Request for Information - U-2 Sensors Support and Sustainment

Request for Information FA8528-23-R-EWS1 for U-2 Sensors Support and Sustainment Purpose/Description The Government anticipates soliciting a Support and Sustainment 5 year Contract from a sole source for the operation, maintenance and repair of the U-2 Sensors, AN/ALQ-221 Electronic Warfare System (EWS). The work is currently being performed by BAE Systems, Cage: 94117 under current contract FA8528-20-D-0009 . The Air Force requires long-term support and sustainment of the AN/AL ALQ-221 Electronic Warfare System (EWS), which provides situational awareness and self-protection to the Warfighter. The system consists of prime mission equipment, and associated factory test and field support equipment. The support and sustainment contract provides engineering services, spares, specialized repair activity, bonded stock, contractor field service representative technical support, diminishing manufacturer and materiel shortage analysis/issue resolution, tech data and reports, and threat analysis support. The purpose of this request is to conduct Market Research activity to gather information on whether any additional sources are capable of meeting this requirement. Requested Information: Please provide responses to the following: 1. Does your company possess the necessary drawings, data, and other information required to support and sustainment of the U-2 AN/ALQ-221 EWS and associated components? If yes, please provide supporting rationale and documentation. If no, how will your organization address the absence of drawings, specifications, technical data, test procedures, etc? 2. Do you have infrastructure to support the production and sustainment of the U-2 AN/ALQ-221 EWS? If yes, please provide supporting rationale and documentation. 3. Do you have the capability to reverse engineer the U-2 AN/ALQ-221 EWS and related components/infrastructure in order to support the sustainment and production of the U-2 AN/ALQ-221 EWS and associated components? 4. Please provide the following business information for your company/institution and for any teaming or joint venture partners. The Government intended North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330. The size standard for this NAICS Code is $41.5M. a. Company/Institute Name: b. Address: c. Point of Contact: d. CAGE Code: e. Phone Number: f. Email Address: g. Web Page URL: h. NAICS Code: i. Based on the Government proposed NAICS Code, state whether your company is: i. Small Business (Yes / No) ii. Woman Owned Small Business (Yes / No) iii. Small Disadvantaged Business (Yes / No) iv. 8(a) Certified (Yes / No) v. HUBZone Certified (Yes / No) vi. Veteran Owned Small Business (Yes / No) vii. Service Disabled Veteran Small Business (Yes / No) viii. System for Award Management (SAM) (Yes / No) ix. A statement as to whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership). Responses must be received no later than 5:00 PM EST on Dec 10, 2022 and must be sent electronically to Hillary Souther, Contracting Officer, hillary.souther@us.af.mil.