SOURCES SOUGHT
25 -- Wire Neutralization System (WNS) - Explosive Hazard Pre-Detonation Wire Neutralization System
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336992
— Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - WRN (W56HZV)(DTA), 6501 EAST 11 MILE ROAD, Warren, Michigan, 48397-5000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV16R0129
- Point of Contact
- Andrew R. Hooven, Phone: 5862825196
- E-Mail Address
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Andrew.R.Hooven.civ@mail.mil
(Andrew.R.Hooven.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The EHP WNS is a trailer style enabler that is mounted on the rear of, and towed by, the Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector (VMMD) Husky. The WNS consists of two banks with two wheels and five hydraulically actuated blades per bank. The blades, which are designed to penetrate the ground, unearth, capture or interrupt the initiation circuit of any buried or surface laid command or tripwire activated improvised explosive devices. THE REQUIREMENT: Army Contracting Command-Warren intends to solicit for 249 each EHP WNS (NSN 2590-01-626-2713). The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 336992. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this market survey is to identify potential sources that are capable of producing EHP WNS. The planned ordering requirements are as follows: WNS FY 17 48 FY 18 25 FY 19 18 FY 20 80 FY 21 78 GENERAL INFORMATION: This is a request for information only and your response is not an offer. Participation in this survey is strictly voluntary with no cost or obligation to be incurred by the U.S. Government. This notice does not constitute an Invitation to Bid nor a Request for Proposal. This Request for Information does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in preparation of any submission(s) to this questionnaire. The U.S. Government will in no way be bound to this information if a solicitation is issued. Because a portion of the market survey is export controlled material, the material can only go to a U.S. business entity or a U.S. citizen. The Government will not release any export controlled material to any firms, agencies, or individuals outside the Government without written permission. Please sign and email the Acknowledgement of Responsibility to Safeguard EHP WNS Export Controlled Material on the following page. EHP WNS Export Controlled Material Acknowledgement Release: The U.S. Government is interested in getting industry response to this market survey regarding the EHP WNS. Because a portion of the market survey is export controlled material, the material can only go to a U.S. business entity or a U.S. citizen. Any U.S. business entity that employs foreign citizens would need to properly safeguard this information so there is no inadvertent export made to a "foreign person." Additionally, the recipient of this export controlled information must acknowledge their legal obligation to respect all applicable export control laws and regulations, must agree to guard the confidentiality of this information by limiting its distribution to only U.S. citizens employed by the company and further, only to those employees who would have a need to receive that information for purposes of responding to the market survey. After the export controlled material is used for the sole purpose of responding to the market survey, the recipient/survey respondent must destroy the technical data and must certify to the Government in writing within 30 days of the destruction that the material has been properly destroyed, indicating the method used. By signing the acknowledgment line provided below, the recipient/survey respondent is legally obligating itself to respect all of these conditions. This acknowledgment will then serve as the request of the prospective survey respondent to receive the export controlled materials and legal acceptance of the distribution restrictions identified above. Acknowledgement of Responsibility to Safeguard EHP WNS Export Controlled Material: By signing this acknowledgement, the undersigned warrants that she or he has authority to bind the recipient company to legal obligations and that the recipient company is undertaking all legal obligations described herein. Name: Title: Company: Address: Email/Phone: Signed: Email signed acknowledgement to: Andrew Hooven, Contract Specialist, andrew.r.hooven.civ@mail.mil INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SURVEY: Please respond to every question. 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 the question, please indicate "No Response." 4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: "See response to question XX." 5. If your sales media 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. 6. Spell out all acronyms in their first instance. 7. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable the front page of your response package should state" "Proprietary Information Contained." Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION: 1. Manufacturer a. Company Name (and any former names): b. Mailing Address: c. CAGE: DUNs Number: d. Number of Years in Business: e. Number of Employees: Number of Contract Employees: f. Business Type (Check all that apply): 8(a) Minority Owned Disabled Veteran Small Business Hub Zone Small-Disadvantaged Large Business Women Owned Additionally, please provide a brief description of your company. How long has your company been in business? Provide photos of your company's production facility and storage areas. Please indicate if your company has ever changed its name. If so, please provide all previous name(s). Additionally, please state if your company is a Small Business as defined in FAR Part 19 and if it registered in the Dynamic Small Business Search at: http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm 2. Personnel Responding to this Survey a. Name: b. Title: c. Company Responsibility/Position: d. Telephone/Fax Numbers: e. E-mail address: If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Andrew Hooven, Contract Specialist, by email at andrew.r.hooven.civ@mail.mil. When answering the questions below please limit your responses to EHP WNS related products that your company manufactures and identify if it was new or remanufactured. Manufactured Products Most Similar to EHP WNS: 1. Product Information a. Description of similar types of products manufactured for military and commercial use, past and present: b. Manufacturing Plant Location(s): c. Capabilities of Manufacturing Facilities and percentage of Current Utilization: A detailed description of your company's experience with manufacturing military hardware for integration on a vehicle or similar products manufactured by your company. Please provide photos. Also please include a detailed listing of the types of products your company manufactures. 