--Market Survey - Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV)

Market Survey Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) 1. Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. The Product Manager, Medium Tactical Vehicles (PM MTV) located at the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) in Warren, Michigan is seeking to identify sources capable of manufacturing the exi sting designed vehicles and provide System Technical Support (STS) and Maintenance Technical Representative (MTR) support for the follow-on acquisition of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) consisting of 2½ & 5 ton trucks and trailers. The vehicles should possess capabilities that meet the requirements specified in the Army Technical Purchase Description (ATPD) 2131, Rev E (Attachment 1*) and Vehicle Characteristic Sheets (Attachment 2) for the following variants: M1078A1 LMTV Cargo with & without winch M1079A1 LMTV Van with & without winch M1080A1 LMTV Chassis M1081A1 LMTV Airdrop Cargo M1082 LMTV Trailer M1083A1 MTV Cargo with & without winch M1084A1 MTV Cargo with Material Handling Equipment M1084A1/RSV HIMARS Resupply Vehicle M1085A1 LWB Cargo with & without winch M1086A1 LWB Cargo with Material Handling Equipment XM1087 Expansible Van M1088A1 MTV Tractor with & without winch M1089A1 MTV Wrecker with winch M1092A1 MTV Chassis M1093A1 MTV Airdrop Cargo M1095 MTV Trailer M1096A1 LWB Chassis XM1140 HIMARS Launcher Chassis XM1147 Load Handling System (LHS) Trailer XM1148 Load Handling System (LHS) Truck M1157 MTV 10 Ton Dump with & without winch * Attachment 1 is For Official Use Only and will be provided separately by request to the P.O.C. identified below. 2. Market Survey Request. This market survey seeks to determine industry capability to provide 2½ and 5 Ton trucks and trailers, including STS and MTR support beginning in FY08. If interested, furnish your detailed response and technical information qu estionnaire. Additionally, provide any supplemental information or commercial literature describing the human factors, engineering, safety, supportability, quality, cost, product availability or other information not specifically requested that you feel w ould be informative. The Government does NOT wish to obtain any proprietary or otherwise protected documents as a result of this market survey. The Government may return such data or documents submitted that have proprietary or protected markings. This market research process is intended to obtain only commercially available information about contractors products. All portions of these enclosures are merely for market research purposes, subject to change at any time, are in no way binding on the Government and do not represent an established requirement. These enclosures are furnished for information purposes only with the understanding that the Government is under no obligation of any kind to proceed with an acquisition in any way related to or based upon the data set forth in these enclosures. Nothing contained in this survey should be regarded as a basis upon wh ich to seek payment, reimbursement or other consideration from the Government. Moreover, this letter is not intended as a solicitation of any proposal. 3. Response Format. Electronic responses are required. It is requested that electronic responses be provided in any of the following formats: Microsoft Word 2003 or earlier, Microsoft Excel 2003 or earlier, Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 or earlier or Adob e Acrobat. The maximum size of each e-mail message should be no more than three and one-half (3.5) megabytes. You may use multiple e-mail messages. The subject line must include the message number, (example: 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3), and [Firms Name] r esponse to FMTV. All interested firms, regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for informa tion. 4. Responses Due. Please submit electronic responses to this survey, comments to the Purchase Description, as well as industry questions for clarification to: Mr. Paul W. Dennis at (586) 574-7329 or by email at [email protected]. Survey responses should be furnished by 29 September 2006. Alternate POC is Ms. Amy Zappitell, (586) 574-5267, [email protected]. 5. Market Survey Questionnaire. The below questions are intended to provide a snapshot of your capabilities to supply the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles together with the logistics, engineering and support requirements. MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles Company Identification: Company Name: ________________________________________________________ Mailing Address: _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Company website: Point of Contact: _________________________________________________________ Phone Number: __________________________________________________________ Fax Number: ____________________________________________________________ Email: _________________________________________________________________ Location of Facilities:______________________________________________________ Business Profile: 1. What products/services does your company primarily manufacture? Please list the names and/or identifying numbers of the specific trucks and trailers you are describing in response to this questionnaire. 2. How long has your company been in business? 3. What business type is your company (large, small, small-disadvantaged, women-owned or 8(a)? Is your company located in a labor surplus or HUB-zone (See FAR Part 19 Small Business Programs)? 4. List your North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. Past Performance: 5. What experience does your company have in military tactical wheeled vehicle production? 6. Are your described trucks and trailers bought and sold commercially? If so, how many years have they been on the market? Programmatic: 7. To what extent does contract type/structure (i.e. multiyear contract, IDIQ, requirements contract with options) and length (3 vs. 5 years) influence your interest in participating in an RFP for this requirement? Logistics: 8. Describe your Integrated Logistics Support program including personnel and maintenance training, provisioning, technical manual development, and fleet management. 9. What is your experience with Army repair parts provisioning and developing Army formatted Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs)? Production Capability: 10. Would a sub-contractor produce some or all of the vehicles? Please elaborate. 11. The trucks are required to have armor protection that affords a degree of ballistic protection to be determined by the Government for the operator and passenger. The ballistics protection to be installed on production vehicles includes armor parts de termined to be hard to install after production and permanent mounting provisions designed to accept armor components installed as necessary in the field. Please describe the experience/capability you possess in this area and how does this armor assembly requirement otherwise impact your production capability? 12. What is the production lead time to deliver test vehicles after contract award? 13. What is your production rate per month? 14. With your current facilities, what is your maximum (surge) production rate? Engineering: 15. Does your company have the capability to submit data/drawings via electronic/digital data media? Can your company provide data through a web-based Advanced Collaborative Environment (ACE)? If yes, what hardware and software do you use? 16. What types of modeling and simulation data are available for the products you offer (i.e. CAD, dynamics model, etc)? What formats is this data available in? 17. What is your process for implementing engineering changes and drawing changes into production? Does your company have experience/capability to use Pro/E software? 18. What security clearances does your company have? 19. Is your company capable of providing RAM-D data? Service Support: 20. How do you support your current products? 21. Describe your dealership maintenance capabilities. 22. Do you have any dealerships located Outside Continent of United States (OCONUS)? If so, where are they located? Purchase Description: 23. In describing your capability to provide the vehicles described by the attached Purchase Description, your comments are welcome for any Purchase Description paragraph requirement (with paragraph specified). NOTE: The Government is not asking you to develop or provide drawings or develop any technical data in response to this market survey. Please send your completed survey questionnaire to Paul Dennis at [email protected]. Companies responding to this survey are required to submit electronic responses in accordance with paragraph 3 of this survey. Questions regarding the market survey should be directed to Mr. Paul Dennis at [email protected] or (586) 574-7329. Alternate POC is Ms. Amy Zappitell, (586) 574-5267, [email protected].