SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Market Survey for Performance Based Logistics (PBL) for the Advanced Aviation Forward Area Refueling System (AAFARS)
- Notice Date
- 1/25/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-06-Q-0486
- Response Due
- 2/24/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/25/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS (PBL) MARKET SURVEY FOR THE ADVANCED AVIATION FORWARD AREA REFUELING SYSTEM (AAFARS) Purpose: The purpose of this survey is to solicit interest in the implementation of Performance Based Logistics (PBL) for the Advanced Aviation Forward Area Refueling System (AAFARS). The Army is looking for potential contractors to perform in the role of Product S upport Integrator/ Product Support Provider for the AAFARS. In Accordance With (IAW) AR 70-1 and DOD 5000.1, PBL is the preferred support strategy for materiel systems. The Army will implement PBL on weapon systems in order to provide the war fighter incr eased operational readiness; increased reliability; enhanced logistics response times; enhanced deployment support; enhanced wartime support; reduction in the logistics footprint, and reduction in logistics costs. The selected PBL contractor will be responsible for some portion of the system logistics support, which could include, but is not limited to, supply chain management (parts support) for field and sustainment level maintenance, sustainment level maintenance (scheduled and unscheduled), and sustainment training. The Army will retain responsibility for the scheduled and unscheduled field maintenance of AAFARS units. Operator and maintenance training, and New Equipment Training (NET) will be TACOM responsibili ty. The system support processes will be transparent to the war fighter. In addition, the Product Manager will be responsible for system configuration, including recommendation and implementation of configuration changes to improve performance, reliabili ty and maintenance. PBL Definition: See Appendix A for Definitions of PBL and other frequently used terminology. Intent: Length/Type of Contract: Contract is expected to be a Firm Fixed Price Contract for up to 5 years. Goals. Desired Results and Outcomes: Expected performance results from the PBL provider for the AAFARS is achievement of efficiencies that drives the system to an increase in operational availability by; reducing the logistics footprint; reducing maintenance/rep air times for scheduled and unscheduled sustainment level maintenance; providing relief to the army from conducting sustainment training, and ultimately reducing O&S costs to the Army. Measurements: Level of performance shall be expressed in measurable outcomes and achievement of those outcomes by objective evaluation. Reduced Logistics Footprint: * Measurable reduction in the time it takes to deliver field and sustainment level spare and repair parts to the requiring organization Reduced maintenance/repair times: * Measurable reduction in the cycle time it takes to return repaired sustainment level equipment/parts to the supply system. Relief from conducting sustainment training: * Measurable reduction in the number of sustainment training classes conducted by the Army. PBL System Candidates: Systems that will be supported using PBL are those systems currently in production, systems currently in the Army fleet, and those undergoing reset/recap. Operational profile is for wartime Operations Tempo (Optempo). See Appendix B for a profile of the AAFARS. PBL MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONAIRE FOR THE ADVANCED AVIATION FORWARD AREA REFUELING SYSTEM (AAFARS) Name of Company: Address: City, State, Zip Code: Point of Contact (POC) information: Name: Telephone Number: Email Address: Website Address: What is the business of the your company; i.e. large business, small business, 8 (a)? 1. Describe your companys experience, if any, in providing PBL support to army vehicles or systems. 2. Have you successfully performed the in the role of Product Support Integrator/ Product Support Provider on any other army or DoD vehicles or system? If so, on which vehicles or systems and what was the extent of the support provided? 3. If you have performed under a PBL con tract in the past, what are some of the best practices you have used to be successful? 4. What would be your plan for managing the supply chain (parts support) for field and sustainment level maintenance and integrating that with the current organic system? 5. What potential constraints and boundaries do you anticipated within the responsibilities of managing a PBL support contract? 6. How do you propose the government should measure the specific areas of performance related to reducing the logistics footprint, reducing maintenance/repair times, and providing relief from conducting sustainment training? What recommendations can your organization provide? 