2. Production History a. Length of time company been producing vehicle equipment components: b. Describe the facilities, tools, and equipment which have been used to build the vehicle equipment components: c. Describe the complexity of these vehicle equipment components including the age of the equipment and the scope of work performed. Pleases note if vehicle equipment components are foreign or domestic and whether it is commercial or military defense equipment: d. Describe in-house welding functions, to what standard are company welders qualified, and how often are they re-certified: e. Define your configuration management process (e.g., CM tools): f. What specialized tools or Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) are required to operate and maintain the platform(s) your produce? Please be descriptive: g. Describe the skill set of the workforce that would be used to perform the work; including technical, management and labor (e.g., years of experience, certifications, etc.): h. Describe your company's approach to non-conforming material: i. What is the projected lead time to manufacturer the WNS for use on the VMMD Husky (M1271)? Please comment on if you believe this WNS product is a commercial or non-commercial product in accordance with FAR Part 2.101. Provide documentation to support the commercial/non-commercial determination and an estimated cost per WNS production unit. What are the Long Lead Items? j. What would you consider the most complex manufacturing aspect in producing this item? 3. What is your plan for procurement and management of parts production? What is your company's process for buying parts? Please discuss how your company proactively manage its suppliers and supply chain management. Please list your major suppliers. Name 1st tier subcontractors you would consider to produce the WNS. What percentage of this WNS effort would be performed by subcontractors, if any? Please provide the names of possible subcontractors you would utilize for this effort. 4. Production Rate (for products your company has built) a. What is the current monthly rate of production for similar products at your company's facility? Are single or multiple shifts currently being employed? b. What is the maximum production capability per month? What is your company's total facility production capacity? c. With the above EHP WNS quantities, do you have existing facilities to support the specified quantities based on your current and future manufacturing efforts? d. Is the proposed production facility compliant with the DoD security requirements as described in AR-190-13 & AR 380-5? If so, how is the production facility compliant? e. Does your company perform welding in-house? Are your company's welding standards compliant with American Welding Society standards? If so, which ones? 5. Quality Control and Test a. Does your company have a documented Quality Management System (QMS)? Is your company certified/registered to an international standard such as ISO-9001 or TS 16949? If so, which is your highest level of certification and how long have you held that certification? If not certified/registered, please provide an outline describing the key elements of your company's QMS and the number of employees in the Quality department. b. What level Quality Management System do you feel is appropriate for this level of effort? c. Describe your company's approach to in-house quality testing, include test facilities, fixtures, and number of quality testing employees. d. Describe your company's approach to continuous cost and reliability improvement. e. Identify major suppliers and describe company approach to supply chain management/Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) system/process including metrics and supplier requirements, i.e. QMS, ISO accreditation, security, etc f. What experience does your company have with First Product Asset Inspection? First Article Test? Production Verification Test? g. What experience does the company have with Failure Analysis and Corrective Action Reports? Does the company perform failure analysis in-house or does it contract it out? If the company contract it out, does it have a current contract in place to perform failure analysis? How many Engineers do you have in-house? What type of facilities do you have to support failure analysis? h. What experience does your company have with Failure Analysis and Corrective Action Reports? Does your company perform failure analysis in-house or is it subcontracted? If your company utilizes a subcontractor, is there an existing agreement to perform this work? What type of facilities do you have to support failure analysis? 6. Cost/Schedule/Government Contracts a. How long after production contract award can your company deliver the EHP WNS? STTEs? ASLs? ISPs? b. Please describe any price impacts of production rate, schedule, and range pricing: c. Describe your company's experience managing and maintaining Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). d. What is the company's experience with submitting monthly reports on performance (progress/cost/schedule to the Government/Customer? Provide examples submitted in the past. e. What types of Government contracts (such as Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) etc.) has your company performed? Please provide contract numbers and award dates. f. Please describe your company's experience with submitting monthly contract status reports (progress/cost/schedule to the Government/Customer). Please provide examples that include contract numbers and award dates. Be advised, potential offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to conduct business with the Government. Interested companies may submit their capabilities, and qualifications to perform the effort described above in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 1:00 PM EST on 14 September 2016. Such capabilities and qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining if this procurement can be accomplished on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice. Sources shall include in their responses: 1. Contact information: Interested companies should respond by providing the following information; point of contact, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address, DUNS number, cage code and tax ID number. Please provide an Organization Chart that explains how your company is organized. 2. Capabilities Statement: A detailed statement stating your company's capabilities providing the same and similar items described in this notice. 3. Business Size: Please indicate your business size based on the U.S. Small Business Administration North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 336992 - Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing. 4. Business Status: Please indicate the business size status of your company. Is your company considered a Small Business Concern, and if what type (Socio-Economic Factors: 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business etc.)? How many people are employed by your company, (in-house and contract employees). 5. Berry Amendment: All manufacturers must be Berry Amendment compliant. 6. Positive Statement: Please provide a positive statement of interest to submit a proposal. As previously stated, no contract will be awarded from this announcement. This notice is a Sources Sought Request ONLY to see if this procurement can be accomplished on a competitive basis; therefore, no questions will be taken at this time. If and when a solicitation is posted, questions will be taken at that time and answered via a live Question and Answers Document. All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. Your interest in this response is appreciated. Interested vendors should provide information regarding this announcement to: Andrew Hooven Contract Specialist E-mail: andrew.r.hooven.civ@mail.mil
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