Final Sources Sought 693JJ926RQ000179 Tires.docx

Sources Sought: 693JJ926RQ000179 Radial Ply Treadwear Course Monitoring Tires (CMT)

Action Code: Sources Sought

Classification Code: 2610, Tires and Tubes, Pneumatic, Except Aircraft

Solicitation: 693JJ926RQ000179

Agency/Office: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Location: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration HQ

NAICS Code: 326211, Tire Manufacturing

Point of Contract: Vincent Lynch, Contracting Officer, ph(202) 366-9568

Title: Radial Ply Treadwear Course Monitoring Tires (CMT)

Description(s):

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intends to procure sixty-four (64), 16-inch size P225/60R16 tires, meeting the ASTM F2493 Standard Reference Test Tires (SRTT) specification from Michelin on a non-competitive, sole-source basis. These ASTM F2493 Standard Reference Test Tires in size P225/60R16 are only available from Michelin and are required for NHTSA’s Uniform Tire Quality Grading System (UTQGS) at the Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance’s (OVSC’s) San Angelo Test Facility (SATF) located on the grounds of Goodfellow Air Force Base (GAFB) in San Angelo, TX.

NHTSA welcomes all qualified Small Business concerns, with the appropriate NAICS Code and past experience to submit their Corporate Capability Statement demonstrating their ability to successfully accomplish the goals of the project as listed below. NHTSA does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses to this notice or otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made; no formal evaluation of the information received will be conducted by NHTSA. NHTSA may; however later on issue a Request for Proposals (RFP). However, should such a requirement fail to materialize, no basis for claims against NHTSA shall arise as a result of a response to this notice.

Background:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity. The agency develops, promotes, and implements effective educational, engineering, and enforcement programs with the goal of ending vehicle crash tragedies and reducing economic costs associated with vehicle use and highway travel.

The Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance (OVSC) conducts extensive research, development, testing, crash investigation, and data collection and analysis activities to provide the scientific basis needed to support the Agency’s motor vehicle and traffic safety-related goals. In addition to supporting internal NHTSA efforts, NHTSA-sponsored research provides high-quality publicly-accessible data that serves as the basis for countless other research endeavors.

The OVSC operates the San Angelo Test Facility (SATF) a Uniform Tire Quality Grading System facility at Goodfellow Airforce Base (GAB) located in San Angelo, Texas. These specific tires are required for the agency’s Traction Grading Test Track, an oval driving track that features calibrated concrete and asphalt test surfaces for wet traction testing to the requirements of 49 CFR 575.104.

The ASTM F2493 is a P225/60R16 Standard Reference Test Tire (SRTT) that is built to an ASTM specification for the purpose of serving as a control or reference tire for NHTSA’s UTQG Treadwear testing of manufacturer’s tires as outlined in the UTQG Standard, Part 575.104.

Objective:

The Contractor shall provide the agency with sixty-four (64), 16-inch size P225/60R16 Course Monitoring Tires that will be delivered in four (4) separate shipments of 16 tires each. Orders will be shipped on a quarterly-basis to NHTSA’s SATF located on Goodfellow Airforce Base in San Angelo, Texas.

Capabilities:

The corporate capability statement must address the capabilities necessary to accomplish the scope outlined above as well as the additional tasks and characteristics given below:

SCOPE OF WORK FOR NHTSA Radial Ply Treadwear Course Monitoring Tires (CMT)

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Format of Corporate Capabilities Statement:

The anticipated period of performance is for a base period of twelve (12) months after award of the resultant contract. A Firm Fixed-Price contract is anticipated.

This notice of intent is NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS nor is a Request-for-Proposal solicitation document currently available.

Interested firms should identify their capability provide the services described above. The written response must include detailed information relating to the specific data being requested. Expressions of interest without sufficient detail to permit evaluation of one’s ability to provide the requested information will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive acquisition. In the absence of responses from interested firms demonstrating their capability, NHTSA intends to request a proposal from Michelin, on a non-competitive basis for the work described herein. Responses must be received by the listed procuring office with 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.