1.08 Sources Sought Market_Survey 04 Nov. 2025.doc
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- SPRMM1-26-R-RA15
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This document is a Market Survey issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime for an Optical Loss Test Kit procurement. The survey seeks potential suppliers for two specific NSN-coded test kit items (MAX-945-NAV-M2042-KIT and MAX-945-NAV-M2042-UNIT), with an estimated yearly quantity of 15 units for each. The solicitation is planned as a 5-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with 3 base years and 2 optional years, targeting direct acquisition from the original manufacturer. The current approved manufacturer is Kitco Fiber Optics Inc. (CAGE CODE 08RC6), and the government is seeking additional market information through this survey, with responses requested by close of business on November 13, 2025. The survey covers detailed questions about item availability, commercial status, manufacturing capabilities, pricing, delivery timelines, and potential contractual terms.
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MARKET SURVEY (con’t)
DLA LAND AND MARITIME
5450 Carlisle Pike
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 REPLY TO: Marchaunda L. Tiller (DLA Land & Maritime ZIL3)
Phone: 717-550-3000
E-mail: Marchaunda.tiller@dla.mil
DATE: 11/04/2025
Solicitation Number: SPRMM126RRA15
MARKET SURVEY
Your immediate attention/reply is requested.
Please provide the following: Company name:
Contact name:
Phone number:
Email address:
Company address:
Cage Code:
This is NOT a Request for Quote.
Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support-Mechanicsburg PA. is considering a solicitation and subsequent Award on a Contract for the item described below. As a potential supplier of this item, we are asking that you fill out this market survey to the best of your knowledge so that we can generate a realistic and beneficial solicitation.
Nomenclature: Optical Loss Test Kit
Part Number: MAX-945-NAV-M2042-KIT
NSN: 7ZH 6650 017028624
Est. Yearly
Quantity:15
AMC 3: Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the manufacturer.
AMSC R: The Government does not own the data or the rights to the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources. It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. This code is used when the Government did not initially purchase the data and/or rights. Note: This code was picked out of the many in this requirement because it has the most frequent occurrences.
Nomenclature: Optical Loss Test Kit
Part Number: MAX-945-NAV-M2042-UNIT
NSN:7ZH 6650 017216250
Est. Yearly
Quantity:15
AMC 4: Acquire, for the first time, directly from the actual manufacturer.
AMSC R: This part must be acquired from a manufacturing source(s) specified on a source control or selected item drawing as defined by the current version of DoD-STD-100. Suitable technical data, Government data rights, or manufacturing knowledge are not available to permit acquisition from other sources, nor qualification testing of another part, nor use of a second source part in the intended application. Although, by DoD-STD-100 definition, altered and selected items shall have an adequate technical data package, data review discloses that required data or data rights are not in Government possession and cannot be economically obtained.
Approved Cage Code(s): Kitco Fiber Optics Inc. CAGE CODE 08RC6. Please complete this market survey and return it by email by Close of Business: Thursday November 13, 2025.
1. Is this item still available? □ YES □ NO
2. Is this item considered as a commercial or commercial off the shelf item per FAR 2.101(b)? □ YES □ NO
3. Is this item a modified type of an item that otherwise would be available in the commercial marketplace? □ YES □ NO
4. If yes to #2 or #3 above, is this item Catalogs/Price Listed? □ YES □ NO If yes, can you supply us with a copy of your price list? □ YES □ NO (Additionally, please complete the requests on page 3 for the additional commercial questions)
5. What quantity ranges would result in better pricing of the items you are able to supply? We will consider your recommendations if it is within our demand forecast.
6. What is the normal delivery for this item?
7. Is an inventory currently maintained for this item? □ YES □ NO
8. If this solicitation is FOB Origin, would that be acceptable? □ YES □ NO Inspection/Acceptance Origin, would that be acceptable? □ YES □ NO
9. Approximately, how many employees do you currently have? ____________
10. Do you have a parent company? □ YES □ NO
11. If yes to #10, approximately, how many employees does your parent company have? _________
12. If you are a dealer for the actual manufacturer of these item(s), who is the manufacturer and their CAGE code and approximately, how many employees does the manufacturer have?
13. For contracts estimated over $2,000,000.00, cost or pricing data may be required. Note: The value of the contract is based on the Contract Maximum dollar value that is in the Contract Limitations clause of a solicitation.
**Are you and your subcontractors (if applicable) capable of providing this data?
□ YES or □ NO Note for dealers/distributors: If cost or pricing data were required for the contract, the manufacturer is the subcontractor and would also be required to submit cost or price data if your purchase price from the manufacturer exceeds $700K as stated above.
14. Are there any materials, metals, etc. that are dominant in these items(s)? □ YES □ NO If yes, please provide the applicable material and state what percentage of that item consists of that material.
When is the last time this has been manufactured?
For Whom?
Do you manufacturer similar valves (size, tech characteristics, function)? □ YES □ NO If yes, please list
15. Would a minimum delivery order quantity and/or dollar value apply to this item?
□ YES □ NO If yes, please list the applicable minimum for this item
16. Would you be willing to accept option years with an Economic Price Adjustment clause that is adjusted using an assigned Producer Price Index? □ YES □ NO If yes, how many option years? (circle one) 1 2 3 4
If not, how many option years would you be willing to price? (circle one) 1 2 3 4
If less than four (4) option years, why?
Additional Commercial Item Questions
1. If you have designated this item as a commercial item, please provide evidence of actual sale, lease, or license of this item to the general public. (Example: proof of sales to commercial accounts; invoices to commercial accounts; any other proof of commercial application, either the end item or components of the item itself)
2. If you have designated this item as a commercial item because it has evolved through advances in technology or performance, but it is not yet available in the commercial marketplace but it will be available in time to satisfy the Government’s delivery requirements, please provide evidence to satisfy this timetable.
3. If you have designated this item as a commercial item, but it requires modifications of a type customarily available in the commercial marketplace, or minor modifications of a type not customarily available in the commercial marketplace, but made to meet the Governments requirements, please provide evidence of the customary availability of in the commercial marketplace or the technical relationship between the commercial item and the minor modifications to meet the Government’s needs. (For the latter, attach drawings or comparison of the characteristics of the commercial item and the modified item, as appropriate; or similar item / NSN and showing that the item is similar or "almost the same" as the requested item.)
4. Any combination of items meeting 1, 2, or 3 above that are of a type customarily combined and sold in combination to the general public, please provide evidence to this customary combination being sold to the general public.
5. Any item or combination of items that would meet 1, 2, 3, or 4 above but for being transferred between or among separate divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor, please annotate how the item meets 1, 2, 3, or 4.
6. Please provide a copy of any Commercial Warranty that applies to this item.
7. Please provide any price list, catalog, or web link that demonstrates the commercial aspect and use of this item.
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