Component Repair Centers (CRCs)
Assessment Event (AE)
Submit by 2.15.2024 23:59 ET
Purpose
FLEETWERX and Nautilus, in collaboration with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and NAVSEA, will host a series of events to identify organizations with technologies and techniques to design, build/stand-up, operate, and maintain one or more Component Repair Centers (CRCs) along with a new forge/foundry to provide the Navy with state-of-the-art operations, machinery, robotics, and integrated IT systems with the existing Navy and Naval Shipyard IT systems.
Requirements
Included in the CRCs will be existing rotatable pool components from the four stipulated rotatable pools listed in the Background section. This includes, leveraging data that is used in the iForecast system along with the Advanced Industrial Management (AIM), Maritime Services Enterprise (MSE), and the Navy Maintenance Data (NMD) databases and creating new data models, testing data models, generating analyses/model outputs and publishing associated results. This may include, creating secure and portable data models for government integration into the iForecast or other SUBMEPP/NAVSEA applications, testing data models (such as for model performance, stability, and sensitivity), adhering to SUBMEPP/NAVSEA coding and data modelling standards, creating models in congruence with previous iForecast data models, publishing outputs from data models/analyses as required by SUBMEPP/NAVSEA, and leveraging comprehensive data science tools. The Contractor must have experience in Navy material forecasting and have experience working with Navy material data with the ability to learn and integrate into the MSE and AIM data environments. The overall layout of the CRCs shall take into consideration Kaizen principles utilizing lean Six Sigma Standards for the latest in Computer Numerical Controlled equipment and maintenance cycles along with a mainframe tied directly into the navy forecasting and workload IT systems.
Background
Complex depot-level maintenance is conducted at all four Public Naval Shipyards (NSYs): Norfolk Naval, Portsmouth Naval, Puget Sound Naval & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, and Pearl Harbor Naval & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. They respectively employ a skilled workforce of over 37,089 individuals, performing maintenance and modernization work for Chief of Naval Operation (CNO) availabilities. Some reoccurring issues faced at the NSYs for overhauling components are hard to get parts/pieces, length of time to overhaul, complexity of overhaul, lack of vendor support, and premature failure of an item. Component rotatable pools were stood up to correct the schedule delays. Submarine Advanced Equipment Repair Program (AERP, PMS392), Trident Planned Equipment Repair program (TRI PER, PMS392), Carrier Planned Equipment Repair program (CARPER, PMS312), Corporate Component Repair Program (CCRP, PMS392), and Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Class (CVN68CL, PMS312) and Los Angeles Fast Attack Submarine Class (SSN688CL, PMS392) shafts. The concept for rotatable pools is to have refurbished material Ready For Issue (RFI) in "A" condition when needed to meet the demand signal. Similarly, Other Productive Work (OPW) lines were established at NSYs for refurbishment of all other components needed during ship maintenance availability or to meet off-yard fleet demand. Because of ongoing NSYs resource constraints and schedule impacts caused by prioritization of workloads being shifted, the rotatable pools are challenged to meet schedule, quantity, and quality demands for planned CNO availabilities.
Objectives
NAVSEA seeks a Contractor to develop a plan to stand up one or more Component Repair Centers (CRCs) that will house all component refurbishment work. Also, to develop a plan to stand-up one forge/foundry to fabricate new components from the largest shafts to the smallest component. Key objectives for the Contractor are as follows:
Enhance item readiness through implementation of strategic near-term and long-term actions
Demonstrate a measurable impact on item throughput, based on improvements made by standing up the CRCs
Implementation is expected to include:
Site locations of CRCs with equipment layouts for optimizing workflow throughput for all OPW and rotatable pool items along with shipping and receiving and storage areas. Site location for the forge/foundry, preferably near one of the CRCs, for optimizing workflow, material laydown, shipping and receiving. Integrated Technology (IT) systems shall be part of the existing NSY IT systems. A comprehensive and robust maintenance plan will be developed to sustain the CRC facilities, the forge/foundry, and internal machinery along with incorporating the required Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) for back-up electrical power
Expanded scope, accuracy, and responsiveness of item forecasting and planning
Coordinated item readiness with integration into specific jobs and availabilities and casualty surge requests. This will be integrated into the existing forecasting processes
Standardized assembly lines for all the rotatable pool and OPW items with the ability to develop "hybrid" cross over assembly lines when workload demands require using intelligent automated mainframe processes tied to demand signal networks to control component throughput when needed
Develop processes needed to fabricate new shafts and components from ingots manufactured at the forge/foundry and any other component from the rotatable pool lists as needed
Phases of Interest:
CRC Phase 1: Locate/Build (including regulations)
CRC Phase 2: Outfit/IT and cybersecurity (including utilities/infrastructure)
CRC Phase 3: Operate and Maintain
Forge/Foundry Phase 1: Locate/Build (including regulations)
Forge/Foundry Phase 2: Outfit/IT and cybersecurity (including utilities/infrastructure)
Forge/Foundry Phase 3: Operate and Maintain
Effort Timeline
COMPLETED - 15 November 2022 Government Only Collaboration Event (CE): Government partners from NAVSEA will identify current limitations and ideate on ways to overcome limiting factors. The discuss to frame needs and align discussions with Industry to solutions. Discussions and outcomes from the Government Only Collaboration Event will shape a future Industry Collaboration Event (CE) and Assessment Event (AE).
