20200818_RAC_Holman_ModelCenter_Market_Research.docx

MARKET RESEARCH CHECKLIST FOR HARDWARE/SUPPLIES - PC Version – 2/11/13

Per FAR part 10 – Market Research is the process/procedure to arrive at the most suitable approach to acquiring, distributing, and supporting supplies and services. It will determine the optimum acquisition strategy, e.g., sole source, competitive, small business set-aside, etc., for a given acquisition, and is a mandatory and necessary step in DOD acquisition processes. For further details on Market Research policy refer to FAR 10.001. This form is used to document your Market Research and to guide the determination of the procurement strategy and to determine the appropriate codes & information needed to synopsis your requirement.

MARKET RESEARCH IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PROCUREMENTS

**Special note for all procurements between $3K and $150K: Every acquisition of supplies or services that has an anticipated dollar value between $3K and $150K is automatically reserved exclusively (or set aside) for small businesses. Market Research documentation for these supplies or services must reflect a thorough and comprehensive attempt to locate as many possible sources from the small business community as appropriate. Contracting Officers are required to consider 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB), Woman-Owned Small Busineses (WOSB), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) vendors before simply going forward with a small business set-aside. If after a widespread search is complete, and a small business could not be found, a rationale as to why a small business cannot provide the supplies or services must be provided. Also, the different types of small businesses must be addressed, even when doing a Small Business Set Aside.

One of the better sites to use for Market Research is the Small Business Administration’s Dynamic Small Business Search: http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm

ALL HIGHLIGHTED PARTS ARE LINKS TO EITHER DEFINITIONS OR WEBSITES

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1. Lead Requiring Activity POC (include code):

Joseph Holman, AIR-4.3.1

Phone Number: 301-757-1216

The following details provide and define the requirement:

2. Total Estimated Value (for all Contract Line Item Numbers on the contract including options): $231,000

3. Procurement Description (include the nomenclature, National Stock Number & Part Number (P/N). If the P/N is a vendor P/N include the vendor’s name or Cage Code) Product: ModelCenter Integrate (MCI-NET-01), ModelCenter CAD Solidworks Plugin (CAD-03-NET-01), ModelCenter MBSE for Magic Draw (SYS-05-NET-01), training and consulting support for the above tools (ES-PS).

4. Is this a Critical Safety Item? If yes, then you need to address this on your Pre-Procurement Agreement (PPA). |_| Yes |X| No

5. Can requirement be obtained in the Commercial Market (Commercial Off the Shelf Item)?

|X| Yes |_| No

6. Can requirement be satisfied with a Non-Developmental Item?

|X| Yes |_| No

7. Will a technical data package (TDP) be included in the solicitation? |_| Yes |X| No If yes, is the data included in the TDP export control?

|_| Yes |_| No

8. Previous contract number(s) and if known, previous acquisition strategy?

*TYPE OF PURCHASE: Sole source, Set Aside (8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, HUBZONE, SB), Full & Open, Etc.

**PRICE/COST STRUCTURE: Firm Fixed Price, Cost, Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Cost Plus Award Fee, etc.

MARKET RESEARCH CHECKLIST FOR HARDWARE/SUPPLIES - PC Version – 2/11/13

The following describes the past procurement history:

9. Is there an item currently in use by the Fleet? |_| Yes |X| No Result of HAYSTACK, ONETOUCH (https://www.onetouch.navy.mil) Or WEBFLIS (http://www.dlis.dla.mil/WEBFLIS/) search:

Questions 10 & 11 pertain to Support Equipment procurements only.

10. Has SERMIS been reviewed for Fleet excess? |_| Yes |_| No If yes, what were the results?

11. Has the PMA 260 buy list been reviewed to see if your item is currently under contract or in the process?

|_| Yes |_| No If yes, what were the results:

12. What improvements in Technology or Industry Advancements have been made in recent years?

13. What is the Product Service Code (PSC)? 7030 All PSCs have 4 characters. PSCs have replaced FSCs.

WEBSITE for PSC Code Manual: You can download or print this one out. (328 pgs.)

https://www.acquisition.gov/PSC%20Manual%20-%20Final%20-%2011%20August%202011.pdf

It is the August 2011 Edition, effective 1 October, 2011. The manual is divided into 3 sections with brief descriptions. Section A, beginning on page 15, contains the 4 character research and development codes, which all start with “A”. They are divided into “Categories”. Section B, beginning on page 57, contains the 4 character service codes, which start with letters other than “A”, followed by 3 numbers. They are divided into “Categories”. Section C, beginning on page 123, contains the 4 digit numeric product codes. They are divided into “Groups”.

