Air Force Life Cycle Management Center BLU-136 DRAFT Technical Data Package Request for Proposal

THIS IS A DRAFT RFP: Industry shall provide feedback, comments, and/or questions to the Points of Contact identified in this notice NLT 25 June(extended from 03 Mar. and 31 May 2019) by 2:00 PM Central Time.   

BLU-136/B Teleconference Industry Day:

Call in information will be made available from Catherine Hodge at catherine.hodge.2@us.af.mil and/or Douglas Cornelius at douglas.cornelius@us.af.mil upon written request. Offerors must officially request this information in writing, via e-mail. 

To validate and monitor the release of the call in details, provide the following:

 Company Name:

Mailing Address:

E-mail Address:

Point of Contact:

Phone Number:

CAGE Number:

Upon verification of the offeror's status the requested call in details will be provided via email.  The Call-In Industry date is scheduled for 26 June at 9 am CST.

NOTE:  All questions regarding any draft documents or the draft solicitation that the contractor would like an answer during the teleconference must be submitted no later than 21 June 2019.

If you would like to meet the Government team for a one-on-one in-person thirty minute meeting we will be available on 1-2 July from 0800-1600 CST on Eglin AFB.  We will also make ourselves available on 1-2 July if you would like a one-on-one phone call.  If you would like either  an in-person or via the phone meeting one must be requested by 27 June noon CST.  Please email the contacts below your preferred day and time frame.

 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this draft RFP/presolicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this draft RFP/presolicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this draft RFP/presolicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.

AMENDMENTS: The Government anticipates amending this notice to incorporate additional draft RFP documents as they are finalized to allow for industry feedback.

DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND: This notice serves as the draft RFP/presolicitation for the BLU-136/B Next Generation Area Attack Weapon (NGAAW). The Direct Attack Munitions Branch (AFLCMC/EBDA), Direct Attack Division (AFLCMC/EBD), Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB), Eglin AFB, FL, plans to award a firm-fixed price multiple award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an estimated price ceiling of $600,000,000 and an ordering period of seven (7) years for the production of the BLU-136/B NGAAW. The explosive fill is not considered part of this draft RFP/presolicitation. The potential procurement objective for the Air Force is to produce BLU-136/B inventory for the Government and potentially Foreign Military Sales. The expectation is that the annual production orders will range from 250-1500 per year (procurement numbers could vary by year) and the years of production could expand. The manufacturing of the warhead case and all components shall be in accordance with the Government-owned and provided Technical Data Package (TDP). The TDP will only be provided to those contractors that are registered and active in the Joint Certification Program (JCP) through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The draft RFP/presolicitation contains the instructions for requesting the TDP and all information that is required in the request.

This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside procurement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 332993 with a size standard of 1,500 employees. The Government anticipates awarding two (2) or more contracts utilizing The Department of Defense Source Selection Procedures.

TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE REQUEST: Copies of the BLU-136/B drawings are available upon request from Catherine Hodge, email: catherine.hodge.2@us.af.mil, 1st Lt Douglas Cornelius, email: douglas.cornelius@us.af.mil If requested, drawings for the BLU-136/B will be made available via the AMRDEC SAFE website to qualified respondents for reference only. Respondents must officially request the documents in writing, via email. To validate the documentation release, the request must include: the company name, mailing address, email address, point of contact, phone number, current Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number and System for Award Management (SAM) registration. The written request must include acknowledgement of the responder's responsibility under the U.S. export contract laws and regulations. Upon verification of status in https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspx and acknowledgement of responsibilities under U.S. export control laws and regulations, the requested technical data will be provided to the address approved in this system.

Foreign participation is not authorized as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor.

History of this FBO Post:

15 April 2019: Original Post.

7 June 2019: Amendment 1 - Added Attachments, Industry Day announced.

17 June 2019: Changed date of Industry Day, revised IDIQ expected ceiling from $500,000,000.00 to $600,000,000.00.

19 June 2019: Changed date and time of Industry Day  

 21 June 2019:  Added in-person or via phone one-on-one meetings offer with the Government team on 1-2 July.