MODIFICATION
10 -- BLU-136/B Next Generation Area Attack Weapon
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2018
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 332993
— Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/EBDK - Eglin, 205 West D Ave, Bldg 350 Ste 545, Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542, United States
- ZIP Code
- 32542
- Solicitation Number
- BLU-136_B
- Point of Contact
- Jason L. Barnes, Phone: 8508833799, Andrea Matson, Phone: 850-882-0204
- E-Mail Address
-
Jason.Barnes.8@us.af.mil, andrea.matson.1@us.af.mil
(Jason.Barnes.8@us.af.mil, andrea.matson.1@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DISCLOSURE: This is a Request for Information (RFI) notice only. This RFI is for informational planning purposes and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any actual procurement of materials, machinery, or services. This notice does not constitute a solicitation or a promise of a solicitation in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to a contract for any supply or service. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI are solely at the responding parties' expense. Respondents are solely responsible for properly marking and clearly identifying any proprietary information or trade secrets contained within their response. The Government will not be liable for, or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly marked or clearly identified. Proprietary information received in response to this RFI will be safeguarded and handled in accordance with applicable Government regulations. Responses to this notice are not offers and will not be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or agreement. The Government will not be obligated to pursue any particular alternative because of this RFI. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if one is issued. Specific responses to the approaches will not disqualify or have an impact on participation and evaluation on future solicitations, if issued. General and Background Information: The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Armament Directorate, Direct Attack Division, Direct Attack Weapons Branch (EBDW), Eglin AFB, FL issues this RFI to help determine the technical capability and qualifications of industry to meet a need to produce Bomb Live Unit-136/B (BLU-136/B) warheads for the U.S. Government and potentially foreign Military Sales. The explosive fill is not considered part of this RFI. The potential procurement objective for the Air Force is to produce BLU-136/B inventory for the Government. The expectation is that the initial production orders will be 450 BLU-136/B warheads. The warheads must be manufactured in conformance with AF BLU-136/B drawings. These procedures will involve construction of the warhead, to include the fragmentation packs, casing and integrated components. Copies of the BLU-136/B drawings are available upon request from Mr. Jason Barnes, email: Jason.Barnes.8@us.af.mil, Ms. Jennifer Kottke, email Jennifer.Kottke@us.af.mil, and Ms. Andrea Matson, email Andrea.Matson.1@us.af.mil. If requested, drawings for the BLU-136/B will be made available via AMRDEC to qualified respondents for reference only. Respondents must officially request the documents in writing, via email. To validate the documentation release, the request must include: the company name, mailing address, email address, point of contact, phone number, current Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number and System for Award Management (SAM) registration. Export Control: Yes. Offerors are required to be "EXPORT CONTROLLED" certified in order to receive and view the Technical Data/Package/drawings for this Sources Sought. If the offeror intends to become Export Control Certified, you must register at https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspx and be able to provide their approved DD Form 2345 in order to receive the TDP/drawings. Access to the TDP/drawings for this Source Sought is restricted to potential offers who have met the requirements to view/receive Export Controlled Data. Foreign Participation is NOT authorized. All respondents must provide a capability statement they possess the necessary organizational and technical experience, or the ability to obtain skills to meet Technical Data Package (TDP) requirements. Provide a detailed schedule that shows the events/activities to progress through manufacturing readiness levels to validate start of production. Competence and proof must be demonstrated through written description of the vendors past and/or current capability of manufacturing warheads. The respondents interested in producing the BLU-136/B warhead should be able to complete a qualification program and produce the warheads In Accordance With (IAW) TDP. Respondents should include a schedule on how they will meet qualification and production of the BLU-136/B warhead. Respondents are requested to provide the following information. Respondents should tailor their responses based on their proposed team or company strategy. Citing prior experiences relating to the questions will aid in the Government assessment of industry capability. •a. Offer your opinion on the feasibility of the procurement approach including procurement quantities and ancillary requirements/assumptions. •b. Identify any risks you perceive with the proposed procurement (technical, cost drivers, schedule) and describe reasonable/achievable alternatives to reduce the risks. •c. Describe how you would approach (i.e., partnerships, in-house, subcontracting, vendors) and manage the production and "make-buy" decisions. •d. Identify the critical corporate capabilities and certifications necessary to achieve the proposed procurement approaches. Examples of capabilities and certifications include quality processes, Failure Analysis and Corrective Actions, production management and control, satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics and International Standards Organizations Certifications. •e. Describe your capabilities and experience with assembly and production of steel components which include materials such as epoxy, silicone and other