A -- ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS (E3) ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

Notice Date

November 16, 2001

Contracting Office

Contracts Group, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Bldg 2272 Suite 353, 47123 Buse Road, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547

ZIP Code

20670-1547

Solicitation Number

N00421-02-R-3018

Response Due

November 23, 2001

Point of Contact

Al Hensler, Contract Specialist, (301) 757-8939; Patricia A. Cornett, Contracting Officer, (301) 757-2607

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the Contract Specialist (hensleraw@navair.navy.mil)

Description

The Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Division, Systems Engineering Department of the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM) and the Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) are seeking eligible small business firms capable of providing engineering and technical support for the Electromagnetic Environmental Effect (E3) programs. The Environmental Effects Division are responsible for the people, processes, and facilities necessary to perform E3 Systems Engineering and Test & Evaluation for Naval Aircraft and associated systems. The E3 Division provides systems engineering and related acquisition support, E3 test and evaluation of aircraft and related weapon systems, and serve as the lead E3 authority to the Fleet support for E3 science, technology, test, and evaluation engineering. The contractor shall provide uninterrupted E3 engineering and technical services, including material, and supplies to accomplish specific E3 tasks. The E3 tasks to be accomplished are related to the following E3 technical requirements: E3 Systems Engineering, E3 Systems Test and Evaluation, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Electromagnetic Interference, Eletromagnetic Transients, Electrical Bonding, Electrostatic Discharge, Lightning Effects, Radio Frequency (RF), Radiation Hazards (RADHAZ), Emissions Control (EMCON), High Power Microwave (HPM), and related E3 facilities. This support is applied to all Naval Aircraft (Tactical, Vertical Lift, Maritime, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and Targets), weapons and support systems from concept development through disposal. The technical efforts performed throughout this full life cycle are centered on the Research and engineering Competency within the Competency Aligned Organization (CAO). These efforts are focused across a broad business base comprised of work from Integrated Program Teams (IPT's), Externally Directed Teams (EDT's), and Enterprise Teams (ET's). Based on a review of industry response to the Sources Sought Synopsis, the Government will decide an appropriate procurement strategy. This office anticipates award of the contract(s) for this requirement no later than 30 April 2002. The period of performance for the resulting contract(s) will be one base year and four one-year options. The total estimated level of effort is 350,000 hours over the five-year period, and the following offers examples of personnel qualifications for this upcoming procurement: 1. Program Manager: Acts as the overall lead manager and administrator for the contract effort. The education requirement is a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline from a school of engineering which was accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The experience requirement is a total of at least ten years of professional engineering experience with at least five years of experience consisting of management and supervisory experience with respect to Government RDT&E. 2. Senior Engineer: Applies engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, implement, test and evaluate Naval airborne platforms, weapons, and avionics. The education requirement is a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, or related engineering discipline, from a school of engineering having a curriculum which was accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The experience requirement is a total of at least nine years of professional engineering experience with at least four years of the experience as a team leader or supervisor performing engineering management functions, at least five years of the experience consisting of performing engineering functions with respect to aircraft E3 T&E, E3 Specifications, E3 Management and/or E3 programs, and obtained EMC Engineering certification from the National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE). 3. Engineer: Same as Senior Engineer, only non-supervisory functions. The education requirements are the same as Senior Engineer, and the experience requirements are a total of at least four years of professional engineering experience with at least three years of the experience consisting of performing engineering functions with respect to E3 T&E, E3 Specifications, E3 Managements and/or E3 programs. 4. Junior Engineer: Same as Engineer. The education requirements are the same as Engineer and Senior Engineer, and there are no experience requirements. 5. Senior Technician: Applies engineering techniques, principles, and precedents to design, develop, modify, install, test, evaluate, or operate electronic, avionics, mechanical, communications, stores, armament/ordnance, or related data processing systems for military weapon systems or associated support equipment or facilities. The education requirements are to be a high school graduate or equivalent along with successful completion of a technical/trade/advanced armed services technical school curriculum in the previously mentioned fields, or at least 30 semester hours of course studies at an accredited college or university in an engineering or scientific curriculum. The experience requirement is at least a total of seven years experience in performing technical functions with at least five years of the experience consisting of performing technical functions with respect to aircraft E3 T&E, E3 Specifications, E3 Management, and/or E3 programs. Additionally, a Senior Technician is to have obtained EMC Technician Certification from NARTE. 