Market Research Survey.docx

DLA Troop Support is conducting market research on the above item to determine an acquisition strategy that will enhance our support of military customers worldwide as well as to determine what your industry will be capable of providing with respect to the required item. For this reason, DLA Troop Support would appreciate your firm sharing your expertise and insight into how these items can be most efficiently procured.

DLA Troop Support anticipates issuing a solicitation for the referenced item under an Indefinite Quantity Contract. The contract may be for a term of one year or two years. Further, it may contain an option(s) to extend the term of the contract. If an option(s) to extend the term of the contract provision is included in the solicitation, each option term(s) would be one year. However, the total contract term will not exceed five years. The answer to the questions concerning pricing will be one of the factors that will help the Government to determine the term of the contract.

It should be noted that this inquiry, in no way, should be interpreted as a solicitation for offers. No information provided in response to this inquiry will be considered binding between the vendor and the Government. With these facts in mind, it is requested that you review the item(s) listed above and answer the questions on the attached pages. The answers you provide will remain confidential. Please return this survey to Quiana Bowser, by C.O.B. Monday, August 31, 2026, by email at Quiana.Bowser@dla.mil, or by phone at (215) 737- 6139.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

1. (a) Is this Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion a commercial or modified commercial item in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101? For example: is the item of a type used by the general public; sold or offered for sale to the general public? Is the modification of a type available in the commercial marketplace?

(i) If the item is modified commercial, please briefly describe the modification(s).

2. (a) Is the Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion made of any type of material that is a major cost driver?

(b) Does any part of the Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion consist of foreign material?

(c) Does your firm normally stock the Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion?

(1) If yes, how many are on hand at any given time?

(2) If no, would your firm be willing to stock the Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion?

(3) If your firm is willing to stock the Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion would you need a stocking-up period? If so, how many days would be required to stock up?

(d) What is the production rate of the Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion? How many can be produced at a time? Is the manufacturing process a batch process or a continuous process?

3. Is your firm a large or small business concern? Will you be quoting as a manufacturer or a dealer?

4. This item qualifies for First Destination Transportation and Packaging (See DLAD Procurement Notes C15, C16, and C17 http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/DLAD/DLADProcurementNotes.aspx

Would FOB Origin be acceptable to your firm under the projected contract?

5. What is the standard delivery time frame your company experiences for this item?

6. The current estimated annual demand quantity for NIIN 007403428 is 81 EA. Please use this data to answer the following questions:

(a) What would the per unit price be on an F.O.B. origin basis? (Please note you will not be held to any pricing information given during the market research phase. We are only asking for estimated prices and know that pricing may change between now and the time the solicitation is issued and your proposal submitted.)

(b) Is this item quantity sensitive, as in would you offer price breaks? If so, at what quantity points and what would the associated estimated unit prices be for each price break?

7. Is the pricing of this Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion stable or volatile?

8. If the Government wishes to use an option to extend the term of the contract, a pricing mechanism for the option year(s) needs to be included in any resultant contract.

(a) Would you be able to provide pricing for the base contract year, and any option year(s)? That is, could you price items out 2 years, 3 years, 4 years or 5 years?

(b) Do you prefer a base period of one or two years?

(c) Would you be willing to accept an Economic Price Adjustment (EPA), which would allow the Government to adjust the base contract price to achieve a revised contract unit price for an option year(s)? The EPA is based on a formula that is generally tied to the Producer Price Index and is limited to a 10% annual increase.

9. (a) Do you have a minimum ordering quantity and/or dollar value that you require for an individual order for this Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion; if so what would that quantity and/or dollar value be?

(b) Do you have a maximum ordering quantity and/or dollar value that you require for an individual order for this Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion; if so what would that quantity and/or dollar value be?

10. Delivery orders issued under any resultant contract will be communicated to your company by Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Does your firm have EDI capabilities? If no, do you plan on establishing EDI capabilities in the near future?

11. Have you encountered any problems with manufacturing this item, which may affect the upcoming contract opportunity? (i.e. long lead times on component parts, problems with raw materials, quality discrepancies, etc.)

12. If the item is commercial, any anticipated Request for Proposal (RFP) may only allow 2 weeks between issue date and closing/due date. Can you respond to an RFP in this timeframe?

13. Is there any other pertinent information that you feel that the Government should know or consider in regard to this item when determining the best way to procure it for the forthcoming contract?

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