SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- AAV Reset BCA RFI
- Notice Date
- 7/5/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336992
— Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, MARCORSYSCOM, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, Virginia, 22134, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22134
- Solicitation Number
- M67854-13-I-0016
- Archive Date
- 8/9/2013
- Point of Contact
- Stacey Coolican,
- E-Mail Address
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stacey.coolican@usmc.mil
(stacey.coolican@usmc.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Request for Information (RFI) which seeks information on various approaches to provide a limited reset approach for the AAVP7A1 variant. This is NOT a request for proposal and no RFP is available at this time. The Government will not award a contract on the basis of this notice. Issuance of this Notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these items or to issue a solicitation. Additionally, the Government is under no obligation to pay for information submitted in response to this RFI and responses to this notice will not be accepted as offers. Proprietary information should be clearly marked. The requested information is for planning and market research purposes only. Responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Description: The United States Marine Corps (USMC) Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault (PM AAA) is conducting market research to analyze viable approaches for the sustaining maintenance of the USMC Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV). The Government seeks information from commercial and Government entities that are experienced in performing limited reset (replace/recapitalize/repair) services on tracked vehicles within the Department of Defense (DoD) inventory. The AAV is the USMC's self-deploying, fully amphibious combat vehicle that supports the Joint Forces and the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) to conduct operations across the full Range of Military Operations. The AAV7A1 Family of Vehicles (FoV) consists of three (3) variants: a Personnel (P7), a Command and Control (C7), and Recovery (R7) variant. Originally fielded in 1971, the AAV is the oldest vehicle platform in the USMC inventory and the last major rebuild effort was completed in 2007. The USMC has a current inventory of 1,064 vehicles. The end-of-life for this platform has been extended until 2030. PM AAA is developing an acquisition strategy for a survivability upgrade on roughly 40 percent of the vehicles in service; however, this effort does not address long term sustaining maintenance effort. PM AAA is considering approaches similar to a limited rebuild/reset effort to support extending the vehicle life cycle. For purposes of this effort, a limited reset is defined as a set of actions or processes to restore equipment to the level achieved at the completion of the 2007 major rebuild. The three (3) components in a limited reset are identified as: (1) Replacement - An effort to buy new parts and replace obsolete or worn parts which include replacement of identified high failure parts, expected components (such as seals, o-rings, fittings and other like components), and is critical to extend the life cycle (2) Recapitalization - An effort that extends the equipment's useful life by returning it to a near zero-mile/zero-hour condition to the original performance specifications (3) Repair - An effort that repairs or overhauls the equipment's condition to the Marine Corps standard A limited reset approach is not intended to increase the capability of the legacy platform; however, it is intended to enhance reliability due to the focused attention on sustaining maintenance. Specific maintenance actions taken/executed on an individual AAV during a limited reset may be dependent on the condition of the asset when it is introduced into the process. PM AAA is conducting market research to assess available sources to perform a limited reset for the AAV fleet from Fiscal Year FY 16 through FY 30. The Government is considering approaches that conform to industry best practices, which may consider a public/private approach, a purely public approach, or a purely private approach. In short, PM AAA is seeking to understand proven, implemented approaches that have historical data/feedback which can be applied to this platform and is interested in various approaches for consideration. Requested Information: PM AAA is seeking information in consideration of a limited reset approach for the AAVP7A1 (Personnel) variant. Replies should be based on proven historical implementation and assumptions relative to the AAV platform. To ensure a comparative analysis on alternatives, request information based on the following scenarios: Scenario 1 - Seeks an Inspect and Repair Only As Necessary (IROAN) approach. This scenario can be further disaggregated into two separate techniques: Technique 1: an IROAN approach that strips the vehicle to a base hull, inspects the components and subsystems, replaces the mandatory items, replaces/repairs identified pieces, restores and inspects the vehicle and then completes testing Technique 2: an IROAN approach where the facility inspects the vehicle and replaces as required and replaces/repairs as identified through inspection or lessons learned from other vehicles, restores and inspects the vehicle and then completes testing Scenario 2 - Seeks an open approach based on the facility's best practices and lessons learned that provides an efficient and effective approach to meeting objectives for a limited reset approach. Respondent should provide scenarios that fit the