Market_Survey_for_the_HEPPOE.doc

Market Survey for the Hydraulic Electric Pneumatic Petroleum Operated Equipment (HEPPOE)

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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.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT:

The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information on commercial industry capability to satisfy U.S. Army requirements for the Hydraulic Electric Pneumatic Petroleum Operated Equipment (HEPPOE).

The Hydraulic, Electric, Pneumatic, Petroleum Operated Equipment (HEPPOE) purchase configuration consists of two power units, tool chests and specified tool kit comprised of hydraulic, electric, pneumatic, and petroleum operated equipment.

The HEPPOE is specifically organized to provide the military construction engineer with the tools that it takes to perform the most common type of engineer tasks encountered during the execution of construction missions in a theater of operations (TO) or during contingency operations. The HEPPOE provides a selection of electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, and fuel operated tools and special application tools to perform engineer tasks across the entire spectrum of the operations area such as construction, maintenance, and repair tasks on Army Facilities Components System (AFCS) products; on existing facilities; on facilities camouflage; and for repairing battle damage. These engineer tasks support both Initial Construction Standards (up to 6 months expected use) and Temporary Construction Standards (up to 24 months expected use) within temperate, desert, tropic, and arctic climates. These soldiers may be found in TO&E construction units, civil affairs units, host-nation support units, or Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) contracted units. This Tool Kit is used by the Engineer Soldier in combat and construction engineers units in conducting repairs of buildings, POW holding areas, and water piping system, and construction and repair of airfields, and maintenance of buildings, roads and other items. The HEPPOE consists of two power units and storage and transportation chests from which work teams can withdraw a variety of pavement breakers, saw, drills, and supporting tools for use at dispersed sites.

The Product Requirements shall be in accordance with the Description For Purchase (DFP) found in Attachment 0001.

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 an ACROBAT formatted manual, annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If 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.

Request for Information (RFI) ― Questionnaire

1. Company Name:

2. Are you a large or small business for North American Industry Classification System?

If small business, are you:

Small Disadvantaged – or – 8(a)

In a Hubzone

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned

Women Owned

3. Mailing Address:

4. E-Mail Address:

5. Point of Contact (POC)/Title:

6. Telephone No:

7. Fax No:

8. How long has your company been in business?

9. Does your company currently produce and/or sell any of the components of the HEPPOE? Provide a list of your customers of the HEPPOE components to include company name and a point of contact with phone number within the company.

10. How long has your system been in production?

11. If you do not currently produce or sell the components of the HEPPOE, do you have any plans to produce this item in the future? If so, how long would it take for your operation to begin manufacturing this system?

12. If you are currently in the design stage of the components of this system, how long before you have a technically acceptable HEPPOE completed for production?

13. Are you able to meet all of the Requirements listed in the DFP? If not, please list which areas you are unable to meet or if you are only able to satisfy the requirements for one of the types?

14. Any concerns with the Product Verification and Conformance inspections listed in section 4 of the DFP?

15. Has any testing been performed on your systems? If so, please provide what standard the tests were performed to.

16. Are you able to provide either commercial or military packaging if either are asked for as a requirement?

17. Have you procured any components of the HEPPOE for any U.S. Government agency in the past? If so, which agency?

18. If you presently produce the components of the, HEPPOE what is the expected lead time for delivery of the kit from the date of contract award?

19. Can you procure the 2032E HIPPO power unit or an equivalent power unit?

20. If providing an equivalent power unit, provide the manufacturers name, part number and the specifications of the power unit.

21. If providing an equivalent power unit, has this unit undergone and passed all the testing required in DFP ECB-067? If so, provide the third party test facility contact information and the test report.

22. What is the approximate cost of your system or any of the components you may produce for the HEPPOE?

23. What is your experience in working with Tool Kits?

24. What types of Tool Kits have you assembled in the past?

25. Have you been responsible for the organization of Tool Kits for rapid inventory in the past? Provide a brief explanation.

26. In order to fulfill contract requirements, would you have to increase your workforce or provide additional training?

27. Currently, how many of the components are you capable of producing monthly? If any components are still in design, do you have an anticipation of the volume you will be able to produce?

28. What type of annual maintenance is required for your system(s)? What is the approximate cost of the maintenance?

29. What type of Commercial Warranty is provided for this product?

30. What is your experience in providing your customers long term warranty support?

31. If you were awarded a contract for the HEPPOE, where would production take place?

32. Any other Special Notes you care to enclose?

Responses to this market investigation questionnaire should be sent via e-mail to Angela Tangalos – angela.tangalos.civ@mail.mil. You are requested to put “HYDRAULIC, ELECTRIC, PNEUMATIC, PETROLEUM OPERATED EQUIPMENT MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE” in the subject line of the e-mail. You may respond in total or to any part of this questionnaire. Any requests for clarifications of this Survey shall also be addressed to Jeffrey Weiss, and will be published with the appropriate answers at the same web location as this Questionnaire.

Any product literature that cannot be e-mailed may be sent to:

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren

CCTA-HCP-A

ATTN: Angela Tangalos, Mail Stop 351

1350 John R Road

Troy, MI 48083 Replies to this questionnaire must be received by close of business, 23 March 2018. 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 updates to the HEPPOE or non-proprietary questions from interested parties and responses by the Government will be posted as addenda to the questionnaire.