AIR-4.3 Engineering and Technical Support, AVTSS

*** The anticipated RFP release date for this notice is hereby revised to 2nd quarter of fiscal year 2016. Please monitor this website for any changes or additional updates. *** INTRODUCTION The Naval Air Systems Command, Aircraft Support Contracts Department (AIR-2.5.1.5), Patuxent River, MD is seeking information for potential sources of Air Vehicle Technical Support Services. The tasking is to provide the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Air Vehicle Engineering Department (AIR 4.3) with engineering and technical services, software, hardware and prototype development, documentation, analysis, and technical data (results of data analysis) to support the development of advanced air vehicle technologies, primarily through the use of modeling and simulation. Additionally, this Sources Sought notice is being published with the intent to promote competition. Suggestions from industry regarding how competition may best be achieved are requested. All such suggestions will be considered; however, the Government reserves the right to solicit for the required services in a manner of its own choosing in accordance with the applicable procurement regulations. ANTICIPATED PLACE OF PERFORMANCE The primary location for services in support of this contract will be at the NAWCAD, Patuxent River, MD and the contractor shall have an Engineering Field Office within 30 miles of NAS Patuxent River to facilitate technical monitoring of task progress/adequacy and rapid response to technical questions with minimal travel time. The requirement for an Engineering Field Office shall be met by the contractor upon contract award. A contractor does not need to have a local Engineering Field Office established prior to submitting a response to this Sources Sought notice. The anticipated places of performance and on-site/off-site support requirements are as follows: Place of Performance: Patuxent River, MD: 100% Percentage of Total Effort: On-Site, Government: 85% Off-Site, Contractor: 15% DISCLAIMER THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. 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 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. PROGRAM BACKGROUND The required support activities include specialized engineering / technical services for the development, operation and support of state-of-the-art air vehicle dynamic simulations and architecture, collision avoidance systems algorithm design, engineering analysis, and system acquisition. These services are required to support current and future piloted and desktop engineering simulation capabilities, aircraft trainer devices, and DOD manned aircraft and Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) in-service and acquisition programs. These efforts pertain to flight vehicle models and simulations, flight control systems, engine control systems, collision avoidance systems, flight test data analysis, and related engineering support. The requirement for these services is currently being performed under N00424-11-D-0030 by American Systems Corporation. The NAVAIR Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) website is http://foia.navair.navy.mil. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES Refer to the attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW). The Contract Type is anticipated to be a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Single Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle. The estimated total level of effort is approximately 268,800 hours inclusive of all years. The anticipated ordering period for the IDIQ vehicle is five years, with performance starting on 1 March 2016. The anticipated RFP release date is 5 March 2015. The following are anticipated Labor Categories under this Requirement: Program Manager Engineer/Scientist V Engineer/Scientist IV Engineer/Scientist III Engineer/Scientist II Engineer/Scientist I Subject Matter Expert I Senior Computer Scientist Computer Specialist Management Analyst Project Support Specialist Technical Writer I In addition to the above, please note that under a Small Business Set-Aside, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of cost of performance. Cost of performance includes direct labor costs, overhead that has only direct labor as its base, and the small business' General and Administrative rate multiplied by the labor cost. For a Small Business Set-Aside, the small business prime cannot utilize the cost of performance of other small businesses it utilizes as subcontractors in calculating its performance to comply with FAR Clause 52.219-14, with the exception of Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (FAR 52.219-27(1)(i) and HUBZone Small Businesses (FAR 52.219-3(d)(1). The attached draft statement of work provides additional information about the required tasking. It is requested that, in its response to the Sources Sought, a vendor identify whether it has the capability to perform under all of the tasking or only specific portions of it. For each task area indicated, parties should demonstrate their capability. Since the resultant contract is anticipated to be a cost-type, the successful awardee will be required to have a Government approved accounting system upon contract award. ELIGIBILITY The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541330 with a current size standard of $38.5m. The Product Service Code (PSC) is R425. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Any resulting contract is anticipated to have a security classification level of Secret. SUBMISSION DETAILS The capability statement package should be emailed to Lydia Munley, lydia.munley@navy.mil. Submissions must be received no later than 10:00 AM Eastern Time on 13 January 2015. Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than Twenty five (25) 8.5x11 inch pages, font no smaller than 10-point) demonstrating ability to provide the services listed in this Technical Description. Documentation should be in bullet format. This document must address, at a minimum, the following: (1) title of the SOW for which the capabilities statement is being submitted; (2) prior/current corporate experience performing efforts of similar size and scope within the last 3 years, including Contract Number, organization supported, indication of whether as a prime or subcontractor, contract value, Government point of contact, and a brief description of how the referenced contract related to the services described in the SOW; (3) company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office location, DUNS number, CAGE code and a statement regarding current small business size status to include socio-economic status, if applicable; (4) resources available such as corporate management and currently employed personnel to be assigned to tasks under this effort to include professional qualifications and specific experience of such personnel; (5) management approach to staffing this effort with qualified personnel which should address current hires available for assignment to this effort, possible subcontract/teaming arrangements, and strategy for recruiting and retaining qualified personnel (6) if you are a small business, provide an explanation of your ability to perform at least 50% of the overall effort in the attached SOW; and (7) company's ability to begin performance upon the anticipated contract award date, which is 1 March 2016. All responses must include the following information: Company Name; Company Address; Company Business Size, and Point of Contact (POC) name, phone number, fax number, and email address. As indicated in the "Introduction" paragraph, suggestions from industry regarding how competition (i.e., multiple offers in response to the solicitation) may best be achieved are also requested as part of a firm's response to this Sources Sought. Additionally, if there is a portion of the statement of work which could be considered as a possible separate opportunity for a small business set-aside, please include that information in the response. 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. No phone calls will be accepted.