Sources_Sought_Advance_Notice.doc

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE & MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD)

ADVANCE NOTICE / SOURCES SOUGHT

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – AWARD OF A CONTRACT WILL NOT BE MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTICE. ADDITIONALLY, CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR COSTS RELATED TO RESPONSE PREPARATION AND/OR SUBMITTAL.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center – Carderock Division (NSWCCD) requires engineering services for stealth technology support. The intent of this notice is to provide advance information and notice to Industry of the Government’s intended acquisition strategy; and also to solicit feedback from Industry to further inform the Government’s acquisition strategy.

Included with this Advance Notice and Sources Sought are a draft statement of work (SOW), draft labor categories and qualifications that will be included as an attachment to the solicitation and resulting TO and a market research questionnaire. The draft labor categories and qualifications are still being reviewed and are subject to change. The Government anticipates making future decisions regarding the acquisition strategy for this procurement based on comments, questions, and market research questionnaire responses. The Government’s current acquisition strategy includes the following:

· Use of a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) pricing structure;

· Best value trade-off source selection procedures;

· Potential period of performance (PoP) of five years; one (1) 12-month base period and four (4)

12-month option periods;

· Solicitation will be issued for the National Capital Zone (Zone 2) Interested parties are encouraged to respond to this Notice with questions, comments and completed questionnaires as soon as possible, but no later than 06 March 2017. Responses shall be submitted to Lon Wang, contract specialist, at lon.wang@navy.mil. The Government does not intend on responding directly to any offeror and information submitted will not be made publically available to other interested parties.

All questionnaires and other responses will be reviewed to assist the Government in finalizing its acquisition strategy; including a determination regarding the utilization of a small business set aside.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:

541330 – Engineering Services Small Business Size Standard: $38.5 Million in Annual Receipts (For more information about Size Standards, refer to http://www.sba.gov.)

QUESTIONNAIRE

Firm:

Address:

CAGE Code:

DUNS Number

Seaport Contract Number:

Business Size:

Firm point of contact (POC)

POC Title:

POC Email address:

The following questions are designed to help the Government make a determination related to socioeconomic / small business opportunities as well as refine/improve current acquisition documents such as the SOW and solicitation.

Client POC with email address:

% work self-performed:

Client POC with email address:

% work self-performed: