Manufacture of MMIII ICBM Storage Carriages

Solicitation Number: TBD Notice Type: Request For Information Synopsis: AFNWC/NIAA is considering a contract for the manufacture of MMIII ICBM Storage Carriages to increase available inventory in support of emerging operations. General Information: Document Type: Request For Information Solicitation Number: Posted Date: 22 Feb 13 Response Date: 11 Apr 13 Classification Code: Manufacturing NAICS: 336419 Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing Contracting Office Address: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, AFNWC/PZBA 6014 Dogwood Ave (Bldg 1258, rm 25), Hill AFB, UT, 84056-5825. Special Considerations: Contract award decision may be based upon an evaluation of cost and non-cost factors (i.e., technical capability, past performance, etc.). OVERVIEW: The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) System Directorate (AFNWC/NI) Minuteman III (MMIII) Mechanical Ground Systems Division (AFNWC/NIAA) is considering a Firm-Fixed Price sole source contract to increase the number of storage carriages in inventory. The National Stock numbers for each item are: 1450-00-394-5854 1st stage storage carriage 1450-00-394-5852 2nd stage storage carriage 1450-00-394-5853 3rd stage storage carriage The changing nuclear security environment has created a requirement for more carriages than are currently available to the government. The Storage Carriage is used for long term storage of the MMIII ICBM assembled booster stack or for long term storage of the MMIII individual motor segments. The current design contains proprietary information which the government is not authorized to release. AFNWC/NIAA is seeking industry interest in bidding for this effort at this time. Please indicate your interest by answering the following questions as they relate to your organization, not including what is currently subcontracted. Responses should be kept to the approximate length identified in the parenthesis after each question using Times New Roman 12-point font with a one inch top, bottom, and edge margins. Response should be approximately 16 pages total. RFI Questions: 1. Teaming - Describe your partnering ability with potential sub-contractors. (~1- 2 pages): a) Will your corporation support the government's needs by teaming with other Air Force contractors? b) How many personnel, and what type of personnel are you willing to dedicate or partially allocate to this effort? c) Describe your facilities and manpower capabilities and capacity. What efforts can you support directly and what will you need to subcontract? 2. Risks (~1 page): a) What risks do you foresee in this contract? b) Are there any specific concerns you feel should be addressed in the contract? 3. Contract: a) Current Department of Defense acquisition policy discourages award fee. What effective incentives have you seen or have experience with, other than award fee, which might effectively incentivize a contractor for this effort? Please provide details of what you feel would be an acceptable incentive structure. (~1 page) b) What type of contract do you feel would best suit this effort and why? (~ page) c) The applicable North American Industry Classification system (NAICS) code for this acquisition is: 336419 Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing Based on these NAICS code what is your size status( if applicable) ? ( - page) 1. Small Business 2. Small Disadvantaged 3. Women-Owned 4. Veteran-Owned 5. Service Disabled Veteran Owned 6. Hub-zone 7. Large Business d) How much transition time from contract award would your company require to perform on this contract? (~1 page) 4. Workforce, Training, and Mentoring ( - page) - a. How is your corporation addressing your aging workforce, and how are you transitioning your technical knowledge to your younger employees? b. Do you have any specific and/or formal programs for mentoring and/or apprenticeship for transferring technical knowledge to a younger workforce? 5. Systems Engineering experience - a. What prior experience do you have providing technical support on MM III operational and/or maintenance ground equipment? (~ page) b. What experience do your employees have, within the last 5 years, with hands-on obsolescence elimination development? ( pages) c. What experience do your employees have, within the last 5 years, with hands-on production of unique heavy moving equipment ( pages) d. What systems engineering and integration process standards does your corporation use? (~1 page) e. What ability do you have to assess performance producibility, and sustainability (~1 page) 6. Technical Data - Describe your expertise and ability to manage, update and control technical data and orders. Do your employees have experience (within the last 5 years) generating, editing, reviewing, and validating Drawings, Process Orders (PO's), Operating Instructions (OI's), Technical Orders (TO's) and Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTO's)? Do you have the ability to update this information (e.g. Engineering Orders, Engineering Change Notices, and Engineering Change Orders)? ( page) a. What technical data and models are you aware of that you would need to successfully assess and update in support of this effort? Which of these do you already have access to, or how would you obtain access if necessary? (~ page) b. What quality control measures and certifications do you currently have in place? (~1 page) 7. Handling of protected information and material - What processes/controls/procedures does your company have in place for handling (shipping, receiving, storing) of Critical Program Information (CPI)? ( page) 8. Please provide feedback on the completeness and clarity of the draft Performance Based Work Statement (~1- 2 pages) 9. Please provide rough estimated cost to complete (~1 page) Disclaimer: This RFI does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or any obligation on behalf of the Government. The responses to this RFI are not an offer and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No contract award will be made on the basis of this RFI. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information. Vendor participation is not a promise of future business with the Government. Any information provided in response to this RFI will be used for informational purposes only and will not be returned. All proprietary information should be clearly marked as such. All information submitted by respondents to this RFI, including appropriately marked proprietary information, will be safeguarded and protected from unauthorized disclosure. POC: Shila Weese, Contracting Office, AFNWC/PZBA Phone (801-586-4939), email: shila.weese@hill.af.mil 6014 Dogwood Ave (Bldg 1258, rm 25) Hill AFB, UT 84056