SOURCES SOUGHT
L -- Command Control Communications and Computers Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Technical, Logistics, Operations and Management Services for Logistics Readiness Center and Logistics and Engineering Operations Directorate.
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2015
- 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
- ASFILRC-LEO-C4ISR
- Response Due
- 3/31/2015
- Archive Date
- 5/15/2015
- Point of Contact
- Mike Monticello, 443-861-4905
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B
(michael.l.monticello.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. Do not submit a proposal or quote. After reviewing the description of requirements, interested capable small businesses are invited to provide responses to the following questions. This RFI is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any items/services, or for the Government to pay for the information received. The purpose of this RFI and Sources Sought is to identify potential small business sources that can provide Logistical and Technical Support, Technical, Logistics, Operations and Management Services for the Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) and Logistics & Engineering Operations (LEO) Directorate in support of Command Control Communications and Computers Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems and equipment. The major functional responsibilities are the ability to provide program and project support, engineering, training assistance, administrative and logistical support to the LRC and LEO. Interested Small business concerns are to outline their experiences in the following key areas OR tasks that are specific to the requirement in determining small business capability. Areas or tasks where a contractor does not have prior experience should be annotated as such. Interested 8a small business concerns are also encouraged to respond. The assigned NAICS code for this requirement is 541330 with applicable size standard of $15,000,000. The capability packages for this sources sought market survey are not expected to be proposals, but rather statements regarding the company's existing experience in relation to the areas specified above. The primary support will be logistics, operations and management, supply chain management & supply system support, obsolescence, engineering services and technical writing support in accordance with the following requirements. The information below provides insight into performance work statement expectations for this effort. The contractor shall prepare specifications, plans, analyses, modeling, simulations, and performance based reports as they related to all Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) weapon systems and related equipment. The contractor shall review engineering output in the areas of systems level operation and maintenance procedures, performance improvements criteria, tools assessments, metrics management, quality assurance, configuration management, technical orders, maintenance practices, and technical orders. The contractor shall provide written evaluations of system concepts, system designs, and system support programs for analyzing the data and present the results to the Government for the relevant persons to make decisions. The contractor shall provide systems test support, to include reviewing test plans for accuracy and adequacy, witnessing/conducting tests, sometimes providing third party objectivity, and analyzing test results. The contractor shall attend C4ISR program tests on and off site and monitor testing procedures and processes, data collection, and conformance with program testing criteria. The contractor shall provide engineering support to system technical manual, initial provisioning, support to the Maintenance Analysis Review (MAR), support to the Procurement Advisory Group (PAG), supply support, depot maintenance and operator/maintenance training requirements. The contractor shall provide support of system integration, application, enhancements or custom tools for C4ISR. The contractor shall support requirements analysis of the current solution, identifying existing requirements gaps. The contractor shall provide identification, analysis, and compilation of solutions to address outstanding application issues or requirements gaps. The contractor shall perform Government directed studies, analyze technical solutions, and define formal Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) or informal change scenarios to perform impact analysis with expected outcomes. The Government will oversee the contractor performing trend, process mapping, and LEAN analysis to propose more streamlined processes that improve task time and reduce operational costs over the traditional logistics methods and business practices. The contractor shall assess new technology for use in C4ISR programs and systems. The contractor shall provide a wide range of logistics and technical support to include the following: the development of logistics products necessary to support operator, supply support, and maintenance requirements. The contractor shall attend technical and programmatic meetings. The Government will conduct system engineering for C4ISR Supportability functions necessary to ensure system supportability over the life cycle of system development. The scope of support services shall include validation of the system supply and maintenance concept, development of new national logistics strategies and standards to meet the changing Army Force structure, evaluation of shifting equipment support as defined in the Maintenance Allocation Chart to emerging and ever changing maintenance structures, and the development of criteria and maintenance plans to quantify production capabilities and capacities of field and sustainment maintenance operations through the use of Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS) such as Logistics Management Program (LMP). The contractor shall provide support services in support of product Total Package Fielding (TPF) and USF as the interface between gaining units and the C4ISR office. The contractor shall be responsible for daily coordination with gaining units, resolution of customer concerns and issues, development of installation and new equipment training schedule. The contractor shall induct new equipment and sustainment training at unit locations, coordinate assets and resources to ensure adherence to fielding schedules with the LRC/PM in response to system requirements and integration of engineering change orders into previously fielded systems. The contractor shall support equipment training requirements at locations specified by program requirements, to include the preparation and conduct of briefings, program training, development of training courseware, system installation and post fielding assessments. The contractor shall gather logistics data, analyze production or performance trends for Army maintenance and supply operations. Support for the LEO Maintenance Division CORE team in support of depot operations. Support for this contract shall be effective, efficient, and responsive full lifecycle management of efforts to include: administrative support, vision statements and doctrine; program support e.g., acquisition and budget planning, business and financial programming