6. Technician: Description is the same as Senior Technician. The education requirements are the same as well. The experience requirements are a total of at least four years of experience performing technical functions with respect to aircraft E3 T&E, E3 Specifications, E3 Management, and/or E3 programs. 7. Junior Technician: Description is the same as Technician. The education requirement is the same as Technician, and there is no experience requirement. 8. Computer Specialist: Applies knowledge of computer science principles, information management principles, automated data processing functions, hardware and software system's structures and operation, and computer programming languages and techniques to solve automation problems. The education requirement is a bachelors degree in computer science, information systems management, mathematics, or engineering from an accredited college or university. The experience requirements are a total of at least three years with at least two years of the foregoing total experience consisting of performing engineering/technical functions. 9. Logistics Technician: Performs various tasks related to the development, operation, evaluation, and improvement of facility system simulation supportability and/or maintainability programs and information systems. The educational requirement is a high school graduation or equivalency certification, and the experience requirement is at least eight years of experience in performing the foregoing functions with at least four years of the foregoing total experience consisting of performing logistics support functions. 10. NERF Senior Engineer: The education requirement is a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, or related engineering discipline, from a school of engineering which was accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The experience requirements are at least ten years of professional engineering experience with at least five years experience being a team leader or supervisor and at least five years of the total experience consisting of performing engineering functions. 11. NERF Engineer: The education requirement is the same as the NERF Senior Engineer. The experience requirements are at least five years of professional engineering experience with at least three years experience as a team leader or supervisor and at least two years of the total experience consisting of performing engineering functions. 12. NERF Junior Engineer: The education requirement is the same as the NERF Engineer, and there is no experience requirements. 13. NERF Senior Engineering Technician: The education requirement is a high school graduation or equivalency certification along with successful completion of a technical school, trade school, or advanced armed services-technical school curriculum or course of training in electricity, electronics, avionics, mechanics, armaments/ordnance, or engineering technology; or completion of at least 30 semester hours of course studies at an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical curriculum. The experience requirements are a total of at least eight years of experience with at least six years of the experience as a team leader or supervisor and at least six years of the experience consisting of performing engineering/technical functions. 14. NERF Engineering Technician: Same educational requirements as NERF Senior Engineering Technician. The experience requirements are a total of at least four years of experience with at least two years experience consisting of performing engineer/technical functions. 15. NERF Junior Engineering Technician: The education requirements are the same as the NERF Engineering Technician and there are no experience requirements. 16. NERF Antenna Handler: Supports the NERF development, operations, and maintenance. The education requirement is a high school graduation or equivalency certification, and there is no experience requirement. 17. NERF Electro-Mechanical Fabricator: Applies engineering techniques, principles, and precedents to develop, design, modify, and install mechanical modifications to transmitters, test vans, antennas, and other custom hardware developments. The education requirements are a high school graduation or equivalency certification and successful completion of a technical school, trade school, or advanced armed services-technical school curriculum or course of training in sheet metal fabrication, metal machinist fabrication, and mechanics. The experience requirements are a total of at least four years of experience with at least two years experience consisting of performing engineering/technical functions. 18. EMC Equipment Lab Technician: The education requirements are the same as Senior Technician. The experience requirements are a total of at least four years of experience with at least two years experience consisting of performing engineering/technical functions. 