Potential Supply Chain Management, Customer Direct Contract for T64 Engine Consumables

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to conduct market research and to gauge potential interest in this anticipated support program. The Government seeks information that will be used as part of an analysis to determine if responsible sources exist to designate this effort as a competitive acquisition. The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code is 336413 which has a corresponding size standard of 1000 employees. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in responses from all small businesses to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, HUBZone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute an RFP or commitment by the Government. Under this potential supply chain management contract, a contractor will carry out logistics functions for the T64 Engine platform. DLA Aviation at Richmond anticipates possible award, on a sole-source basis, of a contract for the acquisition of supply chain management support and logistics management, which may include supply support on a customer direct basis, demand/planning forecasting, material management, engineering support and sustainment elements, packaging, storage/warehousing, reliability improvements, and field customer service/engineering support of the T64 Engine manufactured by General Electric (GE) Aircraft Engines and the associated T64 Bill of Materials (BOM) of DLA managed consumable parts to support United States Navy (USN), Marine Corp (USMC) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. The overarching objectives of this acquisition are to: (1) decrease T64 Engine repair delays due to outstanding consumable requirements, and fill requisitions within material availability priorities; (2) accelerate the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRC-E) whole engine repair turnaround time through enhanced material availability and cross-talk between USN Repair of Repairable and FRC-E concurrent repairs; and (3) improve field level engine support and reduce overall maintenance costs by preventing engine removal actions through the insertion of contractor-provided Technical Service Representatives at the major east and west coast operation sites. In order to meet these objectives, the contractor must have the ability to drive changes into the weapons system configuration and, more importantly, understand, analyze, and assess the implications-both in terms of performance and operational usage-of any potential configuration change. The contractor will be required to aggregate all material requirements in order to leverage the best value for material support. The contractor will be required to deliver their supplies via Customer Direct terms/delivery points as directed within specified timeframes. The contractor shall be responsible for forecasting, acquiring, stocking, and fulfilling requirements via its commercial operation/facility utilized to meet contract requirements. In addition to filling material requirements, the contractor is required to make recommendations for Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) along with being responsible for obsolescence management and mitigating Diminishing Manufacturing Source (DMSMS) challenges for the T64 Bill of Materials (BOM). It is anticipated that the material support approach will include using DLA as the primary source of supply for material during transition of any resulting contract and seeking DLA stock depletion with contractor "turn-on" of material supply once DLA assets are depleted. As this will vary for each item within the BOM, an integrated solution, dedicated program management team will be required to ensure material availability and zero degradation of support. Performance metrics associated with this acquisition may be tied to local (FRC customers) and DLA (worldwide) material availability. Small business participation and reliability improvements are also potential metrics. The contract will allow for an expansion of support based on developing and evolving T64 Engine requirements from DLA and/or USN/USMC. Any entity interested/able to provide any of the required products but cannot provide the required supply chain management solution may be afforded an opportunity to partner with an interested prime contractor, or participate as a subcontractor. Please identify any anticipated teaming arrangements under the acquisition herein, along with a description of similar support and teaming arrangements offered to the Government and to commercial customers for the past three years. Any responses involving teaming arrangements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners. Entities seeking to become an approved source of supply for possible subcontracting opportunities under this acquisition should note that the time required for approval of a new source is normally such that an award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. Sources that are not approved for manufacture of these items must obtain source approval from the Government. Please provide the following business information in your response: Company Name, Address, CAGE Code, Point of Contact, Phone, Email and web page URL if available. Also please describe what small business type or category you represent, if applicable. Any responses to this Potential Sources Sought should include responses to the following: 1. Describe your experience executing relevant supply chain management programs. What do you envision as the risk areas associated with this effort and how would you mitigate those risks? 2. Is your interest in this effort as a prime or subcontractor? 3. Describe your capabilities in performing the supply chain functions: demand forecasting, supplier management, inventory management, warehousing, configuration management, obsolescence management, training, and sustaining engineering/maintaining reliability. 4. Describe the transition and implementation actions and timeframes your firm would identify/need to successfully execute the anticipated requirements of this contract. 5. What quality control systems/measures do you currently have in place (ISO 9000, 9001, AS9100, NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program)? 6. Describe your experience with Government Source Inspection, Critical Safety Items, and OSHA standards. 7. How many employees are in your company? 8. Are you currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)? Do you currently have access to any Government systems, authorized for use in performance of another Government contract? If so, please explain. 9. What suggestions, if any, do you have for this potential supply chain management customer direct contract (including evaluation criteria, CLIN structure, contract structure, incentive/disincentive structure and application, data requirements, or other elements)? 10. Do you possess all the necessary technical data to perform this potential contract? 11. Do you have electronic interface capability with military inventory control points? 12. Describe your experience with ECPs and obsolescence and modeling/simulation capabilities for Engine platforms, and if applicable, specific experience with the T64? Disclaimer THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT (PSS) OR TO OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED. This PSS is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this PSS that is marked Proprietary or competition sensitive will be handled accordingly. Responses to the PSS will not be returned. The responses to this notice are not an offer and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this PSS. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this PSS. Interested sources should contact DLA Aviation by December 2, 2016 for further information. Inquiries should be directed to the Contracting Officer, Ingrid Smith, DLA Aviation - ARCJ, 8000 Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, VA 23297.