Request for Information - TANK ASSEMBLY FABRI . TANK FABRIC COLLAPS.docx

Sources Sought Notice

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY to request information for Government planning purposes only. The Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is seeking to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the community, to include both small and large businesses, for production of the item identified below. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice/Market Research Survey will assist ACC-DTA in planning its acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition.

ESTIMATED QUANTITY

TECHNICAL DATA

PACKAGE

Not Applicable (N/A). There is no Technical Data Package (TDP) associated with this procurement. There is a Performance Specification document with distribution code: A. The document will only be made available to contractors if/when a solicitation is released.

FIRST ARTICLE TESTING

Each first article tank assembly shall be tested in accordance with any specifications provided if/when a solicitation is released. This could include but not limited to a leakage test, overload test, conformance test, temperature test, seam test, etc.

NOTE: All survey input is voluntary, and no compensation will be made for your firm’s participation. Since this is a Sources Sought Notice, and not a solicitation for receipt of proposals or quotations, the Government does not encourage questions concerning this market research. Furthermore, the Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation or award a contract as a result of this announcement.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE SURVEY

1. You may respond in total, or in part, to this survey. However, all responses must be received no later than 20 August 2025, 1300 EST.

2. All completed surveys shall be sent via e-mail to:

Lyndsey Pena Contract Specialist, ACC-DTA E-mail: lyndsey.m.pena.civ@army.mil Subject Line: RFI – TANK, FABRIC, COLLAPS

3. Relevant sales media and product manuals may be included as attachments with your submission. Please clearly mark all proprietary information. The front page of your response package should state "PROPIETARY INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN" (all caps), if applicable. Also, please provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this survey.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION & LABELING

The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 USC §1905 to protect information qualifying as confidential. Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions, and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (all caps), including any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (overbreadth in marking inappropriate data as “CONFIDENTIAL” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting, or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page that need to be protected.

3. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the Government’s possession will be protected in accordance with the Government’s data rights.

4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the Government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends “CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS:” and “CONFIDENTIAL PORTION ENDS”.

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the respondent’s marking of data as “CONFIDENTIAL” will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government, and therefore will preclude disclosure to support contractors assisting with the evaluation effort.

QUESTIONNAIRE / SURVEY

A) Vendor Profile. Please complete the yellow-highlighted fields below:

1.

COMPANY NAME:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CAGE CODE:

POC NAME / TITLE:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

WEBSITE:

2. Business type for NAICS 326299: (Please check all that apply.)

8(a)

Small Disadvantaged

HUBZone

Women-owned

Large Business

None of the Above. Please Explain: ________________

Service-disabled Veteran-owned

Small Business

*If claiming small business status, the information must be verifiable in SAM.gov

3. Nonmanufacturer Rule. To qualify as a small business concern for set-aside or sole source supply contracts, a small business must meet at least one of the qualifications listed below. Please indicate which qualification, if any, applies to your firm:

Manufacture the product itself; or

Supply a product manufactured by another small business if it is a nonmanufacturer; or

Supply the product of any sized manufacturer if the Small Business Administration has granted a waiver to the nonmanufacturer rule.

B) Requirement-specific Information. Please complete the questions below:

1. Do you currently have a facility and machine large enough to produce the 210k gallon collapsible fabric tank?

2. Have you previously produced the 210k gallon collapsible fabric tank? Please provide contract numbers that demonstrate this.

3. How many tanks of each size can you produce at once? (ex: “Simultaneously we can produce 10 3k gallon tanks, 8 20k gallon tanks, 6 50k gallon tanks, and 3 201k gallon tanks.”)

4. If your firm has manufactured this item to MIL-PRF-32233D Performance Spec, have you passed the First Article Test associated? If so when, and do you have documentation of your pass?

5. Are there any additional size tanks your firm is capable of producing that are not referenced in this RFI?

C) If you have not submitted an RFI for these items previously, please also complete the additional questions below:

1. Has your firm manufactured this item for a U.S. Government agency in the past? If so, please list the contract number, agency, year of contract, size of storage tank, and any other pertinent information.

2. Has your firm manufactured this item to MIL-PRF-32233D Performance Spec?

3. Is your firm currently capable of producing a 3k gallon storage tank? a 20k gallon storage tank? a 50k gallon storage tank? a 210k gallon storage tank?

4. If your firm can produce multiple sizes of storage tanks, can concurrent production be run in the event these items are combined on one contract?

5. Would your firm be able to support a five-year contract?

6. What is your firm’s production lead time for this item after receipt of award? (Please respond in number of calendar days.)

7. What is your firm’s minimum, normal and maximum sustainable monthly production rates for this item? (Please respond with rates for each of the storage tank sizes.)