COMPLETED - 10 January 2024 and 11 January 2024 Industry Collaboration Event (CE): Nautilus, in collaboration with NAVSEA, will host an Industry Collaboration Event. Day 1 of the CE will be a hybrid “Round Robin” event, while Day 2 of the CE will be in-person only working group, brainstorming session. During this event, NAVSEA representatives will interact and inform Industry, Academic, and Laboratory partners to further communicate operational requirements. Participation in the Collaboration Event is not mandatory, however, it is designed to provide insights to ensure potential offerors understand the problem set(s) fully and to increase the likelihood of matching their technologies with NAVSEA needs. If you do not wish to participate in the industry day, you are free to submit your technology for review in the Assessment Event (AE).
COMPLETED - 18 January 2024 to 15 February 2024 Submissions Open: Interested respondents who could potentially provide solutions that meet the needs of the Stakeholders are encouraged to submit their solutions per the instructions below.
COMPLETED - 16 February 2024 to 14 March 2024 Downselects: NAVSEA will downselect those respondents/submissions they feel have the highest potential to satisfy their capability needs. Organizations with favorably evaluated submissions will receive an invitation to the Assessment Event.
26 March 2024 to 28 March 2024 Virtual Assessment Event (AE): During the virtual AE, invited participants will be allotted a one-on-one session with the Government evaluation panel to discuss their proposed solutions and proposed work plan, if selected to move forward. The forum will include a Q&A portion and discussions may continue outside of the event to determine who (if anyone) proceeds to follow-on efforts.
April 2024 Follow-On: The Government has several acquisition/contract vehicles (i.e., various IDIQ contracts, purchase orders, etc.) to potentially select solution offerors. The Government may select none, one, or some solution offerors from the Assessment Event to complete the desired outcomes. The intent is for selectees to receive a formal Business-to-Business (B2B) Agreement and Statement of Effort (SOE) as a sub-award (15 U.S. Code, Section 3715) from DEFENSEWERX-FLEETWERX. However, after discussions with the Government, successfully negotiated awards may fall under (but are not limited to) alternate mechanism of awards/interactions with any combination of these categories:
Business-to-Business Agreement (B2B) as a sub-award through the Nautilus Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) (15 U.S. Code Section 3715)
OTA for research or prototype projects (10 U.S. Code Sections 4021, 4022)
An award under 10 U. S. Code, Section 4022 may result in the further award of a follow-on production agreement without additional competition based on successful prototype completion. The Government may make this follow-on production award even if all successful prototype criteria are not fully met during the prototype project.
Procurement for experimental purposes (10 U.S. Code Section 4023)
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (15 U.S. Code Section 3710a)
Prizes for advanced technology achievements (10 U. S. Code Section 4025) and/or prize competitions (15 U.S. Code 3719)
FAR-based procurement contract
How You Can Participate
Review the Current Sources Sought: Click Here to Review
Review the Current Tasks Details and CRC Proposal: Click Here to Review
Download the Submission Template: Click Here to Download
Complete the Submission Form: Submissions closed on 15 February 2024. Submitters will be notified o/a 04 March 2024.
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DISCLAIMERS:
An award under 10 U. S. Code, Section 2371b may result in award of a follow-on production in accordance with 10.U.S.C. 2371(f). Upon a determination that the competitively awarded prototype project(s) have been successfully completed, and subject to the availability of funds, the prototype project(s) may result in the award of a follow-on production contract or transaction without the use of competitive procedures. Such awards may include multiple phases.
Non‐Government advisors may be used in the evaluation of submissions and will have signed Non‐Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) with the Government. The Government understands the information provided in this announcement is presented in confidence and may contain trade secret or commercial or financial information and agrees to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure to the maximum extent permitted and as required by law. An Organization’s participation in any part of the selection process under this announcement indicates concurrence with the aforementioned use of contractor support personnel.