SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Avionics Computer Equipment (ACE) and Air Vehicle System Interface Module (ASIM) Sustainment
- Notice Date
- 11/7/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W911QY) Natick (SPS), BLDG 1 KANSAS ST, Natick, Massachusetts, 01760-5011, United States
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QY-18-R-0013
- Point of Contact
- Marilyn D Shortle, Phone: 4072083193
- E-Mail Address
-
marilyn.d.shortle.civ@mail.mil
(marilyn.d.shortle.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION: The Government is not obligated to make an award as a result of this request. This Request for Information (RFI) is for informational purposes only; this is not an Invitation for Bid (IFB), a Request for Proposal (RFP), or Request for Quotation (RFQ). No solicitation document exists and a formal solicitation may or may not be issued by the Government as a result of the responses to this RFI. The Government will not be liable for payment of any preparation expenses in response to this RFI and is in no way obligated by the information received. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing a future acquisition strategy, Performance Work Statement, Statement of Objectives and/or Performance Based Specification(s). Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. NOTE: The use of RFI Number W911QY-18-R-0013 is for tracking purposes only. RFI objectives o Determine the availability of commercial capabilities, practices, items, and services to meet the general requirements for sustainment of the ACE and ASIM for the RQ-7B TUAS. o Obtain specific and detailed information to make various acquisition decisions. BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Grounds Natick division on behalf of the Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) Directorate is requesting information on interested and capable sources for potential award(s) of a contract or contracts related to repair of repairables, spares, engineering for obsolescence upgrades, sustainment engineering, and Inventory Control Point (ICP)/Supply Chain functions for the ACE and ASIM. The Government does not have a complete procurement Technical Data Package (TDP) for this requirement. There are no plans to purchase a complete TDP for this requirement. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: Responders must have a COMSEC account and must demonstrate the ability to maintain Defense Information Security Program Standards. Security requirements for the contract will be Secret facility and individual for selected personnel, Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information, and Communications Security. Potential solutions sought shall have full National Security Agency (NSA) approved Type-1 and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) level encryption capability. RFI Submission Instructions Interested parties who have the ability to immediately satisfy the above requirements should provide their electronic response NLT Monday 07 December 2017 @ 1300 EST via e-mail. Email to: marilyn.d.shortle.civ@mail.mil Subject: RFI - ACE_ASIM - Your COMPANY NAME All information received in response to this RFI that is marked quote mark Proprietary quote mark will be handled accordingly. Responses will not be returned nor will receipt be confirmed. The response shall consist of two documents; Cover Letter and Technical Narrative. The document formats shall be: A. COVER LETTER INSTRUCTIONS (maximum 3 pages) The response shall include a Cover Letter. The Cover Letter should briefly state the offeror's interest in ACE_ASIM Sustainment. The cover letter shall also include the following information: Subject: ACE_ASIM Sustainment o Company name o Date of incorporation o Number of years in business o Number of employees o Mailing address o Company Website address o The singular point of contact for all information pursuant to this RFI. o Phone Number o Email address In addition to the body of the cover letter, respondents shall provide short concise answers to the following questions (not included in the 3 page limit). QUESTIONS 1. Please identify your company's business size standard based on the primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 541330- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - Engineering services. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is $15,000,000.00. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards: o Large Business Concern o Small Business (SB) Concern o 8(a) o Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) o Woman-Owned Small Business o Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB Zone) o Veteran-Owned Small Business o Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 2. Brief overview of company history, limited to 3 paragraphs Questions #3-#7 are for Small Businesses that plan to prime only, all others skip to #10 3. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of these requirements? If not, please list which requirements your company can provide? 4. Under the current SB recertification regulations, do you anticipate your company remaining a small business, under primary stated NAICS code 541330? 5. If you are a small business and plan to be prime contractor on this effort please inform how you will meet the limitations on subcontracting Clause 52.219-14. 6. If you are a small business, can you go without a payment for 90 days? 7. If you are a small business does your company have experience as a prime contractor administering Contracts? If you answered yes, please provide as much of the following information as possible; Contract number(s); Dollar value; and similarity of scope and effort. Have you experience as a prime, producing commercial items that may be of similar scope, complexity and nature. 8. Please provide details regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy these requirements. Offerors are encouraged to identify teams, indicating each team member's size based upon the NAICS code of the work that the team member may be doing. 9. Has your Company performed this type of effort or similar type effort (to include size and complexity) in the past, if so provide Contract Number, Point of Contact (POC), e-mail address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort? B. Technical Narrative Instructions (maximum 15 pages) The Technical Narrative shall be submitted as two files. The content of each file shall be identical. The primary submission shall be MS Word*.docx format. A copy in Adobe *.PDF is also required. The technical narrative shall detail your technical capabilities to include the following 1. Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. a. What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement? b. Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details 2. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements Questions Questions should be addressed to Marilyn Shortle, at marilyn.d.shortle.civ@mail.mil. All questions should be sent via email. No phone calls will be accepted. All email correspondence should contain "RFI: W911QY-18-R-0013" in the subject line. Data Rights It is recognized that proprietary data may be included with the information provided. If so, it is the responsibility of the interested party submitting data to clearly mark such proprietary information and clearly separate it from the unrestricted information as an addendum. No Classified data shall be provided via email.
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