SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Enterprise Product Support Engineering Additive Manufacturing & Cold Spray Efforts - SOO and sample task PWS
- Notice Date
- 5/4/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), GSA/FAS R5 Contracting Division (5QZA), 230 S. Dearborn Street, Room 3280, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, United States
- ZIP Code
- 60604
- Solicitation Number
- ID05170029
- Point of Contact
- Melanie B. Pollard, Phone: 9373064819
- E-Mail Address
-
melanie.pollard@gsa.gov
(melanie.pollard@gsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sample Task 2 PWS Sample Task 1 PWS SOO DESCRIPTION Enterprise Product Support Engineering Additive Manufacturing & Cold Spray Efforts Solicitation Number: ID05170029 Agency: General Services Administration Office: Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Location: Contracting Division (5QZA) Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis: THIS IS AN RFI and NOT A SOLICITATION The Government is evaluating its options in determining a procurement strategy and contract type. OPENING STATEMENT: The Governments objective is to purchase commercial services in support of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Product Support Engineering Division (EZP). The purpose of this notice is to (1) solicit the names of interested vendor(s) and their business size. The Government will use this market research in determining its solicitation strategy, and (2) announce the pending release of a solicitation for the required product support engineering services. To obtain market information, the Government requests that all interested parties RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON OR BEFORE 11 May 2017. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE: Vendors who can fulfill this requirement and who would be interested in submitting a proposal, in the event that a solicitation is issued, are requested to provide the following information in response to this request - 1. Name of Company: 2. Address of Company: 3. Name, phone number and email address of company representative. 4. Company size standard and/or socio-economic standing; i.e., large business, small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business. 5. A statement confirming that you have reviewed and can comply with the work description summary included with this announcement (below). Responses should be emailed to: Melanie Pollard, Contracting Officer, at melanie.pollard@gsa.gov. REQUIRING ACTIVITY: This is a requirement of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Product Support Engineering Division (EZP), Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433. AFLCMC/EZP is responsible for market research to identify potential sources that possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet Air Force needs in the identification, development, testing, and implementation of environmental and energy technologies. The vendor selected to fulfill this requirement will support the AFLCMC/EZP mission objective. As prescribed by FAR 5.207, the following information is provided. (1a) National Stock Number (NSN) if assigned: Not Applicable (1b) NAICS Code: 541330 Engineering Services (1c) Product Service Code: R408 - Program Management/Support Services (1d) Small Business Size Standard: Average annual receipts over the past three years not exceeding $7 million. (2) Specification/Description of Requirement (summary): General Scope - Product Support Engineering supports projects that demonstrate enterprise technologies, alternative material solutions, and standardize process solutions to enable or accelerate sustainment technology transition across multiple weapon systems across the life cycle. This contract will address the gap that exists between when a technology is first demonstrated and when it can be successfully acquired as an operational capability. It should bridge that gap by supporting promising system and subsystem concepts for technology integration and demonstration from laboratory to sustainment. It will allow program managers (the developers and providers) and warfighters (the end users) to identify, integrate, prototype, test, qualify, and demonstrate candidate technologies and assess them in an operational environment. As a minimum Product Support Engineering covers the following focus areas (listed below as (a) and (b) to ensure reduced weapon system life cycle costs and improved reliability, availability, and maintainability. To perform this contract the Contractor will be evaluated on corporate experience and the experience of the proposed staff to perform all aspects of the work. A number of specialized skills or certifications will be required. As a minimum, these include but are not limited to the following: (1)technical studies and analyses, (2) concept development and validation, (3) technical and test requirements development and analysis, (4) cost-benefit analysis, (5) systems design, fabrication, and assembly, (6) engineering and integration, and (7) test and evaluation. The following are representative of the issues and technologies that may be addressed in the program. (a) Perform RDT&E and expanding Additive Manufacturing (AM) capabilities across the USAF ecosystem in metals, polymers, and composites across all types of AM techniques. AF efforts in metals-based AM, specifically Direct Metal Laser Melting (DMLM), have rapidly increased over the past two years and demonstrate a great potential for AF applications with complex geometries and diminishing sources of supply. Polymer based applications of the technology have been utilized for prototyping, tooling, fixtures, and jigs, but continue to be advanced towards the production of aerospace components. Select metal and polymer based AM processes have been certified for commercial use, but organic AF knowledge & processes require additional maturation for application on a global scale. Whether working with MAJCOM, Depot, or Forward Operating Base (FOB) organizations/units, the AF is building standardized enterprise-wide implementation processes for metals, polymers, and composites which are essential to the mission and align with the Air Force Future Operating Concept. The AF identifies the following ten categories as critical challenge areas for implementing AM: 1) Material Standards & Availability, 2) Part Selection, 3) Skillset Development, 4) Configuration Control, 5) Reproducibility, 6) Cyber Security, 7) Part Validation & Qualification, 8) Process Validation & Qualification, 9) Reverse Engineering, and 10) Communication Plans. Government and contracted subject matter experts (SMEs) for each area will be required. Future efforts are required to build upon prior advancements while implementing new data and cutting edge data collection techniques (i.e. DI/DE, NDI/NDE, etc.). (b) Perform RDT&E and expanding cold spray technologies using multiple materials throughout the USAF enterprise. During operational use the AF has many components with localized damage due to wear, fretting, corrosion, etc. The overall component may remain structurally sound and only require repair of a small section which faces heavy wear (i.e. holes, mating surfaces, etc). In the past, these components have been scrapped, but now the AF has identified Cold Spray as a potential source of part repair versus manufacturing new components, which was not previously viable. The Cold Spray technology allows for the rebuild of components to near net shape, which then allows for additional post-processing to complete a repair. The model developed for Additive Manufacturing implementation has been adopted for advancing efforts in Cold Spray within the AF. Following the same principles and challenge areas, Cold Spray has been identified to have the potential for enterprise-wide adoption across the AF. (3) Manufacturer: Not Applicable (4) Size, dimensions, or other form, fit or functional description: Not Applicable (5) Predominant material of manufacture: Not Applicable (6) Quantity, including any options for additional quantities: It is anticipated that the contract will use a combination of fixed price and time & material pricing. (7) Unit of issue: Not Applicable (8) Destination information: End items shall be delivered to, and services perform at, AFLCMC/EZP at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio or satellite locations. (9) Delivery schedule: As prescribed on individual task directives. (10) Duration of the contract period: potential for 3 years (one-year base period and 2 one-year option periods) (11) Contract award -- (i) A description of the procedures to be used in awarding the contract: Open Market request for proposals. The Government has not yet determined the method of proposal evaluation. Both "technically acceptable-low price" and "best value" evaluation methods are under consideration. (ii) The anticipated award date. TBD (12) Architect-Engineer project Information: Not Applicable (13)(i) FAR clause at 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, or an equivalent agency clause: Not Applicable (ii) FAR clause at 52.225-5, Trade Agreements, or an equivalent agency clause: Not Applicable (iii) FAR clause at 52.225-11, Buy American Act-Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements, 52.225-23, Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Other Manufactured Goods-Buy American Act-Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements, or an equivalent agency clause: Not Applicable (14) Non-Competitive Information: Not Applicable (15) Fair Opportunity/Award Consideration: Solicitation strategy has not yet been finalized. In the absence of adequate response to this notice from eligible and technically responsive small businesses the Government anticipates soliciting all responsible sources. (16) Solicitation Availability: If a solicitation is released, it will be released through this GPE (Government-wide Point of Entry) portal (FedBizOpps). A written (hard copy) solicitation will not be issued. (17) Electronic Data Interchange: Not Applicable (18) Technical Data Source: Solicitation END OF SYNOPSIS
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- Place of Performance
- Address: The Contractor shall provide a location or locations to operate an AFLCMC AM & Cold Spray Innovation Center(s) near Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. All work will be accomplished at the AFLCMC Innovation Center(s). Future AFLCMC AM & Cold Spray Innovation Centers may be established at other locations. None of this work will be accomplished on an AF installation. The size of the Innovation Center(s) should accommodate potential future task orders as well., WPAFB, Ohio, 45433, United States
- Zip Code: 45433
- Zip Code: 45433
- Record
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