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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 13,1997 PSA#1782Headquarters Aeronautical Sytems Center, ASC/YCK, Building 558, 2590
Loop Road Wst, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7142 15 -- C-17 INTERIM CONTRACTOR SUPPORT WITH FLEXIBLE SUSTAINMENT
PROGRAM SOL F33657-97-R-0008 DUE 031497 POC Contracting Officer, Roger
Mullins, 937/255-1079. Reference to CBD Announcement, Issue No. PSA --
1736, dated 06Dec96, amended by PSA -- 1753, dated 02Jan97. The subject
synopsis is hereby amended to include the core engine as part of the
total C-17 depot-level maintenance support program. The core engine
maintenance was previously synopsized in the CBD on 24Jul96, Issue No.
PSA -- 1643. This change supports the Air Force's requirement for
single point management of the total C-17 weapon system sustainment.
Interested contractors are requested to submit a Statement of
Capability (SOC) as stated in this synopsis, regardless of previous
submittal. The entire revised sources sought synopsis is reprinted for
clarity. The purpose of this sources sought synopsis is to identify
prime offerors who meet the requirements identified below. The C-17
Interim Contractor Support (ICS) with Flexible Sustainment program is
designed to satisfy the Government's goals of achieving improvements in
logistics support and mission readiness while reducing operating and
support costs. Flexible Sustainment is an interim program (1998-2005)
which provides total program depot-level maintenance support for the
C-17 fleet, including the propulsion system, during the current C-17
production schedule. Organizational-level maintenance will remain with
the Air Force. This effort is a culmination of existing support
contracts and post-BRAC planned organic depot support. Contract award
is estimated to occur in the first quarter of fiscal year 1998.
Flexible Sustainment goals are to adopt world class business practices,
integrate commercial and military industrial bases, depend on
performance specifications and commercial standards, streamline
processes to reduce cost and cycle time, streamline technology
insertion processes, and enhance Small Business/Small Disadvantaged
Business opportunities. The attainment of these goals will result in
increased C-17 readiness and decreased life cycle costs. The offeror
must provide single point management for all C-17 sustainment
activities including: program management, materiel management,
sustaining engineering, heavy aircraft maintenance, control of support
assets, data, and quality assurance. Establish or demonstrate the
capability for Program Management -- plan for support of entire C-17
fleet, budget, execute, and report program performance for an ICS
program for the C-17 air vehicle and associated peculiar support
equipment, establish contracts where appropriate to provide sources of
supply and repair for products and services available within both
government and industry to include conducting best-value competitions
where appropriate, and provide the government direct access to
integrated management information components. In the area of Materiel
Management -- show the capability for supply support in managing,
cataloging, determining requirements, procuring, distributing,
engineering, modifying, performing depot level repair of reparables,
overhauling, and disposing of materiel. This would include the
establishment of Contractor Operated Support Sites (COSS) for high
demand items, flyaway kit replenishment, and enroute replenishment at
each of four Main Operating Bases. Perform Sustaining Engineering
including: airworthiness support, support engineering, Reliability
Based Logistics (RBL), software planning and execution, failure
investigations, and Configuration Management. The offeror must perform
Reliability Based Logistics functions as well as software management
and configuration change control for the C-17 weapon system. Conduct
aircraft heavy maintenance -- plan and perform all
scheduled/unscheduled depot level heavy maintenance/repair, corrosion
control, paint/depaint, Analytical Condition Inspection, Aircraft
Battle Damage Repair, modifications, and be able to support contingency
operation surges. Control Support Assets -- manage support equipment
and spares to meet program requirements. In the area of Data and
Configuration Management, Data and Engineering Management -- provide a
disciplined, efficient, time responsive system which documents
engineering changes to include form, fit, function and interface (F3I),
share data with the Government in an electronic environment, and
delineate current C-17 fleet configuration baseline(s) and outstanding
Class I, II and III changes not incorporated into drawings. These
areas would also include provisioning, Logistics Support Analysis
Report, and technical orders. Develop a quality assurance program that
will ensure system performance requirements and continuous
improvements are met throughout the sustainment period. The offeror
must: 1) possess or demonstrate the ability to possess program
management, logistics, maintenance, engineering, financial, and
contracting personnel, 2) possess or demonstrate the ability to possess
the materiel, engineering, factory, and physical facilities, 3) have
demonstrated recent military aircraft sustainment responsibility, 4)
address and submit a plan of how an Associate Contractor Agreement
(ACA) can be developed to coordinate as necessary with current C-17
airframe and engine contractors, in addition to a Contractor Enabling
Agreement with the training systems contractor, to ensure weapon system
integration, and 5) show evidence of these capabilities. The offeror
shall indicate their size status in relation to SIC code 3721.
Interested contractors are requested to submit a Statement of
Capability (SOC) that demonstrates the capability to sustain the C-17
fleet as stated in the concepts above. The SOC should include a list of
previous experience including but not limited to government contracts.
The SOC shall be unclassified and the information submitted should be
pertinent to and identify the offeror's capability as related to the
technical effort as requested above. Do not provide advertisement
brochures. The SOC is limited to 10 pages and must be received not
later than 14 Mar 97. Replies received later than this date and
responses by telegram or fax may not be honored. An Ombudsman has been
appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during
the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the
Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or
contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues,
disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government
personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict
confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not
participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection
process. Interested parties are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, Mr.
Daniel L. Kugel, ASC/SY, Bldg 52, 2475 K Street, Suite 1,
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7642, at (937) 255-3855. The Ombudsman
should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been
previously brought to the attention of the contracting officer and
could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. Direct all routine
communication concerning this acquisition to Mr. Roger Mullins,
Contracting Officer, ASC/YCK, Bldg 558, Rm 009, 2590 Loop Road
West,Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7142, at (937) 255-1079. (0042) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0173 19970213\15-0013.SOL)
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