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B -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT DUE 011598 POC Point of Contact -- William D. Niewood, Contract Specialist, 215-697-9653, Contracting Officer, Mario J. Cesarone, 215-697-9653 E-MAIL: CLICK HERE TO CONTACT THE BID OFFICER, SYNOPSIS@PHIL.FISC.NAVY.MIL. Alternative Method of Providing Logistics Support to Afloat Naval Ships. BACKGROUND: The United States Navy provides supply chain logistics to afloat units through a supporting Consolidated Shipboard Allowance List (COSAL) of on board repair parts and consumable supplies which can be ordered from the Navy Supply system via MILSTRIP requisitioning procedures. This requires a large number of spare parts to be carried on board and a large investment in storekeepers, aviation storekeepers and automated supply systems to provide management for the inventories and due-in material. Although the resulting fleet readiness provided by this investment in manpower and inventory has been very high, the Navy is interested investigating alternatives for providing the same levels of readiness at a lower cost. Currently, on board inventories total approximately five million line items valued at $6 Billion are maintained by storekeepers, and aviation storekeepers. Estimates of afloat manpower costs to maintain these inventories are as high as $500 Million. REQUIREMENTS: The Navy is interested in finding lower cost methods of providing supply support to afloat units that will maintain readiness at acceptable levels, while lowering inventory investment, manpower and automated systems required to manage inventories afloat. Concept papers for alternative means of providing Naval ships with Supply chain logistics are solicited. The primary goal of this announcement is to solicit ideas which will result in a reduced requirement for afloat manpower to provide direct logistics support for afloat units. This is a solicitation for ideas that may be developed on a prototype platform that will demonstrate the feasibility and readiness impact of the new methodologies. (1) Concept papers will be constrained by the requirement to maintain an acceptable level of supply support for shipboard weapons systems. Significant reductions in mission readiness for deployed weapons systems are not acceptable. Fleet readiness metrics should not give any indications of statistically significant readiness degradation as a result of implementing the Concept. (2) Concept papers must address sustainability factors. Support for units in port may be provided via shore based inventories of spares. However, afloat readiness depends largely upon the deployed inventory and packup kits prepared to support the deployment. Stowage space limitations will provide a constraint on the range and depth of spare parts provided for a deployment. Concept papers which require an increase in stowage space in order to maintain readiness levels will not be considered. Any replenishment spare parts or general use consumables must be packaged for transport on Navy replenishment ships and potential movement between ships via normal Underway Replenishment (UNREP) procedures. (3) Concept papers will provide a detailed plan describing the alternative supply chain logistics methodologies to be employed, man-power requirements, estimated costs, potential stowage space requirements, and resupply options. CRITERIA: Concept papers will be evaluated based on technical merit, scope of potential applicability, and cost. Note Items 1 through 3 are in descending order of importance. No particular sequence of importance is implied by the ordering of elements within items 1, 2 and 3. 1.Technical Proposed mechanism to provide supply chain management, including alternatives to shipboard inventory management, within the broad constraints of available technology. No Research and Development for new technology is desired. Concept papers should include only new applications of existing and proven technology. Proposed mechanism to convert afloat general supply operations from existing equipment, work spaces and personnel over to the new method of providing required shipboard logistics support. Background and corporate experience in the areas of supply chain logistics and transportation management. 2.Scope Potential for reduction in number of sailors currently providing this function. Potential for supporting Navy desire to standardize business practices and services provided across as many platforms as possible. Some unique difficulties are anticipated with application of any new methods to small units. However, priority will be given to those ideas with the widest possible potential for further expansion. 3.Cost Concept papers should include complete cost estimate for prototypes on a number of different sized platforms, ranging from small combatants to aircraft carriers. They should also include estimated costs for expansion of the new methodologies beyond the prototype ships to all potential platforms. The purpose of this Broad Agency Announcement is to solicit Concept papers which will embody the above objectives for the Naval Supply Systems Command. Industry Associations as well as individual firms are encouraged to submit Concepts for consideration. Concept Papers can be submitted at any time but not later than COB 15 January 1998. The Navy reserves the right to select for award any or none of the responses received as well as the right to award to other than the lowest offeror. Contract award, if any, for concept development is expected to be made during the first quarter of calendar year 1998. Funding up to $250,000 may be available for this effort. The BAA is an expression of interest only and does not commit the government to pay any proposal preparation costs for responding to this BAA. Responses should be forwarded at no cost to the government. The cost of preparing proposals in response to this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resultant contract or any other contract. It is however, an allowable expense to normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. All responsible sources may submit a concept paper which shall be considered by the Navy. All correspondence and offers are to be submitted by e-mail to: thomas_p_pate@navsup.navy.mil Or by mail to: Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, Attn. SUP 43, 5450 Carlisle Pike, P O Box 2050, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 (0310)

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