DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE GEORGIA
MEMORANDUM FOR TUNNER & HALVORSEN LOADERS
FROM: AFLCMC/WNKAC
235 Byron Street, Suite 19A
Robins AFB, GA 31098-1670
SUBJECT: U.S Government (USG) Response to Questions/Clarification Requests during the
second Industry Day and One-On-One Sessions.
1. The USG is responding to questions asked on industry day for the Tunner & Halvorsen
Source Selection.
2. QUESTIONS.
A. Howwouldrecentpastperformanceandexperienceinaircraftandheavy
groundmobilityplatformdesign,integration,modificationandoverhaul
rate on a relevancy scale? See Relevancy sub factors/definitions in Draft
RFP.
B. Wouldyouconsiderthisexperiencetobebeneficialfromasubcontractor
perspective?Pleasereferencethecriticalsubcontractordefinitionwhichwill
beprovidedwiththedraftRFP.
C. DoesLogisticsandSustainmentpastperformanceatworldwidelocationsrelevancy
rating? See Relevancy
to a higher
contribute
factors/definitionsinDraftRFP.
with
experience
existing
D. Would
centralized
partsrequisition/distribution online system for ground mobility platforms
boostexperiencerelevancy?SeeRelevancysubfactors/definitionsinDraft
RFP.IsrelevantAircraftLoaderpastperformanceyourkeydelineator?No.
F. HowwouldAircraftCargoLoadersbetransportedtoanoverhaullocation?
TheOverhaulPWSstatesgovernmenttransportation,butwewantedto
confirm that its to the contractors overhaul location(s)? Yes, The
Governmentwilltransportloaderstothecontractorsoverhaullocations.
G. Doyoubelievethatmultipleoverhaullocationscouldprovideadvantages
tothegovernment?ProposalswillbeevaluatedbasedonRFPSectionM.
H. Will contractor be given credit for approaches to save the government
transportationcostandschedule?No,transportationcostsarenotpartof
thiscontract.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE GEORGIA
I. Would you consider a different and innovative approach to overhaul?
RequirementsaredefinedinthePWSandotherRFPdocumentation.Any
approachproposedbytheawardeewillhavetomeettheserequirements.
J. WillthemaintenancereliabilitydataforboththeTunnerandHalvorsen
be provided (MTBF and high failure items)? Is this what is meant by
historicalfielddatacollected?Seedatapackageprovided.
K. Has there been a Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RMA)
assessmentonbothplatforms?Ifso,isitavailable?No.
L. Does the government have a Predictive Maintenance system or is any
predictivemaintenancerunthroughthecontractor?No.
M. DoesadigitaltwinexistforeitherACLSystem?Ifnot,doyouconsiderthe
development of a digital twin of the ACL as beneficial to Life Cycle
Sustainment and future systems testing/integration? No; please see
sectionMoftheDraftRFP.
N. Do you anticipate with the delays due to the COVID Delta Variant to
further shift your timeline considering the Draft RFP has not been
released?Ifso,howmuchofadelaydoyouexpect?No,Stillonschedule.
O. Describe in further detail the nature of the call center in PWS MM
paragraph 5.4.2? The Government will not mandate how a potential
contractormeetstherequirementsofthecontractbeyondwhatiscurrently
identifiedinthePWS(s).
Isadedicatedhotlinerequestedforcallcenterinquires?TheGovernment
willnotmandatehowapotentialcontractormeettherequirementsofthe
contractbeyondwhatiscurrentlyidentifiedinthePWS(s).
Q. Canthegovernmentprovidearecordofhistoriccallcentervolume?See
datapackageprovided.
R. Whatisthehistoriccallcentervolumefortechnical/techniciansupport
requests?Seedatapackageprovided.
S. Whatpercentageoftechnical/techniciansupportrequestsarerequirein
personsupport(vs.virtualsupport)?TheGovernmentwillnotmandate
howapotentialcontractormeettherequirementsofthecontractbeyond
whatiscurrentlyidentifiedinthePWS(s).
T. WhatisthehistoriccallcentervolumeforEngineeringsupportrequests?
Seedatapackageprovided.
U. What percentage of Engineering support requests require inperson
support(vs.virtualsupport)?Seedatapackageprovided.
V. Which countries currently have Field Support Representatives (FSR) on
site?LocatedinJapan,GermanyandmultiplelocationsintheUS.Location
ofFSRsarecontractorsdecision.TheGovernmentwillnotmandatehowa
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE GEORGIA
potentialcontractormeettherequirementsofthecontractbeyondwhatis
currentlyidentifiedinthePWS(s).
