MODIFICATION
A -- Connecting American Manufacturing
- Notice Date
- 11/29/2011
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Wright Research Site, Det 1 AFRL/PK, Bldg 167, Area B, 2310 8th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-7801, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7801
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-12-01-PKM
- Archive Date
- 1/25/2012
- Point of Contact
- Laura J. Ortiz, Phone: (937) 656-9883, Norman L. Willis, Phone: (937) 656-9023
- E-Mail Address
-
laura.ortiz@wpafb.af.mil, norman.willis@wpafb.af.mil
(laura.ortiz@wpafb.af.mil, norman.willis@wpafb.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Solicitation to address current issues associated with acquiring critical spare parts for military systems and improve participation of small manufacturers in building components for the military, the DoD is seeking E-sourcing solutions that screen, organize and present Government spare part requirements to the industrial base thereby improving the ability to pair the right suppliers with the right parts at the right time. Web-based supplier "portals" such as FedBizOpps.gov provide varying capabilities for sourcing manufactured goods from the industrial base. However, there is no national-level, integrated framework to enable rapid, high-density, multi-sector brokering between buyers and US suppliers. Numerous inchoate examples exist in the US as a result of sector-wide efforts (e.g. supplier exchanges), but technical, procedural, and cultural barriers exist which limit the full potential of such portals to open opportunities for more US manufacturing business. The DoD seeks to explore the potential of an advanced "electronic marketplace" to improve industrial base response to critical warfighter needs. Potential portal-based solutions must serve as an interface between existing Government systems and the industrial base. They should organize industrial base participants based upon their manufacturing capabilities and provide matched opportunities to the most relevant pools of suppliers. It is the intent of DoD to select, mature and implement an electronic marketplace ("sourcing portal") that will enhance the industrial base's ability to access and bid on relevant business opportunities while addressing a diminishing DoD supply-base, high lead times for parts acquisitions and higher than needed lifecycle costs. OBJECTIVES Define, design and deploy a capability which: • Develops and pilots tools and practices which cause a greater number of US companies to bid on DoD business; • Improves the capability of US manufacturers to participate and thrive in a digital enterprise; • Develops advanced capabilities for identifying manufacturers ("sourcing") and matching capability and capacity to needs; and • Becomes self-sustaining, with potential to scale-up beyond DoD markets and significantly expand national and global access to (and demand for) US manufacturing capacity
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLWRS/BAA-12-01-PKM/listing.html)
- Record
- SN02630043-W 20111201/111129234305-36b6c94d0b4abe754dde77ebb0bf2dc7 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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