Bluestone Gearbox & Coupling Supply, US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District

BLUESTONE GEARBOX SUPPLY SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE/BIDS/PROPOSAL.

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests.

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of items from One Single Source.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District intends to include the following proprietary items in a solicitation for a supply acquisition under authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

This notification serves multiple purposes: 1) to notify potential Offerors of the Government’s intent to solicit a sole course under a future supply purchase; 2), to identify potential sources that can provide the item; and 3) notification of the Army’s intent to sole source a future contract if the market is unable to provide the product.

In the event that no other sources or contractors will be able to provide the required supplies, justification will be issued pursuant to FAR part 6.302-1(a)(2) “When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for.”

 CONTRACTOR RESPONSE FORMAT:
Interested parties, at a minimum, shall supply all of the below required information in a Capability Statement. Please reference this Sources Sought Notice/RFI number on your correspondence and in the subject line of your e-mail.
A.    CONTACT INFORMATION:
1.    Company Name and Address
2.    Point of Contact for clarification/questions
3.    Telephone number and e-mail address
4.    DUNS Number, CAGE Code
5.    PSC Code of the proposed solution (See https://psctool.us)
6.    Business Size/Socioeconomic Categories

1.    TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
a.    List of capabilities/resources, such as a capability statement, relevant to the attached specification list

2.    COMMERCIALITY OF PROPOSED ITEM:

a.    Whether item(s) offered/proposed is a commercial item and is customarily used by the general public or non-government entities for other than government purposes.

b.    Whether the item has been sold, leased, or licensed to the general public, and if so, identify one or more such sales, leases, or licenses to document the commerciality of the item.

3.    PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

a.    Provide a description of how the proposed product will meet or exceed each of the specifications as it is anticipated that ultimate evaluation will be best values and a go/no go basis.

b.    Provide a product brochure and highlight the areas that meet or exceed specifications.

4.    ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT DETAILS:

a.    Responses should be no more than 5 pages

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Contractor Facility

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR INTERESTED PARTIES: There are no commitments by the Government to issue any solicitations, make any award or awards, or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties before award of a contract modification for the efforts mentioned above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for award of a contract. No telephone responses will be accepted.  Point of contact for this Sources Sought notice is James Holstein. Responses to this notice should be sent to james.m.holstein@usace.army.mil