1. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 1 DESP II USAF DESP II Overview of Design Engineering Support Program (DESP) II Hal Burnside DESP II Program Manager Director, Structural Engineering Department Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, Texas 210-522-2332 hburnside@swri.org

2. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 2 DESP II USAF DESP II 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

3. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 3 DESP II USAF DESP I/II 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

4. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 4 DESP II 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 I

5. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 5 DESP 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

6. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 6 DESP II 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 II

7. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 7 DESP II 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 II

8. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 8 DESP II 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

9. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 9 DESP II 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

10. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 10 DESP II 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

11. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 11 DESP IIhttp://contracting.hill.af.mil/AirCraft/DESPII/despII.asp

12. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 12 DESP IIhttp://contracting.hill.af.mil/AirCraft/DESPII/despII.asp

13. DTC Meeting, 28 Feb 2006 13 DESP II USAF DESP II SwRIs 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