N6883618R0021_Sources_Sought_APE.docx

MARKET RESEARCH / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) - NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS

Product Service Code (PSC) 5410 - Prefabricated and Portable Buildings

The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center in Jacksonville (NAVSUP FLCJ) is conducting a market survey to determine the availability of vendors capable of a project that requires the design, fabrication, and installation of protective shades, designated as aircraft protective equipment (APE), to cover T-6B turboprop aircraft and T-44 multi-engine aircraft at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, TX.

The purpose is to protect aircraft from sun exposure and possible hail damage. The site plan is for the following:

(24) Double T-6 APE’s to be built along rows Bravo through Echo surrounding hangar 55.

(1) Single T-6 APE’s to be built along rows Bravo through Echo surrounding hangar 55.

(35) Single T-44 APEs on rows Echo through India adjacent to hangars 56, 57 and 58.

The Contractor shall provide the most cost effective solution to meet space and clearance requirements. Design shall ensure Navy clearance requirements are achieved.

Dimensions and Clearances:

The T-6 aircraft dimensions are 33’-5” wingtip span, 33’-4” in length, and 10’-8” in height. The T-44 aircraft dimensions are 50’-3” wingspan, 35’-6” in length, and 14’-3” in height.

Minimum clearances as required by the U.S. Navy are 10’ wingtip clearance and 3’ vertical clearance between the highest point of the aircraft and the underside of the shade supporting structure. The minimum height shall be maintained for the full width and length of the shade. Shades shall conform to airfield clearance requirements determined by documented site approval.

Coverage:

Overhead coverage is the primary objective of the covers. Ends shall be open. Side coverage is not required, but, if normally provided as a standard feature of the structure, sides shall not extend below 10’. All shades shall be drive-thru configuration with no obstructions in the ends below the minimum interior height.

A Firm Fixed Price (FFP) requirements contract is anticipated. The anticipated period of performance for this requirement is:

NAICS Code for this requirement is 332312, Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing.

Interested vendors are requested to submit a capability statements outlining their ability to meet or exceed this requirement no later than 8:00AM (Eastern Standard Time), Wednesday, 17 July 2018, to Joseph Tolbert at joseph.d.tolbert@navy.mil stating the following information:

(1) Sources Sought Number;

(2) Company name, General Services Administration (GSA) Contact Number, address, POC name, phone number, fax number and email;

(3) Contractor (CAGE Code);

(4) Size of business - Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantage, 8(a), HubZone, Woman-owned and/or Veteran-owned;

(5) If the Services can be solicited from a GSA schedule contract vehicle or Open market;

(6) Salient characteristics of the services and supplies being proposed which demonstrate the equivalency to the services and supplies requested by the Government, in accordance with the attached Draft Performance Work Statement document; and

(7) Contractor (Manufacturer or Distributer), if applicable.

(8) Corporate experience should include the applicable contract number, contract period of performance, a brief description of the services and supplies provided, and the relevancy of the services and supplies to the proposed requirement.

The Government will use the result of this announcement to determine whether the acquisition of the above requirement should be solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside, or whether Full and Open Competition procedures will be utilized.

Submissions are Not-To Exceed (NTE) 10 Standard typewritten pages in 12 point Times New Roman font. All technical questions and inquiries may be submitted within the response.

DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE. THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITY STATEMENT PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR QUOTE. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT OFFERS AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT. RESPONSES WILL NOT RESTRICT THE GOVERNMENT TO A PARTICULAR ACQUISITION APPROACH OR BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. EVALUATION RESULTS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED TO CONTRACTORS RESPONDING TO THIS SYNOPSIS. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.