Market_Survey_PQAS-E.docx

Market Survey Petroleum Quality Analysis System – Enhanced

W56HZV16R0192

GENERAL INFORMATION: 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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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. Government’s rights in the data.

4. Proprietary or 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//CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS: and PROPRIETARY//CONFIDENTIAL DATA ENDS.

5. 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.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE PETROLEUM QUALITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM – ENHANCED (PQAS-E). 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.

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 XXX.”

5. Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing a manual formatted as an Acrobat 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/or manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to 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 Army personnel involved with this Market Survey.

9. Please note that Email submissions cannot exceed ten megabytes per message. If your response exceeds ten megabytes, please break it into two or more messages and title each appropriately in the subject line, for example: “Petroleum Quality Analysis System – Enhanced (PQAS-E) – 1 of 2”. This will ensure that we are aware of the number of messages we should expect to receive as your complete response.

MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Company Name:

2a. Mailing address:

2b: CAGE Code:

3. Are you a large or small business for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) #334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing?

4. If small business, are you:

a. Small Disadvantaged or 8(a) _______

b. In a Hubzone ________

c. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned ________

d. Woman Owned __________

5. Person Responding to Market Survey Questionnaire

a. Point of Contact (POC)/Title:

b. Telephone Number:

c. Company Responsibility/Position:

d. E-Mail Address of POC:

e. Fax Number:

f. Web site address of Company:

6. How long has your Company been in business?

7. Is your company capable of providing four complete sets of the items listed in the PQAS-E TDP?

8. Including the transit time to Fort Lee, VA, please estimate the delivery lead-time for providing the four sets of PQAS-E.

9. Has your company ever performed an effort similar to this requirement: (1) working with several OEMs to obtain products, (2) combining into sets, and (3) shipment to a Government facility? Please describe.

Response to this Market Survey Questionnaire should be sent via Email to Tom Morrow at: Winslow.t.morrow.civ@mail.mil and Mr. John Flenner at: john.p.flenner.civ@mail.mil. You are requested to put “PQAS-E MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE” in the subject line of the email. If you must send multiple emails due to the size restrictions (see paragraph 9 of the Instructions, above). You can respond in total or to any part of this questionnaire. Any request for clarifications of the Market Survey Questionnaire shall also be addressed to Tom Morrow and John Flenner (email addresses above).

Replies to this questionnaire must be received by close of business 11 May 2016. 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.

BE ADVISED that, if necessary, the Government will make updates to this “PQAS-E” Questionnaire, or will post non-proprietary questions from interested parties, with Government responses, to the same website as this Market Survey questionnaire.