14. What is the North American Industry Classification Standards (NAICS) code? 511210 Codes have 6 digits.

WEBSITE: http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/ 2007 is the most current version. The 2013 version is effective January 7, 2013. This website does not provide size standards. See below for the size standards website. http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/Size_Standards_Table(1).pdf

NAICS CODES BEGINNING WITH 42, 44 or 45 ARE PROHIBITED FOR USE BY DOD AND THEREFORE CAN NOT BE USED.

The NAICS System is used to determine what classification we are utilizing for this effort. Based on the code chosen, it will determine the vendor’s size standard. Each code has either the number of employees (for supplies) or annual revenue (for services) size determination associated with it. This is the size standard assigned to the particular code. If a vendor is below that size standard, they are considered a small business. For example, if the size standard says 750 employees, any vendor with less than 750 employees would be considered a small business.

WEBSITE for Size Standards: http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/Size_Standards_Table(1).pdf

15. Is a Request for Information (RFI) or Sources Sought Notice appropriate? |_| Yes |X| No

16. Is a Draft Request For Proposal to Industry appropriate? |_| Yes |X| No Comments:

The following identifies possible sources and a possible acquisition strategy:

17. What Search Engines have been queried regarding current market capabilities/availability?

MARKET RESEARCH CHECKLIST FOR HARDWARE/SUPPLIES - PC Version – 2/11/13

For questions 18-20, please provide the person’s name, title and code or company information.

18. Have any Government Subject Matter Experts have been contacted? |X| Yes |_| No If yes, what were the results? Experts at NSWC-Dahlgren demonstrated their product and explained that it is still being developed as an alternative to ModelCenter but is not yet mature. Also, physics-based modeling experts in the structures, aeromechanics and thermal management fields were contacted and they believe ModelCenter will provide the necessary functionality.

19. Have any industry experts been contacted? An Industry Expert is the person you would go to in industry that has the expertise to answer questions concerning that industry as a whole and may not be manufacturer of the individual item you are procuring. |_| Yes |X| No If yes, what were the results?

20. Have any individuals/vendors been contacted regarding current market capabilities? These are individuals not addressed in questions 18 or 19. |X| Yes |_| No If yes, what were the results? Dassault was contacted and provided a demo of their software called iSight. NSWC-Dahlgren provided a demo of their GFE integration software and Phoenix Integration provided a demo of their software called ModelCenter. ModelCenter was the only one with mature integration to Cameo Systems Modeler and therefore the only one who meets minimum gov’t req’ts.

21. Is there a Trade Show or Industry Conference that may showcase your requirement? |_| Yes |X| No If yes, what were the results?

22. What Trade Journals were researched? |_| Yes |X| No If yes, what were the results?

23. List all companies that were found, their size, and if they can or cannot meet your requirement.

Zone

Than Small

* If business is able to meet only part of the requirements, describe results on a separate sheet of paper.

Small Businesses take preference over Other Than Small Businesses (which includes Large Businesses). All other socio-economic sub-category set-asides (8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, HUBZone) shall be considered prior to a Small Business Set-Aside. All vendors should be listed in the chart above, including the sole source vendor in the case of sole source procurements.

24. Based on the above, if two or more vendors were found with the same Small Business preference, address why you wouldn’t do a set aside for that preference?

NOTE: 8(a)s: If the item was procured previously under the 8(a) program, it must be procured again under the 8(a) program. You will go sole source for 8(a)s under $6.5M Manufacturing, anything over, an 8(a) set aside should be considered if 2 or more 8(a)s are found.

25. Will any of the prime or subcontractors be foreign-owned and/or foreign based? |_| Yes |X| No

26. Will any of this effort be performed outside CONUS? |_| Yes |X| No