SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- FA8672-18-P-0012
- Notice Date
- 10/17/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/EBMK - Eglin, 102 W D Ave Bldg 11, Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542, United States
- ZIP Code
- 32542
- Solicitation Number
- FA8672-18-P-0012
- Archive Date
- 11/22/2017
- Point of Contact
- Linda V. Smith, Phone: 8508832916
- E-Mail Address
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linda.smith.34@us.af.mil
(linda.smith.34@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MIDS-JTRS Support Equipment The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Armament Directorate, is currently conducting market research seeking capabilities statement from potential sources, including Small Businesses (SB), 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned (EDWOSB), Woman-Owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) small business that are capable of providing support equipment for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) to meet the need of Link 16 network requirements for the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) that combines the network-centric communications capabilities to meet weapon effectiveness requirements as defined by the SDB II Capability Development Document. This four-channel software-programmable radio delivers existing Link 16 and TACAN functionality, as well as three JTRS advanced networking waveforms and is "plug and play" with MIDS-LVT(1) to join and communicate in tactical data link networks. Use of MIDS-JTRS support equipment on Air Force enterprise networks and computers require the applications be listed on the Air Force Evaluated/Approved Product List (E/APL). PARTS INCLUDED: MIDS-LVT(1) Cooling Tray Unit (115 VAC 60 Hz), MIDS-LVT(1) Control Plug, J7, W103 Host Cable with 1553 and Ethernet for MIDS JTRS, W104 Fill Cable for MIDS JTRS, RMS-MT W112 C Power Cable J12, RMS-MT W105 B Power Cable J5, MIDS 1U Rackmountable Power Unit, HMI Control Bus Cable (J16) for MIDS JTRS, LEGS Full-up US/MIDS JTRS Laptop with 1553 Interface, Ethernet and Support Port. Inclusion of MIDS-JTRS support equipment on the AF E/APL is contingent on establishing sustainment processes and tasks for the applications. All interested vendors shall submit a response demonstrating their capability to perform this effort to the Primary Point of Contact listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. Respondents should indicate their size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, or SDVOSB). Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought is voluntary. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government's assessment of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: All interested vendors shall submit a capabilities statement that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. The capabilities statement should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed 15 pages. Small businesses with only partial capabilities of this requirement are encouraged to submit their capabilities statement demonstrating the portion of the requirement they are capable of providing/performing. This information will allow the Government to identify areas of possible breakout or possible subcontracting opportunities. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: linda.smith.34@us.af.mil. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads "FA8672-18-P-0012, Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)." If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in.zip or.exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only.pdf,.doc,.docx,.xsls, or.xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted. All responsible sources may submit information that shall be considered by the agency. If late information is received, it may be considered, depending on agency time constraints. All routine communications regarding the announcement should be directed to the contractual point of contact listed in this posting. The Government may or may not use any responses to this sources sought as a basis for a subsequent project/requirement. Any project/requirement developed from the sources sought responses may be the subject of a subsequent acquisition; any such subsequent acquisition will be posted in FedBizOpps.gov separately. Responses to this sources sought will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to the respondents with respect to any of the information submitted under this sources sought. No requests for a bid package or solicitation will be accepted; a bid package or solicitation does not exist at this time. In order to protect the integrity of any possible future acquisition, no additional information will be provided and no appointments for presentations will be made in reference to this sources sought. Only government employees will review submitted responses to this sources sought. Respondents are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract with the Government may be used to administratively process submissions and perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractor's proprietary information. These administrative support contractors include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 3:00 P.M. (CST) ON 7 NOVEMBER 2017. Direct all questions concerning this requirement to Linda Smith at linda.smith.34@us.af.mil.
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