Sources Sought.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

INTRODUCTION

The Government is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Meggitt Repair Parts.

This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure Meggitt training simulator components on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small business respond to this sources sought notice with information sufficient to support a set-aside. Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if 2 or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.

DISCLAIMER

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS

NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT

CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT

OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A

CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE

AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE

RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES

NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ)

OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A COMPETITIVE

SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE

GOVERNMENTWIDE POINT OF ENTRY.”

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Contractor shall provide Meggitt training simulator components, listed below, essential for maintaining the operational readiness of various range equipment at Fort Riley. All components shall be compliant with Meggitt Target Machines which are currently utilized at the Fort Riley exercise ranges.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide these supplies, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and

2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide supplies consistent those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully provide requirements

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 335999 with a Small Business Size Standard in number of employees of 600. The Product Service Code is 6910.

Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

IMPEDIMENT TO COMPETITION: Inveris Training Solutions, Incorporated is the Manufacturer of Meggitt Repair Parts. Fort Riley DPTMS, Training Division operates several Meggitt Training System targeting systems. In order to keep this equipment functional it is necessary to maintain a stock of repair parts of a proprietary design that must be purchased from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), therefore the repair/replacement parts are specific to MEGGITT instruments. The contractor does not have any known distributors.

Identify any condition or action that may unnecessarily restrict competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Source Sought Synopsis.

Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

This procurement is anticipated to be a Firm Fixed contract with a delivery date of

21 FEB 2025.

Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Miranda Wright, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email:

miranda.s.wright2.civ@army.mil

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.