Market Research Survey _ 24R0038.docx

Market Research Survey

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT

The Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is seeking to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the community, to include both small and large businesses, for assessment and repair of the military-unique item identified below. Responses to this survey will assist ACC-DTA in planning for a potential five-year contract.

ESTIMATED QUANTITY

ITEM DESCRIPTION

The Sondenbaugruppe Air Sampling Probe is a Class IX repairable component of the Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle – M1135 Stryker. Its purpose is to analyze the environment around the vehicle for chemical contamination. This effort will procure sustainment-level assessment and repair services for the Probe Assembly, Sampling (Probe), National Stock Number (NSN): 6665-12-326-6355, part number (P/N) 8003153, on another than full and open competition basis.

TECHNICAL DATA

PACKAGE

There is a Technical Data Package (TDP) associated with this procurement. It is distribution code D, which limits access to Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. DoD contractors only. The TDP will only be made available to contractors if/when a solicitation is released. To be eligible to gain access to the TDP, the vendor must have a current DD 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement certification on file with the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS). If the vendor has a current certification, they are required to submit a request to access the TDP in SAM.gov. Access will be granted, pending verification of the contractor’s active registration in Joint Certification Program (JCP). Upon completion of the purposes for which Government Technical Data has been provided, the offeror, and all subcontractors, vendors, and sub-vendors of the offeror, are required to destroy all documents, including all reproductions, duplications, or copies thereof as may have been further distributed. Destruction of this technical data shall be accomplished by shredding, pulping, burning, or melting any physical copies of the TDP and/or deletion or removal of downloaded TDP files from computer drives and electronic devices, and any copies of those files.

NOTE: All survey input is voluntary and no compensation will be made for your firm’s participation. Furthermore, the Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation nor award a contract as a result of this announcement.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE SURVEY

1. You may respond in total, or in part, to this survey. However, all responses must be received no later than Wednesday, September 27, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

2. All completed surveys shall be sent via e-mail to:

MaKenzie Bailey Contract Specialist, ACC-DTA E-mail: makenzie.d.bailey.civ@army.mil Subject Line: “Air Sampling Probe Survey Response”

3. Relevant sales media and product manuals may be included as attachments with your submission. Please clearly mark all proprietary information. If applicable, the front page of your response package should state "PROPIETARY INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN" (all caps). Also, please provide a release statement indicating the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this survey.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION & LABELING

The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 USC §1905 to protect information qualifying as confidential. Pursuant to this statute, the 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 “CONFIDENTIAL” (all caps) including any explanatory text, so the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be 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 (overbreadth in marking inappropriate data as “CONFIDENTIAL” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting, or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page that need 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 Government’s possession will be protected in accordance with the Government’s data rights.

4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the 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 “CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS:” and “CONFIDENTIAL PORTION ENDS”.

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the respondent’s marking of data as “CONFIDENTIAL” will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government, and therefore will preclude disclosure to support contractors assisting the evaluation effort.

QUESTIONNAIRE

A) Vendor Profile. Please complete the yellow-highlighted fields below:

1.

COMPANY NAME:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CAGE CODE:

POC NAME & TITLE:

PHONE NUMBER:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

COMPANY WEBSITE:

2. Business type for NAICS 334511 – Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing: (Please check all that apply.)

8(a)

Small Disadvantaged

HUBZone

Women-owned

Large Business

None of the Above. Please Explain: ________________

Service-disabled Veteran-owned

Small Business

B) Requirement-specific Information. Please complete the yellow-highlighted fields below:

1. Has your firm performed Sondenbaugruppe Air Sampling Probe (Probe) assessment and repair services for a U.S. government agency in the past? If so, please list the contract number(s) and agency(ies).

2. Is your firm currently capable of performing all Probe assessment and repair services, to include root cause analysis of malfunctioning or inoperable units, in accordance with (IAW) the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specifications?

3. The OEM, Bruker Detection Corporation - CAGE code: 360H2, owns and maintains access to the Probe technical data package (TDP).

a) Does your firm have access to the Probe TDP?

b) IF NOT:

i) How does your firm intend to obtain the proper test setup/parameters/etc. to verify unit performance and perform all necessary assessment services IAW the OEM specifications?

ii) How does your firm intend to perform all necessary repair services, to include obtaining replacement parts, IAW the OEM specifications?

4. Please indicate the number of calendar days your firm requires to complete the following:

Probe Assessment x 1 Unit:

Procure OEM Replacement Parts:

Probe Repair x 1 Unit:

5. What are your firm’s minimum, normal, and maximum Probe assessment and repair rates?

PROBE ASSESSMENT

Minimum Monthly Rate:

Normal Monthly Rate:

Maximum Monthly Rate:

PROBE REPAIR

Minimum Monthly Rate:

Normal Monthly Rate:

Maximum Monthly Rate:

6. What does your firm currently charge per unit to perform Probe assessment and repair services?

7. If your firm was awarded a contract to perform Probe assessment and repair, where would the services be performed?

8. Please identify your firm’s current quality management system. Also, is your firm independently certified in that system?

9. Is there any other pertinent information your firm would care to disclose? If so, please list below or include as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) attachment with your submission.