Multi-Purpose Bomb Rack (MPBR)

Naval Air Systems Command Conventional Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-201) intends to competitively award the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of a non-pyrotechnic Multi-Purpose Bomb Rack (MPBR) for carriage and release of weapons and stores employed on BRU-33, BRU-41, BRU-42 and BRU-55 bomb racks. This rack must employ weapons and stores cleared to the current envelope of the F/A-18E/F series aircraft. This rack is also intended for employment of future weapons such as Joint Air to Ground Missile and Small Diameter Bomb and for integration on the Jonit Strike Fighter and other objective platforms. A complete list of threshold and objective stores and platforms is contained in the Statement of Objectives (SOO) as Attachment (1) to the RFP. A major objective of this EMD effort is to minimize flight-testing and re-certification of the threshold stores on the threshold aircraft by requiring the MPBR conform to the Outer Mold Line of the BRU-33 bomb rack, with the addition of store umbilicals and supporting hardware. Offerors who have the skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required to successfully develop and provide an MPBR will be required to submit a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer analysis of the Offerors design concept. Specific details for the CFD will be contained with in the RFP. Naval Air Systems Command, PEO (U&W) has approved the acquisition strategy. The Government intends to use a competitive performance-based specification for the MPBR effort. This competition will be conducted using the BEST VALUE Source Selection approach to select the most advantageous offer based on both non-cost factors as well as cost factors. The Government anticipates evaluating the offers based on technical, cost and past performance. The Government anticipates this solicitation to result in a single award of a Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (CPIF) contract. The solicitation is anticipated to be released on or about 01 June 2009 via posting to the NAVAIR homepage located at http://www.navair.navy.mil. To find the solicitation select - Doing Business with US and then - Open Solicitations or call the help desk at (301) 342-4686, if you are in need of further assistance. Except as noted here, the Government will only release the solicitation/RFP, including any subsequent amendments, over the Internet. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted, no written requests will be accepted and no hard copies will be mailed. Any amendments issued will be posted to the NAVAIR homepage. After the solicitation release, vendors should regularly access the NAVAIR homepage to ensure they have all amendments. Failure to obtain any posted amendments and to respond to each of them prior to the date and time set for receipt of offers may render your offer nonresponsive. CONFIDENTIAL CLEARANCE: All potential offerors must have a current Department of Defense (DoD) Confidential clearance to obtain the classified documents associated with this effort. Companies must officially request classified documents in writing through Linda Tome at linda.tome@navy.mil RELEASE OF TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE INFORMATION: This program includes information that has been designated a - Distribution D and is only releasable to current and approved DoD contractors. In addition, the program requires a procurement effort in certain critical technologies/data that are not releasable to foreign firms. Some documents are under Federal export control for - sensitive or - controlled technologies regulated by the U.S. Department of State's International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) protecting national security. Data may not be exported without an approval, authorization, or license under E.O. 12470 or the Arms Export Control Act. As such, the documents contain data whose export/transfer/disclosure is restricted by U.S. law and dissemination to non-U.S. persons whether in the United States or abroad requires an export license or other authorization. Disclosure of the control drawings requires the verification of a current license for the oral, visual or documentary disclose of technical data by U.S. persons to foreign persons as defined under the U.S. Department of State website, http://pmdtc.org/licenses.htm. To participate in this program, all firms must acknowledge their responsibility under the Arms Export Control Act. A foreign firm may be required to team with a U.S. firm that possesses a current and valid U.S. facility clearance with technologies/data safeguarding capabilities, inclusive of the authority to receive critical technology and/or data required to execute this program. Any resultant contractor teaming or license agreements between U.S. firms and foreign firms, to include employment of foreign nationals by U.S. firms, shall be in accordance with current U.S. export laws, security requirements, and National Disclosure Policy and shall require the prior approval of the contracting officer and foreign disclosure officer. It is the offeror's responsibility to provide evidence of any such agreement and/or license to this office for review and this shall be verified prior to release of any controlled documents. Prior to release of any control document under this solicitation, the contractor must acknowledge its responsibilities under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including the obligation, under certain circumstances, to obtain an export license prior to the release of technical data within or outside the United States) and agree that it will not disseminate any export-controlled technical data subject to this requirement in a manner that would violate applicable export control laws and regulations. It is the responsibility of the contractor to provide this certification and/or proof of a current approval, authorization, or license under E.O. 12470 or the Arms Export Control Act. Upon verification of your status and acknowledgement, the requested documents will be provided. Interested firms shall submit a written request for the attachments through Linda Tome at: linda.tome@navy.mil or Tracy Medford at: tracy.medford@navy.mil. Companies must officially request the controlled documents in writing. To validate the document release, this request must include the potential Offeror's company name, mailing address, email address (if available), point of contact, phone number, current CAGE number, Central Contractor Registration number. The written request must include acknowledgement of the contractor's responsibility under the U.S. export contract laws and regulations. For any foreign firm, the request must include proof of a current and applicable approval, authorization, or license under E.O. 12470 or the Arms Export Control Act if applicable. As such, Attachments associated with the solicitation may NOT be posted with the RFP and must be obtained through this office. To facilitate release of the documents, Offerors may pre-register at this time to receive the technical data package by submitting the required data as listed above. Upon verification of your status as a current and approved Department of Defense (DoD) contractor and acknowledgement of your responsibilities under U.S. export control laws and regulations, approved authorization confirmation to receive the requested documents will be provided. Upon release of the RFP, the documents will be provided. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Registration in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database will be a prerequisite for receiving an authorization for release of the controlled documents and award. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information on the CCR. Refer to the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov/index.cfm. Any questions about this announcement shall be submitted to the following: linda.tome@navy.mil or at Naval Air Systems Command, Building 2272, Room 256, 47123 Buse Road, Unit IPT, Attn: Linda Tome, AIR-2.4.4.3.1, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547. THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitution a solicitation for bid or proposals, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a competitive contract.