Sources Sought Synopsis.docx

Repair of F-16 Rate of Flow Indicator

NSN: 6620-01-278-8027 P/N: 40-637-4

NSN: 6620-01-206-9875 P/N: 266-025-002

PURPOSE/DESCRIPTION

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. This Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) is in support of Market Research being conducted by the United States Air Force to identify potential repair sources for the requirements identified below and to determine if this effort can be competitive or a Small Business Set-Aside. The Government may consider breaking the requirement out by airframe. This is not a Request for Proposal (or solicitation) or an indication that a contractual commitment will exist for this requirement. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market research. No funds are available to fund the information solicited.

The 422nd Supply Chain Management Squadron located at Tinker Air Force Base is requesting information, pursuant to FAR PART 10, in support of Market Research to identify potential sources for the repair of the NSN(s) listed below. The Government will use this information to determine the best future acquisition strategy for this procurement, inclusive of the need to do an Industry Day and/or presolicitation Conference. The Government does have the associated technical data to provide to potential sources. Qualification Requirements (QRs) exist and a Source Approval Request (SAR) package is required to become an approved source. Special tooling and equipment is required for disassembly/assembly, repair, and testing. The Government can not provide the special tooling and test equipment.

The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 336413, which has a corresponding Size Standard of 1,250 employees. The Government is interested in all businesses to include, Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Businesses 8(a)s, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, Hubzone Businesses, and Women-Owned Small Businesses. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and provide the requested information in Part I and Part II below.

REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall be capable of furnishing all required labor, material, facilities and equipment to accomplish repair, test, preservation and packaging, and return to the government a completely serviceable unit. Contractor will be responsible for supply chain management, logistics, forecasting of parts, long-lead parts procurement, reparable forecasting, obsolescence issues and delivery of serviceable assets.

The repair requirement for this effort is identified below:

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Technical Orders applicable to this sources sought synopsis are as follows:

Part I. Business Information

Please provide the following business information for your company/institution and for any teaming or joint venture partners:

· Company/Institute Name:

· Address:

· Point of Contact:

· CAGE Code:

· Phone Number:

· E-mail Address:

· Web Page URL:

· Size of business pursuant to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:

· Based on the above NAICS Code, state whether your company is:

· System for Award Management (Yes / No) A statement as to whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership).

Part II. Survey Questions

1. Please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements, along with a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers for the past three years. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime, and the work accomplished by the teaming partners.

2. Are there established catalog or market prices for our requirement? Is our requirement offered to both under similar terms and conditions? Briefly describe any differences.

3. Describe your standard warranty and return process for goods and services furnished to the government for items similar in nature to this requirement.

GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

Please e-mail your questions and/or response to 422.SCMS.AFMC.RFI@us.af.mil and advise if the requirements stated above can be met. As stated above, this SSS is issued solely for informational and planning purposes, and no funds are available to fund the information requested. The information in this notice is current as of the publication date but is subject to change and is not binding to the Government. Oral submissions are not acceptable for any requested information.

Note: Potential souces should only submit questions regarding this post to the above email address. DO NOT CONTACT THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS POST WITH QUESTIONS.

Potential sources wishing to be qualified to perform the requirement specified above are REQUIRED to complete a SAR package as specified in the QRs for this item, which can be found at the following link: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/25475b93246b2f82d6dca3f6ac021c01/view?keywords=848%20SCMG&sort=-relevance&index=&is_active=true&page=1 Vendors requesting Government-provided technical data should specifically review section 9 of the QR. Requests for technical data in response to this SSS posting should be submitted to the Tinker TO Public Sales Office at AFLCMC.ezgtp.PubSale@us.af.mil as prescribed in section 9 of the QR.

SAR packages and SAR-process questions should be submitted to the AFSC Small Business Office at:

AFSC/SB

3001 Staff Drive, Suite 1AG 85A Tinker AFB, OK 73145-3009

Email: afsc.sb.workflow@us.af.mil Website: http://www.afsc.af.mil/Units/SBO/index.asp