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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JANUARY 10, 2018 FBO #5892
MODIFICATION

99 -- Hub and Blade Sources Sought - Hub and Blade

Notice Date
1/8/2018
 
Notice Type
Modification/Amendment
 
NAICS
336412 — Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing
 
Contracting Office
Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, DLA Aviation - BSM, 8000 Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, Virginia, 23297-5000, United States
 
ZIP Code
23297-5000
 
Solicitation Number
HubandBladeSourcesSought
 
Archive Date
6/15/2018
 
Point of Contact
Thomas Sampson, Phone: 8042795241, Nathan Flinders, Phone: 385-519-8198
 
E-Mail Address
thomas.sampson@dla.mil, nathan.flinders@dla.mil
(thomas.sampson@dla.mil, nathan.flinders@dla.mil)
 
Small Business Set-Aside
N/A
 
Description
Hub and Blade BOM The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation - Richmond is issuing this Request for Information Notice as a means of conducting market research. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to conduct market research and to gauge potential interest in support of Hub and Blade aircraft parts. The Government seeks information that will be used as part of an analysis to determine the capabilities of available sources to meet this requirement. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in responses from commercial businesses of all sizes. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or commitment by the Government. DLA Aviation anticipates possible award of a contract for the acquisition of performance based supply chain management support to include wholesale supply support, depot-level consumable support, forecasting, packaging, and storage in support of depot maintenance operations for Hub and Blade located at Warner Robins AFB and in support of DLA Aviation worldwide customers. The overarching objective of this acquisition is to improve material availability and minimize backorders for DLA Aviation Hub and Blade customers by streamlining supply chain management. In order to meet this overarching objective, the contractor must have the ability to provide consumable item support to Warner Robins and DLA Aviation worldwide customers and to drive supply chain management improvements. The contractor will be required to aggregate all material requirements in order to leverage the best value for material support. The contractor will be required to deliver their supplies to Government wholesale and retail supply points as directed within specified timeframes. The contractor will be required to provide consumables for Hub and Blade repair and depot overhaul activities; however, actual repair of depot level items is not included in this requirement. The contractor shall be responsible for demand forecasting, acquiring, stocking, and fulfilling requirements in accordance with the requirements of this contract. This comprehensive material list includes approximately 1174 NIINs. Performance metrics associated with this acquisition may be tied to one or more of the following: material availability, backorders, and inventory reductions. Small business participation may also be a potential metric. The contractor will be directed to ship material directly to DLA's customer to satisfy emergent and routine requisitions. Any entity interested/able to provide any of the required products may submit ideas and suggestions for providing the required products and to include performance-based supply chain management support. Any responses involving teaming arrangements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners. Please provide the following business information in your response as well as responses to all the questions below: Please provide copies of any agreements referenced including any direct access to OEM drawings and engineering expertise. Company Name Physical and/or Mailing Address DUNS Number Number of Employees Point of Contact (POC) POC Phone Number POC Email Address Web Page URL, if available Describe what small business type or category you represent, if applicable •1. Describe your experience executing relevant performance-based supply chain management programs in support of depot and worldwide aviation customers. What do you envision as the risk areas associated with this effort and how would you mitigate those risks? •2. Describe your company's ability and experience in sourcing Hub and Blade consumable items as well as your company's supply and engineering knowledge of Hub and Blade that would allow you to provide outstanding support to the customer. •3. Is your interest in this effort as a prime or subcontractor? Are you able to facilitate a teaming arrangement for this material •4. Are you able to support all of this material under a performance based arrangement? Please indicate the material that you can provide on the spreadsheet of material and please return with your response. •5. Describe your capabilities & experience in performing the supply chain functions: demand forecasting, supplier management, inventory management, warehousing, configuration management, and obsolescence management. •6. Describe the transition and implementation actions and timeframes your firm would identify/need to successfully execute the anticipated requirements of this acquisition. •7. What quality control systems/measures do you currently have in place (ISO 9000, 9001, AS9100, NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program)? •8. Describe your experience with Government Source Inspection, Aviation Critical Safety Items, and OSHA standards. •9. Are you currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)? •10. What suggestions, if any, do you have for this performance-based acquisition (including evaluation criteria, CLIN structure, contract structure, incentive/disincentive structure and application, or other elements)? •11. Do you possess all the necessary technical data to perform for this performance-based supply chain management acquisition? •12. Do you have electronic interface capability with military inventory control points? •13. Describe your firm's ability to obtain all proprietary engineering data to provide engineering support and sustainment elements, recommend reliability improvements, provide obsolescence management, make recommendations for Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), mitigate Diminishing Manufacturing Source (DMSMS) challenges, manage Critical Safety Items (CSI), and provide field engineering support? •14. Identify your ability to support a Material Availability metric of 90%, 95% and 99% and the costs associated. Is there a difference in cost to perform based on a higher level of availability. If so, please provide an estimate in the difference to support each level of performance. Would you recommend an ideal level of support that would provide both the optimal performance to support this material and optimal cost? Disclaimer: THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS POTENTIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) OR TO OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED. This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked Proprietary or competition sensitive will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. The responses to this notice are not an offer and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this RFI. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Interested sources should respond by email to ( thomas.sampson@dla,mil ) by the close date, 22 Jan, 2018. Place of Contract Performance: DLA Aviation 8000 Jefferson Davis Highway Richmond, Virginia 23297 United States
 
Web Link
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DLA/J3/DSCR-BSM/HubandBladeSourcesSought/listing.html)
 
Place of Performance
Address: Defense Logics Agency Richmond VA, Richmond, Virginia, 23297, United States
Zip Code: 23297
 
Record
SN04784176-W 20180110/180108231600-52170dc4ac1605828d8b7ad85e8a93ee (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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