WWDS_-_Sources_Sought_Notice.docx

UNCLASSIFIED

MARKEY SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE: WATER WELL DRILLING SYSTEM

I. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT

THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Also, it is not a request seeking contractors interested in being placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this questionnaire is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Market Survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this Market Survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.

II. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The U.S. Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as PROPRIETARY under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the U.S. Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

2. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) PROPRIETARY with any explanatory text, so that the U.S. Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

3. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as PROPRIETARY may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 under Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire, below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

4. The U.S. Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the U.S. Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the U.S. Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the U.S. Government will be protected in accordance with the U.S. Governments rights in the data.

5. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the U.S. Government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends PROPRIETARY DATA BEGINS: and PROPRIETARY DATA ENDS.

6. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the U.S. Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

III. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT

1. The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information on commercial industry capability to satisfy U.S. Army requirements for a Water Well Drilling System (WWDS). The WWDS is a system capable of mud and air rotary drilling, rotary percussion, or down-hole hammer drilling to a minimum required depth of 1,700 feet.

IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Number each response with the appropriate question number.

2. You do not have to repeat the question in your response.

3. If you cannot answer a question, please indicate ‘No Response’.

4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: “See response to Question XX.”

5. Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing a manual formatted as a Portable Document File (PDF), annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If appropriate and preferred, include Internet web links to locations where animations/videos may be viewed.

6. If your sales media and manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to U.S. Army personnel involved with this market survey.

7. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance.

8. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable, the front page of your response package should state: “Proprietary Information Contained.” Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to U.S. Army personnel involved with this market survey.

9. Data submitted by email shall not exceed 10 megabytes (MB) in file size. Data over 10 MB shall be transmitted on a CD via regular mail or AMRDEC Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) Web application.

10. Response to this Market Survey Questionnaire should be sent to Ebony Arnold: ebony.d.arnold.civ@mail.mil via AMRDEC Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) Web application (SAFE) at URL: https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/SAFE2/ . You are requested to put “WWDS MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE” in the subject line of the e-mail. Any requests for clarifications of this Survey shall also be addressed to Ebony Arnold. Data packages submitted via SAFE must not exceed 2 GB or 25 files per package. If you must send multiple packages due to the size restrictions also include the statement: “#1 of X, #2 of X, etc.” in the file description line. This will ensure that we are aware of the number of messages we should expect to receive as your complete response. You can respond in total or to any part of this questionnaire.

11. Any product literature that cannot be submitted electronically may be sent to:

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren

CCTA-HCP-C

ATTN: Ebony Arnold, Mail Stop 351 6501 E. Eleven Mile Rd.

Warren, MI 48397-5000

12. Replies to this questionnaire must be received by the end of day 18 April 2017. Please mark your information PROPRIETARY as you believe appropriate. Your input is voluntary and no compensation will be made for your participation in this survey. We appreciate your cooperation in answering these questions and thank you in advance for your participation.

13. BE ADVISED that updates to the WWDS Market Survey Questionnaire or non-proprietary questions from interested parties and their responses by the U.S. Government may be posted to the FedBizOpps website as addenda to the questionnaire.

V. MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Manufacturer

a) Company Name:

b) Mailing address:

c) Website address:

d) Point of Contact (POC) and Title:

e) E-mail address of POC:

f) Telephone No:

g) Fax No:

h) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code:

i) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:?

j) g. Business size and eligibility under U.S. Government socio-economic and preference programs

i. Large

ii. Small

iii. Small Disadvantaged or 8(a)

iv. HUBZone

v. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned

vi. Woman Owned

vii. Other

k) How long has your company been in business?

l) Location of facility(s)?

m) Does your company use a cost system that has been certified by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)?

2. System Requirements

a) Has your Company ever produced and/or sold a WWDS that meets all requirements outlined in ATPD 2389? If yes, please provide a system description to include the means to specifically meet the following paragraphs in ATPD 2389: PD 3.2 (Description and Characteristics); PD 3.4.11 (Automatic Rod Handling System (ARHS); and PD 3.4.17 (Drill Rig Catwalk).

i. Please provide a list of your customers with contract number (if applicable), and company name, a point of contact within the company, and the individual’s phone number.

ii. How long has your system been in production?

iii. Please provide an estimated purchase cost assuming a purchase quantity of four.

iv. Has an Operator’s Manual that has been authenticated by the Department of the Army been developed for this system?

v. Have all parts, special tools, kits, Basic Issue Items, and Components of the End Item been provisioned and assigned a National Stock Number to allow for organic Army support through the Army supply system? If not, what percentage of the total required parts have been provisioned?

vi. Has a TRADOC approved Operator New Equipment Training course and Leadership Familiarization training been developed for the system?

vii. Has the system been through Government First Article Test and obtained Government First Article Test approval?

b) Does your company have a WWDS in any state of design or development that will meet the requirements outlined in ATPD 2389?

i. If yes, please describe.

ii. If yes, how long will it take to have a First Article Test system delivered?

iii. If yes, how long will it take to have a Production system delivered?

iv. If yes, what performance capabilities does the system have in meeting the requirements?

v. Which requirements does your system not currently meet, and what additional development would be necessary to make your system fully meet the requirements?

vi. What are the anticipated costs to perform the required development?

vii. Please provide an estimated purchase cost assuming a purchase quantity of 4.

c) If you do not currently have a WWDS in design, development or production that will meet the requirements outlined in ATPD 2389, can you reconfigure any current system or design to meet the WWDS requirements? What costs will be associated with this effort? This cost would include any design costs, testing costs, and first article test system hardware costs.

d) If you do not currently have a WWDS in design, development or production that will meet the requirements outlined in ATPD 2389, what would be the expected lead time for delivery of the WWDS from the date of contract award? This time frame would include design time, and any testing required before Government acceptance of the system to test.

e) Does your company have test data for a WWDS that meets the requirements outlined in ATPD 2389? If yes, please include it with your response to this Market Survey Questionnaire.

f) If you do not currently have a WWDS in production that has been tested in accordance with ATPD 2389, what would be the expected cost of the Production WWDS?

g) Do any of the requirements or attributes identified herein appear unreasonable, not achievable, or something that you would otherwise take exception to? If yes, why and what are they?

h) What are your company’s top three most significant cost driving components for the WWDS? What are the most significant cost driving requirements outlined in ATPD 2389?