SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Gruntworks Squad Integration CapabilityINDUSTRY DAY 16 Feb 2010Notice
- Notice Date
- 2/5/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- M67854 MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND Quantico, VA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M6785410I1028
- Response Due
- 2/9/2010
- Archive Date
- 2/24/2010
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas Booth703-432-3722nicholas.booth@usmc.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this notice is to announce the date, time and schedule of events associated with Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) Gruntworks Squad Integration Capability, which will be hosted by the Program Manager for Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad (PM MERS) Infantry Weapons Systems (IWS) directorate. This notice also provides the draft solicitation minimum requirements to industry in order to receive feedback from industry and assess industry's capability to provide a solution that will meet the current Gruntworks Squad Integration Capability requirements This Request for Information (RFI) is for planning and informational purposes only and shall not be considered as a request for proposal, an obligation on the part of the Government to issue a request for proposal, and/or obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Interested parties are solely responsible for all costs and expenses associated with their respective response to this RFI. The Government will not reimburse interested parties for any direct and/or indirect costs and/or expenses associated with their respective responses to this RFI, including, but not limited to any direct and/or indirect costs associated with any submission or information provided to the Government. Moreover, interested parties will not otherwise be entitled to any compensation associated with the Governments use of any submission or information provided by an interested party to the Government pursuant to this RFI. Furthermore, the information provided in this RFI is notional and may change. The Government is under no obligation to revise any aspect of this RFI should any information provided herein change. The Government will provide any additional information and issue any additional requests for information at its sole discretion. Government is interested in commercial services. RSVP for the Gruntworks Industry Day is due 09 February 2010. The RSVP's shall list the vendor representatives attending. It is understood that all RVSPs will not desire a presentation time slot. Those intending to be present and want to orally present, need to express their interest in requesting a presentation time slot. All industry questions are to be submitted in writing prior to the event and are due no later than close of business 1500 Eastern time on 10 February 2010. Questions WILL NOT be answered during the individual presentation time slots. Both e-mail and mail submittals will be accepted. Responses should be sent to: CommanderMarine Corps Systems CommandProduct Group 13 Program Manager - Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad2200 Lester Street QUANTICO MCB VA 22134-6050Attn: Mr. Nicholas Booth, Contract Specialist POC is Mr. Nicholas Booth, Phone 703-432-3722, FAX 703-432-3526 or Email: Nicholas.booth@usmc.mil. Due to limited capacity, Industry representatives are limited to no more than two individuals and should consist of program managers, program engineers, and / or logisticians. Unless announced during the revised schedules for Gruntworks from 9:20-9:25 for the group tour session only one member of each vendor shall attend. To ensure that the Group Tour stays on schedule vendors are notified to refrain from asking questions during the tour. If there are questions they are asked to write them down and hand them in, in the time given after the tour from 10:15-10:45. The Gruntworks Industry Conference will be held 16 February 2010 from 0800 to 1515 at the following address: Gruntworks Squad Integration FacilitySuite 20775 Barrett heights RoadStafford, Virginia 22556 US Citizens do not need a visit request. Foreign Nationals require approval via Sheri Weaver, 703-432-8939, Foreign Visit System and Marine Corps Systems Command International Program Office. The Government representative at Gruntworks Squad Integration Facility is Mr. Carl DeSantis at 540-658-3182/83. The tentative agenda for the Gruntworks Squad Integration Capability Industry Day is as follows: Tuesday, 16 February 20108:00 - 9:00 Check in9:00 - 9:05 Opening remarks by Mark Richter9:05 - 9:20 Overview of PM MERS9:20 - 9:25 Revised Schedules for Gruntworks9:25 - 9:30 Break9:30 - 10:15 Group Tour Session 10:15 - 10:45 Submitted written questions/Answers (posting of q/a will follow at conclusion of conference and posted via NECO)10:45 - 12:00 Lunch12:00 - 12:15 Vendor Presentation12:15 - 12:20 Break12:20 - 12:35 Vendor Presentation12:35 - 12:40 Break12:40 - 12:55 Vendor Presentation12:55 - 13:00 Break13:00 - 13:15 Vendor Presentation13:15 - 13:20 Break13:20 - 13:35 Vendor Presentation13:35 - 13:40 Break13:40 - 13:55 Vendor Presentation13:55 - 14:00 Break14:00 - 14:15 Vendor Presentation14:15 - 14:20 Break14:20 - 14:35 Vendor Presentation14:35 - 14:40 Break14:40 - 14:55 Vendor Presentation14:55 - 15:00 Break15:00 - 15:15 Vendor Presentation NOTE: Industry is encouraged to submit questions and comments about the draft solicitation. All questions will be published and accessible to all vendors at some time at the conclusion of Industry day. Vendors are advised that questions submitted that are identified as proprietary will not be answered. Following the main presentation and group tour in the morning, Industry participants will be assigned a fifteen minute time period for individual vendor presentations. Presentation time slots are for the specific purpose in allowing Industry to orally present their product and convey the ability to meet the draft solicitation, but not for the ability to ask the government additional questions. At the conclusion of the conference, the government shall post, via NECO, all questions with answers addressed along with any other material presented from the government to industry during the event. Times will be randomly assigned and provided to Industry at the start of the conference. Each Industry Presentation time slot will be provided with equal treatment to another. Industry should allot time for the entire period of the conference. The draft solicitation follows via hyperlink.
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