SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Firefighting Training Structures and Props (FTSP) Maintenance and Training Services
- Notice Date
- 9/6/2022 7:00:38 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- NAWC TRAINING SYSTEMS DIV ORLANDO FL 32826-3224 USA
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3224
- Solicitation Number
- N6134022R0089
- Response Due
- 9/9/2022 2:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Lisette Behmke, Phone: (407) 380-4445
- E-Mail Address
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lisette.l.behmke.civ@us.navy.mil
(lisette.l.behmke.civ@us.navy.mil)
- Description
- INTRODUCTION: Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) is tasked with providing a wide range of services for various Navy and Marine Corps customers.� The training systems to be supported satisfy a multitude of training requirements, including: initial operator and crew training, mission rehearsal training, maintenance training, etc. Services are typically ongoing, are required within the platform, and the skill set necessary to maintain the devices varies accordingly. The proposed Firefighting Training Structures and Props (FTSP) COMS Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Contract is designed to be a streamlined, quick response, contractual vehicle that will meet the long-term FTSP Training and Service�s needs. The FTSP COMS contract will support numerous training systems of various types and models located at the following training sites: NSW Dahlgren VA NAS Pensacola NAS Kingsville TX NAS Patuxent River MD NAS Whiting Filed FL NAS Meridian MS NSA Annapolis NAVSTA Guantanamo Bay Cuba MCAS Quantico VA JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam HI NAVSTA Mayport FL MCAS Beaufort SC CFA Okinawa JP NSA Mid-South TN MCAS Miramar CA CFA Sasebo JP, NSA Panama City FL MCAS Yuma AZ CFA Yokosuka JP Subbase Kings Bay GA MCAS 29 Palms CA NAF Atsugi JP NAF EL Centro CA MCAS Camp Pendleton CA NAS Oceana VA NAS Fallon NAS Kingsville TX NAVSTA Great Lakes MI, NAS Lemoore CA NAS Meridian MS NAVSTA Norfolk VA, NSA Crane IN NAS North Island WASH MCAS Quantico VA NSA Mechanicsburg PA NAS Point Mugu CA MCAS Beaufort SC NWS Earle NJ NAVBASE Ventura County CA MCAS Miramar CA Portsmouth NSY ME NAWS China Lake MCAS Yuma AZ ST Julien�s Annex VA ISA AB Bahrain NB Guam Subbase New London CT NAS Sigonella MCAS Cherry Point NC NAVBASE Kitsap Bangor WASH NAVSTA Rota Spain MCAS Kaneohe Bay HI NAVSTA Whidbey Island WASH NSA Bahrain, MCAS Futenma Okinawa JP NAS Corpus Christi TX NSA Djibouti NATTC Pensacola FL NAS Jacksonville FL NSA Naples Italy CNATTU Lemoore CA NAS JRB Fort Worth TX, NSA Souda Bay Greece CNATTU Whidbey Island WASH NAS JRB New Orleans LA NSF Deveselu Romania NB Guam NAS Key West FL NSF Redzikowo Poland The training systems to be supported under the FTSP Training and Services contract will satisfy a multitude of training requirements, including: initial certification training, operations and maintenance, organizational, Intermediate and Depot level repairs to include service life extension. Maintenance personnel under this contract will require specialized certifications to maintain the systems that are located at the sites as they are live-fire high-risk training devices. The results of the Sources Sought will be utilized to determine sources capable of satisfying the agency�s requirements.� This market research tool is being used to identify potential and eligible contractors, of all sizes, prior to determining the method of acquisition. Estimated Request for Proposal release: �March 2023 Estimated Award: �August 2023 Period of Performance: �60 months NAWCTSD, Orlando, FL is the contracting and administrative agent for FTSP programs. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Navy and Marine Corps Bases, CONUS and OCONUS REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: Provide a brief company introduction and details on: On-Call Support Services; Support services performed by the contractor on specified equipment on an as-needed basis upon notification/approval by the Government. This includes performance of all Preventive and Corrective Maintenance tasks. On-Call Support can include the following, as detailed in individual task orders: Training Device Operations.� Contractor will be responsible for trainer operation and control throughout the scheduled training event.� Training Device Operator Certification. Contractor will be responsible for ensuring all Government site personnel requiring training device operator certification or recertification receive the required training. The Contractor may be required to evaluate the proficiency of certified operators on a tri-annual basis and provide remedial training as necessary to restore sufficient skills and knowledge for recertification of the operators. Maintenance. Contractor will assume full maintenance/support responsibility for training devices/systems upon completion of the Mobilization Phase, or at Contractor Support Date (CSD) for each device/system.� Scheduled maintenance required to be provided for all trainers and trainer associated systems as required by the Preventive Maintenance Schedule (PMS) and the equipment manufacturer�s maintenance documentation. Security.