SOURCES SOUGHT
69 -- B52 Aircrew Training Devices (ATD)
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Hill AFB OO-ALC, OO-ALC/PKXD 6038 Aspen Ave (Bldg 1289), Hill AFB, UT, 84056, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 84056
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-2009B52ATD
- Response Due
- 3/14/2008
- Archive Date
- 3/29/2008
- Point of Contact
- , Lois D Moeglein,, Phone: 801-775-2569
- E-Mail Address
-
, lois.moeglein@hill.af.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The B-52 ATD Acquisition Team, in conjunction with our customer at HQ ACC, is conducting Market Research. B-52 ATD devices are located at Barksdale, and Minot Air Force Bases. The B-52 ATD consists of 10 Operational Trainers: Barksdale Air Force Base 2 - Weapon System Trainers (WST) 2 - Offensive System Mission Trainers (OSMT) 1 - Cockpit Procedure Trainer (CPT) 3 - T4 Electronic Warfare System (EWS) Trainers Minot Air Force Base: 1 - Weapon System Trainer 1 - T4 EWS Trainer This acquisition will be conducted applying the principles of Performance Based Services Acquisition (PBSA) IAW AFI 63-124 and other directives. The contractor will provide Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) for the B-52 ATDs. The contractor will operate the Training Systems Support Center (TSSC) as well as develop, procure, manufacture, assemble, package, ship and install modifications to the ATDs throughout the term of the contract. There are no Foreign Military Sales (FMS) requirements. The contractor will be required to maintain a 95 percent availability rate for each ATD. Modifications which upgrade/change the trainer will be maintained by the same contractor under the CLS effort. The contractor shall have the option of using Commercial warranties for off-the-shelf hardware. The contractor shall be responsible for developing modifications in such a manner as to ensure reliability/maintainability/availability standards identified in the contract. The contractor shall be responsible for providing necessary spares and support equipment required for maintenance of the modifications. These items will be included in the government owned CLS Recompetition Support Package (RSP). During the CLS contract periods, the contractor shall be responsible for total maintenance and logistics support (e.g. Spares, Support Equipment (SE), Tech Data, etc.), including operational support of the TSSC and trainer consoles. A three-part Performance Based Statement of Work (PBSOW) provides technical and engineering requirements for the B-52 ATDs. Part A covers Contractor Logistics Support (CLS), Part B covers requirements for the Training System Support Center (TSSC) operations and Part C contains the requirements for Modifications. This contract is for CLS, TSSC and modification design, development, production and installation, and for support of equipment currently in the Air Force inventory. A description of each of the efforts is as follows: a. CLS: Provides for the operational, maintenance and logistics support of the B-52 ATDs and all associated equipment. It also provides technicians who are fully qualified, trained and knowledgeable in the operation and maintenance of the B-52 ATDs, and who are able to perform the tasks required for total support of the Simulator System (SS). b. TSSC: Support the software/firmware maintenance, development and modification; the hardware development and modification, and the configuration management tasks for the SS. Includes management and updating of SS publications, engineering drawings and software, firmware and hardware documentation (also known as the product baseline). c. Modifications: Incorporate aircraft concurrency modifications and simulator peculiar modifications into the SS. Upon the award of this contract the contractor will be required to accomplish the following efforts. All efforts are necessary to start due to funding and maintaining concurrency with the aircraft: a. Modify the current B-52 Maintenance Trainers with the COmbat NEtwork Communications Technology (CoNECT). b. Manufacture/Redesign/Rehost a Cockpit Procedure Trainer (CPT) c. Develop and Integrate the Aircraft BSB04 into the ATDs d. Develop and integrate Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) e. Develop and integrate the Family of Advanced Beyond line of sight Terminals (FAB-T) modification Prospective schedule indicates a Dec 09 Award of contract. CLS support would commence Apr 10 through Sep 10. We expect to tailor the Period of Performance to bring the overall contract to align with the Fiscal Year cycle for the remaining periods of the contract. Total program outline: First or Base period and 9 option periods (Apr 10 to Sep 20) The B-52 team believes that this requirement can only be adequately supported by the Large Business sources. Depending on responses received from large and small potential sources, the Air Force will make decisions on how to proceed. If you are a small capable of addressing any, or all of the issues described below; please contact Susan Simpkins by email (at: Susan.Simpkins@hill.af.mil) or by phone (at: 801-775-3018). Please provide: 1) The name and address of the company, 2) The name of a point of contact (POC), 3) Email address and phone number of the POC, 4) Identify in response as potential Prime Contractor, Subcontractor, or Prime Team Contractor. Fifty-one percent (51%) of the work must be performed by the Prime Contractor/Prime Team to be considered Prime. Only those with a Bona Fide interest in this requirement who are qualified and capable of supporting it should respond no later than 1600 hours, Mountain Standard Time, 14 March 2008.
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