Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
F2AST
(Future Flexible Acquisition and
Sustainment Tool)
and
SbAST
(Small Business Acquisition and
Sustainment Tool)
Maj William Kerr
WR-ALC/PKXE
Enterprise Acquisition Branch
People First…Mission Always
WR-ALC
Vision & Focus
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Vision:
A “World-Class” Center of
Acquisition & Sustainment Excellence
Focus:
• Exceed Warfighter & Customer Expectations
• Lead DoD in Cost Management
• Re-energize & Sustain Continuous Process
Improvement
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Overview
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Organizational Structure
Contract Basics
Prime Contractors
Scope
Performance Measures
How to Use F2AST/SbAST
Protests
Examples of Systems supported via F2AST
F2AST/SbAST Factsheet
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What’s in it for You?
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
WR-ALC/PKXE Augments Your Requirements Team!!
Provides:
• Acquisition Guidance and Contract Award Function
• Dedicated Contracting Officers and Buyer thru Award
• Dedicated Pricing Analyst Support
• Requirements Document Support (PWS, Serv Summ, FOE, MR)
• Assistance with Building and Compiling Requirements Packages
• Experienced Program Management Support
• Engineering Expertise
• DD 2579 Completion/Assistance
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What’s in it for You?
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
WR-ALC/PKXE Has Working Relationships and Assists With:
• Small Business Office (WR-ALC/SB)
• Competition Advocate Office (WR-ALC/PKC)
• Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE)
• Market Research Subject Matter Expert (WR-ALC/XPQ)
• Legal Office (WR-ALC/JA)
• Prime Contractors & OEM’s
NTE Labor Rates Already Established
Avg. F2AST award 32 days $5M = 116 business days reduction of 69 days
Sole Source • Use FAR 16 vs. FAR 15
• $5M = 149 business days
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F2AST/SbAST Basics
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
F2AST SbAST
12 Prime Contractors 6 Prime Contractors
• Approx. 396 Subs • Approx. 40 Subs
–Additional subs may be –Additional subs may be
added as necessary added as necessary
$6.9B ceiling $402M ceiling
No Surcharge No Surcharge
As of Apr 2011
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F2AST Primes
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
ARINC
Boeing
DRS Technical Services
L-3 Communications TCS
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems
MacAulay-Brown
MTC (BAE SSTI)
Northrop Grumman Technical Services
Raytheon Tech. Serv. Cust. Eng. and Depot Supt (CEDS)
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Scientific Research Corporation (SRC)
Support Systems Associates, Inc (SSAI)
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SbAST - Primes
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
AAEC (Advanced Aerospace Engineering)
AAII (Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc)
AMS (Advanced Modification Solutions)
ES3 (Engineering and Software Solutions)
SRC (Scientific Research Corporation)
SSAI (Support Systems Associates)
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F2AST/SbAST –
Pricing ArrangementsAir Logistics Center
Warner Robins
Fixed Price (FP)
• Profit negotiated at D/TO
Labor Hour (LH)
• Profit negotiated at D/TO
• Profit capped at 10%
Time and Material (T&M)
• Profit included in rates (10% max)
Cost Reimbursable (CR)
• Fee negotiated at D/TO
Incentive Types
• Award Fee and Incentive Fee Available
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F2AST /SbAST –
Customers Robins Air Logistics Center
Warner
Who Can Issue Orders?
