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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 29,1996 PSA#1519

ASC/YWM, Bldg 11, 2240 B Street, Suite 7, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7111

69 -- TRAINING DEVICES, C17 MAINTENANCE TRAINING DEVICES POC Teresa Cochran, Contracting Officer, (513) 255-5188. USAF/Aeronautical Systems Center, Training System Product Group is seeking sources for the upgrade and support of the C-17 Maintenance Training Devices (MTDs) and Maintenance Training Device Support Center (MTDSC) to the C-17 Production number 33 aircraft baseline document dated 25 Mar 95 to provide Air Force maintenance personnel with the skills necessary to support the operational requirements of the C-17 fleet. Follow-on concurrency will be required throughout the C-17 aircraft life cycle to maintain MTD concurrency with the aircraft configuration. The MTDSC and the development suite of C-17 MTDs are currently operational at Charleston Air Force Base and will require a continuation of contractor logistic support after 1 Oct 97. Aircraft concurrency modifications are presently being implemented on a second suite of MTDs (the first production suite), currently in storage in Orlando, Florida. The concurrency changes are then retrofitted to Charleston Air Force Base to minimize impact to training. The second MTD suite (production units) will be transitioned to an Air Force Base (CONUS) in an incremental fashion. Storage plan alternatives, based on training facility availability, must be provided in the event programmed training facilities are not ready when the MTDs are scheduled for delivery. A C-17 MTD suite consists of complex, high fidelity, full size trainers that replicate portions of the C-17 aircraft. Each MTD suite consists of the following 12 trainers: Two Simulators for Training Evaluation/Performance (STE/P), One Flight Controls System Trainer (FCST), One Engine Cowling Maintenance Procedures Trainer (ECMPT), One Landing Gear Maintenance Trainer (LGMT), One Air Conditioning Maintenance Procedures Trainer (ACMPT), One Cargo Doors/Rails System Trainer (CD/RST), One Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation Trainer (UARRSIT), One Organizational Engine Maintenance Trainer (OEMT), One Auxiliary Power Unit Organization Maintenance Trainer (APUOMT), One Consolidated Maintenance Trainer (CMT), One Fuel Tank Maintenance Trainer (FTMT). The MTDs are used to train and certify maintenance personnel in the performance of specific maintenance tasks. These maintenance tasks are included in the Prime Item Development Specifications (PIDS) for the C-17 MTDs which will be included in the C-17 bidders' library. The Air Force is considering the cost effectiveness of implementing a ''guaranteed student'' concept for C-17 maintenance personnel. This effort may include contractor identification, development, and implementation of the required courseware . In order to be considered a potential source, interested parties must submit in writing a clear, concise, and complete statement of capability (no more than 15 pages) to the contracting officer at the buying office noted above not later than 20 Feb 96. A general capability statement will not be considered sufficient. As a minimum, interested parties must detail the following areas: 1. Current resources, including manpower (technical skills, numbers and types), facilities (space to accommodate MTDs, computer resources to maintain and update complex trainer software) and financial resources, available to accomplish the requirements of this program. 2. Past performance in maintaining and updating multiple baselines of complex training simulators. 3. Describe how you would maintain and update the C-17 MTD PIDS, Software Product Specification (SPS), and engineering drawings to incorporate concurrency changes or other new requirements. 4. Proven ability to manage and operate the logistics support of complex suites of maintenance training devices at multiple sites. Include your planning to insure contractor logistics support personnel are in place 1 Oct 97. 5. Your approach and schedule to enter into an associate contractor agreement with the C-17 aircraft manufacturer, McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company, and the jet engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, to transition into integrated performance with them. An actual ACA is not needed in any response to this synopsis. The Air Force is seeking only your plan and schedule, to accomplish this critical interface. 6. Explain how you would accommodate the following: a. Taking possession of the MTDs on an incremental basis as current upgrades are completed, and b. Storage of devices. (During the concurrency upgrades of this contract, and if programmed maintenance training facilities are not available, or late to need, after completing concurrency upgrades. Storage alternatives for concurrency and facility non-availability must consider a two storage approaches. The first, incremental, is for one or more trainers for one or more months. The second, full suite, is for all trainers for varying lengths of time.) 7. Your company's experience and operating philosophy concerning the use of a guaranteed maintenance student concept. 8. Description of the differences between your existing resources and all additional resources needed to accomplish the above requirements. As they become available, portions of the RFP will be placed on the Pre-Award Information Exchange System (PIXS) electronic bulletin board (access via modem at 513-476-7217). An industry day will be held at 0830 on 15 Feb 96 in the ASC/YW Management Information Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH to solicit industry comments on the planned acquisition approach. All prospective offerors are requested to indicate by fax, prior to 5 Feb 96, their intent to participate in both this competition and the 15 Feb 96 industry day. Send fax to (513)255-1292, ATTN: Ms Teresa Cochran, C-17 MTD Contracting Officer, with the following information: Company name, Point of Contact, Telephone number, and Company Small Business status and 8A status. Note: The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this effort is 3728, Aircraft Equipment Not Elsewhere Classified, size standard 1000 employees. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, Colonel Michael J. Corcoran, ASC/IG, Bldg 14, 1865 Fourth St Ste 12, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7126, phone number (513) 255-0600, with serious concerns only. Routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to the point of contact listed above. Information contained in this synopsis is for information and planning purposes only, it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Further, the Government reserves the right to set this acquisition aside for small business. (0025)

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