Battlefield Airmen Guardian Angel Submersible Multi-Fuel Engine Purchase Pre-Solicitation Notice

Battlefield Airmen Guardian Angel Submersible Multi-Fuel Engine Purchase Pre-Solicitation Notice The Battlefield Airmen (BA) Program Office of the Special Operation Forces & Personnel Recovery Division (WISN) at Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Wright Patterson AFB, OH is releasing a Pre-solicitation Notice for the Guardian Angel (GA) Submersible Multi-Fuel Engine Purchase (MFE). The BA Program Office plans to release a FAR Part 12 Request for Proposal (RFP) for the MFE purchase around 15 June 2015. This is a Partial Trade-off source selection conducted in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Source Selection, as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS), and the Department of Defense (DoD) Source Selection Procedures, and Air Force Mandatory Procedures 5315.3. This pre-solicitation notice is not to be construed as a formal solicitation (Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposal (RFP)). The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice. This notice is for information and planning purposes only. The Government will not provide reimbursement of costs associated with any documentation or communication submitted in response to this notice. Any submitted documentation, upon delivery, becomes the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned. Questions or comments to this notice should be addressed to the Contracting Officer. This procurement will deliver submersible, Multi-Fuel Engines (MFE) to be used on Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts (CRRCs) to support combat search and rescue and personnel recovery missions in maritime conditions. The program may also support procurement for other Department of Defense (DoD) service(s) submersible MFE requirements. The terms "motor" and "engine" as used in this document are synonymous. This procurement includes field-repair kits (SRD 3.1.17 and SRD section 5) and quick disconnect fittings for connection to external fuel bladder systems (SRD 3.1.14) and 180 day spares per the Statement of Work. Manuals and training materials shall be adequate to support Air Combat Commands contracted Dive-Locker support concept. Fuel bladders have been procured separately, and are not part of this procurement; however, the engine shall be interoperable with procured fuel systems per SRD requirement 3.1.14. The initial contract award will be a Basic Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with the first delivery order of three initial production assets for test. After contract award, these units will be operationally tested and evaluated prior to issuance of further delivery orders. Upon successful operational test, the program office may decide to purchase further assets on a buy-to-budget basis. The contract type will be Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) for all Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) 0001-0007 and have a pricing matrix for five years which will be used for pricing additional delivery orders. Proposals will be due 30 days from the date of the formal RFP release. Exchanges during the source selection process may include clarifications, communications, and discussions as necessary. Contract award is estimated for 1 October 2015. The Air Force anticipates a single award but reserves the right not to award a contract at all. Primary Point of Contact: Amanda L Morris Contracting Officer amanda.morris.8@us.af.mil: 937-656-8141 Phone Secondary Point of Contact: Joni L Dingledine Contract Negotiator Joni.dingledine@us.af.mil Phone: 937-656-8204 Contracting Office Address: 1895 5th St, Area B, Bldg 46 Rm 204 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-7200 United States Technical Point of Contact: Todd D Osborne Acquisition Program Manager Todd.osborne.3@us.af.mil: 937-656-8180 Phone