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SYNOPSIS ACTION CODE: Pre-Solicitation Notice DATE: 24 April YEAR: 2025 CONTRACTING OFFICE ZIP CODE: 35898-5820 Product or Service Code: 5895 Contracting Office Address: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile... SYNOPSIS ACTION CODE: Pre-Solicitation Notice DATE: 24 April YEAR: 2025 CONTRACTING OFFICE ZIP CODE: 35898-5820 Product or Service Code: 5895 Contracting Office Address: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (W58RGZ) ATTN: CCAM-ALB, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280 (US) SUBJECT: SWITCHING GROUP, DIG (ESH) for the (UH-60) Blackhawk SOLICITATION NUMBER: W58RGZ-25-B-0005 SET-ASIDE CODE: N/A RESPONSE DATE: 9 May 2025. Contracting Officer: Edward A. Peterson, email:edward.a.peterson4.civ@army.mil Set-Aside Status: NA DESCRIPTION: The contractor shall furnish all labor, facilities, parts, materials, equipment, tools and data (other than Government Furnished Property), necessary to accomplish the overhaul of the following assets: INPUT NSN: 5895-01-558-7972 P/N: 181458-001 Output NSN: 5895-01-558-7972 P/N: 181458-001 ESTIMATED QUANTITY RANGE: Minimum 12 each – Maximum 302 each (Maximum includes a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Quantity of 50 each) The proposed contractual action will be a Five (5) year, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Overhaul contract, with minimum/maximum quantities listed above. These items are commercial; FAR Part 12 will be utilized. Required delivery shall be FOB Origin. This procurement will be solicited as a Full and Open competitive requirement. 1. The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) will issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the overhaul of the SWITCHING GROUP, DIG (ESH) All work shall be completed in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). The Government does not have a Depot Maintenance Work Requirement (DMWR) for the proposed solicitation. The IFB will be issued as a Full and Open Competitive action using the Two-Step Sealed Bidding Method. It is anticipated that a single Firm-fixed Price (FFP) type contract will be awarded to the responsive, responsible bidder. Only bids based upon technical proposals determined to be acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered further for award into Step-Two. Each bid in the second step must be based on the bidder’s own technical proposal. Bidders shall submit bids that are acceptable without additional explanation or information. The Government may make a final determination regarding a technical proposal’s acceptability solely based on the bid as submitted. The Government may proceed with Step-Two without requesting further information from any bidder. A notice of unacceptability will be forwarded to the Bidder upon completion of the technical proposal evaluation and final determination of unacceptability. 2. Technical proposals should not include prices or pricing information. Only one technical proposal may be submitted by each offeror 3. Bidders shall ensure the submission of fully complete bids, including all fill-in-the blanks. Any bidder submitting a bid agrees by submission that its bid and the prices contained therein will be valid for 60 days after receipt of bids. Technical acceptability will be determined by the bidder’s response to the following questions. A. Has your company ever conducted a repair/overhaul or manufacture of the SWITCHING GROUP, DIG (ESH) for the UH-60? If not, has your company performed composite repair on the same, or like item in the past? B. If yes, when, for how long, in what quantity, and what specific item? If it was under a military contract, what is the contract number? C. Who was the Primary Contracting Officer? Please provide his or her name, organization, and contact information. Please provide contact information for the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) that served as your administrative contracting officer. D. Describe the following in the amount of detail necessary. If any portion of the overhaul program is outsourced, then the following requirements of line items E – K) must be imposed on the outsourced vendor(s). Does your company have overhaul and replacement capability? Does your company have a documented quality plan/process? Please provide the following details regarding your company’s quality plan. Calibration program Continues improvement/self-audits program Non-conformance parts & quality escapes Parts obsolescence Periodic training/certification/recertification program Certification/release of test stand/equipment for production Traceability of repair & maintenance performed, records keeping program What are the required minimal qualification and specialized skills of an electronic technician? Describe experience in depinning and pinning electrical connectors. Describe experience in replacing crimp type pins. Describe experience in circuit-board level repair, desolder and solder of electrical components. Describe experience in repairing and replacing electrical wires. Do you have electrical static discharge (ESD) prevention program/capability? Do you have paint removal capabilities? Do you have corrosion repair/prevention/application capability? Do you have painting and minor touch-up capability? Do you have repair capability for minor surface defects such as nicks, scratches on housing/enclosure? E. Do you have facilities, special tools and equipment as follows: Overhaul facility equipped with environmental controls of temperature, humidity, and adequate ventilation to vent hazardous fumes? Equipment, documentation, and procedure to fully support an IUID (Item Unique Identifier) program? Adequate workbench with ESD control and access to standard shop tools? Availability of electronic test equipment necessary for electrical circuit troubleshooting and performing milliohm electrical bond tests? If applicable, the required equipment to install, verify, and update application software/firmware? Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) test stand/equipment, or certified equivalent for Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP)? *NOTE* For certified equivalent, be prepared to provide procedure and data establishing equivalency. F. Do you have an overhaul plan for the subject item or like item? If yes, are you willing to submit a copy for evaluation? If not, a full and complete plan must be submitted for review and approval within the allowable time upon contract award. The plan must contain instructions and procedures covering the following major categories, at a minimum: Receiving inspection instructions. Pre-test/Pre-shop analysis instructions. Disassembly instructions. Cleaning instructions. Overhaul Inspection Requirements (OIP). Repair and replacement instructions. Assembly instructions. Final Test instructions. Primer, paint, coating, and or corrosion protection instructions Packaging, marking and shipping instructions. G. Can your company acquire all necessary parts/components/subcomponents/subcomponent, tooling and materials to fully support an overhaul program? H. If you have worked with GE Aviation Systems LLC, Cage Code 35351 for the subject item, or one of its approved suppliers, provide a copy of a completed, showing item receipt, purchase order for the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), or approved supplier, parts, or materials. I. Do you possess any OEM data or drawings of this item, including Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP), Maintenance and Overhaul Procedures/Instructions, or Commercial Maintenance Manual (CMM)? Is it complete or partial? If yes to possession of complete or partial OEM Data or Drawings, how did your company acquire the rights to the data or drawings? Please provide your license or certificate to substantiate this. J. Provide a copy of the purchase order, or other evidence that you have the rights to the data or drawings in your possession. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted. The Solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov. Requests for the solicitation shall not be responded to. This requirement is currently unfunded. Award will be withheld pending receipt of sufficient funds. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release of the solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above.

