REQUEST FOR INFORMATION-Monel K500 Tubing.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) – Monel K-500 Tubing

THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A

SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED

FROM THIS SYNOPISIS. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS

ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS

SYNOPSIS OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE PURPOSE OF

THIS SYNOPSIS IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF POTENTIALLY QUALIFIED

SOURCES AND THEIR SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS (SMALL BUSINESS, LARGE

BUSINESS, ETC.). PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF A SOLICITATION, AS

ONE DOES NOT EXIST.

- REQUIREMENTS –

The Government is seeking to identify qualified, experienced, and interested firms, who can provide the following requirement for Monel K-500 Tubing to support the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

The Contractor shall provide:

• Alloy: UNS N05500 (aka “MONEL® Alloy K-500”, “Monel K-500”); Fed Spec QQ-N-

486G, SAE AMS 4676F.

• Condition: Annealed, unaged. (Parts will be formed and age hardened after delivery.)

Ref. https://www.specialmetals.com/documents/technical-bulletins/monel-alloy-k- 500.pdf

• Form: Seamless tubing.

• Length: Twelve (12) stock lengths, each 12 ft (+/- 2 in.). Approx. 144 ft (total length).

• Outside diameter: 2 in. (+/- 0.010 in.), Ref. ASTM B163-22 Table 2; ASTM B165-19

Table 3.

• Wall thickness: 0.5 in. nominal (+/- 10%), Ref. ASTM B163-22 Table 2; ASTM B165-19

Table 3.

• Finish: As drawn.

• Testing: Mechanical requirements demonstration as per QQ-N-486G, Sections 4.3.2.2 and 4.3.2.2.1

• Marking: Marking for shipment shall be in accordance with MIL-STD-129.

• Material Test Report to be provided with shipment.

Anticipated Delivery: On or Before 19 May 2025

FOB Destination Edwards AFB, CA 93524.

Interested contractors who believe they can fulfill all specifications of this requirement as described above are invited to submit capability statements.

Information requested.

https://www.specialmetals.com/documents/technical-bulletins/monel-alloy-k-500.pdf https://www.specialmetals.com/documents/technical-bulletins/monel-alloy-k-500.pdf

The Government requests interested offerors that can fully support this requirement furnish the following information:

1. Company name, UEI number and Cage Code, address, points of contact, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

2. Information should include a brief description of experience in providing the type of support described above. The information package must be clear, concise, and complete. The Air Force is under no obligation to provide feedback to the company, or to contact the company for clarification of any information submitted in response to this request.

3. Identification of business size (small or large) and identify the socioeconomic disadvantaged category, as defined the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Part 19 and also currently listed in the System for Award Management (SAM). Small business size standards are published by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and may be found at www.sba.gov/size/sizetable2002.html. The potential North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes assigned to this procurement is 331420 “Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying” and the Small Business Size Standard is 1,050 employees.

The potential Product Service Code assigned to this procurement is 4710 “Pipe, Tube and Rigid Tubing.”

4. Any other information deemed useful to the Air Force.

Responses.

Any qualified and interested companies responding to this announcement must be able to support all areas. NO partial support responses from industry will be accepted. Information received will be used within the Air Force to facilitate acquisition strategy decision making and to solidify Market Research and will not be disclosed outside the agency. If your firm has an interest in proposing on the requirement as described above, please prepare and submit a Capabilities Statement by 8:00 AM (PST) on 2 December 2024. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to: the Contracting Officer, Suzanna Kussman, at suzanna.kussman@us.af.mil and the Contract Specialist, Valerie Malcom, at valerie.malcom.1@us.af.mil.

http://www.sba.gov/size/sizetable2002.html mailto:suzanna.kussman@us.af.mil mailto:valerie.malcom.1@us.af.mil