SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - SOURCES SOUGHT - SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE H-60 HELICOPTER
- Notice Date
- 7/7/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - RSA (W58RGZ) Aviation, SPARKMAN CIR BLDG 5303, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898-0000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 35898-0000
- Solicitation Number
- W58RGZ16R0303
- Archive Date
- 8/9/2016
- Point of Contact
- ROBIN O. SCARBROUGH, Phone: (256) 313-8238, FRANCES R. STEEL, Phone: (256) 842-2492
- E-Mail Address
-
robin.o.scarbrough.civ@mail.mil, france.r.steel.civ@mail.mil
(robin.o.scarbrough.civ@mail.mil, france.r.steel.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY - This RFI is for source planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an i nvitation for bid, requests for quotation, request for proposal, abstracts, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to pay, direct or indirect costs, or charges by the Government will arise, as a result of a contractor's submission of a response(s) to this announcement or the Government's use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for future proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. The information provided may be used by the Government in developing its source acquisition strategy and Statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. The Government does not intend to award a contract solely on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information submitted i n response to this RFI. The purpose of this RFI is to gather i nformation that will assist the Utility Helicopters Project Office (UH PO) in evaluating vendor capability of meeting i ts potential need. The Government has not determined the acquisition approach. This market research will allow the UH PO to make an informed decision about how to proceed. It is contemplated that this award will be made on an Other Than Full and Open Competition (FAOC), Sole Source basis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1. The Government intends to solicit and award a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract for these requirements. The anticipated contract period of performance is October 2018 through September 2023. This RFI is applicable to the following UHPO Mission Design Series (MDS): UH-60M, HH-60M, UH-60L, HH-60L, UH-60A and HH-60A for Army, Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Other Government Agencies (OGA). The Government does not own the complete H-60 Technical Data Packages (TDPs) that established the current and baseline H-60 MDS configurations, including system/subsystems drawings, tooling drawings, software source code or models and simulations. The intent of this RFI is to determine industry capabilities to design, develop, test, integrate, validate and verify hardware and software systems, subsystems and system of systems, maintain configuration management, develop and update the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) documentation to support each H-60 MDS configuration. System and subsystems must meet Airworthiness Release (AWR) criteria and be able to be integrated into the UH-60M and HH-60M production helicopters via Engineering Change Proposals (ECP), with an objective of integrating common systems and subsystems into all H-60 MDS configurations while minimizing the logistics infrastructure. The vendor must be capable of sustaining and maintaining the inherent H-60 MDS configuration over its lifecycle that maintains the inherent technical, suitability and functional performance, safety, reliability, sustainability and maintainability characteristics. The vendor must maintain an office with technical, logistic and contracting personnel in Huntsville, AL vicinity. The vendor must be able to obtain and maintain personnel and facilities at the SECRET clearance level. The Government desires that a ll software and hardware have, at a minimum, Government Purpose Rights (GPR) and software development meets Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) level III criteria and processes. The vendor must be capable of complying with the Safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Technical Information clause in DFARS 252.204-7012, have a Cybersecurity program that follows the NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity document at a minimum, and subsequent compliance assessments performed by the Government. RFI Requirements - Description of Information Requested •1. Provide company information including: •a. Company name and address. •b. Size of company (number of personnel, total revenue, ownership, CAGE Code, Parent Corporation, etc.). •c. Point(s) of contact including name, phone number, address, and email and length of time in business. •d. Geographic presence. •2. Describe your organization's experience with similar efforts. •3. Describe how your organization would support the complete lifecycle of each H-60 MDS as outlined in this RFI: •a. TDP availability •b. System Safety •c. Production Integration •d. Inherent system performance and suitability •e. ILS and associated documentation •f. Facilities and personnel resources •g. Flight Operations •4. Address how to ensure an adequately experienced and trained staff, your process for verifying qualifications, education, certification, and professional requirements and how often this information is obtained or updated. •5. Describe how your organizations Cybersecurity policy and practices align with the provided references. •6. Provide recommendations on benchmark skills or criteria used to evaluate quality analysis, including analytic tools and writing techniques. •7. Identify conditions or issues requested in the RFI that cannot be met or may interfere with the intention of this project. •8. Provide any other pertinent information that will assist us in this assessment. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information from industry vendors regarding their interest, capabilities, and recommendations in developing proposals for the UH PO, Program Executive Office, Aviation (PEO Aviation). SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND. I nc l ude whether or not you are a small bus i nes s ; HUB-Zone Small Business; Service-Disabled Veteran Owne d, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses; Women-Owned Small Business; or Small Disadvantaged Business i n order to assist the Government i n determining the appropriate acquisition method, i ncluding whether a set-aside is possible. All interested firms with capabilities identified herein are encouraged to respond to this RFI, by Technical questions, data requests and industry responses to this RFI are to be sent via e-mail to Contract Specialist, Robin Scarbrough, robin.o.scarbrough.civ@mail.mil, courtesy copy to Frances R. Steel, Contracting Officer, at frances.r.steel.civ@mail.mil. The phone number for the Contract Specialist is (256) 313-8238 or Contracting Officer at (842) 2492. Electronic transmissions must not exceed 5 megabytes and responses in the form of white papers should be limited to 25 pages in length and may include technical specifications and product sheets as deemed necessary. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-RSA - (Aviation), ATTN: CCAM, Building 5308, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35897-5280, REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, 35898, United States
- Zip Code: 35898
- Zip Code: 35898
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