MODIFICATION
51 -- Sources Sought for Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series
- Notice Date
- 11/18/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 332216
— Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA), ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV14R0020
- Response Due
- 12/19/2013
- Archive Date
- 1/18/2014
- Point of Contact
- Angela Tangalos, 586-282-3516
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA)
(angela.tangalos.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Market Survey for Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series GENERAL INFORMATION: The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The U.S. Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as quote mark CONFIDENTIAL quote mark under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the U.S. Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following: 1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) quote mark CONFIDENTIAL quote mark with any explanatory text, so that the U.S. Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected. 2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as quote mark CONFIDENTIAL quote mark may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected. 3. The U.S. Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the U.S. Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the U.S. Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the U.S. Government will be protected in accordance with the U.S. Government's rights in the data. 4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the U.S. Government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends quote mark CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS: quote mark and quote mark CONFIDENTIAL PORTION ENDS. quote mark 5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the U.S. Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text. 6. The U.S. Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent's marking of data as quote mark Confidential quote mark will preclude disclosure of same outside the U.S. Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Also, it is not a request seeking contractors interested in being placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this questionnaire is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT: The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information on commercial industry capability to satisfy U.S. Army requirements for Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series The Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series provides the necessary components to place vehicles in operation, to operate them, and to perform emergency repairs. 1. All components supplied with this set shall be industrial quality. For the purposes of this survey, the term quote mark industrial quality tools quote mark versus household-use tools or general purpose tools are defined as tools commercially marketed and manufactured for constant, rigorous, industrial or professional environment use. The items offered shall have either achieved industrial market acceptance or have been satisfactory supplied to the Government under current or recent contract for the same or similar requirements. Industrial quality tools are used primarily by skilled professionals and technicians in such areas as machine shops, automotive maintenance and repair facilities, industrial automotive assembly plants, fleet maintenance facilities, and airline service facilities. The tools will be used for specialized application in an environment of virtual constant use, with application requiring high torque, low slippage, and strict tolerances. 2. All components must demonstrate Market Acceptance. Market acceptance is demonstrated by the component having a higher percentage of sales to industrial/professional customers than to retail or Government customers. Advertising or marketing literature that indicates quote mark professional grade quote mark or quote mark industrial quality quote mark, or merely stating that an item is quote mark professional grade quote mark or quote mark industrial quality quote mark is insufficient to establish industrial quality tools since these are terms for which there is no generally accepted definition. A claim that an item is manufactured to an industry consensus standard is also insufficient to establish industrial quality tools. Evidence of acceptance by industrial/professional customers includes sales to fleet operators, distributors, Contractors, industrial and professional users, and sales to distributors who retail exclusively to the professional or industrial market. 3. All components shall be supplied with the warranties. 4. Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series see DFP 472H. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE: 1. Number each response with the appropriate question number. 2. You do not have to repeat the question in your response. 3. If you cannot answer a question, please indicate quote mark No Response. quote mark 4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: quote mark See response to question XXX. quote mark 5. Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing an ACROBAT formatted manual, annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If preferred, include Internet Web links to locations where animations/videos may be viewed. 6. If your sales media and/or manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey. 7. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance. 8. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable, the front page of your response package should state: quote mark Proprietary Information Contained. quote mark Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey. Request for Information (RFI) Questionnaire 1. Company Name: 2. Business size: Large business or Small business, category such as 8(a), Woman- Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB Zone), Veteran-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) or any other information that you feel would be pertinent. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/table- small-business-size-standards. The small business size standard is 500 employees for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Are you a large or small business for North American Industry Classification System? If small business, are you: Small Disadvantaged - or - 8(a) In a Hubzone Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Women Owned 3. Mailing Address: 4. E-Mail Address: 5. Point of Contact (POC)/Title: 6. Telephone No: 7. Fax No: 8. How long has your company been in business? 9. Does your company currently produce and/or sell Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series or a similar set? Provide a list of your customers of the Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series to include company name and a point of contact with phone number within the company. 10. Have you produced any Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series for any U.S. Government agency in the past? If so, which agency? 11. What is the expected lead time for delivery of the kit from the date of Contract award? 12. Are you able to meet all of the Requirements listed in the DFP including Sections 3, 4 and 5 for the Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series ? If not, please list which areas you are unable to meet or if you are only able to satisfy the requirements? 13. Any concerns with the Product Verification and Conformance inspections listed in section 4 of the DFP? 14. Has any testing been performed on your systems? If so, please provide what standard the tests were performed to. 15. What is the approximate cost of your system or any of the components you may produce for the Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series 16. Have you been responsible for the organization of tool kits for rapid inventory in the past? Provide a brief explanation. 17. What is your experience in assembling tool sets? 18. What types of tool sets have you assembled in the past? 19. In order to fulfill contract requirements, would you have to increase your workforce or provide additional training? 20. How would you fulfill warranty provisions (lifetime and commercial/manufacturer's) if required? 21. What is your experience in providing your customers long term warranty support? 22. If you were awarded a contract for the Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series where would production take place? 23. Are you able to comply with the Berry Amendment? 24. Any other Special Notes you care to enclose? Responses to this market investigation questionnaire should be sent via e-mail to Angela Tangalos - angela.tangalos.civ@mail.mil. You are requested to put quote mark Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE quote mark in the subject line of the e-mail. You may respond in total or to any part of this questionnaire. Any requests for clarifications of this Survey shall also be addressed to Angela Tangalos, and will be published with the appropriate answers at the same web location as this Questionnaire. Any product literature that cannot be e-mailed may be sent to: U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren CCTA-HBF-T ATTN: Angela Tangalos, Mail Stop 352 6501 E. Eleven Mile Rd. Warren, MI 48397-5000 Replies to this questionnaire must be received by close of business, 19 December 2013. Please mark your information quote mark Proprietary, quote mark as you believe appropriate. Your input is voluntary and no compensation will be made for your participation in this survey. We appreciate your cooperation in answering these questions and thank you in advance for your participation. BE ADVISED that updates to the Basic Issue Items for Truck, Heavy Variant, M1097 Series or non-proprietary questions from interested parties and responses by the Government will be posted as addenda to the questionnaire.
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- Address: ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA) ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
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