and execution, fielding and execution, system analysis and integration, integrated logistics support, strategic planning, contingency and mission support, program oversight, sustainment and operation, and analysis of emerging technologies. The contractor shall provide Program / Project, Engineering, Training Assistance, Administrative and Logistics support to the Logistics and Readiness Center, including the LEO Directorate. The contractor shall provide Logistics, Operations & Management services to discover and define candidate support strategies, jointly monitor with Government and document data and criteria used in government support strategies, perform objective independent third party reviews, jointly employ trend analysis to derive accurate requirements and budgetary forecasts, document and direct implementation strategies chosen by the government and assessment tools to monitor program performance routinely report program progress through use of business tools and balanced scorecard processes. The relevant functional areas will be those in program/project management support, maintenance management, logistics transformation initiatives, CORE, training, property accountability/asset management and transportation. Work includes the review/preparation of program documentation, assessment and implementation of system supportability initiatives, emerging requirements, and mission/operation support. The Contractor shall be capable to fully respond in an efficient manner to the Government's requirements at the time of contract initiation. The Contractor shall establish and maintain a Government approved inspection system to ensure that all deliverables (including data) submitted to the Government conform to contract requirements, whether originated or processed by the Contractor or procured from or another Government activity. The focus of this effort is to provide Supply Chain Management (SCM) Analysis support to the LRC. The contractor shall provide level of effort (LOE) support in order to serve as the Supply Chain Management Analyst evaluating the Maintenance and/or Supply impacts of future Op Tempo scenarios globally. Duties shall include: Training: The contractor shall provide Sustainment Process and Metrics training to new employees as well as providing advanced training for seasoned Item Managers, Provisioners, ILS Managers and Supervisory personnel. Supply Systems Support & Analysis: The contractor shall conduct analysis and make recommendations on existing and future LMP Electronic Data Warehouse (EDW) and/or Business Intelligence (BI) reports. The contractor shall provide subject matter expertise to include assessing operational enhancements to the LRC Supply and Logistics Tools to include i2Log, Long Supply Review Tool & Automatic Return Item List (ARIL) Tool. Additionally, the contractor shall serve as i2log POC for issues and modifications across the AMC enterprise. The contractor shall participate in the Procurement Advisory Group (PAG) that oversees and approves Acquisition and Repair requirements and make recommendations to ascertain the appropriate supply action. The contractor shall provide analysis and recommendations for Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Data Quality, Global Command and Control System (GCCS) -Army, Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program (AESIP), Long Supply, War on Excess and Dormant reviews/programs. The contractor shall provide analysis and input into the development and execution of the AWCF Scoring System. The contractor shall provide analysis on ongoing Enterprise projects, such as the Consumable Item Transfer. Finally, the contractor shall provide Supply/Logistics SME support to new and existing LRC and AMC Enterprise IPTs to include the Plan to Stock (P2S) IPT. The focus of this effort is to provide logistical support on item disposal, item transfers, disposal and demilitarization. The contractor shall coordinate material movement with and amongst CECOM LRC Item Managers, CECOM LRC LEO, Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) Production Management, TYAD repair shops, and DLA Distribution-Tobyhanna - thus facilitating demilitarization and eventual disposal of excess B16 stock. The contractor shall coordinate with Tobyhanna central receiving for depot incoming shipments for demilitarization workload. The contractor shall coordinate with environmental to dispose of RAD (Radiation) item demilitarization with the RAD safety officer to maintain disposal of radioactive material in accordance with safety standards. Contractor shall coordinate with environmental personnel to dispose hazardous items and waste being demilitarized in accordance with EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) safety standards. Contractor shall provide disposal/demilitarization training to CECOM Item Managers as required. The contractor shall provide Operations and Management Support for C4ISR program requirements identified and managed by the LRC to support the product manager(s) in meeting operational requirements to include the following: perform business case analysis and document candidate support strategies, evaluate and document data and criteria used in government support strategies, consult government to employ trend analysis to derive accurate requirements and budgetary forecasts. The contractor shall prepare, review and update program documentation in support of the LRC programs and activities with Government oversight. The contractor shall attend meetings and conferences to facilitate maintaining the currency of program documentation. The contractor shall participate in program scheduling and planning that involves formulating both broad and specific guidelines for planning program elements and sub-elements. The contractor shall prepare findings for program objectives, operating schedules, resource requirements, cost analysis, earned value management, and overall program plans with Government oversight. The contractor shall provide program data to enable the government to determine the best sources for various technology that meet program specifications and performance criteria for the logistics program objectives along with the Government. The contractor shall generate comprehensive spreadsheets, databases and charts using MS Office products jointly with the Government. The contractor shall attend staff related meetings/conferences as required for items of interest to the LRC and milestone reviews. The contractor shall keep minutes of the meetings and report significant issues to the management team or Government supervisor. Provides engineering services that provide technical guidance for maintenance, repair, overhaul, and logistics support services required by the government. The contractor shall conduct analyses and reviews that will be utilized by the government in decision making for integration efforts that are required to ensure our equipment is maintained at the highest level of readiness. Performs in-depth studies of requirements, using practical knowledge of practices, methods, and techniques. Maintains thorough knowledge of government higher headquarters policies and directives and applies extensive knowledge to develop plans for the operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment and systems that support the LRC. Performs analysis related