SOURCES SOUGHT
14 -- ALCM/CALCM CLS
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 488190
— Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, PK/PZ Tinker AFB, 3001 Staff Drive, Ste 1AG76A, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 73145-3015, United States
- ZIP Code
- 73145-3015
- Solicitation Number
- FA8128-16-R-0001
- Archive Date
- 1/14/2016
- Point of Contact
- Amy Hawkins, Phone: 4056227272
- E-Mail Address
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amy.hawkins@us.af.mil
(amy.hawkins@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Agency: Department of the Air Force Office: Air Force Materiel Command Location: Tinker, AFB, OK Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis Synopsis: Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for the CALCM unique and CALCM/ALCM Test Instrumentation Kit (CATIK), components, consumables, special tools and test equipment, and Government Furnished Equipment/Government Furnished Material. Duration of Contract Period: Basic 12 (twelve) month and 4 (four) one-year priced option periods with provisions for an extension of up to an additional 6 (six) months IF the -8 Clause is exercised. This is a Source Sought Synopsis announcement, market research for information only, to be used for planning purposes. This is not a solicitation for proposal; therefore, a solicitation number has not been assigned. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. The projected contract is also to provide Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) for CALCM unique and CATIK, components, consumables, special tools and test equipment, and management/sustainment of Government Furnished Equipment/Government Furnished Material. This acquisition is for a 12 (twelve) month Basic and 4 (four) one-year priced option periods with provisions for an extension of up to an additional 6 (six) months IF the -8 Clause is exercised for the above-mentioned contract for the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Cruise Missile Sustainment Division, AFNWC/NDM. The acquisition is to provide Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for the CALCM unique and CATIK components to include weapon system management, logistics support, maintenance, overhauls, failure analysis, repair and modification of systems/subsystems/components of the CALCM, CATIK, telemetry payload test set and portable flight line tester; maintain database of failed components, type of failure, and maintenance history; provide failure analysis to include details on proposed repair and associated costs; identify trends, probable causes and recommend solutions; provide support to field units to maintain operational readiness of the CALCM weapon system at CALCM main operating bases and a forward operating base; provides spares, support equipment, storage of spares, spares deployment, special tools and test equipment, and management/sustainment of Government Furnished Equipment/Government Furnished Material. If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement to perform the contract services, your company may identify the interest and capability to the Contract Specialist within thirty (30) days of this publication. Those interested companies must indicate whether they are a large, small, small- disadvantaged, 8(a) or women owned business. Interested firms must possess or be capable of obtaining a Defense Security Services (DSS) SECRET Facility Clearance by contract award. Firms must indicate any foreign ownership or influence. Contract award will be limited to U.S. owned companies only. As there are potential COMSEC duties associated with this effort, any foreign owned/influenced subcontracting involving COMSEC support shall require advanced approval (National Interest Determination) by the U.S. Government which may or may not be granted. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: Companies interested in responding may submit a capability statement to include the following information and/or documentation that demonstrate technical capability in the 11 areas listed below. These areas are considered critical for achieving successful technical performance. Include in your companies description/documentation for each area below whether your company has performed as a prime or as a subcontractor; and identify if personnel have at least three years of recent experience. 1. (CRITICAL) Describe your experiences working with the AGM-86 ALCM/CALCM weapon system. 2. (CRITICAL) Describe your past hardware and software design, modification and test activities devoted to supporting the sustainment of the AGM-86 ALCM/CALCM weapon systems and support systems. 3. (CRITICAL) Describe your ability to conduct failure investigations, obsolescence studies, feasibility studies, test performance and experience studies, survivability modeling, reliability predictions, impacts and solutions for the AGM-86 ALCM/CALCM weapon systems. 4. (CRITICAL) Describe durability to obtain logistics data to support CLS activities for AGM-86 ALCM/CALCM weapon systems as previously designed, implemented, and supported by the OEM. 5. (CRITICAL) Describe your ability and experience in handling of system modifications, maintenance and sustainment action to ALCM/CALCM weapons systems that account for special considerations as a result of nuclear certification requirements. 6. (CRITICAL) Describe your breadth and depth of sustaining engineering knowledge of the AGM-86 ALCM/CALCM weapon system. 