� Contractor personnel working on-site in the trainer complex must have a completed Basic physical security clearance form (DD Form 1172-2) for base access as required by the site COR. Base Access. The Contractor shall adhere to local base instructions for access. Common Access Cards will not be issued for this contract as access to Government computer systems is not required. Per Schedule I, Clause 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel, the Contractor personnel shall comply with agency personal identity verification procedures as implemented IAW local Base procedures Trainer Modification Support. Contractor personnel may be tasked to participate in Government led events such as test and evaluation, configuration audits, and others as designated in individual Task Orders and/or Task Order Modifications. Spares and Product Support.� The Contractor may be tasked by the Government to procure spare parts for new, newly-modified, or fielded training devices and/or equipment.� The Government will provide the provisioning data to the Contractor.� This will include providing services including screening parts for source and availability, ordering, packaging, shipping to the site(s), and configuration conformance of the logistical support packages.� The Contractor shall act as freight and shipping consolidator. The contractor may also be required to make Commercial-Off�the-Shelf (COTS) product buys in support of Government accomplished modification efforts (where the Government is acting as the integrator).� This will not include �subassemblies� from a contractor that require development and/or design work as part of the tasking. � Training Device De-militarization and Disposal Support.� The Contractor may be tasked by the Government to disassemble, inventory, and transport, and otherwise prepare training devices for disposal.� Compliance with any Federal, State, Local, or Base regulations regarding possible environmental safety impacts is assumed. Provide Live Fire Operations Training in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association 1403 and SOG 117.06. The contractor shall be required to submit a training syllabus for Government approval. The contractor may be required to perform extensive depot level repairs based on the findings of a Limited Technical Inspection on multiple Mobile Aircraft Firefighting Training Devices (MAFTDs). ELIGIBILITY: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541330, Engineering Services (Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons Exception), exception 1, with a size standard of $41.5 million.� The Product Service Code is J069, Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment � Training Aids and Devices. Companies must identify their size status, the results of which will be utilized as guidance to determine any potential set-aside basis. Also identify whether your company is a Small Disadvantaged Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, and/or a Women-Owned Small Business. If you are a Small Business interested in being the prime contractor for this effort, please be advised that the FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting clause has changed. Deviation 2021-O0008 is now in effect which includes the definition of �similarly Situated Entity� and provides a revised methodology for the 50% calculation for compliance with the clause. Small Business primes may count �first tier subcontracted� work performed by similarly situated entities as if it were performed by the prime itself. Please read the full text of the clause deviation (52.219-14 Class Deviation 2021-O0008 dated 09/10/21 at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA001770-21-DPC.pdf . To assist in our market research and determination of any applicable Small Business set-aside for this effort, if you are a Small Business interested in priming this effort and plan to utilize �Similarly Situated Entities� to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting, please identify the name and CAGE Code of the specific firm(s) you intend to partner/subcontract with to meet the requirements as well as their Small Business size status under the NAIVS that you as the prime would assign for their workshare. Information regarding any planned similarly situated entity should be included in answering any questions outlined in the Sources Sought Notice in order to assist the Government�s capability determination. SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT): One electronically submitted response shall be received no later than 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time on 6 September 2022 and reference FTSP Re-compete Sources Sought. Please submit all responses to Ms. Lisette Behmke, lisette.l.behmke.civ@us.navy.mil. Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten (10) 8.5x11 inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to perform the requirements listed above. All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, CAGE Code, and Points of Contact (POCs) including name(s), phone number, and email address. The results of the Sources Sought will be used to assist in the determination of an acquisition strategy, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the small-business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal. DISCLAIMER: This Sources Sought announcement is published for information purposes only. This is not a solicitation. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this notice is strictly voluntary. No site visit will be permitted during the period of response to this announcement. Firms responding to this announcement will not be individually notified if the requirement is solicited. NAWCTSD will use the responses to this announcement to make an informed decision concerning the strategy it will pursue to meet its objective, including determining set-aside opportunities. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.
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