portable air defense system (MANPADS), or surface-to-air-missiles (SAM). Note, the survivability weight and power are included in the PME weight and power requirements above in Section 1.0. •· Describe the installed or optional EO/IR countermeasures and any supporting tests or analysis completed to meet this capability. •7. Communications/Navigation: Provide crew members programmable in-flight UHF SATCOM (secure), UHF Line-of-Sight (LOS) (secure/non-secure), VHF LOS FM/AM (secure/non-secure), HF-ALE/HF (secure/non-secure) communication capabilities, provide capability to securely retain crypto keys after the aircraft is powered down. The communications/navigation suite is expected to be compliant with all anticipated FY20 military and FAA capabilities. Note, the communications/navigation weight and power are included in PME weight and power requirements in Section 1.0. •· Describe the installed communications/navigation systems. Describe your systems capabilities with respect to EMI/EMC/EMP hardening. If installed, please describe the systems capabilities for crewmembers to independently transmit and receive on the com system, and describe any capabilities for passengers to have access to the com system. If installed, describe your systems traffic and aircraft avoidance systems. •8. Availability: Your solution must be capable of worldwide deployment and sustainment of an 85% aircraft availability rate for 600 flight hours annually and maintain a minimum 25 year airframe service life. The aircraft support infrastructure must be capable of contractor logistics support (CLS) to meet military operations requirements. •· Describe projected Aircraft Availability rate in terms of Mission Capable Hours/TAI hours for a fleet of 10 aircraft using USAF metrics referenced in AFI 21-101. 9. External Carriage: For future growth, your solution should have the capability for carriage of external stores/pods with appropriate means of powering and controlling them. This external stores carriage capability must meet altitude requirements in Section 2.0. However, this external carriage capacity is not included in the PME weight and power numbers in Section 1.0 and should not be used in the analysis in Section 4.0. •· Describe any existing hardpoints the aircraft has, or the ability to accept external stores, for shorter duration mission profiles. Attachment 2 Commercial Derivative Aircraft Cost Information Table (Sample Format) NOTE 1: This information is considered to be a rough order of magnitude. It is non-binding and will be used for Market Research purposes only. NOTE 2: Costs should be submitted in current year (FY16) dollars. NOTE 2: Cost format and data should be submitted in Microsoft Excel NOTE 3: Briefly describe what is included in each cost element and basis of cost RDT&E (if required) Non-Recurring Reoccurring Other Costs Testing Costs Prototypes/Test Articles Engineering and Manufacturing burdened labor rates Representative Overhead rates Average Profit/Fee Production Reoccurring Other Costs Average Unit Production Cost (AUPC) for 10 aircraft Assumed Learning or Improvement curve rate Average Engineering and Manufacturing burdened labor rates Average Overhead rates Average Profit/Fee rate Operation and Support Assumed Flight Hours per Year Operating Cost per Flying Hour (est.) Annual O&S Cost (ROM estimate) Training Costs Costs for support equipment, diagnostic tools and spares Total Estimated (ROM) Program Cost
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