SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Engineering support and advanced energetic materials development
- Notice Date
- 11/8/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-13-X-D007
- Response Due
- 11/23/2012
- Archive Date
- 12/23/2012
- Point of Contact
- Malgorzata Stroynowski, Contract Specialist, 973-724-0000
- E-Mail Address
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Malgorzata Stroynowski
(margaret.stroynowski@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of the Army, Research, Development & Engineering Command (RDECOM), Armament Research and Engineering Centers (ARDEC), Logistics Research &Engineering Directorate (LRED), Life Cycle Supportability Division (LCSD), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806 is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources that are capable of providing the following services in support of weapons and ammunition in all phases of their life cycle: I. ILS/Product Manager Support MANAGEMENT SUPPORT: The contractors must be fully knowledgeable on the policies and processes of chapter 5 of the Defense Acquisition Guide, AR 70-1, AR 700-127, AR 700-142, and implementing procedures in support of Life Cycle Management Commands (LCMC) such JMC, TACOM and ASAALT. The contractor shall chair/co-chair designated armament or ammunitions Supportability Integrated Product Team (SIPT); identify support needed, coordinate implementation support required for the lifecycle of assigned system. Must ensure all ILS/PSM elements are addressed. Must be knowledgeable on ILSM/PSM and supporting log functional roles in planning and execution of processes/events such as design reviews, readiness for test reviews, log demos, technical manual validations and verifications, provisioning conferences, new equipment training planning/execution, total package fielding, material release and milestone decision reviews. Must understand how ILS integrates with the Systems Engineering process. Contractor must be articulate, communicate well with teams verbally and in writing. Must provide outreach and coordination with organizations such as TRADOC, gaining commands, ASAALT, LCMCs. Contractor will be responsible for coordinating the Supportability Strategy (SS)/Life Cycle Support Plan (LCSP) for assigned ammunition (Class V), equipment and armament (Class II, VII and IX) products. Contractors must be able to obtain a SECRET Clearance. Acceptability of services and related product provided will be reviewed by the Chief of the LRED ILS Branch. Level of ILS manager required will be a journeyman to senior level depending on complexity of project assigned. This service must be provided on a co-located basis at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. II. LOGISTICS & MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING SUPPORT: Contractor must be fully cognizant of principles, practices of logistics engineering, supportability analyses, Logistics Management Information (LMI) systems and maintenance policies and practices of the Army. Contractors must be able to obtain a SECRET Clearance. Contractor must be able to analyze engineering data to assess technical supportability/maintainability impacts. Must know how to operate within the Systems Engineering process to influence designs for supportability. Emphasis of knowledge application will be for armament, support equipment and/or munition systems. Knowledge of diagnostic and prognostic applications is highly desired. Contractor must be able to make technical recommendations to SIPT in order to influence the design of ammunition and armament and associated support infrastructures. Contractor must be able to successfully communicate with ILS or Product Support Managers, designers, provisioners, trainers and publications writers verbally and in writing. Knowledge of Army logistics modeling tools (e.g. level of Repair Analysis, and lifecycle planning tools such as COMPASS, SESAME, and ACEIT) is strongly recommended. Ability to perform core depot analysis/assessments. It will be necessary to provide this service on either a co-located basis or local off-site, depending on project requirements, to enable the contractor to attend IPT and SIPT meetings regularly and to have access to necessary resources. III. PUBLICATIONS, CONTENT MANAGEMENT, AND PROVISIONING SUPPORT: a. PUBLICATIONS SUPPORT: Contractor must be fully knowledgeable about the Army publications process and system to include preparing XML-based Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) and working with Document Type Definitions (DTDs). Contractor must apply knowledge of (extra administrative and technical writing services to prepare equipment technical manuals (TMs), using Army publications standards, which will contain all technical instructions needed to efficiently operate and maintain advanced weapons systems by soldiers in the field. Contractors must be able to obtain a SECRET Clearance. Contractor must be capable of communicating clearly with lead logistics engineer and other SIPT members in converting data into usable products. It will be necessary to provide this service on either a co-located basis or local off-site, depending on project requirements, to enable the contractor to attend IPT and SIPT meetings regularly and to have access to necessary resources. c. PROVISIONING: Contractor must be fully knowledgeable with the Army provisioning regulations, processes/practices. Contractor must apply these practices to prepare, evaluate, and process provisioning and cataloguing data using the Armys logistics management systems as appropriate and provide parts related inputs to Technical manuals. Contractors must be able to obtain a SECRET Clearance. It will be necessary to provide this service on either a co- located basis or local off-site, depending on project requirements, to enable the contractor to attend IPT and SIPT meetings regularly and to have access to necessary resources. IV. NEW EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND MATERIEL FIELDING: The contractor shall provide consulting and instructor support for New Equipment Training (NET) munitions and weapons programs. The contractor shall provide expert training in the operation of conventional munitions and weapons systems. The contractor shall act as a liaison/coordinator with user schools, support schools, EOD schools, depots, materiel developers/combat developers and contractors, and shall interface with program management personnel, Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) personnel, design and support engineers and TRADOC new systems personnel. A related duty may involve the materiel fielding coordination/briefing for selected ammunition/armament with combat developer and units. The Prepare and coordinate draft and final Memorandum of Notification or Materiel Fielding Plan and other documentation as shown in AR 700-142. Researches, analyzes, collects, assembles and prepares data. Negotiates with key personnel including, but not limited to, project managers for all systems at ARDEC, engineers, and points of contact at major commands, regarding modifications, requests for changes and discrepancies, when necessary. Ensures that the format developed and content included in the final document facilitate understanding of the technical material by the intended user and minimize controversy regarding requirements and responsibilities of the various principals. Prepares Memoranda of Notification documentation for urgent materiel releases (UMR). Coordinates with project management offices in the format, content and distribution of the UMR process. Coordinates inclusion of all necessary documentation. Support must be provided on co-located basis at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. V. MATERIEL MANAGEMENT: Provide support in executing functions of assistance in maintaining Property accountability (e.g. PBUSE), shipping, receiving, warehousing, inventory management, tracking of materiel, total package fielding using DOD/Army standard systems. VI. MANPOWER, PERSONNEL INTEGRATION (MANPRINT)/HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION (HSI): Contractor shall provide consulting services for subject area as defined for MANPRINT in AR 602-2, and HSI in DOD 5000.2. Expertise should include competence to develop requirements, evaluate alternative designs, and assess risks regarding aspects both specific and related to the 7 domains of MANPRINT (Manpower, Personnel, Training, Human Factors Engineering, Systems Safety, Health Hazards, and Soldier Survivability) as per AR 602-2. Interested contractors should demonstrate they possess the experience and capability, or that they can obtain such skill sets required to support the requirements previously listed. Contractors shall provide a summary of their companys capabilities including parent organizations, name/address/ point of contact identification, capabilities, a description of facilities, equipment, personnel, past experience as a provider of the services requested, possible partnering/teaming arrangements and whether or not they are a small business. Any response to this market survey shall be submitted ELECTRONICALLY ONLY, to Margaret Stroynowski (email address: Malgorzata.stroynowski.civ@mail.mil ). Please note that telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Closing date of this notice is November 23, 2012. Please also provide the companys name, address, point of contact with telephone number and email address, size of business (small/large) and team members. This is a market survey for information only. It does not constitute a RFP and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published. No award will be made as a result of this market survey. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey.
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