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A -- TECHNCAL AND ENGINEERING ACQUISITION SUPPORT IV (TEAS IV) SOL F08635-01-R-0002 DUE 051500 POC Mary Steinmetz, Contract Specialist, Phone (850)882-4711 ext. 6560, Fax (850)882-3052, Email steinmet@eglin.af.mil -- Gary Salava, Contracting Officer, Phone (850)882-4711 ext. 6564, Fax 850-882-3052, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=F08635-01-R-0002&LocID=1182. E-MAIL: Mary Steinmetz, steinmet@eglin.af.mil. TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING ACQUISITION SUPPORT IV (TEAS IV). This synopsis is being used as a tool to perform market research for the Air Armament Center_s (AAC) requirement for non-personal manpower support services in a variety of engineering, technical and acquisition management disciplines at Eglin AFB FL, Hurlburt Field FL, Holloman AFB NM, Kirtland AFB NM, Air Logistics Centers, and other related locations as required. The AAC was created in October 1998, to provide a single focal point within the USAF for air armament. AAC develops, acquires, tests, deploys, and sustains air-delivered munitions. TEAS IV will provide professional engineering services to support that mission. Air armament is so complex and so critical to current and future aeronautical systems that engineering services of the highest quality are essential to the success of AAC. The current TEAS contract F08626-96-D-0003 is scheduled to expire 11 Jun 01. The estimated ceiling level of performance is 650 man-years of Members of the Technical Staff (MTS) per contract year (1764 hours/man-year). MTS refers to professionals directly chargeable to tasks; it does not include subprofessionals or overhead personnel. The estimated ceiling for Technical Support Staff (subprofessionals and overhead personnel) is not to exceed 30% of the MTS man-hours. The government is considering multiple awards; however, this will not be decided until after market research is completed and an acquisition strategy is determined. At that time a decision will be made regarding full and open competition versus a small business set-aside within the requirements of SIC code 8731 (size standard is 1000 people). Respondees should identify if they are a large, small, small disadvantaged, or 8(a) certified business based on this SIC code. Foreign participation is excluded. It is acceptable for companies to submit responses as a _team_ or as prime/sub(s). The TEAS contractor must evaluate the designs and products of AAC_s prime systems contractors. To ensure full access tothose designs and products, the TEAS contractor must not be a competitor of the prime contractors which build air armament systems for AAC. This market research will focus on companies which provide engineering services, rather than companies which design and build products for the defense market. The TEAS contractor will not be allowed to bid on any AAC contract which is primarily intended for production of hardware or software. However, the TEAS contractor will be allowed to perform or bid on other engineering services work at AAC. This market survey will focus on companies whose primary business is engineering services. The TEAS contract incorporates modern research, design, development and test practices into the system acquisition process for a wide range of air-delivered munitions systems, related technologies undergoing research, concept exploration, Program Definition and Risk Reduction (PDRR), Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), and various stages of production. The intent is to utilizeunique private sector engineering expertise with demonstrated experience in the area of air-delivered armament to enhance the Air Force's capability to accomplish munitions development and acquisition programs. Interested sources who feel they can meet the requirement should provide a statement of capabilities that provides the following information related to their demonstrated experience and capability in the area of air-delivered armament: a) Potential offerors are to have demonstrated at least five years, in the last ten years, of successful experience providing air armament engineering services. Provide contract information and/or other program information describing your experience in the last ten years relative to air-delivered armament systems. Provide points of contact (POC), including names, telephone numbers and email addresses, as appropriate, to verify this information. b) Technical Capabilities: A demonstrated capability in engineering services for air-delivered armament and for interface of air armament systems with USAF/USN fighter and bomber aircraft. The TEAS contractor(s) is/are to provide a broad range of technical disciplines to meet that requirement, to include aeronautical, electrical, mechanical, materials, environmental, and systems engineering, as well as physics, computer science and operations research. Further details of these disciplines are contained in the current TEAS III statement of work (SOW) available at http://www.en.eglin.af.mil/A&AS. Additionally, the TEAS IV contract is expected to grow in its capabilities along with new and emerging AAC requirements, including ALC sustainment of air-delivered armament, Operational, Safety, Suitability, and Effectiveness (OSS&E) of air-delivered armament, OSS&E and aircraft integration requirements based on the mission of the Nuclear Weapons Product Support Center, Kirtland, AFB, and