Sources Sought Synopsis W911RX24Q0070.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure a 5090E John Deere, closed-cab tractor, John Deere 540M Loader, and trade-in 2014 JOHN DEERE 5075E - 1PY5075ECEB011453 for the Commanding General Mounted Color Guard (CGMCG) Bldg. 275 Law Ave, Fort Riley, KS 66442. The U.S. Government currently intends to award a contract on Total Small Business set aside basis but is seeking vendors that may be able to deliver the services to support a competitive procurement. Accordingly, the U.S. Government highly encourages all interested businesses (large and small) to respond to this source sought notice. In addition, small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), must describe their identifying capabilities in meeting the requirements at a fair market price.

Request for Interested Manufacturers of the following Items:

5090E John Deere, closed-cab tractor 1 Each

John Deere 540M Loader 1 Each

Trade-In 2014 JOHN DEERE 5075E - 1PY5075ECEB011453

The Scope/Objectives are attached above.

The anticipated NAICS code(s) is 333111} {Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing} with a corresponding size standard of 1,250 employees.

ITEM DESCRIPTION: Market research is being conducted to identify potential sources that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements to procure a 5090E John Deere, closed-cab tractor, John Deere 540M Loader, and trade-in 2014 JOHN DEERE 5075E - 1PY5075ECEB011453 for the Commanding General Mounted Color Guard (CGMCG) Bldg. 275 Law Ave, Fort Riley, KS 66442. The right parts are required to reduce costly labor-intensive, and time-consuming, money and manpower expended on equipment maintenance and replacement of failed parts and corresponding damage to ancillary system components. A determination by the Government to not compete this requirement, for the specific items listed above, based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

IMPEDIMENT TO COMPETITION: The Government does not own any data, drawings, schematics, or any other releasable technical data in support of this requirement.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service further, the U.S.

Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this source sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

In response to this source sought, please provide:

1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, EUI number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

2. Identify whether your firm has the technical capability to manufacture reliable supply items that mitigating the risk of parts failure during military operations.

3. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

4. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.

5. Information to help determine if the requirement service is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

6. Identify how the Army can best structure this contract requirement to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

7. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the FedBizOpps notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

8. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.

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Attachment-1Sailent Characteristics, W911RX24Q0070