Sources Sought Announcement BMS.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT

N61331-23-R-0001

SOURCES SOUGHT – THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Posting Date: 12 October 2022 Closing Date: 26 October 2022

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is requesting information from potential qualified sources to support a requirement for production of Bathymetry Mapping System (BMS) Sensor Suite units as well as technical and engineering support, Post Mission Analysis (PMA) Tools and Software licensing.

The attached DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) specifies the requirements for this effort. This Sources Sought announcement is to identify sources capable of providing support for this effort. The information received will be used for planning purposes to help determine if the requirement can be fully or partially set aside to small business concerns. A Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), and Cost Reimbursement (CR) type Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is anticipated. Small businesses are encouraged to submit their capabilities. The resultant contract is anticipated be for a base period of 12 months with four, one year option periods of 12 months each.

The current contract is N61331-18-D-0015 and the incumbent is Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Unmanned Systems, Inc.

The anticipated NAICS code is 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Size Standard 1,250 employees.

Interested companies should include the following information in their responses:

(1) CAGE Code;

(2) Name and address of firm;

(3) Size of business including average annual revenue for past three years, number of employees, and type of small business (8(a), Women-Owned, HUB-Zone, Veteran-Owned, Service-Disabled-Veteran-Owned, etc.);

(4) Country of ownership;

(5) System for Award Management (SAM) information;

(6) DUNS number, if available;

(7) Number of years in business;

(8) Point of contact including: name, title, phone, and email address; and

(9) Small businesses shall address how they will comply with FAR 52.219-14: Limitations of subcontracting There is no specific format or outline submittals must follow. However, summaries should be no longer than five pages in length.

Submit responses to Matt Hammond, Contract Specialist, via email at matthew.a.hammond4.civ@us.navy.mil and AnnaBelle Tiller, Contracting Officer, at annabelle.c.tiller.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 26 October 2022, 12:00pm CDT. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. RESPONDENTS WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONSIDER 8(A) COMPETITIVE OR ANY TYPE OF SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE BASED ON RESPONSES HERETO.

This Sources Sought closes 26 October 2022, at 12:00 pm CTD.