capability of the facility. Scenario 3 - Incorporates all aspects of scenario 2 in conjunction with performing an AAV Force Protection Upgrade referenced in RFI (M67854-13-I-0015 - AAV Force Protection Improvements). Given the scenarios described above, Provide the below information in your response: • Provide information for a method for obtaining replacement parts (diminishing supply parts management) with the same form/fit/function; • Provide information on potential approaches to manage a limited reset process with consideration for all known potential activities associated with the AAV. For example, scenarios could consider a split work effort between a prime Contractor and a Government depot if that solution is deemed optimal. • Provide information about a potential limited reset line to include locations, institutionalized business practices and/or lessons learned, a high level flow through stages/phases/shops of a vehicle to take advantage of efficiencies; • What industry best practices and/or lessons learned are needed to appropriately manage a limited reset process; • What industry best practices/lessons learned are in place to address cost avoidance and best value for a limited reset line? Consider obsolescence, remanufacturing components, available material sources, current active production line capabilities; • How can/should obsolescence issues be handled and what are industry best practices to address potential material wait time; • What is a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) to maintain an efficient limited reset line? Consider cost by phase (in terms of stripping hulls and/or inspecting vehicles, replacing or repairing identified items and mandatory parts, and restoring and testing); • What should be the expected mix for labor and material costs for a limited reset line and what approaches could be implemented to manage these costs and methods to maintain throughput and maintain process efficiently; • What is the optimum and maximum throughput (defined as number of vehicles through a limited reset line) annually and in days should a limited reset line be able to maintain assuming a fleet of 1,064 units; • What should be the cycle times (defined as work days from start to finish) for vehicles through the facility; • What is the expected percentage of rework and how is rework managed on a limited reset line; • How can risks (cost, schedule, performance, supply, quality) be mitigated to address supply and manufacturing challenges; and • How is the quality measured on the products from a limited reset line, how is data collected after fielding the product? What are the historical trends in quality from proven, implemented limited reset lines? For ROM cost information, the Program Office requests the following be included (all cost in Base Year 14 dollars): • Labor hours and rates by phase (stripping hulls, inspection, repairing/replacing, reassemble, etc.) • Unburdened (raw) Material, Labor, and Other Costs • Burden rates to obtain Price Line Cost • Labor and Material Power Curves In order to have a better understanding of your facility's experience in the implementation of a limited reset approach; Please provide a contract number, product, customer program office, and a customer point of contact for each item. This information will allow the Government to better understand various acquisition strategies and business approaches from a customer's perspective. The Government reserves the right to contact any contact provided. Vendors are under no obligation to provide this information. Additional Information: Assumptions are identified as: • AAV end of life is 2030 • Minimum throughput is 96 vehicles per year • Approved Acquisition Objective (AAO) is 1,064 vehicles which are constant and in mixed condition • AAV special tools/equipment for a limited reset line would be provided as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) The following AAV components/parts represent the 10 highest cost elements by National Stock Number (NSN): NSN Nomenclature 2520014726681 TRANSMISSION WITH CONTAINER 2815014900312 ENGINE WITH CONTAINER 1240015541735 THERMAL ELBOW ASSEMBLY 2530011418617 HYDROSTATIC STEER UNIT AND CONTAINER 2990001184942 POWER TAKEOFF AND CONTAINER 1010012589661 TRAVERSE MECHANISM 2350011996319 PANEL, INSTRUMENT, MODULE 2520014638091 FINAL DRIVE ASSEMBLY 5820015353667 RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER, RADIO 1240015535870 HEAD ASSEMBLY, AAV Based on historical data, the following AAV components/parts are the most commonly replaced: NSN Nomenclature 5830011385787 CONTROL, INTERCOMMUNICATION SET 6830013216527 HALON, FIRE EXT 1240015541735 THERMAL ELBOW ASSEMBLY 5820015353667 RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER, RADIO 2350011996319 PANEL, INSTRUMENT, MODULE 2815014900312 ENGINE WITH CONTAINER 2520014726681 TRANSMISSION WITH CONTAINER 1010012589661 TRAVERSE MECHANISM 1010012579962 TURRET POWER CONTROL 1240015535870 HEAD ASSEMBLY, AAV Submission Guidance: Vendors are requested to submit references, in their original format, documenting their performance of past work on limited reset efforts with Government or industry. Historical Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) reports are acceptable. Responses are requested to be received no later than 1400 hours, local time, on 25 July 2013. Please provide electronic documentation in Microsoft Word with supplemental information in Microsoft Excel to stacey.coolican@usmc.mil and kevin.e.holt@usmc.mil. Vendors are requested to provide a company point of contact along with a telephone number, FAX number, e-mail and complete address with each submission of data.
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