19. Technical Writer: Develops, drafts, revises, and edits reports, articles, manuals, specifications, presentation materials, and other technical documents. The educational requirement is a high school graduation or equivalency certification and the experience is a total of at least three years of experience performing technical writing/editing functions The appropriate NAICS code is 541330, with a standard of $20.0 million. THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. It is a market research tool being used to determine the adequacy of potential small business sources prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis. Providing support for E3 services, the contractor will have to work three types of platforms, in which all shall have current models and updates. Strike Platforms: A-3, A-4, A-6, AV-8, F-4, F-14, F-16, F-18, T-45A, EA-6, and JSF. Force Warfare Platforms: P-3, EP-3, S-3, Multiple Mission Aircraft (MMA), C-130, E-2, C-2, T-34, T-44, and E-6. Rotary Windy Platforms: H-1, H-3, H-60, VH-3/60, H-53, H-57, H-46, and V-22. The contractor E3 services shall be for all current avionics and systems associated with the platforms listed above. The contractor E3 services shall also be for all current weapons and ordnance with the platforms listed above. The following are the E3 engineering requirements: (1) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. The contractor shall devise and recommend management control techniques to track test plans and reports, test chronologies, and schedules. The contractor shall extract and analyze financial, workload, and planning data, and develop procedures to examine, verify and ensure completeness of resulting financial and workload transactions. The contractor shall perform administrative tasks to include but not limited to formulation of reports and presentations and other support. The contractor shall perform management analyses to develop techniques to evaluate organizational performance, capability and effectiveness. (2) SPECIFICATION, PROPOSAL AND DESIGN PREPARATION AND REVIEW. The contractor shall conduct studies, analyses and/or reviews of existing or proposed specifications relating to a specific system. (3) SYSTEM PLANS. The contractor shall analyze and submit recommendations on inputs for system Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP). (4) SYSTEM ANALYSES AND STUDIES. The contractor shall conduct engineering analyses and studies of specific systems to develop the required test and test method. (5) TEST AND EVALUATION PLANS. The contractor shall analyze and identify appropriate test and evaluation requirements. (6) TEST PROGRAM OPERATION. The contractor shall provide engineering and/or technical services during the conduct of system test. (7) TECHNICAL DATA PROCESSING/COLLECTION. The contractor shall provide operating system programming. The contractor shall provide for the operation, repair, and maintenance of all stand alone hardware, not under warranty, used for control of equipment, data analysis, or project specific use. The contractor shall provide development capabilities for custom software to support control of hardware, specific project requirements, administrative functions, and data analysis using C, Turbo Pascal, HP VEE for Windows, DOS, Microsoft Office applications, and Windows NT. (8) PRESENTATION SUPPORT. The contractor shall provide audio/visual presentation support including but not limited to viewgraph masters or 35mm slides, technical illustrations and engineering drawings in camera read conditions, photography and photographic processing, operation of video production equipment to produce historical video recording, presentation hardcopy handouts. (9) TRAINING. The contractor shall provide awareness presentations to alert fleet personnel to potential problem areas. (10) TECHNICAL LIBRARY. The contractor shall maintain a library of simulator and equipment hardware vendors, and all equipment documentation necessary to maintain and operate each of the facilities, systems, and equipment. The contractor shall maintain the existing library of documentation necessary to maintain and operate each of the systems. All personnel performing work under the proposed contract must be capable of obtaining a Secret level security clearance upon notification that such clearance is required. It is requested that interested small businesses submit to the contracting office a brief capabilities statement package (no more than 15 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability to perform the services listed above. This documentation must address, as a minimum, the following: (1) prior/current corporate experience performing efforts of similar size and scope within the last three years, including contract number, organization supported, indication of whether a prime or subcontractor, contract value, Government point of contact with current telephone number, a brief description of how the contract referenced relates to the technical services described herein; (2) company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office location (s), DUNS number, and a statement regarding current small business status; (3) resources available such as corporate management and currently employed personnel to be assigned to tasks under this effort to include professional qualifications and specific experience of such personnel; (4) management approach to staffing this effort with qualified personnel which should address current hires available for assignment to this effort, possible subcontract/teaming arrangements, and strategy for recruiting and retaining qualified personnel; and (5) a statement regarding capability to obtain the required industrial security clearances for personnel. The capability statement package shall be sent by mail to contracts, Code 251316, Al Hensler, Building 441, NAVAIRSYSCOMHQ, 21983 Bundy Road, Unit 7, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1127 or by facsimile to 301-757-8959. Submissions must be received at the office sited no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 23 Nov 2001. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Al Hensler at 301-757-8939 or via email at hensleraw@navair.navy.mil. SEE Note 25

Record

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