SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- COLT - Common Organizational Level Tester
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ASC - Aeronautical Systems Center, ASC/647th AESS/PK2145 Monahan Way, Bldg 28 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7017
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7017
- Solicitation Number
- PIXS6150
- Response Due
- 7/10/2009
- Archive Date
- 9/10/2009
- Point of Contact
- Tom Rickey, (937) 255-5585<br />
- E-Mail Address
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thomas.rickey@wpafb.af.mil;
(thomas.rickey@wpafb.af.mil;)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- COLT - Common Organizational Level Tester This is a Sources Sought Synopsis. There is no solicitation available at this time. This Sources Sought Synopsis is published for Market Research purposes only. This market survey is conducted to identify potential sources capable of meeting the requirements for Interim Contractor Support (ICS) for the Common Organizational Level Tester (COLT). The COLT is a multiple application-based tester that will allow Air Force maintainers to perform maintenance tasks to verify the operational capability of aircraft armament and stores management systems/subsystems and armament components. It includes the tester unit, ancillary equipment, and related software programs, data and documentation. The COLT, in conjunction with the applicable peculiar Test Program Set (TPS), performs (depending on the TPS) Organizational-level (O-level) and, in some cases, Intermediate level (I-level) functional checks, fault detection, and fault isolation to the Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) and/or Shop ! Replaceable Unit (SRU) level. The COLT is an Air Force armament tester for the F-22 and B-2 programs. The COLT was developed by Lockheed Martin Corporation - Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support (LM STS) in Orlando, Florida who is currently the prime contractor for the COLT. We are currently on contract with LM STS for COLT ICS. If other sources for ICS are not found as a result of this market research synopsis, three additional option years of ICS will be added to the existing contract with LM STS. LM STS currently has the only set of unique test equipment, called the Verification Test Suite (VTS), which is needed to verify the nuclear surety of the COLT system after repair, of each COLT. This VTS was designed and developed by LM STS at no cost to the government, and the hardware and software comprising the VTS is proprietary to LM STS. LM STS designed and developed the VTS using its own capital funding. The Government did not purchase rights to technical data for the Verification Test Suite (VTS). A COLT technical data package does not provide the technical data required by a new source to repair the current inventory of COLT units. Because of the Nuclear Certification requirements of the B-2, the VTS was developed to insure the external interface of the COLT was maintained within specifications. This process/procedure was included in the Nuclear Certification process as part of the Nuclear Safety Analysis Report (NSAR) that has already been approved by the Air! Force Safety Center. If a new source were to develop a "VTS-like" capability, then a new NSAR and recertification would be necessary, according to the Air Force Safety Center. Interested parties are invited to submit a Statement of Capabilities (SOC) to the Government for evaluation in response to this announcement. Information submitted must be pertinent and specific and cover the following areas: 1. Experience: Provide an outline of previous projects or specific work performed or being performed and any in-house ICS efforts (including a brief description of how these referenced efforts relate to the COLT). Within the description, include evidence of demonstrated experience and/or familiarity with the COLT system and the F-22 and B-2 platforms it supports. 2. Personnel: Name, professional qualifications and specific experience of scientist, engineers and technical personnel who may be assigned as a program manager and/or project officer. 3. Facilities: Availability, locations, and description of special facilities required to perform in the technical areas under consideration including a statement regarding industry security clearance. 4. Any other specific and pertinent information as it pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted. Interested parties responding to this announcement shall indicate whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), women-owned, minority owned, service-disabled veteran, or HUB zone, in relation to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Interested parties responding to this announcement shall indicate whether they are foreign owned. Questions concerning this announcement must be received no later than the COB June 30, 2009. Questions may be e-mailed to: thomas.rickey@wpafb.af.mil. Answers to questions will be posted to the PIXS library at www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil. Routine communications concerning this announcement should be directed to the point of contact listed below. The due date for submittal of Statement of Capabilities (SOCs) for this announcement is 10 July, 2009, 1600 EDT. Interested parties are requested to submit their SOCs electronically (via e-mail) to thomas.rickey@wpafb.af.mil. The point of contact (POC) for this notice is Tom Rickey, Contracting Officer, ASC/647 AESS/PK, Area B, Bldg. 28, 2145 Monahan Way, Rm 211, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7017, (937) 255-5585. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS SYNOPSIS NOR TO OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED IN THIS DISCUSSION. COLT is an Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) project. The current status is Sources Sought and it is a Category 16 - Aircraft components and accessories program. Synopsis Response Date: 07/10/2009 NAIC Code: 336413 Dollar Amount: $3.3M How to contact this program: POC: Tom Rickey, Tel: (937) 255-5585ASC/647th AESS/PK 2145 Monahan Way, Bldg 28 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7017Send email to thomas.rickey@wpafb.af.mil For more information on "COLT - Common Organizational Level Tester ", please refer to:https://pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixs_solicitation.asp?id=6150
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