M67854-17-R-1200_E-MMPS_PreSolicitation_Notice.pdf

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE

314999 – All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills M67854-17-R-1200

This Presolicitation Notice is being posted in advance of Solicitation No. M67854-17- R-1200 for the Enhanced-Multi Mission Parachute System (E-MMPS). The forthcoming solicitation will be issued using full and open competition. Information contained in this notice is subject to change. No proposals are being requested at this time.

The Marine Corps System Command (MARCORSYSCOM), Product Manager, Reconnaissance and Amphibious Raids (RAR), requires a Berry Amendment compliant, E-MMPS.

The E-MMPS is an Advanced Ram Air Parachute System (ARAPS) and will be a lifecycle replacement and capability upgrade for the MMPS parachute system.

The estimated maximum E-MMPS quantity is 1,205. The NAICS code is 314999, All Other

Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills, with a size standard of 500 employees.

The Government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite

Quantity (ID/IQ) contract to no more than one offeror that is capable of producing all required quantities up to 275 per year. The ID/IQ contract will cover a five-year period of performance consisting of five one-year ordering periods. Evaluation factors will be set forth in the forthcoming solicitation. Potential offerors are advised that the evaluation will require offerors to demonstrate the full capability with production item(s) compliant with the E-MMPS Performance Specification (PSPEC), and submit one product demonstration model (per size) as evidence of compliance. A draft version of the E-MMPS PSPEC, dated DEC 2016, is included as Attachment 01 to this presolicitation notice.

Interested offerors are advised that the PSPEC, as included in this announcement, is in draft form and is subject to change. The final version of the PSPEC will be released with the solicitation. Offerors are instructed to submit all draft PSPEC questions in writing to lucas.kinkade@usmc.mil no later than 13 January 2017. Only draft PSPEC questions will be entertained. No phone calls will be accepted.

Solicitation Number M67854-17-R-1200 is anticipated to be issued in Mar 2017 and will be posted on the internet at the Federal Business Opportunities website located at the following address: https://www.fbo.gov. The online version of the solicitation will include all documents of the solicitation package. No hard copies of this solicitation will be issued. Amendments, if any, will be posted at the same location as the original solicitation. The complete solicitation package, including amendments, should be received and reviewed prior to submitting a proposal.

Proposals will be due no later than thirty days after solicitation issuance and shall be submitted in hard copy form only. No electronic submission of proposals will be accepted. Those responding to the solicitation have the responsibility to obtain all amendments and/or other applicable documents.

Offerors are instructed to hold all solicitation-related questions until the solicitation has been issued. Offerors shall submit ALL questions in writing to lucas.kinkade@usmc.mil. No phone calls will be accepted. All items, materials, and components thereof submitted shall be in full compliance with the Berry Amendment (10 U.S.C. 2533a). Offerors may be required to provide detailed information certifying compliance. In order to be eligible for award, interested parties much be registered into the System for Award Management (SAM), http://www.sam.gov.

PLEASE NOTE: As part of the Government Furnished Information (GFI)- Specification distribution process, an offeror’s accessing of any of the GFI-Specification is a confirmation of the offeror’s agreement to the following: The offeror agrees that it shall not, without the express written permission of the Government, use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, or display any of the GFI- Specification for any commercial purpose or disclose any of the GFI-Specification to a person other than its subcontractors, suppliers, or prospective subcontractors or suppliers, who require any of the GFI- Specification to submit offers for, or perform, contracts under this effort. Prior to disclosing any of the GFI- Specification, the offeror shall require the persons to whom disclosure will be made to provide the Government with its agreement to the terms of this paragraph.