SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Source Sought Announcement for a Three Month Extension of Contract W15P7T-06-C-T004, Contract Line Item (CLIN) 0015 for AN/TPQ-53 Counter Fire Target Acquisition Radar, Transition of Interim Contract Support (ICS)
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B, HQ CECOM CONTRACTING CENTER, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, ABERDEEN PROVING GROU, MD 21005-1846
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T-06-C-T004-0000
- Response Due
- 8/23/2013
- Archive Date
- 10/19/2013
- Point of Contact
- Evan Schlisserman, 443-861-4791
- E-Mail Address
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ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B
(evan.m.schlisserman.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1.0 SUMMARY OF THE REQUIREMENT: The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market research, or to otherwise pay for the information requested. This market research shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, or request for proposal. It shall not be used as the basis for a proposal. This market research is being issued to obtain information from interested sources regarding their ability to accomplish the required transition of ICS support from the incumbent to a third party within the Government's established schedule parameters. The Army Acquisition Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (AAC-APG) and Product Manager Radars anticipates the award of a three month extension to contract W15P7T-06-C-T004, CLIN 0015 under the statutory authority permitting other-than-full and open competition USC 2304(d)(1)(B), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(B), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will satisfy Agency Requirements. This contract extension will provide a three month period in which to transition the AN/TPQ-53 ICS, currently provided by Lockheed Martin Co (Syracuse, NY) under contract W15P7T-06-C-T004/CLIN 0015, to a third party. Contract W15P7T-06-C-T004/CLIN 0015 expires on 30 Sept 2013. A follow on, competitively awarded contract for AN/TPQ-53 ICS is scheduled to be awarded on 27 Sept 2013. The contract action for which this market research is being issued provides a three month window to accomplish an orderly transition between the incumbent and the successful bidder for the competitively awarded follow on contract. The period of performance for this contract extension is 30 Sept 2013 to 30 Dec 2013. If the incumbent is the successful bidder, this extension will not be executed. The transition shall be performed on a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Term basis. The ICS effort includes program management, reliability and maintainability program plan, repair activities, command center support, training for field service representatives (FSR), FSRs, System Support Package (SSP) update, diminishing resources/obsolescence management services, operational test support, software support, and the return of Government property in order to transition this support from the incumbent contractor to a third party provider. The above support will be provided to the 32 AN/TPQ-53 IP systems to achieve a 90% Operational Availability (Ao). It is assumed that eight AN/TPQ-53 systems will operate on a 23/7/365 schedule (23 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year) in deployed locations, and 24 AN/TPQ-53 systems will operate on a 20 hours per week schedule in peacetime locations. Specific tasks to be performed during the 3 month period of performance are summarized in the following paragraphs: Upon completion of the period of performance all support for IP systems loaned back to the contractor for Initial Research and Development (IRaD) or contractor testing purposes will henceforth be supported by the contractor, except in the event repair and replacement of spares is resourced under a separate contract to be arranged with the contractor for spares repair. Upon direction provided by the Government, the contractor will accomplish the actions necessary to return all Government owned property in use or in the possession of the contractor to accomplish FSR and/or system repair tasks back to the Government. This return will be in the most efficient manner practical. Upon direction provided by the Government, the contractor shall ship all serviceable and unserviceable Government owned depot spares to a designated Government facility. For planning purposes the Government facility will be Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA. Spares will be palletized or containerized prior to shipping to the Government in order to minimize shipping costs. This transfer of accountability will occur no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. Upon direction provided by the Government, all spares and/or stock on-board or co-located with an AN/TPQ-53 system shall remain with that system, with documented transfer of accountability to the recipients, no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. Recipients are: a. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) units and Displaced Equipment Training (DET) systems: unit Radar Section Leader or unit Battery Commander/Battery Commander's representative. b. Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), AZ systems: PdM Radars' YPG Test Lead c. Fort Sill, OK systems: Designated PdM Radars representative d. Letterkenny Army Depot: PdM Radars on site liaison Upon direction provided by the Government, all spares and/or stock located at the Forward Repair Activity (FRA) shall be transferred to the designated Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Logistics Assistance Representative (LAR) or designated PdM Radars Government representative. Upon direction provided by the Government no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance, the contractor shall stop the repair and replace activities for all unserviceable Government owned spares. Ceasing this process for this time period will facilitate the accountability and transfer of all serviceable and unserviceable stock to the Government. Items located with sub-contractors and vendors for repair will be shipped and transferred to the Government upon the arrival of the item to the contractor's facility. The contractor shall ship all unserviceable Government owned depot spares to the designated Government facility. For planning purposes the Government facility will be Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA. Spares will be palletized or containerized prior to shipping to the government in order to minimize shipping costs. This transfer of accountability of on-hand stock at will occur no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. This does not include items due-in from sub-contractors or vendors as stated above. Upon direction provided by the Government, the FRA FRATS shall be transferred to the designated CECOM LAR or PdM Radars Government representative. Any other government owned tools or test equipment in the possession of the contractor's representatives at the FRA shall be transferred to the designated CECOM LAR or PdM Radars Government representative. This transfer of accountability will occur no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. Upon direction of the Government, radar systems will be unavailable to support FSR training. IP systems in the possessed by the contractor shall be transferred back to the Government unless permission has been, or will be, granted through the Procuring Contracting Officer. Inventory and acceptance of these systems will be conducted by the Government. The contractor shall assist the Government in shipping all remaining IP systems off the contractor's property, unless alternate arrangements are established by both the Government and the contractor. The Government plans for this shipping to conclude no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. All Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) FRATS equipment, Bearing Alignment Lift