B -- ENGINEERING AND LABORATORY TEST SUPPORT FOR THE ROCKET = SYSTEM LAUNCH PROGRAM (RSLP) FOR MINUTEMAN I/II STAGE I (M55) ROCKET = MOTORS AND RELATED COMPONENTS

Notice Date

May 24, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, SMC -- = Space & Missiles System Center, 2420 Vela Way, Suite 2420, El Segundo, = CA, 90245-4659

ZIP Code

90245-4659

Solicitation Number

F04701-01-R-0208

Response Due

June 8, 2001

Point of Contact

Roberta Hauck, Contract Specialist, Phone (505) 853-2048, Fax = null, Email roberta.hauck@kirkland.af.mil -- Kenneth West, Contracting = Officer, Phone (505) 846-7381, Fax null, Email = kenneth.west@kirtland.af.mil

Description

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC/TEB), Launch = Test Programs, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM anticipates the release of = a Request for Proposal (RFP) for award of one Indefinite Delivery = Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the Rocket Systems = Launch Program (RSLP) former Minuteman I/II (MMI/II) Stage I (M55) = Aging Surveillance Service Life Analysis Program and associated = engineering services. The resultant contract may contain an = organizational conflict of interest clause and an associate contractor = clause. The Aging Surveillance Service Life Analysis Program will = allow the RSLP to utilize the former MM rocket motors in a variety of = applications. The Government has been contracting with Thiokol Defense = and Launch Vehicle Division for the Aging and Surveillance of M55 = Motors on a sole source basis because Thiokol was determined to be the = only source capable of providing these services without resulting in = substantial duplication of cost to the government. Any persons or = companies interested in this notice are to respond to the requirements = and submit their capabilities as directed below. The capabilities = statement should address why the company believes that the prior sole = source justification is no longer valid. The bidders must have = significant expertise in MM solid propellant systems and government = contracting. The contractors must demonstrate, in their submissions, = significant expertise in the following areas and provide data = substantiating that each of the requirement areas can be met. Minimum = requirements are as follows: (1) A thorough knowledge of the MMI/II = Stage I propulsion system, including solid propellant, igniter, and = nozzles. (2) Extensive experience with handling, machining and testing = MMI/II solid propellants. (3) Mil-Std level testing and data reporting = requirements. (4) Demonstrated ability to work with the AF in an = integrated team approach. (5) A core team of experienced, trained, and = certified MM technicians and engineers. (6) Ability and facilities to = dissect the former MMI/II Stage I solid rocket motor and components. = (7) State of the art laboratories and test facilities capable of = conducting chemical analysis, mechanical properties testing, explosive = hazards testing and non destructive testing in environments simulating = operating and non-operating environments of former MMI/II Stage I = propellant and components. (8) Computer codes allowing for structural = and thermal analysis of former MMI/II Stage I motors and components. = (9) Historical data on motor, component, and propellant = performance/capabilities, and the expertise to interpret it. (10) = Computer codes to support statistical analysis and database maintenance = of historical data and recent test data to develop useful life = estimates. (11) Ground test facilities capable of static testing and = x-raying MMI/II Stage I motors and components. (12) A management = structure familiar with and compliant to government technical and = programmatic direction. (13) Adequate financial and managerial = resources to perform the requirements of the contract. Responses to = this synopsis must be received no later than 15 days after publication. = Respondents not meeting the above requirements will not be considered. = A Statement of Capabilities (SOC) shall be submitted to this office = addressing the above requirements. The SOC shall contain pertinent and = specific information addressing the following areas: (1) Experience: = an outline of previous projects, specific work previously performed or = being performed and any in-house research and development effort = relevant to the specific task areas of this effort. (2) Personnel: = name, professional qualifications, and specific experience of = scientific, engineering and program management personnel who might be = assigned to work in areas of the subject effort. The SOC must be = submitted within 15 calendar days of this publication, and is limited = to 25 pages excluding resumes. Submit only unclassified information. = All shall include company size status under the NAICS code identified = below. Submit all responses to this synopsis to SMC/TEKB, Attn: Mr. = Kenneth West, 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776. If = you are interested only in subcontracting possibilities, please = indicate this clearly in your submission. The contract is anticipated = to be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and = initial award of any resultant contract is anticipated by January 2002. = The period of performance is anticipated to be up to seven years. = Firms responding should indicate if they are a small business, an 8(a) = firm, a historically black college, or university or a minority = institution. The government reserves the right to set this = acquisition, or portions thereof, aside for small businesses, 8(a) = firms, historically black colleges or universities, and minority = institutions. For this proposed acquisition, the definitions in FAR = 19.001 apply. The North American Industry Classification System = (NAICS) is 336414. The industry size standard which is published by = the Small Business Administration and available via the Internet at = http://www.sba.gov/size/NAICS-cover-page.htm is 1000 employees. = Foreign owned firms are advised to contact the contracting officer or = project manager before submitting a proposal to determine whether there = are restrictions on receiving an award. The research and test data = produced under a resultant contract may contain Militarily Critical = Technology List (MCTL) information whose export is restricted by the = Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S. Sec 2751, et seq.) or the Export = Administration Act of 1979, as amended (Title 50, U.S.C., App. 2401, et = sea.). Only those companies who are on the Qualified Contractors = Access List (QCAL) may receive such information. Request certification = and registration from the Defense Logistics Service Center (DLSC), = Federal Center, 74 North Washington, Battle Creek, MI 49106-3412 as = soon as possible. This announcement is for information and planning = purposes only. It does not constitute a RFP and is not to be construed = as a commitment by the Government. Interested persons may identify to = the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the = Government?s requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this = notice. Submissions may be released to non-government advisors for = review and analysis. If the submitter objects to disclosure to = non-government advisors, this should be clearly indicated in the = submission; otherwise the government will consider all submitted = responses to be releasable to non-government advisors. An Ombudsman = has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors = during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose = of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from = potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established = channels during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. = Potential offerors should communicate first with the Contracting = Officer to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns = before contacting the Ombudsman. In those instances where offerors = cannot obtain resolution from the Contracting Officer, they are invited = to contact Mr. William Orzech at (310) 363-0588. For contracting = issues, please contact SMC/TEKB, Kenneth G. West. For Technical = Issues, contact SMC/TEBE, Theresa Kuennen, (505) 846-4928, email = Theresa.Kuennen@kirtland.af.mil. Note 25.

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