SOLICITATION NOTICE
69 -- Procurement of Upgrades to P-8A Training Systems, Maintenance Training Devices (MTDs) Block III
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 333318
— Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- N61340 Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division 12211 Science Drive Orlando, FL
- ZIP Code
- 32826
- Solicitation Number
- N6134019R0135
- Response Due
- 7/10/2019
- Archive Date
- 7/10/2019
- Point of Contact
- Latoya Michel 407-380-8580
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pre-solicitation Notice “ Procurement of Upgrades to P-8A Training Systems, Maintenance Training Devices (MTDs) Block III THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) Orlando intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, a delivery order under the newly anticipated NAWCTSD Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA), for the acquisition of upgrades (P-8A Maintenance Training Devices Block III) to existing P-8A Training Systems devices with The Boeing Company, Saint Louis, MO, under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, śOnly One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. ť The expected period of performance of the delivery order is approximately 26 months from contract award. The anticipated overall value of the contract action is $30,000,000. NAWCTSD has a requirement for the upgrade of the entire P-8A Poseidon MTD Suite including Virtual Maintenance Trainers (VMTs) and related courseware and hardware, be brought to current aircraft production baseline capabilities for the United States Navy (USN) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at NAS Jacksonville, NAS Whidbey Island, RAAF Edinburgh, and Boeing St. Louis. This proposal is a follow-on to the Block II effort under contract N00019-14-C-0067 and synchronizes existing delivery efforts: Maintenance PCU15 and Block 1 under NAVAIR contract N00019-12-C-0112. The intent of the action is to stay concurrent with the P-8A Aircraft platform and ensure the Fleet receives training capabilities that align with real-life flight. As the current sole designer, developer, integrator, manufacturer and supplier of P-8A Systems and subsystems; hardware and software components, only Boeing possesses the requisite knowledge, engineering expertise, and data rights required to design, build, modify, upgrade and deliver P-8A aircrew training systems to ensure concurrency with Fleet aircraft within the Government ™s requisite delivery schedule. The training systems require concurrent incorporation of advanced and emerging technologies specific in design or application to the P-8A aircraft. Boeing is the only contractor that can build and upgrade P-8A trainers concurrently with changes being made to the aircraft; because only Boeing has access to the requisite aircraft design data, aircraft specific software and simulated models during the design/development of the aircraft. Lack of concurrent training and qualifications will negatively impact Fleet readiness, mission accomplishment and the Fleets ability to use the capabilities safely. Because the contract requires in-depth knowledge of the current trainer design and proprietary data rights, award to any other contractor would result in substantial duplication of costs to the Government that would not be recovered through competition and would create unacceptable delays in fulfilling P-8A mission training requirements. A competitive acquisition would introduce a new system to the field that may not be integrated and interoperable with the existing systems due to the restricted rights and limited data rights that resulted from the original competitive award. This would require the Government to have two infrastructures in place for life cycle support or would require significant rework of the current design and development that would cost the Government additional non-recurring engineering (NRE) effort for the first article development testing, and retrofit of existing training systems. As the current sole designer, developer, integrator, manufacturer and supplier of aircrew training systems and hardware and software components that are common to the P-8A, only Boeing possesses the requisite knowledge, engineering expertise, and data rights of the design required to design, build, modify, upgrade and deliver P-8A training systems and to maximize the capabilities amongst the P-8A platforms to include common component acquisitions, modifications and upgrades within the Government ™s requisite delivery schedule. This Pre-solicitation notice is not a request for competitive proposals. It is a notice that outlines the Government ™s intent to award the delivery order contract on a sole-source basis with Boeing. However, interested sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirements. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit detailed technical capabilities, ability to obtain P-8A aircrew and maintenance elements and simulation technical data, and any other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the needs of the Government. Detailed capabilities must be submitted by email to Ms. Latoya Michel at Latoya.Michel@navy.mil in an electronic format that is compatible with Word 2003, no later than close of business 10 July 2019. Small businesses can inquire with the Boeing Small Business Liaison Officer: Ms. Christine Johansen at 206-247-5929 or christine.a.johansen@boeing.com for possible subcontracting opportunities; small businesses interested in subcontracting/supplier opportunities are also encouraged to notify the Gov ™t POC identified below as well as the NAWCTSD Small Business Deputy Leslie Faircloth at leslie.faircloth@navy.mil. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses shall be limited to no more than TEN (10) pages. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This pre solicitation notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No solicitation document is available at this time. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written response is received, a sole source award for the procurement of Block III upgrades to existing P-8A maintenance training systems devices delivery order will be pursued. This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). Matters pertaining to this notification may be directed to Latoya Michel at 407-380-8580 or via email at Latoya.Michel@navy.mil. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (19-JUN-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. 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