(from a long time ago)
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Solicitation Number:
N00019-13-R-0012
Notice Type:
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Synopsis:
Added: Oct 19, 2012 11:45 am
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with A.T. Kearney Public Sector and Defense Services, LLC., 1300 Wilson Blvd, Ste.1050, Arlington, VA 22209 for Sustainment Business Case Analysis (BCA) and Affordability Program Support, Phase II for the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO). The period of performance for this contract is estimated to be nine (9) months from date of award.
** Note: This synopsis is an amendment to the previous (N00019-12-R-0084) that was issued on January 23, 2012.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Office (JSFPO) has completed Phase I of the JSF Sustainment Business Case Analysis (BCA) and Affordability Program, and plans to complete Phase II in the next nine (9) months. Phase I included deep dives of four (4) functional areas, including Supply Chain Management (SCM), Sustaining Engineering, Field Support Operations, and Fleet Management. Phase II will address other high priority areas not included in Phase I and complete the F-35 Sustainment Strategy Analysis. It also includes deep dives of the following additional functional areas: Autonomic Logistics Information Systems (ALIS), Training, Support Equipment, Depot Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul & Upgrade (MRO&U) Planning, Software, and Eglin Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) Maintenance not addressed in Phase I. Provide support to the Phase I implementation in order to provide continuity between BCA recommended changes and development and execution of required changes in people, processes and systems to achieve a new sustainment strategy.
A.T. Kearney has completed the support services for this requirement. It is in the Government's best interest to issue a new contract to A.T. Kearney for a continuation of services.
Responses must be received within 15 days of publication of this notice. Any responses should reference the solicitation number N00019-13-R-0012. The point of contact is Ms. Lisa Ellis, email: lisa.ellis@jsf.mil, or Ms. Emily Bannan, email: Emily.Bannan@jsf.mil
8 comments:
Asking for industry input on Sustainment strategies is a long, long way from "has no clue how to make the F-35 affordable and sustainable". Get a grip you fools! Stop trying to turn every announcement regarding the F-35 into a doom and gloom story!!!
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Now go back and look at every word Burbage and Davis have said on this topic .... for years... Just to name two of those who have misled the public on several occasions.
Looking at the comments from the new F-35 PO also indicate why the DOD is now looking for answers outside the realm of contractor over-optimism and leadership by Powerpoint.
The business/development model the F-35 is based on is a scam. First i would stop ordering more F-35. Then talk to LM how much money is needed to finisch testing and development. And then i am being generous.
Then in 2016 i would start a fighter competition/evaluation based on lets say the Swiss sytem where price/suatainment cost/capabilities matter.
The F-35 program is not cheap, high sustainment cost, in 2016 less capabilities then F-16 today etc.
Ofcourse the F-35 would not win, and that will save the Usa an insane ammount of money.
Ok can i have my reward now:)
SP is the fool.
If Congress and global partners knew back as recently as late 2008 and 2009 (I will exclude 2007 as it was the peak of the bubble mindset and psychology influencing policymakers that no doom and gloom could ever be foreseen vis-a-vis the estimates and expectations) as to what the state of the F-35 Program would be by 2H 2012, there would have most likely been Plan B recap strategies executed to include stopgap procurement measures by FY12 at the latest.
And yes Scar Pimper, that would have been a prudent and calculated decision, given the realities.
It's exactly mindsets like that poster which has put Tacair recap in the US and beyond in considerable and unacceptable risk.
gg
Keep living in your fantasy world guys...I am sure that just like the TSR.2 and Avro Arrow fans, you too will be still carrying on about how the F-35 is the wrong plane 20 - 30 yrs in the future. Of course, the rest of the world will have just passed you by...
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The world passes everyone by each and every living day, so not sure about the significance or implication of such a simplistic rhetorical statement.
With respect to the F-35 aircraft procurement scheme, it's no doubt been and continues to be an unsustainable procurement model and massively flawed acquisition process.
Technically speaking, it's highly speculative to assume that the F-35 (assuming it achieves operational status on any mass scale) will hold some sort of monopolistic game-changing capability on an aggregate cost-effective basis by the end of the decade and beyond.
Speaking of the world passing by, the Chinese are moving quite a bit faster than the glacial pace of development of the F-35
J-20 2003 has arrived with a new nose holding whats undoubtedly a large AESA radar and EOTS/IRST.
Does anyone really think that the JSF and 188 Raptors will be enough when there are multiple squadrons of these flying? And what will be the relevance of buying more Super Hornets when this not to distant future arrives?
https://lh3.ggpht.com/-HVKyCA-AIc8/UISBUBVdJjI/AAAAAAAAR1k/pBWdtcd-0CQ/s1600/27_112866_ec8412e60bb8077.jpg
Talk about Flightline Maintenance!
The series of photos from which that one of the J-20 is taken reveals a lot about some of that machines internals, the reliance on compound machining, and sensor arrangements.
Also shows what a massive lifting area there is and the size of the DLC device aft of the cockpit.
Little doubt Yang Wei and his team are one smart bunch of aircraft design dudes.
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