The Army this week issued a Market Survey to measure industry interest and the ability of contractors that are not part of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase in competing for a potential low-rate-initial production and full-rate production for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV).
The survey is to find out if there are any “viable non-EMD vendors” able to compete on production as part of the JLTV program acquisition strategy.
The JLTV EMD solicitation offered non-EMD vendors the opportunity to participate in the JLTV EMD program at their own risk and expense, the survey said. Those non-EMD vendors were expected to perform “at a minimum, all of the same testing in the same manner with the same hardware quantities as the EMD vendors,” it added.
The government plans a source selection with at least the three contractors now participating in the JLTV EMD.
Lockheed Martin [LMT] Oshkosh [OSK] and AM General are competing on the Army-Marine program and in December successfully completed government reviews (Defense Daily, Jan. 18).
The three contractors received EMD contracts in August 2012 (Defense Daily, Aug. 24).
Ultimately, the government wants a single contractor that can demonstrate the best capabilities to meet the full JLTV production and operational support requirements.
The LRIP/Production phase is now planned for a limited competition and award in fiscal year 2015. The contract is expected to be a single award, fixed price contract of a three-year LRIP, with an option for five years of full production. The full rate production deliveries are expected to be secured either through a five-year multiyear contract or a single base year sole-source contract.
The JLTV is comprised of two variants based on a common vehicle automotive platform, a two-seat and a four-seat variant, and a companion trailer with four option years.
All interested JLTV participants must balance affordability with achieving protection, payload, and performance. The Average Unit Manufacturing Cost (AUMC) target for the vehicle configurations across the Family of Vehicles (FoV) in production is $250,000 in FY ’11 constant dollars. The cost target for the B-kit Armor is $65,000, also in FY ’11 constant dollars. The JLTV EMD PD defines all of the capabilities desired at these cost targets.
Responses to the Market Survey and requests for clarification should be e-mailed to: [email protected]
More detailed information is available on the ACC Warren Procurement Network: http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/majorsys/jltvfrp/jltvfrp.htm.