7. What would be your plan for reducing maintenance/repair times for scheduled and unscheduled sustainment level maintenance? 8. How would your company manage a sustainment training program and reduce the Armys training burden? 9. Would your company be interested in providing PBL support under a long-term contract? 10. Compare and contrast the different strategies your company would utilize in wartime vs. peacetime situations. 11. Do you feel the desired results and outcomes as defined above are attainable? 12. Are there any other areas of logistics support in which your company would be interested in providing a service? Send responses to this market research survey questionnaire to the PM POCs by email: Joe Scott e-mail address: scottjoe@tacom.army.mil and Mathew Marturano e-mail address: marturam@tacom.army.mil Your organization may provide response to all or part of t his questionnaire. Replies to this questionnaire must be received by 24 Feb 05. The response can be marked as confidential. Clearly indicate that the information is Proprietary if appropriate. All participation is voluntary and no compensation will be provided for resp onding to this survey. The Army appreciates your participation in this survey. APPENDIX A DEFINITIONS Performance Based Logistics (PBL): PBL is a product support strategy in which the logistics requirements are stated as expected results (outcomes), and wherein the responsibility and accountability of meeting these expectations fall on the Product and/or P rogram Managers (PM's), their designated Product Support Integrator (PSI), and their support provider(s). PBL is: - Buying results not resources - Using performance specs not design specs - Buying solution or an outcome not defining the process and methods to achieve a predetermined course of action. - About assigning responsibility to the supplier not the requiring organization. Performance Support Integrator (PSI): The PSI is intended to identify a single source as being responsible and accountable for providing product support to the assigned Defense/Army system. This is designated to an agency (private, public sector or a pri vate/public sector partnership). Product Support Provider (PSP): The PSP is anyone that provides a logistics/support product or service in support of a materiel system. This term applies to all providers that have not been designated by the PM as the PSI. The PSI will be required to ne gotiate Performance Based Agreements (PBA) type arrangements with all PSPs to fulfill their responsibility. Examples of PSPs include: DLA centers, AMC MSC Inventory Materiel Management Centers (IMMCs), Depots, contractors sub-contractors, etc. New Equipment Training: The identification of personnel, training, and training aids and devices and the transfer of knowledge gained during development from the materiel developer/provider to the trainer, user, and supporter. Sustainment Training: Individual and collective training conducted in the unit or resident schools, units, and organizations to ensure continued expertise on the operations, employment, and logistics support of fielded systems or equipment. Sustainment Maintenance: Sustainment mai ntenance is off-system maintenance and is mainly repair of defective equipment/parts. Sustainment maintenance returns repaired equipment/parts to the supply system. It covers selected Direct Support (DS) tasks, General Support (GS) maintenance. Field Maintenance: Field maintenance is on-system maintenance and is mainly replacement of defective parts and preventative maintenance. Field maintenance returns repaired equipment to the soldier. It covers crew, unit, and selected Direct Support (DS) mai ntenance tasks. Some off-system maintenance can be done at field level if, based on task analysis, it is simple to complete or it is critical to mission readiness. Operational Availability: A measure of the degree to which a system is either operating or is capable of operating at any time when used in a typical operational and support environment. APPENDIX B PROFILE FOR THE AAFARS System: Advanced Aviation Forward Area Refueling System (AAFARS) Model Designators: M100A1 NSN 4930-01-495-0024, Model M100 NSN 4930-01-380-4856. System Description: The AAFARS M100/M100A1 are modular, air-emplaced refueling systems used for aircraft refueling at sites which are inaccessible by ground transport or the urgency of the situation requires rapid emplacement and/or lateral movement of fo rward refueling sites. Operational Mode Summary/Mission Profile (OMS/MP): AAFARS fulfills the requirement for an air emplaced, four-point refueling capability for use when aircraft refueling sites are inaccessible by ground transport or the urgency of the situation requires rapid emplacement and/or lateral movement of forward re fueling sites. Operations are expected to take place only once at a geographical location and then be relocated to reduce threat action. Two AAFARS are needed to establish an