SS Gate Valve.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT: THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUOTATION BUT INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY! This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

The Request for Quotation (RFQ) number is FA700021Q0048 and shall be used to reference any written responses to this source sought.

The USAF Academy 10th Contracting Squadron anticipates a requirement that is being considered under a small business set-aside program. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code proposed 334516. Size standard: # of Employees 1,000.

Salient Characteristics: Two extreme high vacuum gate valves

At a minimum, the Vendor must be able to do the following:

• Gate valve must have Kalrez 4079 gate/copper bonnet seal.

• Gate valve body must be stainless steel.

• Gate valve must use high temperature actuator grease.

• Gate valve must have 12 inch OD Conflat flanges, with UNF thread, for a 10 inch bore.

• Gate valve must be electropolished inside and out.

• Gate valve must have a vacuum range down to 10^-11 Torr.

• Gate valve must be bakeable to 150 °C.

• Lead time less than 20 weeks ARO + transit.

Include in your capabilities package your DUNS, Cage Code, System for Award Management expiration date, and any related specifications/drawings.

We are interested in any size business that is capable of meeting this requirement.

Market research is being conducted to determine interest, capability, and socio-economic category of potential sources for the requirement. The government requests interested parties submit a brief description of their company's business size (i.e. annual revenues and employee size), business status (i.e., 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, or small business) anticipated teaming arrangements, and a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers.

All interested firms shall submit a capabilities package that explicitly demonstrates company capabilities-indicating examples of commercial sales-and product specifications related to this effort. Also indicate if you are the manufacturer, or provide the name and size of the manufacturer of the product(s) you will be supplying. Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated us of foreign national employees on this effort.

Respondents may provide, if any, additional feedback that would help us provide more clarity within the requirement/promote further competition

NOTE:

Responses to this sources sought shall state if they are a supplier/distributor or manufacturer.

Please note: All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov.

Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: ryan.jeffers.1@us.af.mil

Telephone responses will not be accepted.

RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 6 July 2021 at 1:00pm Mountain.

Future information about this acquisition, including issuance of a quotation and/or applicable amendments, will be issued through sam.gov. Interested parties are responsible for ensuring they have the most up-to-date information regarding this acquisition.