Sources Sought Notice-Identification Plate.docx

Elbit Systems of America LLC Proprietary

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

NOTICE Type: Sources Sought / Market Research for PLATE, IDENTIFICATION

The Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is seeking qualified and capable potential vendors. This is a Sources Sought / Market Research notice to request information for Government planning purposes only. Responses will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. The Government is not committed to issue a solicitation or award a contract resulting from this announcement. Since this is a sources sought synopsis and not a solicitation for receipt of proposals or quotations, the Government does not encourage questions concerning this market research.

This Request for Information (RFI) is for the manufacturing of:

· NOUN: PLATE, IDENTIFICATION

(Authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only)

· NSN: 9905-01-482-0188

· Part Number: 12446235

· Estimated Maximum Quantity: 29 Each

· NAICS Code: 332999

· End Item Description: This component is rigid or semirigid, generally flat and smooth. Its thickness is small in comparison to its length and width or diameter. It is designed to be attached to an item and indicates name and/or nomenclature of the item. See also Marker, Identification; Plate, Designation; Plate, Instruction; Plate Set, Identification; and Tag, Marker. Excludes Label. Infantry Fighting Vehicle (M2, M2A1, M2A2), Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (M3, M3A1, M3A2).

The Government is seeking to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of the community, to include both small and large businesses.

If your company is interested and can demonstrate the firm’s ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the equipment summarized above, we encourage you to respond to this announcement with a statement of your qualifications and capability. To do so, please provide:

· Name and address of the firm

· DUNS number and CAGE Code (valid System for Award Management (SAM) is MANDATORY)

· Your Firm’s Point of Contact (name, phone number, and email address)

· Your company’s business size status (small or large) (including Service-Disabled veteran owned, if applicable). If claiming small business status, the information must be verifiable in SAM

· A summary of the item’s commercial availability

· A summary of your company’s expertise in the manufacturing of the part

· A summary of your company’s delivery capability

· A summary of your company’s experience conducting First Article Testing

· A summary of the place of performance

· Is the NAICS Code appropriate for the items being requested?

Statements of your firm’s expertise should include reference to relevant contracts performed (including a description of the scope, quantity manufactured, contract number, and point of contact with phone number).

All interested firms and manufacturers, regardless of size, may respond to this request for information. Information submissions can include product literature and illustrations, relevant company background/experience. Information submissions must be received no later than 15 days following posting of the RFI. Responses should be addressed to Contract Specialist, Mukti Deb, at the following address: mukti.deb.civ@army.mil.

Again, this information is being requested for Government planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposals. The Government will not award a contract based upon responses to this announcement. The Government shall not reimburse or pay any costs for preparing or submitting information in response to this notice.

Contracting Office Address:

U.S. Army Contracting Command- Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) ATTN: Mukti Deb - CCTA-APS-B 6501 E. Eleven Mile Road, Detroit Arsenal, MI 48397-5000

Point of Contact(s):

Mukti Deb mukti.deb.civ@army.mil