SOURCES SOUGHT
14 -- The US Government is conducting market research for manufacturing US and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) FY18-FY20 PATRIOT Digital Sidelobe Canceler (DSLC) and Peripheral Enhancement Assembly (PEA Box) kits to support radar modifications.
- Notice Date
- 10/18/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336415
— Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - RSA (W31P4Q) Missile, BLDG 5303 SPARKMAN CIR, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898-5090, United States
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5090
- Solicitation Number
- W31P4Q-17-R-0003
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2016
- Point of Contact
- Bernadine Stokes, Phone: 2569554810, Darryl Wright, Phone: 2563132065
- E-Mail Address
-
bernadine.stokes.civ@mail.mil, darryl.wright2.civ@mail.mil
(bernadine.stokes.civ@mail.mil, darryl.wright2.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a request for information (RFI)/Sources Sought (SS) only. This RFI does not constitute an invitation for bids (IFB), request for quotations (RFQ), or request for proposals (RFP). The US Government is conducting market research for manufacturing US and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) FY18-FY20 PATRIOT Digital Sidelobe Canceler (DSLC) and Peripheral Enhancement Assembly (PEA Box) kits to support radar modifications. Background: The US Army, Lower Tier Project Office (LTPO) has identified a need to modify the PATRIOT Radar. Interested sources need to demonstrate the technical capability, corporate knowledge and experience of providing all hardware, facilities, equipment, technical expertise, planning, management, manufacturing and testing efforts to include all incidental services to produce the DSLC and PEA Box kits needed for the PATRIOT radar hardware modifications for the US Army and its FMS customers. The radar modifications may include the following DSLC and PEA Box kits: 1. Modification Kit, DSLC, PCD* 13706281, 84 each 2. Modification Kit, PEA Box, PCD 13706282, 84 each 3. Installation Kit, DSLC, PCD 13706288, 10 each 4. Installation Kit, PEA Box, PCD 13706289, 10 each 5. Initial Fielding Spares DSLC, FMS, Lot, 1 each 6. Initial Fielding Spares PEA, FMS, Lot, 1 each *Product Configuration Documentation Lead time for first deliveries is no later than 22 months. This procurement will include access to classified information and will require the contractor to be a US corporation, which has a secure manufacturing facility approved to the SECRET level by the Defense Security Service (DSS). Further, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) will be asked to conduct a pre-award survey of the contractor's facility to determine the capability to successfully fulfill the requirements of this contract to minimize risk to the PATRIOT program. The technical data package (TDP) is currently not available. The Engineering Change Proposals that implement the kits identified above are currently in development. Once completed the TDP will be marked with Distribution Statement D, which authorizes distribution only to the Department of Defense and US DoD contractors. The TDP will also contain an Export Control Warning, restricting the export of technical data in accordance with the Arms Export Control Act or the Export Administration Act of 1979. The Government will provide a technical data package only to cleared contractors when, and if, a solicitation is issued for this requirement. The Government will not provide TDPs in response to this posting. First Article Testing (FAT), Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), Product Acceptance, Functional Configuration Audit (FCA), Physical Configuration Audit (PCA), and Production Qualification Testing (PQT) will be required. Interested firms who believe they are capable of providing the above mentioned items are invited to indicate their interest by providing the following information to the contract specialist listed below: 1. Company name, company address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address, Cage Code, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number. 2. Business size (i.e. large, small disadvantaged, veteran owned, woman owned, etc.) 3. Affirmation of cleared personnel and facilities. 4. A description of the company's expertise in providing manufacturing expertise and producing PATRIOT hardware as identified above. 5. The company's experience in meeting contractual due dates for similar type efforts. 6. An estimate of schedule and cost associated with the completion of FAT, ESS, FCA, PCA and PQT required to begin delivery of the production units for this procurement. All responses shall be unclassified. All assumptions, including any assumed Government support, shall be clearly identified. All proprietary and restricted information shall be clearly marked. The Government will not reimburse contractors or responders to this notice for any costs incurred in responding, or any subsequent exchange of information. All responses shall be transmitted electronically to: Bernadine Stokes, email: bernadine.stokes.civ@mail.mil This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an IFB, RFQ, or RFP. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products described in this RFI. Your response to this RFI is voluntary and will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing its acquisition strategy. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government will not pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. If a solicitation is released for the supplies or services described herein, it will be synopsized on the Army Single Face to Industry Web site. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this potential requirement.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-RSA - (Missile), ATTN: CCAM, Building 5303, Martin Rd, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898, United States
- Zip Code: 35898
- Zip Code: 35898
- Record
- SN04307330-W 20161020/161018234633-9cce8b2e589dabd77101961b558f3825 (fbodaily.com)
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