MMP Enhanced Sustainment Support

Space and Missile Systems Center/MILSATCOM Logistics and Operations Support Division (SMC/MCL), located at Peterson AFB, Colorado is contemplating award of a contract for Minuteman (MM) Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN) Program (MMP) system enhanced sustainment support (MMP-ESS). This follow-on requirement will serve as a replacement for sustainment support currently performed under the Communications Installation & Sustainment Support Contract (CISSC) which is scheduled to complete September 30, 2016. FA8204-13-C-0009 RAYTHEON COMPANY (DUNS: 193049236) Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) 1001 BOSTON POST RD E MARLBOROUGH MA 01752-3770 The CISSC replaced Northrop Grumman's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Prime Integration Contract (IPIC) which ended September 30, 2012. The MMP-Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Terminal (MMP-ET) operates with Milstar compatible payloads at Low Data Rate (LDR). The MMP-ET transmits at EHF and receives at Super High Frequency (SHF). The MMP-ET is currently undergoing an upgrade to an Advanced EHF (AEHF) terminal (MMP-AT). The MMP-AT leverages AEHF satellite communication capabilities and will upgrade currently installed Milstar equipment and software to provide both AEHF Extended Data Rate (XDR) and Milstar LDR. The expected life cycle for the MMP Upgraded (MMP/U) terminals (aka MMP-ATs) is a minimum of twenty years. SMC/MCL must acquire sustainment support to ensure the safe, secure, and reliable operation of the MMP/MMP/U in the Minuteman III (MM III) weapon system as required by the Air Force Global Strike Command war-fighter. The MMP-Very Low Frequency (VLF) Terminal (MMP-VT) receives all specified Strategic Connectivity System (SCS) modes on each of two independent channels (e.g. reception from two separate transmitters using separate frequencies, keys and modes). The MMP-VT has no transmit capability. MMP enhanced sustainment support (MMP-ESS) requirements apply to all MMP hardware and software items shown in the MMP Engineering Drawing List and installed in Launch Control Centers (LCC's), Operational Maintenance Systems (OMS's), and Test & Engineering Facilities, to include associated peculiar Support Equipment (SE). The anticipated period of performance is one base year with four option years. If the Government elects to do so, a projected Request for Proposal (RFP) release date for this effort is estimated to be in the July-August 2015 timeframe. The Contractor shall provide all qualified labor and supervision, tools, materials (including manuals and schematics), parts, equipment, secure repair facilities and transportation necessary to maintain part inventories to enable repair of repairable items and replenishment of expendable items. This support also includes Contractor provided on-site maintenance and shipment of failed and repaired MMP components to and from the Contractor's depot location to and from the field. Specific support requirements include, but are not limited to: - Maintain facility storage for MMP Line Replaceable Units (LRU')s, Shop Replaceable Units (SRU's), Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA's) and expendable spares - Maintain spare parts inventory and replenish SRU's and expendable spares as necessary - Receipt, inspect, troubleshoot, analysis, determine root cause, repair/replace, test and return shipment of LRU's / SRU's, and CCA's - Replacement of expendable items and attaching hardware - Appropriately mark, and maintain Item Unique Identification (IUID) identification labels on applicable LRU's/SRU's - Populate and maintain the IUID registry - Failure trending and analysis - Identification and implementation of life cycle sustainment cost reductions for MMP - Identification, analysis, recommendation and implementation to resolve part availability / obsolescence issues - Troubleshooting, analysis, and repair of system hardware/software/database/firmware failures or anomalies - Very Low Frequency/ Low Frequency (VLF/LF) and EHF database maintenance (one each, per year) as required by Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Emergency Action Message (EAM) Procedures, Volume VIII - SE maintenance - Storage, inventory control and maintenance of Government Furnished Equipment/Property (GFE/P) - On-site technical assistance, services, response, maintenance and integration services - Telephone technical support (e.g. Help Desk) for MMP hardware and software technical assistance, 0800 - 1600 (Mountain Time zone), Monday through Friday - Configuration and data management and control - Source data for MM III Weapon System technical orders and MMP change pages - Modification Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) kits - Meetings, reviews and quality deficiency reporting program participation. All personnel performing this effort shall have upon contract award Top Secret (TS) security clearances and maintain this level throughout the life of the contract. The contract shall maintain and have upon contract award facility clearances of secret and TS in order to provide storage and equipment maintenance. The contractor shall be required travel to all MMP site locations. Current site locations are F.E. Warren AFB, WY; Minot AFB, ND; and Malmstrom AFB, MT. Statement of Capability (SOC) Submittal: Contractors must include the following information, at a minimum, as part of their SOC submission: - Relevant experience and expertise: - Troubleshooting and analyzing system hardware failures in support of MMP and other systems/programs - Repairing, replacing, testing and shipping LRU's, SRU's and CCA's in support of MMP and other systems/programs - Removing and replacing Antenna Pedestal Assemblies (APA's) - Replacing expendable items and attaching hardware in support of MMP and other systems/programs - Maintaining SE in support of MMP and other systems/programs - Storing, inventorying, accounting for and securing GFE/P in support of MMP and other systems/programs - Providing on-site technical assistance and maintenance, source data for technical orders, modifications/TCTO kits in support of MMP and other systems/programs - Participating in meetings, reviews and quality deficiency reporting programs in support of MMP and other systems/programs - Transitioning a program between contractors - Providing technical support for: 1) Database maintenance for the VLF/LF and AEHF components 2) Key entry procedures 3) Site integration, configuration and data management List of Acronyms: AEHF Advanced Extremely High Frequency AFB Air Force Base APA Antenna Pedestal Assembly CISSC Communications Installation & Sustainment Support Contract EAM Emergency Action Message EHF Extremely High Frequency GFE/P Government Furnished Equipment/Property IAW In Accordance With ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IPIC ICBM Prime Integration Contract IUID Item Unique Identification JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff LCC Launch Control Center LDR Low Data Rate LRU Line Replaceable Unit MEECN Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network MILSATCOM Military Satellite Communications MM Minuteman MM III Minuteman III MMP MM Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN) Program MMP/U MMP/MMP Upgrade aka MMP-AT MMP-AT MMP - AEHF Terminal MMP-ET MMP - EHF Terminal MMP-VT MMP - VLF Terminal NAICS North American Industry Classification System N/A Not Applicable OMS Organizational Maintenance System RFP Request for Proposal SCS Strategic Connectivity System SE Support Equipment SHF Super High Frequency SMC/MCL Space and Missile Systems Center/MILSATCOM Logistics and Operations Support Division SOC Statement of Capability SRU Shop Replaceable Unit TCTO Time Compliance Technical Order TS Top Secret VLF Very Low Frequency VLF/LF Very Low Frequency/ Low Frequency XDR Extended Data Rate (17) Place of Contract Performance: Multiple field sites requiring MMP sustainment support Set-aside Status: TBD North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541330 Engineering Services Military and Aerospace Equipment and Military Weapons: Size Standard $38.5M Interested parties are invited to submit an unclassified SOC within 15 calendar days of this announcement addressing its capability to satisfy the above MMP enhanced sustainment support requirements to: SMC/PKJ 1050 E Stewart Avenue, Bldg. 2025, Peterson AFB, CO 80914-2902 Attn: Janet Stinson, Contract Specialist (e-mail: janet.stinson.2@us.af .mil) and Russell J. Shaw, Jr., Contracting Officer (e-mail: russell.shaw@us.af .mil Oral communications are not acceptable. All SOC responses will not exceed 10 single-sided pages (not including a single page cover letter) and must conform to 8.5 x 11-inch pages with font no smaller than 12-point and a minimum of 1-inch margins. The SOC must include a single page cover letter with the following information: 1) Company Name, CAGE Code, DUNS Number, and Mailing Address 2) Point(s) of Contact including position within company, telephone number and email address; 3) Business Information: a) Small Business Administration (SBA) Business size standard for NAICS Classification 541330 b) Business or Entity Type and Domestic or Foreign Ownership Representation c) Representation and Certification of any socio-economic indicators and/or status; 4) Proposed Role: Prime or Subcontractor 5) Description of proposed subcontracting, teaming, partnering, mentoring or other business relationship 6) Any potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) issues The SOC body must include the following information: A) Experience and expertise in the area of MMP sustainment support; B) Capability to fully satisfy the Government's performance requirements described above, and C) Other Experience and expertise to be considered. All responsible sources may submit a SOC, which will be considered as part of the market research necessary to develop an acquisition strategy. Responses from small business and small disadvantaged business firms are desirable and highly encouraged. If interested only in subcontracting possibilities, please indicate this clearly in the SOC submission. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes ONLY; it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). Any information submitted in response to this synopsis is strictly voluntary. Information herein is based on the best information available at the time of publication, is subject to revision, and is not binding on the Government. Any response to this synopsis is not an offer and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government will not recognize any cost associated with the submission of a SOC. The Government will use any information received in response to this Sources Sought Synopsis for planning purposes in support of its market research and to improve its understanding of industry capabilities.