SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- EACN NETWORK SWITCH UPGRADES - DRAFT Requirements List
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334210
— Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Mobility Command, AMC Specialized Contracting, 507 Symington Drive, Room W202, Scott AFB, Illinois, 62225-5022, United States
- ZIP Code
- 62225-5022
- Solicitation Number
- FA4452-13-Q-EACN
- Point of Contact
- Richard P. Hill, Phone: 6182290049, Julia L. Brueggemann, Phone: 6182569957
- E-Mail Address
-
richard.hill.14@us.af.mil, julia.brueggemann@us.af.mil
(richard.hill.14@us.af.mil, julia.brueggemann@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- DRAFT Requirements List which lists required the required maintenance support, hardware/software and delivery addresses. EACN NETWORK SWITCH UPGRADES Sources Sought Notice The Headquarters Air Mobility Command (HQ AMC) Specialized Contracting Branch anticipating a brand name requirement and conducting market research to determine interested sources to supply upgraded Cisco switches for the Executive Airlift Communication Network (EACN) program to three United States Air Force bases. The upgraded Cisco switches will be installed in the existing Air-to-Gig Gateways (A2G2s) at Joint Base Andrews (JBA) and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) as well as the EACN Systems Integration Lab (SIL) at Scott Air Force Base (AFB). Firms choosing to respond to this Sources Sought Notice are cautioned that is not a Request for Quote (RFQ). This Sources Sought Notice is a market research tool used to determine the adequacy of eligible business sources prior to determining the acquisition strategy and issuance of an RFQ. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from any sources responding to this notice. All information received in response to this notice marked "proprietary" will be handled accordingly. The Government will not provide any feedback or carry on discussions with non-federal Government activities regarding the information provided in response to this Sources Sought Notice. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract or agreement. The AF will not be obligated to pursue any particular acquisition alternative as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. Responses to the Sources Sought Notice will not be returned. Not responding to this Sources Sought Notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if one is issued. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code anticipated for this procurement is 334210 Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. The intent of this Sources Sought notice is to obtain information of capable small business concerns; however, large businesses are not precluded from responding. The Government is contemplating use of a Firm-Fixed-Price contract type. However, as no acquisition plan has been approved, the procurement strategy is subject to change. Additionally, there is currently no timeframe for potential RFQ release. Approximate delivery date, assuming a contract is issued, would be 01 Nov 2013. INFORMATION REQUESTED (Please limit submission to 10 pages or less) 1. Company Information: Name, address, telephone number, point of contact names, e-mail addresses, CAGE code, and business size (for small business include socioeconomic status e.g. 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) 2. Major Risks: Identify any major performance, schedule, or cost risks anticipated. 3. Commentary/recommendations for improving or clarifying draft requirements. 4. Recommendations for use of an alternative contract type or NAICS code. Please also include any special contract terms and conditions that would need to be included in a subsequent solicitation. 5. All questions regarding this Sources Sought Notice shall be submitted in writing by email to richard.hill.14@us.af.mil. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. The Government does not guarantee that questions received after 20 Aug 13 will be answered. 6. Submission Information: Interested vendors submission must be clear, concise, complete, and be submitted via e-mail by 12:00 pm CST on 27 Aug 13 to both julia.brueggemann@us.af.mil and richard.hill.14@us.af.mil. ---------------- Please See Attached DRAFT Requirements List ----------------
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