DLA-Aberdeen-26-050 Contractor Questionnaire.docx

Contractor Questionnaire Please complete the following questions. If a question does not apply, please enter N/A or non-applicable.

1. Provide a brief summary of your company and its core competencies.

2. Please provide the following Point of Contact information on all responses:

Company:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Phone Number:

Fax Numbers:

Email Address:

CAGE Code:

DUNS Number:

3. Describe your Company's past performance in the manufacturing and/or supplying of subject kits, or similar form/function kits in the past. Provide Contract Number, Point of Contact (POC), e-mail address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort.

4. Describe your Company’s capability to provide a low quantity of subject kits (less than ten each), a greater quantity (between ten each and fifty each), and a large quantity (fifty to one hundred each). Include any foreseen issues attributed to the quantity ranges.

5. Describe your company’s approach to sourcing/manufacturing the various electronic components (ex: electronic cables) identified within subject kits’ TDPs. Describe your company’s approach to sourcing/manufacturing the various mechanical components (ex: mounting brackets) identified within the kit TDPs.

6. Please identify any kit components that your company foresees as problematic to source/manufacture and a brief description of the foreseen issue. Contact the ‘Technical Point of Contact’ identified within this Sources Sought Notice with any questions/concerns regarding the TDPs and information contained within.

7. Describe your Company’s experience in handling Department of Defense (DoD) TDPs that are export and distribution restricted.

8. Describe your Company’s experience in identifying and mitigating potential issues associated with design/manufacturing of products similar in complexity and technology to the subject kits.

9. Describe your company's experience and process for managing obsolescence issues associated with components similar in complexity and technology to components contained within the subject kits. Include your company's experience in identifying alternatives for unavailable or obsolete materials or components to mitigate obsolescence issues. Does your company foresee any obsolescence issues for kit components that would delay delivery?

10. Discuss your company's experience in meeting DoD delivery requirements for the subject kits or products similar in complexity and technology. Are there any vendors in your supply chain that you are concerned would prevent you from meeting a Government delivery schedule? – If so, please describe the company and what steps you would take to mitigate the situation.

11. What is your estimated delivery lead time for the subject kits considering delivery quantity of between 10 – 100 units?

12. The Government prefers an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Can your company meet the Government preference. If not, please describe what you are willing to provide or what you would prefer to provide. Please explain.

13. If your company is not a Government approved source of supply for the subject kits, does your company have experience in satisfying Government Acceptance requirements levied by the DoD, as part of the process to become an approved source of supply for a product(s) that is similar in form and function as the subject kits? If so, did your company perform First Article testing and evaluation? Did your company perform the testing and evaluation in-house or as an out-source activity? Did your company provide evidence of testing and evaluation to the DoD? Did the DoD approve or reject your company as a source of supply as result of the First Article activity?