SOURCES SOUGHT
N -- E-4B Aircraft Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) - Source Sought / RFI
- Notice Date
- 5/10/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, PK/PZ Tinker AFB, 3001 Staff Drive, Ste 1AG76A, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 73145-3015, United States
- ZIP Code
- 73145-3015
- Solicitation Number
- FA8106-19-MUOS
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2018
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas D. Tapp, Phone: 4057394342, Tailor Brown, Phone: 4057393959
- E-Mail Address
-
nicholas.tapp.1@us.af.mil, tailor.brown@us.af.mil
(nicholas.tapp.1@us.af.mil, tailor.brown@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Source Sought FBO Posting Non-Recurring Engineering and Procurement of UHF SATCOM - Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) for the E-4B Aircraft Interested Sources Must Select "Add Me To Interested Vendors" Button Above Or Below To Be Considered Participants In This Market Research Effort By The "Closing Date" In This Notice. There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. INSTRUCTIONS 1. Below is a document containing a description of the Mobile User Objective System requirement and a Contractor Capability Survey, which allows you to provide your company's capability. 2. If, after reviewing these documents, you desire to participate in the market research, you should provide documentation that supports your company's capability in meeting these requirements. Failure to provide documentation may result in the Government being unable to adequately assess your capabilities. If you lack sufficient experience in a particular area, please provide details explaining how you would overcome the lack of experience/capabilities in order to perform that portion of the requirement (i.e., teaming, subcontracting, etc.) a. Identify any areas of work that your organization believes should be broken out exclusively for Small Business. 3. Both large and small businesses are encouraged to participate in this Market Research. Joint ventures or teaming arrangements are encouraged. 4. The Government is looking for a response no longer than 10 pages in length on the respondent's capability to perform. 5. Questions relative to this market survey should be addressed to 1st Lt Nicholas Tapp, E-4B Procurement Contracting Officer, at nicholas.tapp.1@us.af.mil PURPOSE This Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) is in support of market research being conducted by the United States Air Force (USAF). This market research is being conducted to determine competition for this requirement by identifying potential sources and to gauge small business interest to determine whether or not this requirement can be satisfied with a Small Business Set-Aside. The Government will use the information gathered through publication of this SSS to determine the best acquisition strategy for this requirement. The Government is interested in all potential sources including Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, 8(a) businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses, Women-Owned Small Businesses, etc. Potential sources shall be capable of furnishing all labor, materials, facilities and equipment required to accomplish the procurement of the item(s) listed below. Generally, the work to be accomplished includes non-recurring engineering, procurement, testing, preservation, packaging, and installation, delivering this capability to the operational organization. Additionally, potential sources may be responsible for supply chain management, logistics planning, forecasting production requirements, long-lead time parts procurement, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortage issues, and shipping serviceable assets for this effort in the future. Potential sources may be responsible for nonrecurring engineering costs associated with becoming an approved source. Please Reference FA8106-19-MUOS in all correspondence. DESCRIPTION North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541330 Engineering Services SBA Size Standard: $38.5 Million, Engineering Services, Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons Requirement Information: UHF SATCOM - Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) for the E-4B Aircraft PRODUCTION INFORMATION The service requirements are for the non-recurring engineering, manufacture/procurement, testing, documentation, delivery and installation of an E-4B MUOS system. The E-4B/National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) currently uses the USC-42 radio for backend UHF SATCOM mission support. This radio is becoming non-supportable. In addition, this radio does not support the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) capabilities that the Department of Defense has mandated. Responses to this SSS will be utilized to form an Acquisition Strategy Plan (ASP) for the upgrade of the UHF SATCOM system on the E-4B. Respondents detailed understanding of the complexities and integration challenges of this system in support of voice and data communications required to support the NAOC mission set will be used to establish the Government's ASP. It is currently unknown if this action is competitive in nature or if Small Businesses have the understanding of a UHF system to participate in competition. In order to be considered for this aircraft modification, respondents shall supply the Government with enough detail of how they would integrate a radio into the E-4B mission suite while working through the E-4B environmental complexities of the E-4B. For access to the environmental complexities please contact nicholas.tapp.1@us.af.mil or call (405) 739-4342. The complexities will not be posted publicly but only emailed directly to those interested vendors. The radios the Government is currently reviewing, in a separate study, either the Rockwell/Collins ARC-210, model RT-1990C Generation 5 or a Raytheon ARC-231, model RT-1808A. The Contractor shall discuss integration of either radio. The integration of the radio must not adversely impact the voice and data missions of the NAOC. This SSS is not to search for additional radios as the aforementioned study is reviewing this information. Also included in the response, the interested vendors shall discuss a sample schedule based on production or fabrication of the system and an estimate in months to develop, integrate, test and install. Lastly, the interested vendors shall provide a rough order of magnitude (ROM), for this effort rounded to the nearest $100K for both non-reoccurring engineering and for the installation/remainder of the effort. ESTIMATED SOLICITATION INFORMATION Estimated Solicitation Date: August 2018 Estimated Solicitation Closing/Response Date: September 2018 PR#: TBD CONTRACTOR CAPABILITY SURVEY & TECHNICAL DATA The work specified in this SSS does not have any associated technical data available for distribution at this time. The Government is currently developing a Performance Work Statement along corresponding data to provide if a future solicitation is issued. NOTE: Potential sources should only submit questions regarding this post to the above email address. DO NOT CONTACT THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS POST WITH QUESTIONS. Disclaimer: This SSS is issued solely for informational and planning purposes. It does not constitute a solicitation (Request for Information, Request for Proposal, or Request for Quotation) or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. The information in this notice is based on current information as of the publication date. The information in this notice is subject to change and is not binding to the Government. If changes are made, updated information will be provided in future notices and will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov. Responses to this SSS may or may not be returned. Contractors not responding to this SSS will not be precluded from participation in any future solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Tinker AFB / Offutt AFB, United States
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