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Overview of Design EngineeringSupport Program (DESP) II
Hal BurnsideDESP II Program Manager
Director, Structural Engineering DepartmentSouthwest Research Institute
San Antonio, Texas210-522-2332
hburnside@swri.org
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• Goal of DESP II• Review of DESP I• Summary of DESP II• Technical and Functional Focus• Pricing Options and Sole Source
Justification• Small Business Considerations• Prime Contractors• Government DESP II Website
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• USAF DESP Goal
To provide a “pool” of qualified contractors to meet the engineering and technical requirements of the
Air Force and other DoD customers
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• Ogden Air Logistics Center
• IDIQ Contract
• Engineering Technical Services
• Available to all Federal Agencies
• 5 Year Award Period: April 2000-April 2005
• 13 Prime contractors: 10 large, 3 small
• $450M Ceiling
– $370M Large Business – Ceiling Reached
– $ 80M Small Business
DESP IDESP I
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DESP IIDESP II
• Ogden Air Logistics Center
• Multiple Award ID/IQ Contract– 5-year Ordering Period, 7-year Performance Period
– Awarded in June 2005
– 6 Large Business Awards
– 4 Small Business Awards (SB < 1500 staff)
• Contract Ceiling: $1.9B
• Available for AFMC and other USAF commands, other DOD/Federal Government agencies
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• Focused on Advanced Engineering Design & Support– Aircraft/Air Vehicle Systems, Subsystems & Components
Electronic Support Equipment– Ground Equipment/Ground Transportation– Munitions/Missiles– Gas Generating, Dispensing & Handling Systems– Industrial Engineering & Infrastructure– Ground Systems– Environmental Research – Space Systems
DESP IIDESP II
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Covers Five Functional Categories• Category I
– Technical Documentation– Courseware development
• Category II– Systems Design, Engineering, Development
• Functional Category III– Software/Firmware
• Category IV– Maintenance, Repair, and Operational Support– Support Equipment Studies– Support Equipment Improvement/Technology Insertion– Process Modeling, Analysis, and Re-Engineering
• Category V– Environmental, Health, and Safety
DESP IIDESP II
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Pricing Options• Firm Fixed Price (FFP) • Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) • Time and Materials (T&M)
Sole Source Justification• Urgent Need • Only One Source • Logical Follow-on
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Prime Contractors Prime Contractors
Small Businesses• Aerospace Engineering Spectrum, LLC (AES)• Karta Technologies• Manufacturing Technology, Inc. (MTI)• Support Systems Associates, Inc. (SSAI)
Large Businesses• ARINC Engineering Services, LLC• Battelle • Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC)• Northrop Grumman• Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)• Sverdrup Technologies
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Small Business Small Business
• Small Business opportunity and participation very important to DESP II• Small Business NAICS Code: 541710 Research
and Development in the Physical, engineering, and Life Sciences (Size < 1,500)• Small Business Set-Asides–All competitive orders < $500K
• DESP II Goal is for Primes to Subcontract at least 20% of total annual contract dollars to Small Businesses
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http://contracting.hill.af.mil/AirCraft/DESPII/http://contracting.hill.af.mil/AirCraft/DESPII/despII.asp despII.asp
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SwRI’s DESP II Website is at:
http://www.swri.org/despii/
For a copy of this briefing,
give me your card or contact me at:
hburnside@swri.org