Description:

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research purposes ONLY.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Redstone, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) and Engineering Services (ES) in support of the UH-72 fleet.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered.  Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding the submissions.

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

The Light Helicopter Product Office (LHPdO) is designated as the Product Manager for the UH-72 Lakota aircraft and would be the recipient customer of the services sought. The Army's UH-72 Lakota fleet contains approximately 478 aircraft (civil equivalent is the BK-117/EC-145).  CLS and ES are used to sustain the UH-72 fleet.

The LHPdO is conducting a sources sought to determine the availability of contractors that may possess the expertise, capabilities, experience, and necessary data to competently respond to all requirements to support airframe CLS and provide ES for the Army’s UH-72 aircraft and, if so, the feasibility of a competitive acquisition.  To provide a seamless continuation of operations, the potential source must be fully operational to complete all contractual obligations and meet all requirements on or before 01 July 2027.

REQUIRED CAPABILITES

The contractor shall provide CLS for sustainment of the Army’s UH-72 fleet.  CLS services include provisioning of parts (consumable and reparable), tools, support equipment, and technical manuals; Contractor Field Teams; overhauls; and field and depot level maintenance.  All efforts must be Federal Aviation Administration compliant.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these services, please provide the following information:

   1. Company name, company address, primary point of contact (POC) email address, primary POC telephone number, website address, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and

   2. Tailored capability statements addressing all elements of this effort with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver services, address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The Government will evaluate each respondent’s information to ascertain potential market capacity to:

   1. Provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and anticipated in-scope additions (if applicable);

   2. Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements;

   3. Implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with program schedules, cost containment, meeting and tracking performance, hiring and retention of key personnel, and risk mitigation; and

   4. Provide services under a firm-fixed-price, commercial, performance based service acquisition contract.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

   1. Service Contract Act

   2. Government Furnished Property Plan

   3. Various Contract Data Requirements Lists (processed through a Government designated system)