SOURCES SOUGHT N61331-24-SN-Q07 MCM USV.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT #: N61331-24-SN-Q07

Posting Date: 26 December 2023 Closing Date: 12 January 2024

This is a Sources Sought notice, issued by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), on behalf of the Program Executive Office Unmanned & Small Combatants (PEO USC) for information and planning purposes only. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and a formal solicitation is not available at this time.

Respondents are solely responsible for properly marking and clearly identifying any proprietary information or trade secrets contained within their response. The Government will not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information that has not been both properly marked and clearly identified. Information marked proprietary received in response to this Sources Sought will be safeguarded and handled in accordance with applicable Government regulations. To aid the Government in its review, please segregate proprietary information.

Purpose: This Sources Sought notice is to satisfy the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 206.302-1(d) PGI posting requirement. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division intends to issue a solicitation and award a contract for Repair, Overhaul, and Depot Maintenance of the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) Craft, Sweep Payload (including Magnetic & Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned Superconducting Sweep (MAGNUSS) upgrade), and future planned mine neutralization payload support. Areas of support will include depot repairs, engineering changes, updates, and modifications to support MCM USV sustainment. Additional areas may include testing, training, logistics support, supplies, parts, and associated documentation for engineering and technical support of the MCM USV Craft.

General Capabilities:

Textron Systems was awarded the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) N00024-14-C-6322 contract in 2014 to design and develop the MCM Mission Package which includes craft, mine sweep, and mine hunt systems. Currently, no other known sources possess the technical expertise, necessary or technical documentation to perform the required repair, overhaul, and depot maintenance support for the MCM USV. Accordingly, the Government is requesting capabilities statements for companies capable of MCM USV repair, overhaul, depot maintenance and engineering changes, updates, and modifications.

Submissions:

There is no specific format submittals must follow. However, written responses are requested to be no more than 10 pages in length. If the material provided contains proprietary information, please mark accordingly and provide disposition instructions (submitted data will not be returned). Classified material shall not be submitted. The response should include, but is not limited to, the following:

1) Company CAGE Code and System for Award Management (SAM) information;

2) Name and address of firm

3) Point of contact including: name, title, telephone number and email address;

4) 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) if applicable;

5) Small businesses shall address how they will comply with FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting;

6) Country of ownership;

7) DUNS number, if available;

8) Number of years in business;

9) A summary outline and capabilities statement showing how requirements (summarized above) for MCM USV support will be met; and

10) ) Contract numbers and descriptions for similar type work and products as evidence of capabilities. Provide a description of your company's past experience and performance of similar contracts, including whether any of these have CPARs ratings. This description shall address and demonstrate, through prior and/or current experience, an understanding of this requirement.

Submit responses to Makayla Camper, via e-mail at Makayla.l.camper.civ@us.navy.mil and Contracting Officer, Anna Belle Tiller at annabelle.tiller.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 12 January 2024, 12:00 pm CST. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Please reference N61331-24-SN-Q07 as your email subject line.

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.

This Sources Sought closes 12 January, 12:00 pm CST.