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Notice ID:W56HZV16C0028
Sources Sought Notice Disclaimer: This is a sources sought notice and is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation of offers. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the ...
Sources Sought Notice Disclaimer: This is a sources sought notice and is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation of offers. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the information contained in this posting or information received as a result of this posting. Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) Interim Contractor Logistics Support (ICLS) Army Contracting Command - Warren (ACC-WRN) is issuing this sources sought synopsis, on behalf of the requiring activity, Product Manage Bridging (PdM Bridging) – Project Manager Force Projection (PM-FP), as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for ICLS in both the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) locations. DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. (DRS) is the developer and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the JAB. The JAB program is an Army and United States Marine Corps (USMC) Joint Interest Program that will replace the legacy M48/M60 tank-based Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) and Wolverine systems. The JAB system is a fully-tracked armored combat engineer vehicle specifically designed to provide Armored Brigade Combat Teams assault bridging capabilities to support maneuver elements. Using the M1A1 Abrams chassis as the basis for the system, the JAB provides equivalent crew protection and vehicle survivability, while having the necessary speed and cross country mobility to keep pace with maneuver forces. The JAB launches and recovers the Army’s existing hydraulically-actuated Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge, Military Load Class (MLC) 85 (reclassified as MLC 95). PdM Bridging – PM-FP are seeking interested Sources (vendors) and capability to perform the following work: A modification to the current Firm Fixed Price eight year JAB production Contract W56HZV- 16-C-0028 with DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. (DRS) for ICLS in both CONUS and OCONUS locations. ICLS services are required to support fielded JAB systems until technical manuals and parts support are finalized. The Government plans to transition to fully organic support following completion of technical manuals and parts support. DRS is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the JAB; therefore, is the sole entity that has the requisite knowledge of the systems to be able to maintain and support it prior to development of the associated technical manuals. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the best method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 336992. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) A positive statement of your interest as a prime contractor; 2) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; 3) A statement identifying your certified small business designation (if any); 4) Evidence of prior successful work similar in scope and magnitude to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, points of contact and telephone numbers; 5) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability; and 6) If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The requiring activity, PdM Bridging – PM-FP will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated. If your organization is interested in this requirement, respond in writing, no later than 6 Jan 2020, to both Mr. Brian Brass, Email: brian.k.brass.civ@mail.mil and Ms. Vicki Misiak, Email: vicki.l.misiak.civ@mail.mil. Limit responses to four pages.
