OVERHAUL AND REPAIR OF SPG-62 ANTENNA AND MK82 GUN AND GUIDED MISSLE DIRECTOR

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The Government is issuing this Sources Sought announcement as a part of market research for the MK-99 Fire Control System (FCS) Program. SPECIAL NOTICE – SOURCES SOUGHT – Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, is conducting market research seeking industry inputs and interest for the overhaul and repair of the MK81 Director Group’s SPG-62 antenna and MK82 gun and guided missile director and intends to award a 5-year, firm fixed price, competitive IDIQ follow-on contract to N0016424DWP09. Companies with the capability and facilities to provide these types of supplies and services as well as the experience/expertise are invited to submit information pertaining to their capability to fulfill this requirement as requested below. All interested parties may submit company and product literature, a capability statement no longer than 10 [JM1] [MA2] pages, and/or other pertinent information. Cover Sheet, Company Profile, and List of Abbreviations and Acronyms are exempt from the page limit. A detailed proposal is not requested. Responses should indicate sufficient detail for assessment of potential design architecture, strategies and company interest; submissions should be organized as follows: 1. Cover Sheet: Sources Sought number, company name, company address, technical point of contact with the individual’s name, title, email address, telephone number, and date 2. General response information: • Are you a Small Business in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations and the identified North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)? If yes, please indicate your designations (i.e. HUBZone, Veteran Owned, Woman Owned, etc.) Please see attached draft statement of work (SOW) for overview of requirements. Responses should, at a minimum, address the following questions: • Describe your experience in providing overhaul to relevant top-side radar systems as identified in the SOW. • Briefly describe your experience with parts management and inventory control. Include how you ensure parts are protected from pilfering and from being damaged during assembly and shipping. • Briefly describe your experience with repairing items identified during post blasting as repairable not beyond economical repair (BER). Also explain your experience in manufacturing parts to replace BER components. • Even though the SOW requires the Government to be informed of any process or part changes, your suppliers may change processes without notifying you. What testing and/or monitoring would you perform to ensure products delivered to the Government continue to meet specified requirements throughout contract execution? • Can you meet all requirements contained in the SOW through your own company and/or the use of suppliers/subcontractors/teaming partners? How would suppliers/subcontractors/teaming partners be used? • Due to the size of these radars the Government would be providing, do you have the necessary facility/warehousing capabilities? Please specifically address the hook height, paint facilities, square footage and facility location. If you identify an issue, how would you propose to mitigate it? • Specify whether your facility currently holds Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) Quality Procedure-1 (QP-1) or QP-3 qualifications and confirm full capability to comply with NAVSEA Naval Ships’ Technical Manual (NSTM) Chapter 631, Section 11, and NAVSEA Standard Item 009-32. If your organization lacks these internal qualifications, would you outsource? How do would you mitigate risks to the delivery schedule and manage asset transportation to and from sub-tier vendors? • Please describe your organization’s methodology and system for tracking, managing and reporting on Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). • Describe your organization's experience in transporting systems of similar size and scope, including your overall strategy for mitigating transit risks to the assets. If your approach involves outsourcing transportation to a third party, detail how your organization will manage the subcontractor to prevent schedule delays and maintain asset security. • Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) for this contract is Level 2 (Self) Certification. • Is your company’s quality program certified to ISO 9001-2015? • If your quality program is not ISO certified, does your quality system meet the following requirements: monitor and control critical processes, continuously improving processes, establish mechanisms for performance feedback and maintain an effective root cause analysis and corrective action system? • Review the draft SOW. Identify any requirements which add risk or unnecessary cost to the effort. Provide recommendations for improvement to meet Government requirements in the most cost-effective manner. • Provide amplifying information or clarification of any other requirements to support this RFI. Responders may identify Government customers and/or industry customers for whom they have provided radar repair services. Responders may include any information explaining why they are fully capable of meeting all requirements for repair services in support of MK99. 3. List of abbreviations and acronyms 4. Product line brochures, catalog excerpts, etc. may be submitted and referenced within the general capability statement and are exempt from the page limit. Respondents are solely responsible for properly marking and clearly identifying any proprietary information or trade secrets contained within their responses. The Government will not be liable, or suffer any consequential damages, for any proprietary information not properly marked and clearly identified. Proprietary information received in response to this RFI will be safeguarded and handled in accordance with applicable Government regulations. Contractors must be properly registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) and the Joint Certification Program (JCP) in order to receive the controlled attachments. Offerors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 866-606-8220 or via https://sam.gov. Information about the JCP is located at https://www.dla.mil/logistics-operations/services/joint-certification-program/. The controlled attachments will be posted with this sources sought special notice. All changes to the requirement that occur prior to the closing date will be posted to Contract Opportunities on https://sam.gov/. It is the responsibility of interested vendors to monitor https://sam.gov/ for any amendments, which may be issued to this solicitation. For changes made after the closing date, only those offerors that provide a quote will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and/or award. At current time, no funding is available for contractual estimates. This RFI/sources sought does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB), a Request for Quote (RFQ), or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the government to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. The US Government is in no way liable to pay for or reimburse any companies or entities that respond to this announcement. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed. NSWC Crane will accept only electronic unclassified submission of responses. All responses must be submitted to the Points of Contact (POC) any time prior to the expiration of this announcement. The POCs for this effort are Jennifer Madison, Code 0212 via email [email protected]. Please copy Marisa Smith, [email protected] and Dalton Murdock, [email protected]. The mailing address is: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Code 0212, Bldg. 3373 300 Highway 361 Crane, IN 47522-5001 Reference announcement number N0016427SNB01 in all correspondence and communications.