• F2AST
− Centralized ordering at WR-ALC (by PKXE)
− Decentralized ordering at WR-ALC, OO-ALC, OC-ALC,
and ASC on a case-by-case basis
• SbAST
− Centralized ordering at WR-ALC (by PKXE)
− Decentralized ordering at WR-ALC on a case-by-case
basis
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F2AST - PoP
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Ordering 3 yr 2 yr 2 yr
Basic Opt Opt
Period (Jul08-Jul11) (Jul11-Jul13) (Jul13-Jul15)
PoP 7 yrs 3 yrs
3 yr basic 2 yr 3 yr PoP
Pricing + 2 yr opt opt
Ten- year total period of performance: 23 Jul 2008 – 22 Jul 2018
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SbAST - PoP
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Ordering 3 yr 2 yr
Period basic opt
PoP 5 yrs 2 yrs
Pricing 5 yrs 2 yrs
7 year total period of performance: 22 Oct 2010 – 21Oct 2017
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F2AST/SbAST Scope
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Scope Includes:
• Sustainment support of Air Force operated weapon
systems, support systems, subsystems, components,
and related services
• Development*, Modification, Maintenance
• Repairs, Spares, and Services
• Foreign Military Sales
• Partnerships
• Direct Sales Partnership Agreements
• Workshare Partnership Agreements
* SbAST does NOT include development
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F2AST Scope – Development
SbAST does NOT include development
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Modify current weapon systems
and/or their subsystems
• Design, engineering, development, and test
• New parts, software, or systems shall be designed
and produced to integrate with existing system
components and software if applicable
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F2AST/SbAST
Scope - Modifications Air Logistics Center
Warner Robins
Modify current weapon systems
and/or their subsystems
• Enhancements
• Reliability
• Serviceability
• Maintainability
• Performance
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F2AST/SbAST
Scope - Maintenance Air Logistics Center
Warner Robins
May include
• Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM)
• Unprogrammed Depot Level
Maintenance(UDLM)
• Inspections
• Unpredictable Repair Maintenance
Requirements
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F2AST/SbAST
Scope - Services
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Not reasonably severable from:
• Development
• Modification
• Maintenance efforts
Engineering Services under F2AST
shall be sole source efforts to a prime
contractor
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F2AST/SbAST
Scope - Spares
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Standard and Non-Standard Spares
• Development and/or modifications
Contingency Spares
• Non-responsive source
Limited Spares
• Low fielded population
• Low demand rate
Critical Spares
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F2AST/SbAST
Scope - RepairsRobins Air Logistics Center
Warner
Standard and Non-Standard Repairs
• Development and/or modifications
Contingency Repair
• Normally organic source that cannot meet the time
frame required by the government
Limited Repair
• Low fielded population
• Low demand rate
Critical Repair
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F2AST/SbAST Scope
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Scope Does Not Include:
• Commercial items/services (FAR Part 12)
• Small Business Modifications under F2AST
• Severable Engineering Services
• Severable Advisory and Assistance Services
(A&AS)
• New weapon system development
• Military Construction (MILCON)
• Base operating support (BOS)
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F2AST/SbAST
Performance Measures Logistics Center
Warner Robins Air
Performance Based IAW AFI 63-124
• Performance-Based Work Statement (PWS)
• Service Summary
• Contracting Officer Representative (COR)
• CPAR and COR provided by requiring activity at D/TO
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F2AST/SbAST Process
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
If F2AST or SbAST is being considered:
Call or email WR-ALC/PKXE
• Advise of your potential requirement
• Provide PWS and Market Research if available
Meet with WR-ALC/PKXE
• Via e-mail, phone, or face-to-face
• Not limited to one meeting
• Review requirements documents
• Prepare the F2AST/SbAST checklist
• Early coordination with the Small Business Office
is recommended
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F2AST/SbAST Process
(cont.)
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Develop the PR Package
• PR, PWS, Performance Plan, RAD, F2AST/SbAST
checklist etc.
CO Issues Request for Order Proposal (RFOP)
• F2AST PCO will issue for centralized orders
• All applicable clauses are included
• The official RFOP will not be released until a complete
package is received in R2M
–A control number must be assigned by WR-ALC/PKXE
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F2AST/SbAST Process
(cont.) Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Evaluation of Offerors
• Tech evaluation conducted by requiring activity
• Cost/Price evaluation conducted by WR-ALC/PKXE for
centralized orders
Delivery/Task Order (D/TO) Award
• WR-ALC/PKXE PCO in conjunction with requiring
activity’s team makes a best value decision
Administration
• Performed by Requirements PCO for D/TO(s)
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F2AST/SbAST Protests
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Protest of Orders
• Contractors can protest D/TOs based on:
− Order increases scope, period of performance, or
maximum value of the order
− Orders over $10M (FAR 16.505(a)(9)(i))
• WR-ALC/PKXE PCO will respond to protests resulting
from award process disputes
• Requiring activity PCO will respond to protests resulting
from scope, performance, or acquisition strategy
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Systems Supported By F2AST
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
C-130
- AC-130 Gunship Sustainment Support
C-5
- C-5 Enhanced Surveillance (EHS)
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Systems Supported By F2AST
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
C-17
-C-17 Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals
(IETMS)
F-15
- F-15 Auto Flight Control System Test Set
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Systems Supported By F2AST
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
F-16
-F-16 Block 25/30/32 Plug and Play Operational
Flight Program
A-10
-A-10 Helmet Mounted Information Targeting
and Queuing System (HMIT)
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Systems Supported By F2AST
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
B-1
-Investigate B-1 30” Bomb Release Units (BRU)
ejector racks reliability
Global Hawk
-Global Hawk Pilot Stand Alone Trainer (PSAT)
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F2AST/SbAST
Fact Sheet Robins Air Logistics Center
Warner
Website for F2AST/SbAST information:
• http://www.robins.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=11544
Or
• http://www.robins.af.mil
–Units
• WR-ALC Staff Agencies
• Under “WR-ALC Staff Agencies” heading select
Enterprise Acquisition Branch
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Discussion/Questions
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
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