to all aspects of civil engineering and delivery of other reports in support of the engineering services to be provided. The overall goals are to provide support in core areas of program management, systems design and integration, improved infrastructure/operations reliability, logistics support, configuration/data management and specialized training support. The contractor shall assist the Government in engineering assessment, attend technical interchange meetings, review and provide evaluation of design data, program management reviews, and other meetings as required. The contractor shall study capabilities across industry and services and provide recommendations concerning the acquisition and testing of technologies. The contractor shall provide support to the CECOM Industrial Base Office in support of the full range of industrial base duties described in AR 700-90. Further, the contractor shall provide a full range of industrial base support to CECOM to include, but not limited to, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)/obsolescence support, industrial capabilities assessments, industrial sector assessments/analysis/studies, sub sector industrial base assessments/analysis/studies, industrial base research, industrial base assessment/analysis/studies, rare earth elements and strategic materials analysis/assessments/studies, fragility and criticality (FaC) assessments, organic industrial base research/assessment/analysis/studies, and industrial base training. The contractor shall provide support to the CECOM Value Concept Office in furtherance of its Value Engineering (VE) mission and other cost savings missions/initiatives such as OSCR, invest for reliability, etc. The contractor shall provide support in the development and analysis of VE, OSCR and other cost savings initiatives. The contractor shall provide VE training as required by the government including but not limited to CAVE, PAVE, VE overviews, and VE workshops. The contractor shall provide support to the LRC in obsolescence redesign/engineering solutions of obsolete CECOM managed parts. Support includes the engineering/redesign solution including the engineering drawings/ECPs (Electronic Change Proposals) /prototype as well as the logistics trail (EDFP (Engineering Data For Provisioning), PPL (Provisioning Parts List), RPSTL(Repair Parts & Special Tools List), TM (Technical Manual) updates, etc.) that follows to include testing up through First Article testing. Provides support services to plan, schedule, coordinate, and submit complete technical documentation that can be utilized by the government in support of its C4ISR requirements. The contractor shall provide skilled personnel to support this requirements who can utilize knowledge in support of military programs through the knowledge of program management, utilizing their abilities and knowledge of administrative and program principles, concepts, policies and objectives within publication management to create documentation of studies and analyses and technical reports in support of the efforts. The contractor shall ensure that the support provided can review, write, edit, co-ordinate, staff and publish a wide variety of documents such as, but not limited to, technical bulletins, technical reports, information papers, standards, regulations, and pamphlets. The publications worked on are primarily technical and scientific in nature, although a small percentage of documents are publicity/public relations documents. Reviews drafts prepared by other contractor technical staff; studies and researches related references; and writes and edits other outside source documents to assure that data and information presented are clear, concise, logically prepared, and usable to soldiers and civilians in the field and during wartime events. Critically reviews, revises, redesigns and otherwise improves upon format, organization and content of documents, their appendices and related forms. Uses own initiative to determine when cross-referencing and indexing are required in order to improve the quality and usability of the publications as a reference. Works closely with subject-matter-expert or project officer in order to identify indices titles; independently prepares often lengthy and complicated appendices/indices. Also, in order to assure that the content of publications is properly documented, incumbent develops concordances which reflect sources from which the information contained in the publication came to include citing laws, regulations, and codes. This allows users to have ready cross-references for pertinent sections of the manual or publication. Please explain your experience with C4ISR system lifecycle support in the specific categories of Supply Chain Management & Supply Systems Support; Logistics Support; and Acquisition Support. If you have specific experience in the past working with CECOM, please provide detailed information on past experience and what organization you assisted. Please explain your concept to provide a short transition from the incumbent contractor to minimalize the impact on the government? This includes your concept to hire quality candidates/keep current on board employees in a timely manner. The following will be evaluated by the Government for all responses: a) Offerors' statement(s) of capability b) Offerors' experience and qualification c) Offerors' understanding of the requirement Interested vendors please also respond to the following questions: QUESTIONS 1.Please provide the following Point of Contact information: Company: Identify Socio-Economic Categories: Address: Point of Contact: Phone Number: Fax Number: Email Address: 2.If you identify your company as an active certified 8(a) participant, is your company interested in a prime contract for this requirement? Also provide the Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Development Servicing Office for your company and the SBA 8(a) certification graduation date. 3.What percentage of this requirement do you plan to perform in house (not sub-contract out)? How will you be in compliance with FAR part 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting? 4.Please provide details regarding any anticipated teaming arrangements, or other business arrangements/subcontracting to satisfy requirements. 5.Is your company currently providing similar services to another government agency (you may also include contract #s for government) or other non-government customer? If so, please identify the agency or non-government customer. If you are unwilling to share your customer's identity, please address whether your company offers the same or similar services commercially. 6.Does your company have a Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) adequate accounting system? 7.Please provide feedback regarding the Description of Requirements, such as recommended changes, noted exceptions, ambiguities, etc; if applicable. Capability packages must not exceed 10 pages and must be submitted electronically. All responses and interested vendor information must be submitted no later than 1600 EST on 31March 2015 to Stephen B. Slotnick, email stephen.b.slotnick.civ@mail.mil and to Michael.l.Monticello.civ@mail.mil..
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- Zip Code: 21005-1846
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