Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System Fleet Support
The United States Army Contracting Command Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA), Alabama on behalf of the Program Executive Office (PEO Aviation for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Manager's Office (PMO) has a requirement to procure on a sole source basis, follow-on fleet support o the Hunter System for FYs 2019-2021. This requirement for the Hunter Systems consists of the following: MQ-5B Hunter Air Vehicle (AV) 5 ea, MOSP 3000 Payload 5 ea, Block II OSGCS Shelter 3 ea, TCDL Ground Data Terminal (TGDT) 5 ea, 30 kW Generator 4 ea, 15 kW Generator 4 ea, Transportable UPS 5 ea, Radome 4 ea, Rugged Mobile Tower Unit (RMTU) 2 ea, 5-Ton Flatbed Truck with Crane 2 ea, Mobile Maintenance Facility (MMF) 5-Ton Trailer 2 ea, M1083 A1 P2 5-Ton Medium Tactical Vehicles (MTV) 7 ea, M1087 A1 6X6 Cargo Truck 4 ea, M1097 High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Cargo Truck 6 ea, and Launch and Recovery Site (LRS) Equipment.
Additional requirements include operations, maintenance, engineering, re-engineering and re-manufacturing of the Hunter UAS both fielded and stored. Other support elements for this requirement are as follows:
1) Depot Asset Management which includes maintenance, technical manuals, supply, reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM). depot asset management also includes inventory management, spare and repair parts, ordering and issuance to the units, storage of equiptment, maintaining preservation, packaging, marking of items, training, and development of training materials. This also includes the labor and materials necessary to inspect, test, repair, modify, restore, calibrate, and/or return the Hunter systems, subsystems, support and test equipment to a ready for issue condition.
2) Technical Management to include systems, sustainment, software engineering, engineering analysis, engineering test support, configuration management, quality assurance, and safety.
3) Flight Operations management to include field level maintenance, flight line support to tactical and training units and training exercises in the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside CONUS (OCONUS).
4) Program Management to include Integrated Product Teams, UAS Project Office reviews, site visits, security and financial management.
5) Contract Options for engineering, sustainment, and technical support for Government Owned Contractor Operated deployments, supply support activity and expeditor support OCONUS, capabilities-based rotational support for other contingency operations, and Rapid Integration Acceptance Center Support and Interoperability.
These items are only available through Northrop Grumman Techncial Services, Inc,. 4067 Enterprise Way, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635-2273. It is anticipated the award will be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation to the agency listed in this notice. All submissions must be recieved by 31 August 2018.
The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with one source under authority ofFAR 6.302-1. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability in response to this requirement or submit a proposal. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within thirty days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Michelle Hurt, Contracts Specialist, Phone (256) 313-6309, Email michelle.s.hurt2.civ@mail.mil - Mona Lisa Brown, Hunter Follow-On FY19-21, Phone (256) 313-4113, Email monalisa.brown2.civ@mail.mil
