SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Request for Information/Market Survey
- Notice Date
- 10/12/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- 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
- MIL-PRF-62550E
- Archive Date
- 1/27/2017
- Point of Contact
- TARDEC, , ,
- E-Mail Address
-
usarmy.detroit.rdecom.mbx.tardec-hvac@mail.mil, usarmy.detroit.rdecom.mbx.tardec-hvac@mail.mil
(usarmy.detroit.rdecom.mbx.tardec-hvac@mail.mil, usarmy.detroit.rdecom.mbx.tardec-hvac@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request for Information/Market Survey MIL-PRF-62550E Heater Information DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI), A MARKET SURVEY REQUEST IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING STUDY. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking Offerors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-up information requests. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. STUDY: The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) is conducting a market survey to identify the availability of a manufacturer willing to produce a MIL-PRF-62550E Class II heater. In addition TARDEC is interested in any alternatives to a MIL-PRF-62550E Class II heater, which may not fully meet the MIL-PRF-62550E specification in size, weight, power or performance by a quantifiable amount. Dimensions can be found in MIL-PRF-62550/2. MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONS: Part I. Business Information: 1. Company Name: 2. Type and Size of Business: 3. Manufacturer: 4. CAGE Code: 5. Company Point of Contact: a. Name: b. Title: c. Telephone: d. Email address: 6. Business Address: 7. Web page URL: 8. Approved site certifications (e.g. ISO 14001): Part II. Survey Questions: Section a. MIL-PRF-62550E heater/alternative 1. Name of product(s) that can or potentially could meet the requirement: 2. Is the product(s) currently fielded on any US or foreign military vehicles? 3. If yes, which ones? 4. What types of tests have been conducted on the product? 5. Has any standard performance specification testing been completed on the product (e.g. OEM-specific, SAE, ASTM, etc...)? If standard performance specification testing has been completed, please list the specification(s). 6. Does your product meet MIL-PRF-62550E Class II? 7. If yes, would you be interested in qualifying to MIL-PRF-62550E Class II? 8. If no, what aspects of the standard are not met? 9. Please provide information on those aspects that are not met. 10. For those aspects that are not met would you be interested in working with the Government to make the product meet MIL-PRF-62550E? Section b. Marketing Information 1. What are the typical users using your product for? 2. Has the military ever purchased your product? 3. Is the product readily available in the commercial market? If so, where is the product manufactured? 4. If the product is manufactured outside of the United States, can it be shipped to the United States for testing? 5. Does your company research fuel fired heater system technology as part of the business model? If so, what types of technology are being investigated? RESPONSES DUE: Responses to this market survey are due by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 12, 2017. Please submit all completed questionnaires and any questions you may have via email to: U.S. ARMY TARDEC HVAC Team, usarmy.detroit.rdecom.mbx.tardec-hvac@mail.mil Please format the subject line of the response email as follows: "[Organization Name] response to Request for Information - MIL-PRF-62550E Heater Information." Provide the email responses in PDF format. Only electronic responses will be accepted. All interested parties and organizations are encouraged to respond to this request for information. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified and properly marked. All information provided will be handled and treated as "company proprietary information" and shall not be given to another manufacturer, distributor, blender, or any other company.
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