RFI_Sources Sought Instructions - Vacuum Muffle Furnace.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

RFI Number: N00173-26-RFI-GF02

Title: Vacuum Muffle Furnace

Response Date: 11/19/2025, 3:30PM Eastern

Primary POC: Graham Fisher, graham.w.fisher.civ@us.navy.mil

NOTE:

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR AN INDICATION THAT A CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT

WILL EXIST AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI.

This Sources Sought Notice (SSN) is in support of market research and procurement planning being conducted by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC. This RFI is for informational and planning purposes only and does not guarantee that this will be competed in SAM.gov. The Government assumes NO financial responsibility for any costs incurred. A solicitation package is not available at this time.

OBJECTIVE: The intent of this RFI is to gauge industry interest and search for potential sources capable of fulfilling a requirement for a vacuum muffle furnace. The draft minimum technical requirements for the effort are in the attached specifications. The Government is currently in the planning stages for this procurement and may continue to modify the language within the requirement as necessary.

Please see attachment (1) to find the specifications for the task.

CONTRACTOR RESPONSE FORMAT: Interested parties, at a minimum, shall supply all of the below required information in a Capability Statement.

1. CONTACT INFORMATION:

a. Company Name and Address

b. Point of Contact for questions/clarification

c. Telephone Number and e-mail address

d. DUNS Number, CAGE Code

e. PSC Code of the proposed solution (SEE https://psctool.us)

f. Business Size/Socioeconomic Categories

g. Company's Business Size Classification

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

a. List of capabilities/resources relevant to the attached specification list.

b. If a reseller, document authorized reseller

3. COMMERCIALITY OF PROPOSED ITEM:

a. Whether item(s) offered/proposed is a commercial item and is customarily used by the general public or nongovernment entities for the other than Government purposes.

b. Whether the item has been sold, leased, or licensed to the general public, and if so, identify one or more such sales, leases, or licenses to document the commerciality of the item.

4. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION / CAPABILITY:

a. Provide a brief written description of how the suggested product will meet or exceed the specifications, under the General and Component sections; as it is anticipated that ultimate evaluation will be best value and a go/no go basis.

https://psctool.us/

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Please note that merely submitting a spec sheet does not allow the NRL to assess whether the suggested product will meet, or could be modified to meet, specifications.

If there is a specification that your product does not meet, please indicate how your proposed product could be modified to meet the specifications

b. Provide a product brochure and highlight the areas that meet or exceed specifications.

5. ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE

You are invited to submit a rough order of magnitude, over the overall, estimated cost of the project.

Please do not submit a quote. A quote or proposal is not being requested and will not be accepted.

IV. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT DETAILS:

Responses should be no more than 7 pages. Please email your response to Graham Fisher, Contract

Specialist, at graham.w.fisher.civ@us.navy.mil. Please include “RFI # N00173-26-RFI-GF02” in the email subject line. All questions regarding this announcement must be submitted in writing via email to the designated POC for this announcement.

V. FAR PROVISION(S)

FAR 52.215-3 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR SOLICITATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES

(OCT 1997)

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(b) Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.

(c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of: market research and procurement planning.

(End of Provision)