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SOURCES SOUGHT W58RGZ-25-B-0005 UH-60, SWITCHING GROUP, DIG (ESH) INTRODUCTION The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (W58RGZ) ATTN: CCAM- ALB, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal,... SOURCES SOUGHT W58RGZ-25-B-0005 UH-60, SWITCHING GROUP, DIG (ESH) INTRODUCTION The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (W58RGZ) ATTN: CCAM- ALB, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280 (US) is issuing this Sources Sought as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available to support/provide inspection and overhaul of the Switching Group, Digital (ESH) NSN: 5895-01-558-7972, part number 181458-001. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement, if a requirement materializes. 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 through full and open competition. Multiple awards may be made. 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 submissions. DISCLAIMER 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 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES The Government requires that contractors be able to provide all services, facilities, labor, parts, materials, equipment, tools, and data necessary to accomplish the inspection and overhaul for the Switching Group, Digital (ESH), and to return the items to condition code A as defined by Army Regulation 725-50. Upon completion of the overhaul, the items shall be packaged and shipped to the required destination(s). Switching Group, Digital (ESH) is a non-Critical Safety Item. A DMWR is not available. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS The Government requires that contractors have a plan to meet all the Government’s special tooling and test equipment requirements with either: 1. Physical possession of the required tools, 2. Confirmed requisitions for the required tools, 3. Confirmed arrangements for subcontracting the processes requiring the special tools, or 4. Specific plans describing their technical approach to develop equivalent tools. ELIGIBILITY The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 336413 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1250. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 5895. SUBMISSION DETAILS Interested businesses should wishing to be considered as a source need to respond to the following technical survey which will be evaluated by technical experts at the Security Readiness Directorate (SRD). SRD is the airworthiness authority and must approve the technical qualifications of all perspective contractors. Submit the information in a font no smaller than 10 point demonstrating ability to provide the products/systems listed in this Technical Description. The technical survey information which must be submitted is as follows: Technical requirements are as follows: Technical expertise: Describe your expertise with conducting an overhaul or repair of the Switching Group, Digital (ESH) for the UH-60 or a similar assembly. Focus your response to include details that demonstrate the extent of your expertise and how you acquired it. Please include the quantity and frequency. If not, have you performed an overhaul, or repair, on the same, or like item in the past? If yes, to either question, when, for how long, in what quantity, and what specific item? If it was under a military contract, what is the contract number? Who was the Primary Contracting Officer? Please provide his or her name, organization, and contact information. Please provide contact information for the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) that served as your administrative contracting officer. What certifications and experience do your employees have to qualify them to perform the work? Provide all certifications relevant to the M&O program. 2. Special testing equipment: Do you have the Original Equipment Manufacturer’s test equipment (OEM) equivalent test equipment for the Switching Group, Digital (ESH)? If it is equivalent test equipment, was it certified as equivalent with a release for production certificate? If yes, please provide a copy of the certificate. If you do not possess of OEM or equivalent test equipment, and plan to reverse engineer this test equipment, do you have internal procedures to certify for equivalency and release for production? If so please describe. 3. Engineering approach: Do you have an overhaul plan for the Switching Group, Digital (ESH)? If yes, provide a copy. There is no DMWR available. If you only have a plan for a like item, ensure it contain instructions and procedures covering the following major categories, at a minimum: Receiving inspection and testing instructions. Disassembly instructions. Inspection instructions. Repair, and replacement instructions. Assembly instructions. Final testing and evaluation procedures. 4. Can your company acquire all necessary components to complete an overhaul? 5. If you have worked with the OEM for the Switching Group, Digital (ESH), or one of its approved suppliers, provide a copy of a completed, showing item receipt, purchase order for OEM, or approved supplier, parts, or materials. 6. Do you have a quality plan in place? If so, please provide a copy. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of the RFP will be accepted prior to its release. Your response to this Sources Sought, including the technical survey, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Maryssa Sanchez in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email maryssa.d.sanchez.civ@army.mil no later than 1700 p.m. Central Time on 21 NOVEMBER 2024 and reference the solicitation number in the subject line of the e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL. If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required products/systems, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, Web site address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements based on the technical requirements addressing the requirements of this notice, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.