SourcesSought - OBS Equipment.pdf

OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER (OBS) EQUIPMENT

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED AS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUCEMENT FOR INFORMATION

PURPOSES ONLY. This notice DOES NOT constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB), solicitation, or package requesting technical competencies/qualifications of the prospective contractor, nor does it represent any commitment by the Government. Since this is a Sources Sought announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. A solicitation does not presently exist. The Air Force will not accept or acknowledge: emails over 5MB, brochures, samples, catalogs, and any other marketing solicitation information.

The Government is performing market research primarily in order to determine if there are firms that possess the capability to execute this requirement. A negative response is also appreciated. Therefore, we further invite all business concerns to provide a capability statement in response to this requirement.

Prospective contractors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award of any Federal Government contract. Contractors are encouraged to obtain further information on SAM registration at the following website:

https://sam.gov/content/home

This announcement does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any preparation costs.

If your firm would be interested in such work, you are strongly encouraged to submit a capability statement that addresses as a minimum the questions presented within this announcement, and submitted to the points of contact listed below by the due date. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 334519 – Other Computer Related Services, is applicable to this acquisition. The small business size standard for this NAICS is 600 EMPLOYEES.

Following submissions of a capability package, USAF representatives may choose to engage in additional communications with selected respondents only intended to support market research for further clarification of industry capability to meet requirements.

1) The vendor shall be able to provide an autonomous and permanent ocean bottom system.

2) The bandwidth of the ocean bottom seismometer shall be from 120 sec to 50 Hz.

3) The bandwidth of the hydrophone shall be from 0.01 Hz to 100 Hz.

See the attached SOO for more details.

Contractors who can provide these services are requested to identify if they are interested and submit in writing an affirmative response which includes as a minimum the following information:

a. What is the name of your business?

b. What is your business address?

c. What is your business Cage Code and SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number?

https://sam.gov/content/home

d. Provide a point of contact to include telephone number and email address

e. Based on your professional experience in the private sector, would you consider this requirement to coincide with products typically provided in the commercial market?

f. Provide an additional NAICS code with justification that you would recommend as being more applicable.

g. Specify your business type; large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business based upon NAICS 334519. Specify all that apply.

h. Would your firm propose on this project as a prime contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s), prime contractor with team member subcontractor(s), or a joint venture? If you have proposed a joint venture, identify to the extent possible, your team members. Identify the business size of your team members or joint venture firms. If a teaming arrangement is planned, give details to the extent practicable on how the team will likely be composed. See FAR subpart

9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements and 8(a) Program regulations described in

13 CFR 124.513.

i. Identify any projects completed in the past five (5) years for the same or similar items to help determine your firm’s capability in meeting the requirement for the items listed in the attached spreadsheet. Include any government contracts (Federal, State, or local) you have been awarded for this type of requirement. Also, include the contract number and a government point of contact.

Identify if your company was the prime contractor or a subcontractor for these projects.

All responsible sources are encouraged to submit a capability statement response to this announcement. All such responses will be considered by the agency. Responses shall be submitted electronically using the following address: laytesha.batchelor.1@us.af.mil.

All responses shall be received by Wednesday, 20 August @ 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Responses shall be no more than 10 pages (single spaced, front and back, no smaller than Times New Roman, font size 12 or equivalent). If submissions exceed the page count noted, the Government will only review the first 10 pages and disregard the remainder of the submission. Extraneous materials (brochures, manuals, etc.) will not be considered. Questions concerning this announcement shall be submitting in writing via email to Contracting Officer, Laytesha Batchelor, laytesha.batchelor.1@us.af.mil. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to firms as it relates to the Government's review of the data submitted in response to this announcement.

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