SOURCES SOUGHT
61 -- Marine Expeditionary Battery Maintenance & Containment System - RFI: M67854-16-I-5000 / Marine Expeditionary Battery Maintenance & Containment System
- Notice Date
- 10/28/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 335911
— Storage Battery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, MARCORSYSCOM, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, Virginia, 22134, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22134
- Solicitation Number
- M67854-16-I-5000
- Archive Date
- 7/31/2016
- Point of Contact
- jamila z. bransford, Phone: 7034323726
- E-Mail Address
-
jamila.bransford@usmc.mil
(jamila.bransford@usmc.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFI: M67854-16-I-5000 / Marine Expeditionary Battery Maintenance & Containment System. Marine Expeditionary Battery Maintenance & Containment System General Information: Document Type: Request For Information (RFI) Request For Information Number: M67854-16-I-5000 Solicitation Number: N/A Posted Date: 28 October 2015 Original Response Date: 11 December 2015 Original Archive Date: Current Archive Date: 31 July 2016 Classification Code (NAICS): 335911-Storage Battery Manufacturing Federal Supply Group: 61 - Electric Wire and Power Distribution Equipment Contracting Office Address: Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Systems Command, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, VA, 22134-5010 Description: MARKET RESEARCH. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. The Marine Corps is becoming increasingly reliant on lithium batteries. This reliance has identified a capability gap in relation to safe storage and maintenance (i.e. "charging") of batteries while in garrison and deployed aboard naval and commercial shipping. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia is seeking sources and information for battery storage and maintenance solutions for use on land and aboard naval/commercial shipping. The desired material solution must meet the following requirements: 1. Meet or exceed Naval and Commercial shipping lithium battery storage safety requirements identified in NAVSEA SG270 and NAVSEA S9310. 2. Able to be transported overland, by sea, rail and air with no degradation. 3. Capable of storing and charging Marine Corps commonly used Lithium Batteries. 4. Able to withstand extended exposure to austere environments (direct sun, sand, rain, salt fog, etc.) in which Marine Expeditionary Units operate. 5. Provide adequate safety measures to protect against the possibility of lithium battery fires. 6. In the occurrence of a lithium battery fire, the system shall alert users, contain and extinguish the fire with no damage to external surroundings. 7. Possess integrated environmental control or ability to be integrated with fielded Marine Corps environmental control units. Any value added information that would be pertinent to a future acquisition program is desired. The Government is particularly interested in: 1. Any industry or Governmental standards which your products are built to meet 2. Product production cost and any projected developmental funding that would be needed to meet the above capability. 3. Size and mass constraints of the product 4. Types (including chemistries), size and quantities of batteries storage limitations of product 5. Products available transportation methods - shipboard, tractor trailer, crane, fork lift, etc. 6. Environmental control capability of product 7. Different possible functions of your product - storage, charging, maintenance, etc. 8. Any monitoring technology your product has 9. Internal power capability of your product for charging 10. Products external power interfaces types. 11. Products housekeeping power for HVAC, lighting, fault protection, alarms, etc. 12. Products external communications interface(s). 13. Products internal shelving and locker options. 14. Ability of internal lockers to be individually cooled. 15. Products safety features including fire suppression, ventilation, failure warnings, etc. 16. Any battery failure containment data on your product. 17. Any autonomous monitoring capability of your product. This information will be used to support the planned procurement initiative to field this capability. The Governments seeks to ascertain the degree to which the capability can be met and the rough order of magnitude costs to deliver up to a minimum of two (2) systems within six (6) months of the close of this Request for Information (RFI). Submission and Content of Material: Potential offerors with the ability to meet the requirements listed are requested to provide information on their solution. REQUEST FOR WRITTEN RESPONSES: No industry day is planned. Only offerors who can adequately address the minimal system capabilities are encouraged to respond. Responses from interested businesses should include the following: 1) Business name, business size per NAICS Code 335911, address, and point of contact information (name, email and phone number). 2) Manufacturing capability to provide approximately 150 systems at a rate of approximately four (4) per month. Include information about capacity of facilities, equipment, personnel, established quality assurance processes and corrective action methods. 3) Is the item currently available in the commercial market IAW Federal Acquisition Regulations Subpart 2.101. 4) If a commercial item exists, but does not fully meet the above requirements, provide an estimate on when an item would be available to meet the above requirements. 5) Any other valuable information such as cost per system and system dimensions is also requested; in addition to relevant past performance information on current and previous contracts performed within the past three (3) years for items similar in size and complexity to this effort. Submissions are due NLT 4:00PM (Friday) 11 December 2015 (EST) in the following format: One (1) CD-ROM-R per company, (2) The CD shall not contain any Zip Files and (3) Responses to this notice shall be appropriately labeled with the notice title (M67854-16-I-5000: Marine Expeditionary Battery Maintenance & Containment System). The Government recognizes that proprietary data may be part of this effort. If so included, clearly mark such data. No classified material shall be provided or will be accepted. Material shall be mailed and addressed as follows: Marine Corps Systems Command Attention: PM Expeditionary Power Systems (PMM115.3) DoDAAC: M67854 Extension - PM CSS Ms. Jamila Z. Bransford (Contract Specialist CTQ-25) 2201A Willis St., Quantico, VA 22134-6050 Questions regarding this RFI are due by 20 November 2015 (Friday) at 8:00am Eastern Standard Time to Jamila.Bransford@usmc.mil. Please do not bundle multiple questions into one. Questions received after the above time and date will not be included in the Government provided response; that will be posted on www.fbo.gov. (Federal Business Opportunities website) before final submission date of 11 December 2015 (Friday). All interested companies are encouraged to respond to this sources sought by submitting the above information NLT 4:00PM (Friday) 11 December 2015 (EST). No telephonic responses will be accepted. THE SUBMISSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCURE ANY ITEMS/SERVICES, NOR FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR THE INFORMATION RECEIVED. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS AT THIS TIME.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Systems Command, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, Virginia, 22134, United States
- Zip Code: 22134
- Zip Code: 22134
- Record
- SN03932454-W 20151030/151028234505-0163df78cc13861734376509f5be59d9 (fbodaily.com)
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