W9124D21R0054 - Stainless Steel 20oz Travel Tumblers - Sources Sought rev 1.docx

Sources Sought - W9124D21R0054 Custom Stainless Steel Travel Tumblers

INTRODUCTION:

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Knox, KY is issuing this Sources Sought Synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available to provide Travel Tumblers. The travel tumblers shall be stainless steel, double insulated, 20oz capacity, black in color with matte silver engraved logo and print, and contain a clear black lid. Tumblers shall be engraved according to attached specifications.

The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement, if a requirement materializes. Based on the responses to this sources sought notice/market research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding submissions.

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.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

This requirement is for the Army Enterprise Marketing Office (AEMO), Accessions Distribution Center (ADC). This will be a Requirements Type Contract (RTC), base plus two option periods, in which delivery orders will be placed as needed.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 332215 with a Small Business Size Standard of 750 Employees. The Federal Supply Code (FSC) is 7350.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten 8.5 X 11 inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to provide the products/systems listed in this Technical Description. Documentation should be in bullet format.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Lewis B Messer II, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email to Lewis.B.Messer.civ@mail.mil no later than 02:00 p.m. EST on 10 August 2021 and reference this synopsis number in subject line of e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required products, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, FAX number, Web site address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements of this notice, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff 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.

Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-2269, 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 FedBizOpps notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion

Limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule do not apply to small business set-asides for contracts at or below the SAT. It dose apply to 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, EDWOSB, and WOSB set-asides regardless of the dollar value of the award. See Class Dev (2020-O0008) Revision 2.

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.