W. DescribeinfurtherdetailthematerialpipelinerequirementswithinPWS
MMparagraph5.4.1?RequirementsaredefinedinPWSPara5.4.1andsub
paragraphs.
X. Howmanyregionalsupplypointsarecurrentlyinoperationandwhatare
theirlocations?None.
Y. ArethereUSGmanagedwarehousesonbasetosupplyACLparts?How
manyUSGmanagedwarehousesexistfortheHalvorsenandTunnerACL?
No/None.
Z. Whendoesthetransferofownershipofpartsusedtosupporttheprogram
takeplace?UponDeliveryUSG.
AA. Will the government purchase unused inventory purchased for this
programbythecontactoratthecompletionofthecontract?No.
BB. Can material be reassigned to a different location once it is physically
deliveredtoabase/USGmanagedwarehouselocation?NoUSGmanaged
warehouselocations.Contractorownsallinventoryuntilitsdeliveredtothe
USGtofillarequisition.
CC. Will the contractor be able to recommend safety stock at the USG
managedbasewarehouselocations?No.
DD. Can a list of maintenance and test equipment that will be furnished as
GovernmentFurnishedEquipment(GFE)underthiscontractbeprovided?
GFElistwillbeanattachmentintheDraftRFP.
EE. Can historical data of parts consumption for the Tunner and Halvorsen
ACLs be provided as follows: Operating Unit. Provided in your data
package.
FF. Canalistofparts(includingquantitiesandlocations)thatmustbestocked
atalltimesbeprovided?No.
GG. What is the delivery lead time expectation by location? LRT times for
HalvorseninPWS.TunnermustmeetTSSA.
HH. Whatistheexpectationforpartsavailabilityinsupportofoperatingbases
relativetotimetoreceiveformaterialthatisnottypicallykeptinstock?
The Government will not mandate how a potential contractor meets the
requirements of the contract beyond what is currently identified in the
PWS(s).
II. CanalistofthecurrentmetricsthatareusedtosupporttheTunnerand
HalvorsenACLsbeprovided?SeeServicesSummaryinPWSs
JJ. WhatisthehistoricalandprojectedusageoftheHalvorsenandTunner
equipment(hours/year)?Providedinyourdatapackage.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE GEORGIA
KK. Whatisthefillratecommitmentneededcontractuallyandhowarethose
metricstracked? LRTtimesforHalvorsenisinthePWS.Tunnermustmeet
TSSA.Themethodofcalculatingandtrackingthesemetricswillbeprovided
inattachmentstothedraftRFP.
LL. Has the USAF considered what types of technological upgrades will be
considered to the Tunner and Halvorsen loaders in support of the
autonomousflightlineofthefuture?Yes,furtherinformationwillnotbe
disclosedatthistime.
MM. WhatisthehistoricalvolumeofProgramEngineeringservicesincluding
but not limited to change activities, deficiency reports, qualification of
parts and technical data changes? Contractor must determine the effort
requiredtoaccomplishthenormalsupportprojectsdefinedinthePESPWS.
8000laborhourswillbesetasidetoaccomplishuniquechangeprojects.The
8000hoursareallocatedtotheuniqueprojectsthroughtheSystemReview
BoardprocessandapprovedbytheGovernment
NN. Will the program technical data be provided to the contractor in an
editable format, and if so, what CAD program software is used for
drawings?Whatsoftwareisusedforothertechnicaldataandmanuals?
ThetechnicaldataintheRFPwillbeinpdfformat.Thesuccessfulofferor
willreceivereviseddatainbotheditableandnoneditableformats.Please
refer to theCDRLs for specific acceptable formats of the deliverables. We
anticipatetheGovernmentwillprovidethesuccessfulofferorwiththeinitial
drawingpackagesinthefollowingformats(subjecttochange).
Halvorsenfileextensions:
2D(DrawingOnly)
Native(.prt.crt.drw.1.docs.zip)(StandAloneNativeDrawingFiles)
Neutral(.dxf)
Viewable(.pdf)
3D(LinkedDrawingandModel)
Native(.zip)(Contains.prtAND.drw.frmNativeFiles)
Neutral(.stp)
Viewable(.jt3D.pdf)
Tunnerfileextensions:
2D(DrawingOnly)
Native(.drw.1.docx)(StandAloneNativeFiles)
Neutral(.dxf)
Viewable(.plt)(HPGL)
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE GEORGIA
OO. What system does the USAF currently use for recording
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