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Organization: NGB/A4PR

Report Title: Weapon System Sustainment Support Services

PSC and NAICS Code: 541611, 541618

Estimated Value: $7,200,000

Market Research Objectives

Weapon System Sustainment is continuous support of the Air Force weapon system during the Operations and Sustainment phase. There are four business process areas managed as part of Central Asset management (CAM) WSS: DPEM, CLS, SE, and TOs.

The support services being sought are multi-disciplined subject matter experts to Program Manager, Budget Analyst, Senior System Analyst, Portfolio Manager.

Work is to be accomplished for the United States Air Force (USAF), Headquarters, Air National Guard Readiness Center (HQ ANGRC), National Guard Bureau NGB/A4P, Andrews AFB, MD.

The scope of this effort requires the contractor to analyze and support the Weapon System Sustainment (WSS) requirements/budget process for the ANG, who must manage their own requirements validation, prioritization, publishing, and execution of funds. The extent of the subject effort includes evaluating sustainment objectives related to supporting the current Headquarters Air Force (HAF) budget process, reducing the number of man-hours required to analyze data during the budget process. The data provided by the contractor will aide ANG Government personnel in making decisions/recommendations to senior ANG leadership and support budget justification documentation to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Congress on the WSS program in support of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process.

Background

This is a new requirement for ANG.

The National Guard Bureau, NGB/A4P Resource Division budget requirement process differs from the Active AF budget process. The ANG’s specialized mission supports not only the Federal Government, but the State and Local sector. Because of the broad spectrum of support, the ANG requires a deviation from the Active AF process, and it is difficult and labor intensive to adequately respond to time sensitive higher headquarters and HAF budget drills with extremely limited resources.

The ANG has over 350 operational units across the United States in 90 Wings, 175 geographically separated units in 213 locations, responsible for maintaining over 18 major weapon systems consisting of more than 1,160 military aircraft, thousands of special and general-purpose vehicles and associated support equipment in a combat-ready condition. The ability to generate and analyze reliable logistics management data so that it can be used to shape policy and procedures has the potential to generate significant savings in logistics and operational support costs for ANG.

Potential Supplier Information

GSA has several Multiple Award Schedule contracts that may potentially be used.

1. Identify name, location, point of contact and an assessment of their capabilities to meet our requirements in terms of performance, cost, schedule and risk.

1. Identify the number of sources contacted; identify whether they were large business, small business, small/disadvantaged business, Section 8A business, woman-owned business, government/non-government. (INPUT REQUIRED FROM CONTRACTING):

1. Describe efforts to locate sources and explain the rational used to exclude sources.

Small Business Opportunities

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Guidance: Provide an assessment of the potential opportunities for small business set aside and direct award opportunities.

1. Is the service suitable for small business?

1. Can the requirement be segmented to include small business?

AbilityOne Program

AbilityOne Program Procurement List. The services listed on the AbilityOne Website shown in TGI 207.105(a)(1)(E) do not include the services to be acquired by this acquisition, therefore, these services are not covered by DFARS 208.7 and this acquisition is unsuitable for procurement through AbilityOne. Enter text.

Part 2

Performance Requirements

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Guidance: State the critical performance requirements which the service must meet.

1. What are the performance requirements and how are they measured? If the requirement is not performance based, why?

1. Are the requirements military unique or can be they be acquired in the commercial marketplace?

1. What are the performance trade-offs to better accommodate the commercial market?

1. How does industry sell the service and are the requirements written in those terms?

Market Intelligence

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Guidance: Describe any available commercial factors.

1. What is the availability of the service?

1. What is the demand for the service?

1. What is the maturity of the service?

1. How many suppliers are in the market and market share?

1. What is the Government’s market share?

1. What is the pricing structure?

1. What is the small business footprint?

1. Are socio-economic factors applicable?

1. What is the supply chain?

1. How are the services segmented?

1. What business, trade, legal, political and other developments affect the market?

1. What is fair/reasonable market price for the industry, which may include an assessment of available price data, price ranges, known pricing issues, or an explanation of price variations?

1. What are the applicable industry standards, regulations, trade journals, or process guides germane to the service to be acquired?

1. Identify any known environmental or safety regulations that affect the service being provided.

1. Identify standard industry terms and conditions offered to commercial customers in the market place.

1. Provide your assessment of the government’s leverage in the marketplace, such as being the only buyer, making a minority of buys in the market, making the majority of buys, or being one buyer among many.

Conclusions and Recommendations

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Guidance: Summarize your data analysis with recommendations for:

1. acquisition strategies to pursue (i.e. Commercial acquisition, 8A direct, small business set aside, sole source, full & open, native American direc or Hubzone)

1. list of potential contract vehicles that already exist which may be employed to satisfy your requirement

1. quality and thoroughness of the government’s technical performance documents and configuration control data to include suggestions for improvement before contract solicitation

1. relevant risks to be considered as part of any source selection activities

1. specific contract terms and conditions

Market Research Techniques Used

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Guidance: Describe the various methods used to arrive at the market research findings. Examples of techniques that may be used are: Internet searches, industry days, one-on-one industry sessions, Requests for Information (RFIs) to Industry (Solicitation for Information or Planning Purposes), FedBizOpps, etc. (INPUT REQUIRED FROM CONTRACTING):

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Contracting Officer Signature Date

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