Levers, FSR Tool Kits, and any other Government-owned tools or test equipment associated with contract W15P7T-06-C-T004 located at the contractor's facility shall be shipped by the contractor to Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA. Exceptions, such as items required to be transferred to a different contract, will be identified and requested within 30 days of contract award. This transfer of accountability will occur no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. Upon direction provided by the Government, all FSR toolkits, bearing alignment lift levers, and any other tools or test equipment associated with contract W15P7T-06-C-T004 on-board or co-located with an AN/TPQ-53 system shall remain with that system, with documented transfer of accountability to the recipients, no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. This transfer of accountability will occur no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. Recipients are: a. OEF Units and DET systems: Designated CECOM LAR or PdM Radars representative. b. YPG systems: PdM Radars YPG Test Lead c. Fort Sill systems: Designated PdM Radars representative d. Letterkenny Army Depot: PdM Radars on-site liaison Upon direction provided by the Government, all FSR toolkits, bearing alignment lift levers, and any other tools or test equipment associated with contract W15P7T-06-C-T004 located at the FRA shall be transferred to the designated CECOM LAR or PdM Radars Government representative. This transfer of accountability will occur no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. Any GFE not specifically identified in this PWS which was furnished to the contractor under CLIN 0011 and CLIN 0015 of contract W15P7T-06-C-T004, shall be returned to the Government no less than 15 days prior to the end of the period of performance. This includes, but is not limited to, MILTOPE hard drives and flash memory media, any communications security (COMSEC) or COMSEC controlled item (CCI) material, training hardware, or residual GFE from contract W15P7T-06-C-T004 production needs. Any GFE furnished to the contractor under contract W15P7T-06-C-T004 that is required to be transferred in order to fulfill the terms of contract W15P7T-12-C-C015 shall be identified and requested by the contractor within 30 days of this contract award. Upon direction from the Government, the contractor shall cease the training of FSRs at the expense of the Government. 2. BACKGROUND: a. Program Description. The AN/TPQ-53 radar will serve as the Army's replacement for the AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 radars. The AN/TPQ-53 radar shall satisfy known current and future force concept requirements by interfacing with the global information grid and future force battle command systems. The AN/TPQ-53 radar will provide the Warfighter with continuous and responsive counter-battery target acquisition for all types and phases of military operations. The AN/TPQ-53 radar is a highly mobile radar that will detect projectiles in-flight, as well as determine and communicate the firing point location of rockets, artillery and mortars (RAM). It will be deployable and capable of operation in varying terrain and climatic conditions. The system shall provide both 90 and 360 degree azimuth detection coverage against all threats at increased ranges, enhanced human machine interface, ease of programmability, and built-in capacity for growth. It also will accurately locate and classify hostile weapon locations at greater ranges and coverage patterns to permit more effective detection and counter-battery fires. b. Procurement History. In 2006, the Government awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin following full and open competition. This contract provided for the design of the AN/TPQ-53 radar and the purchase of four radars. Twelve additional radars were purchased under the same contract in response to a directed procurement in July 2008. The Army Acquisition Executive approved the acquisition of up to 20 radars, of which 17 were procured via letter contract in April 2010. Three additional radars were procured in August 2011. On 29 February 2012, the Government competitively awarded a firm fixed price contract for up to 54 low rate initial production assets and spares. The table below provides contract information. 3. RESPONSE SPECIFICATIONS: Interested parties are encouraged to respond to this market research. All responses to this market research shall include the following information: a. Outline the plan for successfully transitioning ICS support of the fielded AN/TPQ-53 from the incumbent to a third party vendor. Provide an integrated schedule that includes major milestones and dependencies. b. Identify and assess the risk associated with achieving full transition within the three month window. c. Clearly identify assumptions on which your response is predicated. As a minimum, identify any required Government furnished equipment/Government furnished information on which the approach is predicated, and all required Government support anticipated. d. Provide any other relevant information you wish to share regarding your ability to satisfy this requirement. 4. RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS: All response submissions should include a cover page with the following information: a. Company name b. Address c. Point of contacts, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers d. Identification of business size, i.e. U.S. large or small business in relation to North American Industry Classification System Code 334511-Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. Small businesses must identify any applicable socio-economic categories such as small disadvantaged business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 8(a), woman owned small business, etc. e. List of supplemental information or product brochures provided as attachments (if any are provided). Company information will be verified via the System for Award Management (SAM) data base. Responses to this RFI/SSA must be unclassified, and must not exceed 20 pages in length (includes cover page, and table of contents). Double sided printed pages will be counted as two pages. Responses must be provided on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, double spaced with fonts no smaller than 10 point, and one inch margins. Each page of the submission shall contain the document identifier in the document header. Information is preferred in soft-copy form in either Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft PowerPoint. Information may be provided through mail, or via e-mail. Respondents should ensure labeling of information contained as proprietary. Supplementary product brochures with product specifications are authorized as attachments and are not included in the page limitation requirement. Supplementary product brochures shall be labeled as attachments, and shall be identified and listed on the cover page as such. No hard copy or facsimile submissions will be accepted. All interested firms are encouraged to respond to this notice by providing the information specified herein, on or before 1700 hours on 23 August 2013. Telephone or email requests for additional information will not be honored. Any UNCLASSIFIED questions regarding this market research may be posted to Federal Business Opportunities. All documentation submitted shall become the property of the Government. The Government reserves the right to utilize and share with industry any information suggested, unless information is identified with proprietary or business sensitive markings and unique to your company. 5. CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Attention: CCAP-CCC (Mr. Evan M. Schlisserman, Contracting Officer) Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 6. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: To be determined (TBD)
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- Zip Code: 21005-1846
- Zip Code: 21005-1846
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