SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Standoff Eyesafe Ultra-Violet (UV) Raman Detection Systems (SEURD)
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2017
- 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 - APG (W909MY) Belvoir, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, 22331, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22331
- Solicitation Number
- W909MY-17-R-J014
- Point of Contact
- Michael McFadden, Phone: 7037040880, Jennifer W. Elkins, Phone: 7037040823
- E-Mail Address
-
michael.a.mcfadden23.civ@mail.mil, jennifer.w.elkins.civ@mail.mil
(michael.a.mcfadden23.civ@mail.mil, jennifer.w.elkins.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request for Information (RFI) - Standoff Eyesafe Ultra-Violet (UV) Raman Detection Systems (SEURD) NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION (NOPCA/SOURCES SOUGHT) The Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground - Belvoir (ACC-APG Belvoir) is conducting market research. This is not a request for proposal, request for quotation, or an invitation for bid, nor does its issuance obligate or restrict the Government to any particular acquisition approach. This RFI does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation. This RFI is being conducted solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. If the Government decides to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP), the U.S. Army Contracting Command - (ACC-APG) Belvoir Division intends to award a sole source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for test and evaluation support, field service support, and additional prototype units for sensor prototypes currently in operational evaluation OCONUS. The purpose of this Market Research is to identify potential sources that have the skills, experience, knowledge, and capabilities to provide the following: The Product Manager Force Protection Systems (PdM FPS), supported by the US Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) is responsible for executing the Joint Urgent Operational Need Statement (JUONS CC-0540) for performing detection, analysis, identification, and annunciation of both bulk and trace quantities of explosive compounds and precursors, narcotics, and toxic industrial chemicals and materials from a safe distance using both, stationary and portable equipment. These capabilities are currently provided by Standoff Eyesafe Ultraviolet Raman Explosive Detection Systems (SUERD). The identified system is integral to identifying personnel or vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (PBIED & VBIED). The proposed contract action is to design, develop, and support system modifications and operational testing of Standoff Eyesafe Ultraviolet Raman Explosive Detection Systems (SUERD), as well as, provide field service representatives, reach-back support, technical troubleshooting support for systems currently being evaluated in CONUS and OCONUS. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source IAW 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). The Army's lack of complete specifications and data precludes use of Full and Open Competition procedures to satisfy this requirement. Alakai Defense Systems is the only vendor known to the Army to be capable of performing, as the developer, it has the acquired knowledge, expertise, and data. If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify their interest and capability to the Contracting Officer, Ms. Jennifer Elkins at Jennifer.w.elkins.civ@mail.mil and Contract Specialist, Mr. Michael McFadden at Michael.a.mcfadden23.civ@mail.mil by 2:00PM EST, 25 Apr 2017. NO TELEPHONE INQUIRES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Interested firms must indicate if they are U.S. or foreign-owned. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement in addition to providing the following (limit number of pages to 15): 1. a) Company name: b) Address: c) Point of Contact: d) Phone Number: e) Fax Numbers: f) Email Address: 2. Please identify your company's small business size standard based on the primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 541715. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is 1,000 employees. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards. Large Business Concern Small Business (SB) Concern 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Woman-Owned Small Business Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Veteran-Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 3. If you identify your company as a Small Business or any of the SB subcategories as stipulated in Question # 2, then is your company interested in a prime contract for the attached PWS? 4. Under the current SB recertification regulations, do you anticipate your company remaining a small business, under NAICS 541715 listed in paragraph 2? If you are a SB answer questions 4A & B. All others skip to Question #5. For more information on the assigned size standards, refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/tablesmall-business-size-standards: A. If your company is awarded the contract, will you be able to perform at least 50% (percent) of the work? B. If you are a small business, can you go without a payment for 90 days? 5. Does your company have experience as a prime contractor administering Multiple Award Contracts (MACs)? 6. If you answered "yes" to Question # 5, please provide as much of the following information as possible; limit the number of responses to five. A. MAC contract number(s); B. Aggregate dollar value of entire MAC contract; C. Aggregate dollar value of task orders you prime on each MAC; D. Number of task orders you prime on MAC; E. Is the work on each MAC similar in scope to that of the attached PWS? 7. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of services called for in the specifications above? ______ YES _______ NO 8. If you answered YES to Question # 7, please provide specific capabilities and examples for how your company can provide these services. 9. If you answered NO to Question # 7, please list what areas of the specification noted that your company can provide? Please provide specific capabilities and examples. 10. Is your company planning on business arrangements with other companies, please list the process used in selecting the members? 11. Please provide details regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy requirements of the specifications. 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. 12. Is your company currently providing similar work to another government agency (you may also include contract #s for government) or other non-government customer? If so, please identify the agency or non-government customer. If you are unwilling to share your customer's identity, please address whether your company offers the same or similar services commercially 13. 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? Limit the number of responses to five. 14. What are the core competencies of your employees that would support the requirements of the specification above? Also, provide the total number of individuals currently employed by your company that are capable of supporting the requirements. 15. Does your company have a SECRET facility or access to one should it be required. 16. Do all the employees that would support this requirement have a SECRET Clearance? 17. Does your firm possess an approved Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) accounting system?
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