SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- INDUSTRIAL BASE HEALTH METRICS SURVEY
- Notice Date
- 10/22/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336415
— Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall SpaceFlight Center, AL 35812
- ZIP Code
- 35812
- Solicitation Number
- 11192012
- Response Due
- 11/19/2012
- Archive Date
- 10/22/2013
- Point of Contact
- Charlotte Brewer-Cooper, Contract Specialist (Co-op), Phone 256-961-0960, Fax 256-544-2934, Email charlotte.r.brewercooper@nasa.gov - James W. Bailey, Contracting Officer, Phone 256-544-7409, Fax 256-544-9354, Email james.w.bailey@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Charlotte Brewer-Cooper
(charlotte.r.brewercooper@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is issued by the NASA/MSFC to post via the internet, and solicit responses from interested parties. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments or questions to: Rajiv Doreswamy, Ph.D., NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Mail Code FP20, MSFC, AL 35812;(rajiv.doreswamy@nasa.gov), no later than 11-14-2012. When responding reference 11192012. Comments may be forwarded to Rajiv Doreswamy, Ph.D., NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Mail Code FP20, MSFC, AL 35812; (rajiv.doreswamy@nasa.gov) This request for information is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response.Respondents may not be notified of the results. There is no solicitation in connection with this request for information and any additional documents related to this request will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/MSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=62 It is the responsibility of the interested party to monitor the Internet site for additional information relative to this request. No hardcopys of this request will be mailed to interested parties. Industrial Base Health Metrics Survey, Request for Information (RFI) Over the past few decades, as the number of propulsion systems development programs have declined, there has been an adverse effect on the health of the propulsion industrial base of the United States and its ability to develop new propulsion systems for civil, military and commercial uses. While there have been many studies documenting these effects, the U.S. government needs a method to track the overall health of the industrial base over time. The National Institute of Rocket Propulsion Systems (NIRPS) is a multi-sector, multiple agency organization formed to address such issues as stewardship of the propulsion industrial base, coordination of government efforts in propulsion technology development and to analyze and develop recommendations to lower the overall risks to the propulsion industrial base. The data collected will be used to track the health of the U.S. propulsion industrial base over time and to develop critical indicators that will be used to predict the possible effects of policy decisions made by the Government. Additionally the data will be used to inform senior leadership within the Government regarding decisions on policy, propulsion technology development and acquisitions. Access to submitted data will be limited to the U.S. Government and support contractors with the appropriate nondisclosures on file. All data marked proprietary by the submitter will be handled accordingly. Responses should be mailed in hard copy to: Rajiv Doreswamy, Ph.D., NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Mail Code FP20, MSFC, AL 35812. Please contact Rajiv Doreswamy (rajiv.doreswamy@nasa.gov) with any questions regarding this action. Industrial Base (IB) Questions 1.Please provide a breakdown of number of degreed (broken out by BS, MS and PhD) and number of non-degreed STEM (Science, Technical Engineering and Mathematics) employees for Rocket Propulsion Systems (RPS) versus years of experience, in 5 year increments, as of 1 October 2002, 2007, and 2012. Please provide age demographics as well. a.Average number of job offers from your company or organization received and accepted by STEM graduates for RPS positions b.Retention rates for STEM hires (years of service) of record 1 October 2002 and 2007 2.For the periods Government Fiscal Year (1OCT- 31SEPT) GFY02, GFY07 and GFY12, please provide: a. The number of rocket engine/motor live fire tests conducted, broken down by liquid, solid, or other. b.Total pounds of solid propellant or storable liquids or cryogenics produced for use development programs (including Independent Research and Development ( IR&D) ) c.Total pounds of solid propellant or storable liquids or cryogenics produced for production motors. d.Number of Development motors or Liquid Rocket Engines (LREs) produced. e.Number of production motors or LREs delivered. f.The IR&D (in $'s) devoted to RPS by your company or organization. g.IR&D devoted to Rocket Propulsion Systems(RPS) as a % of total sales. h.The externally funded R&D value (in $'s) for RPS for your organization. i.Total RPS sales ($M) 3.Do you have an active supply chain management system in place for your lower-tier RPS vendors (tier 2 and 3, not just first level suppliers)? a.How many sole or single source suppliers did/do you have for GFY 2002, 2007, and 2012? Of these, how many are US and how many are non-US? If non-US, please identify country. b.Identify the percentage of non-US components used in your RPS products (treat each part, ingredient, circuit board, etc. equally as a single component). c.For the years GFY2002, 2007, and 2012, how many sub-tier suppliers left the market? How many entered the market? How many re-qualifications occurred because of a supplier change or process change? Provide data for your company or organization only. d.Are your production capabilities dependent on a stockpile of material?If so, what stockpiled material? Are there plans to develop a capability to produce the material? e.How dependent is your sub-tier supply base on revenues from the rocket propulsion market? Identify vendors where RPS revenues are >50% of their revenue portfolio. If data is not available for any of these, please indicate what's missing. DEFINITIONS: The term rocket propulsion industrial base (RPIB) refers to the nation's capability to conceive, design, develop, manufacture, test, and support missions using liquid rocket engines and solid rocket motors that are critical to its national security, economic health and growth, and future scientificneeds. The RPIB encompasses US government, academic, and commercial (including industry primes and their supplier base) research, development, test, evaluation, and manufacturing capabilities and facilities. The RPIB includes the skilled workforce, related intellectual property, engineering and support services, and supply chain operations and management. This definition touches the five main segments of the U.S. RPIB as categorized by the USG: defense, intelligence community, civil government, academia, and commercial sector. RPS = Rocket Propulsion Sytems STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (applied to degreed disciplines in engineering, physical sciences) CY = Calendar Year GFY=Government Fiscal Year (1 OCT-31SEPT) IR&D = Independent Research & Development LRE = Liquid Rocket Engine
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