potting materials •f. Fragment packs construction: how will you approach the assembly of the steel cube and potting material assemblies? What processes shall be used to ensure frag count by row and column will meet drawing specifications? How do you propose to conduct quality control inspections for acceptance of the Fragment packs? •g. Identify the activities and timeline to establish a manufacturing line and qualify First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) units to qualify the manufacturing line and validate and verify the units meet the government requirements. •h. Identify a proposed production schedule and quantity bands with associated production costs and per warhead case costs. •i. Identify the minimum quantity of BLU-136s necessary for your company to sustain stable annual production throughput. Also identify your economic order quantity. •j. Provide estimated average yearly production rate and estimated maximum yearly production rate. •k. Describe your experience working directly with government organizations using government personnel and facilities, first article testing, environmental testing, and final acceptance testing of composite assemblies. •l. Describe your risk management approach for production and acceptance of contract deliverables as related to cost, performance and schedule in establishing and maintaining a sustainable production capability. •m. State your quality assurance processes to assure production assets meet all specifications. •n. Identify corporate capabilities and certifications that can directly impact or aid a US Foreign Military Sales effort. •o. Review TDP and provide your comments. Submission Details: All interested vendors shall submit a response demonstrating their capability to provide these items/perform this effort to the Primary Point of Contact listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 332993 Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,500 employees. Respondents should indicate their size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, or SDVOSB). Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought is voluntary. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government's assessment of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program. Respondents to this RFI should adhere to the following details. Interested parties are requested to respond to items (a) thru (o) above with a white paper in the following format: Microsoft Word 2010 compatible; 40 pages or less (including cover and administrative pages); 1-inch margins; and 12 point font (or larger). Interested parties should provide a company profile to include the following: •a. Company Name •b. Company Address •c. Point of Contact •d. E-mail Address •e. Website Address •f. Telephone Number •g. Business Category as it relates to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 332993 numbers of employees •h. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number •i. CAGE Code CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: All interested vendors shall submit a capabilities statement that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. The capabilities statement should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed 40 pages. Small businesses with only partial capabilities of this requirement are encouraged to submit their capabilities statement demonstrating the portion of the requirement they are capable of providing/performing. This information will allow the Government to identify areas of possible breakout or possible subcontracting opportunities. All responsible sources may submit information that shall be considered by the agency. If late information is received, it may be considered, depending on agency time constraints. All routine communications regarding the announcement should be directed to the contractual point of contact listed in this posting. The Government may or may not use any responses to this sources sought as a basis for a subsequent project/requirement. Any project/requirement developed from the sources sought responses may be the subject of a subsequent acquisition; any such subsequent acquisition will be posted in FedBizOpps.gov separately. Proprietary information, if any, must be clearly marked. To aid the Government in its review, please segregate proprietary information. Responses to this sources sought will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to the respondents with respect to any of the information submitted under this sources sought. No requests for a bid package or solicitation will be accepted; a bid package or solicitation does not exist at this time. In order to protect the integrity of any possible future acquisition, no additional information will be provided and no appointments for presentations will be made in reference to this sources sought. Only government employees will review submitted responses to this sources sought. Respondents are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract with the Government may be used to administratively process submissions and perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractor's proprietary information. These administrative support contractors include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 3:00 P.M. (CST) ON 08 JUNE 2018. Direct all questions concerning this requirement to Jason Barnes at Jason.Barnes.8@us.af.mil, Jennifer Kottke at Jennifer.Kottke@us.af.mil, and Andrea Matson at Andrea.Matson.1@us.af.mil. All questions should be emailed only as to avoid any misunderstanding or confusion. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads " FA8681-19-C-0007 - BLU-136/B Next Generation Area Attack Weapon " If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in.zip or.exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only.pdf,.doc,.docx,.xsls, or.xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted.
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- Address: Contracting Office:, 205 West D Ave., Bldg. 350, Ste 545, Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542, United States
- Zip Code: 32542
- Zip Code: 32542
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