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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

48TH FIGHTER WING (USAFE)

SOURCES SOUGHT

48th CONTRACTING SQUADRON (USAFE)

Subject: Request for Information (RFI) – Confined Space Trainer

Description:

The 48th Contracting Squadron at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom, seeks feedback from companies/entities capable of providing Confined Space Trainers.

Background: The 48th Contracting Squadron at RAF Lakenheath has identified a potential need for a contractor to build and install a Confined Space Trainer specifically for firefighters.

The location of the Confined Space Trainer will be installed and permanently fixed, bolted, and anchored inside Building 37 at RAF Feltwell, United Kingdom. The Confined Space trainer will be a maze having 3 levels each being 1,000 MM tall and the level lengths will be 2,000 MM. The entire maze will make an “E” shape design having one long main crawl way with 3 dead ends. The dimensions inside the maze will not change and will accommodate obstacles to be moved around to different locations. There will be 14 total obstacles that come with the maze, may reduce or increase this number depending on price. Obstacles will not be permanently fixed so that they can be configured into the user’s desired formation for training at any time. The desired obstacles are a manhole, crawling pipe, sash lock door, sliding door, inclined plane, slide, retractable floor, halved horizontal, halved vertical, halved diagonal, false floor, swing door. There will be 3 ramps and ladders that will be made of a 38mm waterproof chipboard with transparent resign coating. The entire maze shall be constructed of reinforced steel welded mesh and tubular steel. The maze will be open to be able to observe students inside and include quick release doors for student safety. A smoke generator is required to produce harmless fog by vaporizing a non‐oily liquid in the preheated apparatus. The smoke generator will produce 1300 m³ continuously within 4 min and being fed from an external tank. The smoke machine will be mounted to a wall at desk height. Dimensions of the smoke machine to be about 500 x 375 mm, made of steel, and painted RAL 5007 brilliant blue. Smoke extraction system for ventilation may be needed after use of smoke generator. A portable sound box is required and should have 1 fire light effect with LEDs (Red & White) and have the option to install additional spotlights for greater light output, simulate various fire colors, and have 8 different sounds which are saved to a chip card. Sound box is to be battery powered and have a wide range of volumes to increase and lower decibels from an easy to use system such as a keyboard. The hired contractor will build and install entire maze and provide all materials for building and installation. Installation will take 1-2 business days. Installation will need to start ASAP once awarded.

General Information:

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND IS BEING USED FOR THE PURPOSE

OF MARKET ANALYSIS ONLY. This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 5.101 requiring dissemination of information for proposed contract actions and FAR 10.001(a)(2)(ii) which requires conducting market research before soliciting offers for acquisitions with an estimated value in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. The Government is seeking industry’s input to determine the availability of qualified sources with the technical capability to fulfill the requirement described above. No contract awards will be made from this notice and no solicitation is available on FBO or any other bulletin board, posting room, or clearinghouse at this time. In order to develop a sound acquisition strategy, early industry participation is highly encouraged; however, participation in this effort is strictly voluntary. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. The Government will not reimburse costs and will not be liable for any costs associated with responses to this RFI. Respondents will not be notified of the responses to this notice. Responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. All RFI responses will be used in whole or in part for determining the most effective acquisition strategy for Confined Space Trainer acquisitions or similar requirements. Requested information will be used within the Air Force to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside the agency.

Response Guidelines:

All responses to this RFI must be provided as an attachment in an e-mail message addressed to the Point of Contacts (POC), below with the subject line “Response to RFI” no later than 1 March 2022. Only electronic responses will be accepted. Responses submitted by any other means will not be considered.

Requested Information:

The following is requested from interested companies;

1. Please indicate if your company is willing/able to provide a confined space trainer or if there are any reasons that prevent your company from providing a quote/proposal should a formal solicitation be issued.

2. Please provide brochures/descriptive literature commonly provided to the general public if possible.

3. Please provide any catalogs/price lists for items listed if possible.

4. Please provide approximate delivery and installation timelines

5. Full Vendor Name, Address and Current DUNS/CAGE Code.

Please submit a written response via scan/email-attachment on company letter head to points of contract listed below.

Points of Contacts:

Primary POC: Ryan Frost Phone: 00 44 (0) 01638-522085 Email: ryan.frost.15@us.af.mil

Additional POC: Claire Hammond Phone: 00 44 (0) 01638-522407 Email: claire.hammond.gb@us.af.mil

Contracting Office Address:

48 CONS/PKA - Lakenheath, Building 977 Boston Drive RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk IP27 9PN

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