RFI for ULCANS.docx

SPECIAL NOTICE

Ceiling Increase on an Existing Single-Award Indefinite-Delivery / Indefinite-Quantity Contract for Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS)

THIS IS A SPECIAL NOTICE ONLY, which is being issued in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 and DFARS PGI 206.302-1(d). This is not a solicitation/request for proposal and no contract shall be awarded from this request. There is no solicitation package available at this time. All interested parties should send responses and any comments/questions to Christine Halamoutis at christine.m.halamoutis.civ@army.mil. All responses must be received NLT 10:00 a.m. Eastern August 2, 2024. All questions and comments must be in writing; no telephone calls will be accepted. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. Not responding to this Special Notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized under Contract Opportunities Section of the SAM.gov website at https://sam.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Purpose: U.S. Army Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems (PdM FSS) Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception in Natick, MA.

This Special Notice is sought for U.S. Army Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems (PdM FSS) for the remaining ordering period of a current single-award, indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity ending March 31, 2028. The intent of this RFI is to gauge industry interest, capability and relevant experience, in non-customer specific terms, as it relates to providing these ultra-lightweight camouflage net systems (ULCANS) in support of the Warfighter. In support of a pending Justification and Approval for an increase in the ceiling of the current requirement W911QY-18-D-0210, when utilizing the authority at FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), the contracting officer shall post a request for information or a sources sought notice, and shall include the results of this inquiry in the justification required by FAR 6.303(b)(3) as well the PGI DFARS 206.302-1(d) Limitations. When utilizing the authority at FAR 6.302-1, the contracting officer shall post a request for information or a sources sought notice, and shall include the results of this inquiry in the justification required by FAR 6.303. This requirement to post may be waived by the Head of the Contracting Activity, or designee.

Contractors must be properly registered in the Government’s System for Award Management (SAM) database. SAM registration can be found at https://sam.gov.

Business Size Standard: The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 333415, Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing. The small business size standard is 1,250 employees. As part of any response to this Special Notice, response, please state if your company is a small business under this NAICS code.

The Product Service Code (PSC) for this requirement is 4120 – Air Conditioning Equipment

Industry Day: This acquisition will not have its own industry day.

Estimated Dollar Value: Not to exceed $160M Estimated Period of Performance: currently through March 31, 2028.

Place of Contract Performance: This contract is performed at the contractor's location.

Contract Type: the current requirement is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) with firm fixed-price (FFP) delivery orders.

Request for Information: Please respond to the following in Arial font size 12 in no more than 10 pages in length.

1. Point of Contact Information:

a. Company:

b. Address:

c. Point of Contact:

d. Phone Number:

e. Email Address:

f. CAGE Code:

2. Does your company have any Organization Conflicts of Interest (OCI)?

a. Describe the process used to complete an enterprise review across all businesses and affiliates to identify any governmental developmental work performed as either a prime or subcontractor.

b. If there are any potential or actual OCIs in your company, you will be required to submit a full and comprehensive OCI mitigation plan when you respond to the request for proposal. At this time, briefly discuss your OCI mitigation plan which should address each actual or potential OCI.

3. Please identify your company’s size standard per the primary NAICS code of 333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing and the Small Business Size Standard of 1,250 employees.

For more information on small business, refer to: https://www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards.

4. If your company is a small business, indicate whether any of the small business categories below apply:

8(a):

Small Disadvantaged Business (DB):

Woman-Owned Small Business:

Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone):

Veteran-Owned Small Business:

Service-Disable Veteran-Owned Small Business:

5. If you identify your company as a SB or any of the SB subcategories as stipulated in Question #2, is your company intending to submit a proposal as a prime contractor?

6. Is your company capable of performing at least 51% of the work? If so, please explain how your company will perform the work within the parameters of the Ostensible Subcontractor Affiliation rule.

7. Is your company prepared to assume financial liability for damages to Government equipment and property incurred as a result of your performance of work under this contract? Please explain.

8. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of products and services discussed in this RFI? If NO, please provide specific capabilities that you intend to provide?

9. Please provide the following information for up to 3 examples of similar work that your company has performed as a prime or a sub-contractor:

a. Contract number(s).

b. Aggregate dollar value of entire contract.

c. Aggregate dollar value of task orders as a prime or sub-contractor.

d. Number of task orders as the prime or sub-contractor.

e. Was this work similar in scope?

10. Is your company planning on business arrangements with other companies? If so, please list the process used in selecting the members.

11. Please provide details regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy the requirements above. Offerors are encouraged to identify teams, indicating each team member's size based upon the NAICS code of the work that the team member may be doing.

12. All Contractor employees supporting classified task assignments shall possess a SECRET clearance or higher issued by the Defense Security Clearance Office (DISCO) or who were the subject of a favorably completed National Agency Check, National Agency Check with Law and Credit Check (NACLC) or Special Agreement Check (SAC).

13. Please provide additional information that you believe we should know about your company in support of this Special Notice.