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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 conduct... 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) 4. Environmental 5. Service Contract Reporting 6. System Safety 7. Accident/Incident Reporting 8. SF-85/Common Access Card for access to Government installations/equipment 9. Cybersecurity compliance in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) regulations 10. Aircraft Notebook (ACN) and Consolidated Aviation Maintenance Management System (CAMMS) maintenance management software ELIGIBILITY The NAICS code for this requirement is 488190 with a Small Business Size Standard of $40,000,000. The Product Service Code is J015. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT) The Army does not own the Technical Data Package (TDP) for the UH-72 Lakota. The TDP is held by Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than 10 pages in length in Arial font of not less than 10 point. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 4PM EST, 19 February 2025. All responses under this Sources Sought must be e-mailed to joshua.r.allen46.civ@army.mil and patrick.c.walker.civ@army.mil. The capabilities statement documentation must address at a minimum the following items: 1. Does the company currently have access to the Original Equipment Manufacturer’s TDP? If not, the company must be able to demonstrate how the requirements can be accomplished without this data and without incurring additional costs. 2. What type of work has the interested party performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement? 3. What levels of maintenance, repairs, and overhauls is the company authorized and licensed to perform? 4. Has the company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details. 5. Has the company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details. 6. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver services, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. 7. What specific technical capabilities does the company possess to ensure adequate performance of the tasks? 8. Are there any standard business practices/terms and conditions unique to your industry/company? If so, please describe. 9. Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of the company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the services. 10. Provide a statement including current business status (small/large) and UEI/CAGE Code. 11. Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. 12. Include in the response the ability to meet the requirements in the Cybersecurity requirements. 13. Describe the major risks the company foresees in executing an effort of this scope. What steps would you likely take to mitigate the risks? The estimated period of performance consists of one base period plus four one-year options with performance commencing on 01 July 2027. Specifics regarding the number of options will be provided in the solicitation. The potential contract will be solicited and awarded using FAR Part 12 procedures and will be firm-fixed price. As such, potential offerors shall be prepared to demonstrate their provisioning of services of this type to commercial (Non-Federal Government) customers. The potential contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act and/or a collective bargaining agreement. Upon evaluation of the respondents capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal. Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to Joshua Allen, joshua.r.allen46.civ@army.mil and Patrick Walker, patrick.c.walker.civ@army.mil in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF). No other methods for submission will be accepted. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. No phone calls will be accepted. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise because of a response to this Sources Sought. Both large and small businesses are encouraged to respond. The results of this market research will allow the USG to decide as to whether this effort will be a sole source procurement, full and open competition, or small business set-side acquisition. It is advised that you provide a sufficient response to all capability questions to allow the USG to appropriately assess your capabilities. Consideration will be made if the company can perform only specific portions of the consolidated requirement. If the company's response is for only portions of the effort, please submit a response that includes the area(s) the company is capable of performing and how the effort could be integrated into the overall requirement. The current contract number is W58RGZ-22-C-0022. The current prime contractor is Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.