7. (CRITICAL) List RELEVANT Government and/or commercial contracts with the following information: • Contract number and description of services • Contracting officers' names, addresses, and telephone numbers • Program managers', project leads', and/or technical leads' names, addresses, telephone numbers and lists of tasks performed for these personnel 8. Describe your ability to create, prepare and update data system documentation within the AF & DoD environment. 9. Describe your ability to provide additional services/capability in the event of an immediate surge in requirements. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONSE: 1. Submit a 12-page (maximum) paper in the following format and including the following company information: • Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches; foldouts are permitted but will be assessed towards total page count. • Pages shall be single-spaced. The font shall be Times New Roman and the font size shall be no less than twelve (12). Use at least 1-inch margins on the top and bottom and 1-inch side margins. • Capability statements need to address fully the 11 technical areas identified above. • Responses shall also include information regarding the following: (1) The level of contractor's interest (likelihood of submitting a proposal as a prime contractor) (2) Address potential teaming arrangement if likely to submit a proposal. (3) If a teaming arrangement is considered, describe tasks the prime would perform versus tasks the sub-contractor would perform. 2. Interested parties should submit a capabilities package, with a cover letter, that is brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrates ability to meet the stated requirements with sufficiently qualified personnel. Provide qualification information (type and duration of employee experience relevant to the requirements) and the level of involvement (prime or sub-contractor) and time periods for work on similar projects. The capabilities package should clearly present evidence that the interested party is fully capable of providing the required services and as such may contain any information that the interested party feels is relevant. 3. Submit the following company information: • Company name and address. • Company business size by North American Industry Classification System NAICS code. • Small Business Type, if applicable. • Small Business Graduation Date Company size, provide number of employees and average annual revenue. • List any multiple award contracts that your company holds. • Point of Contact for questions and/or clarification. • Telephone number, fax number, and email address. • If proposing as a prime and considering the type of technical capability required for this work, would your company alone be capable of performing 50 percent of the work for this requirement? At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. • Identify the risk areas associated with this effort and how those risks could be mitigated • North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code. The NAICS Codes determined appropriate for this acquisition are 336413 and 336411. • Can your company prime a team composed of a sufficient number of large and small subcontractors to perform this contract in an efficient, cost effective manner while meeting contract requirements? Please explain. • Does your company currently have a DCAA approved accounting system? How much experience has your company had with management of information technology contracts? If your company is considering priming this contract and is required to perform at least 50 percent of the work, how would work beyond in-house capabilities be handled? • Does your company have a current DSS Facility Clearance of at least SECRET? All Contractor personnel are to have a completed favorable National Agency Check Inquiry (NACI). The Contractor personnel shall be required to obtain Common Access Cards (CACs) for the purpose of encryption and physical and digital identification for logical and physical access to government information. The Contractor shall not involve any foreign national (resident aliens exempt) in work performed under this requirement. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. Any proprietary information submitted in response to this synopsis will be appropriately protected when clearly identified as proprietary. Submitted materials will not be returned, and will be destroyed. Submissions shall not contain any classified information. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this synopsis. A response to this sources sought synopsis is NOT a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is issued it will be posted at a later date at https://www.fbo.gov and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. This synopsis shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Foreign participation in this acquisition is excluded at the prime contractor level. A determination by the Government not to compete this contract priced option period, based upon responses received to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of ongoing market research. Contracting Office Address: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE; ATTN: AMY HAWKINS; 7330 SENTRY BLVD; TINKER AFB; OK; 73145 Point of Contact(s): Amy Hawkins, AFNWC/PZNT Phone: 405-582-1856 Fax: N/A Email: amy.hawkins@us.af.mil
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- Address: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE; ATTN: AMY HAWKINS; 7330 SENTRY BLVD; TINKER AFB; OK; 73145, Point of Contact(s):, Amy Hawkins, AFNWC/PZNT, Phone: 405-582-1856, Fax: N/A, Email: amy.hawkins@us.af.mil, United States
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