S-280CG_Sources_Sought_Documentation.docx

S-280C/G Shelters Sources Sought Notice National Stock Number (NSN) 5411-01-304-3069 & 5411-01-092-0892 NOTICE Type:

Sources Sought / Market Research

SYNOPSIS:

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT / MARKET RESEARCH synopsis to request information for Government planning purposes only. Responses will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. The Government is not committed to issue a solicitation or award a contract as a result of this announcement. Army Contracting Command - Warren is seeking qualified and capable potential vendors. Since this is a sources-sought synopsis and not a solicitation for receipt of proposals or quotations, the Government does not encourage questions concerning this market research.

The primary NAICS code for this effort is 332311 Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing. The Government is seeking to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of the community, to include both small and large businesses. This will allow the Government to assess industries' current capabilities on the rigid wall, bonded panel shelter which meets the ASTM E1975-15 for the S-280C/G Shelter. Please provide information pertaining to the fabrication of metallic-faced, foam core sandwich panels specifically used in the construction of the end item, production rate, and technical data capability. Particular emphasis is focused on the in-house capability to bond per ASTM E1801-15 the large aluminum skin, foam core and beam panels necessary to fabricate an S-280C/G Shelter. The largest S-280C/G Shelter bonded panel measures up to 140" X 85". Manufacturers shall include their experience fabricating S-280C/G Shelters, as well as, any other type of rigid wall shelters. The manufacturers should address their capability to meet the maximum production target of 20 S-280C/G Shelters per month. Manufactures shall include their experience composing test plans and procedures for testing rigid wall shelters as well as experience conducting First Article Testing on S-280C/G Shelters or any other type of rigid wall shelters. The Shielded S-280C/G Shelter provides 60 decibels of shielding attenuation.

Manufacturers of the S-280C/G Shelter are being sought and are asked to provide information on the fabrication of the S-280C/G Shelter, which is a lightweight mobile shelter that is designed for transport by cargo truck, fixed or rotary winged aircraft, by rail and ship. The S-280C/G Shelters are used to house battlefield electrical systems which require Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) protection. Request for information is issued pertaining to both the EMI Shielded S-280C/G Shelter (NSN: 5411-01-304-3069, P/N: 17-1-3274) and the Unshielded S-280C/G Shelter (NSN: 5411-01-092-0892, P/N: SM-D-947080). The top level drawings are US Government owned and are included as part of this Sources Sought, for reference. The S-280C/G Shelter's exterior dimensions are 12' 3" X 7' 3" X 7' 3".

If your company is interested and can demonstrate the firm’s ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the equipment summarized above, we encourage you to respond to this announcement with a statement of your qualifications and capability. In order to do so, you need to provide, in addition to above, the following:

-Name and address of the firm.

-DUNS number and CAGE Code (valid System for Award Management (SAM) is MANDATORY).

-Your Firm’s Point of Contact (name, phone number, and email address).

-Your company’s business size status (small or large) (including Service-Disabled veteran owned, if applicable). If claiming small business status, the information must be verifiable in SAM.

-A summary of the item’s commercial availability.

-A summary of your company’s expertise in the manufacturing of the S-280C/G Shelters.

-A summary of your company’s delivery capability.

-A summary of the place of performance.

Statements of your firm’s expertise should include reference to relevant contracts performed within the past three years (including a description of the scope, quantity manufactured, contract number, and point of contact with phone number).

Responses to this sources sought are to be done in Microsoft Word and are limited to 15 pages, text in Times New Roman 12pt, and with one inch margins. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. § 1905 to protect information qualifying as confidential under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any proprietary (e.g., trade secret) 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 with the restrictive legend (all caps) proprietary with any explanatory text, so that the 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 proprietary (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as proprietary may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 4 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 Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data.

4. Proprietary data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the Government, shall contain the proprietary 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 only portions of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends proprietary portion begins and proprietary portion ends.

Responses should be addressed to Keri L. Skrobot at keri.l.skrobot.civ@mail.mil.

Again, this information is being requested for Government planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposals. The Government will not award a contract based upon responses to this announcement. The Government shall not reimburse or pay any costs for preparing or submitting information in response to this notice.

Contracting Office Address:

Army Contracting Command - WRN, ATTN: CCTA-HCS-A, 6501 E. Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000 Point of Contact(s):

Keri Skrobot Contract Specialist #586-282-8301 Keri.L.Skrobot.civ@mail.mil