eight-point FARP and one AAFARS can establish a four-point jump FARP. The AAFARS will normally be air emplaced by UH-60 and CH-47 aircraft. The basis of issue will be a 1:2 to attack aviation battalions or aviation units replacing the FARE. Units which will use and support the equipment include all combat and combat service support aviation units. Environmental Conditions. The environmental conditions in which the AAFARS will be operated are shown in table below. Climatic Design Types Usage (AR 70-38) (Percent) Hot 20 Basic 80 OEM: BAE Systems, Ontario, CA Availability of TDP: The Army does not own a TDP, the system was procured with a performance based data in accordance with the requirements in purchase description (PD) ATPD 2294, Dated 4 Dec 01. Configuration Stability: System configuration is currently frozen. Fleet Assessment: AAFARS is in Full Rate Production (FRP). The initial quantities to be delivered are 407. There are two configurations of the AAFARS, each has an Expected Useful Life of 25 years. There are 47 M100 AAFARS M100 systems in the field. This predecessor to the M100A1 is essentially the same. The M100 model has a different pump and minor differences that will not significantly affect the maintenance of the system, in terms of hours or manpower to maintain. Annual Support Workload (Maintenance AMMS): The AAFARS maintenance estimate is based on war-time usage rates of continuous daily operation. Under this scenario the estimated hours to maintain the systems are 661 hours of field level maintenance and 53 7ho urs of direct and general support maintenance per year. Reliability :. The AAFARS demonstrates a mean time between essential function failures of greater then 195 hours. The maintenance ratio shall be less than 0.05. Mean time to repair shall be less than 1 hour. The maximum time to repair 90% of the repairs shall be less than 2 hours. Annual Sustainment Parts Cost: Life Cycle Cos t Estimate states $1839 per system for annual replenishment of spare replacements and consumables. Current Organic Support: a. Maintenance. The AAFARS technical manual has a three-level maintenance concept: unit, direct, and general support. The system Preventive Maintenance, Checks and Services (PMCS) should not exceed 20 minutes before operation and 10 minutes afte r-operation and will consist primarily of visual inspection of equipment. During operation, the PMCS will consist of equipment observations, cleaning of equipment being used, and replacement of expendable supplies, as required. b. Manpower and Personnel. The fielding of the AAFARS will not result in a requirement for additional personnel. No new MOS or additional skill identifier will be required to operate or maintain the AAFARS. The primary operator of the AAFARS will be MOS 92F. The AAFARS will not add any additional limitations on the operator or maintainer MOSs. c. Supply Support. The AAFARS will be supported logistically by military personnel using the most cost and operationally effective means available for the particular situation. Routine maintenance will be provided by system operators and assigned m aintenance personnel. d. Support Equipment. (1) Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE): Multi-meter and common Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) will be required. The selection of TMDE will be in accordance with the U.S. Army Regulation 750-43, Army Test, Measu rement and Diagnostic Equipment Program, dated 29 September 98. The AAFARS no built-in diagnostic and self-calibrating components. (2) Technical Data. All equipment publications were developed by BAE Systems and delivered in hard copy and as an Electronic Technical Manual on CD-ROM. The publications developed are: the direct support maintenance manual, TM-10-4930-351-14 a nd the Repair Parts and Special Tools List, TM 10-4930-351-24P. (3) Training and Training Support. Introduction of the AAFARS will utilize individual sustainment training, including the use of Automated Systems Approach to Training ASAT (IAW TRADOC Regulation 350-70) and Interactive Multi-media Instruction , a web-based training aide. New Equipment Training will be provided by TACOM and PM PAWS (as the Material Developer) on individual skills necessary for efficient employment and initial fielding the AAFARS IAW AR 350-1. The training will include all nece ssary equipment to support operation, operator preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS), and organic maintenance of the AAFARS. Technical Manuals (TM) will be provided with the hardware and are also available via Army Knowledge Online (AKO). (4) Computer Resources Support. No computer integrated programs will be incorporated within the AAFARS. (5) Facilities. No special or new facilities will be required to support the AAFARS.
- Place of Performance
- Address: TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
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