transition to air armament products of directed energy technologies developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland, AFB. Describe your experience in any of these emerging AAC requirements. c) Technical Workforce: The TEAS IV contractor(s) must have demonstrated the capability to manage a large and diverse work force, including professional engineers, technical support staff, administrative staff, and subcontractor personnel. The TEAS contractor(s) must have demonstrated the capability to recruit and retain top quality technical employees, including engineers with national and international reputations in air armament engineering disciplines. Describe your experience in managing a large technical workforce. Give information relative to the number of people, the technical/management fields represented, and the length of time they were managed. Give an example of your ability to recruit top quality engineering personnel in air armament engineering disciplines. d) Technical leadership: TEAS IV contractor_s/contractors_ personnel will perform tasks defined by Government engineers, but TEAS personnel are supervised by TEAS contractor task order managers. Since the TEAS IV contract will be a task order contract, AAC is looking for contractors with demonstrated technical leadership in air armament to select, assign, train, manage, and support its employees. Describe your experience in managing task order engineering work that is prescribed by Government engineers. Indicate your experience with integrating with Government engineers, while maintaining your ability to select, assign, train, manage, and support your employees. e) Systems Engineering Presence: AAC is extremely diverse, in geographic location, in mission requirements, and in application of technical capabilities. The TEAS contractor(s) must provide a systems engineering presence across AAC to ensure that best practices and lessons learned from any part of the center are available for application across the center. The TEAS contractor(s) must have the capability to recognize _cross-cutting_ issues and must provide a structure to facilitate exchange of technical information across the organizations served by the contract. Describe your systems engineering experience in the area of air-delivered armament systems. Give an example of how you migrated a lessons learned and/or best practice for one organization or engineering problem to another organization or engineering problem. f) Community Presence: The TEAS contractor(s) must have demonstrated an intentional and deliberate process to encourage and reward technical excellence and professionalism in its engineering workforce. Describe briefly your current company policy to encourage the growth of technical excellence and professionalism in your engineering workforce. Statement of capability packages shall be submitted by email attachment to Ms Mary Steinmetz, steinmet@eglin.af.mil, or Mr Gary M. Salava, salava@eglin.af.mil, or Ms Joanie Collins, collinjo@eglin.af.mil, handcarried, or mailed to AAC/CDX, Attn: Ms Mary Steinmetz, Building 350, 205 West D Ave, Suite 612, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6861. Information is to be submitted in no more than twelve (12) typed pages, 8-1/2 x 11 inches, with at least one and one-half (1-1/2) line spacing, using Office 97, Arial 12 font. If handcarried or mailed, include a digital copy on 3.5_ floppy disc. Please do not provide standard marketing brochures, catalogs, etc. Excess pages will be discarded. Responses should reference Solicitation FO8635-01-R-0002. Synopsis responses will be evaluated on the basis of demonstrated engineering technical and acquisition management expertise in performing manpower support contracts in order to determine interested sources, make decisions regarding small business set-asides, and formulate acquisition strategy. Submission of qualification packages is requested by 15 May 00. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB), and is not to be construed as any commitment by the government. It is contemplated that as they are created, elements of the Draft RFP will be released incrementally on the Electronic Posting System (EPS) beginning approximately 16 Aug 00. Interested parties are encouraged to access this data at www.eps.gov. Additional information on the TEAS program is available at http://www.en.eglin.af.mil/A&AS. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of a routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman but rather to the Contracting Officer, Contract Specialist, or the Program Manager identified below. For any other concerns, interested parties may call the AAC Ombudsman, Mr Les McFawn at (850) 882-4426, AAC/XP, 101 West D Avenue, Building 1, Suite 131, Eglin AFB FL 32542-5495. Routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to the points of contact listed below. Technical questions should be directed to Mr Michael Napoli, email michael.napoli@eglin.af.mil, telephone (850) 882-4711 X6565, and contractual questions to Mary Steinmetz, steinmet@eglin.af.mil, telephone (850) 882-4711 X6560, telefax 850-882-3052, or Mr Gary M. Salava, salava@eglin.af.mil, telephone 882-4711 X6564, or Ms Joanie Collins, collinjo@eglin.af.mil, telephone 882-4711 X6567 . Collect calls will not be accepted. See Numbered Note 26. Posted 04/21/00 (D-SN447605). (0112)

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