Caterpillar 440 Backhoe Loader with Special Configuration

SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Test Center (AFTC)is seeking capabilities statements from all

Installation Contracting Division/PZIOAD

interested parties capable of providing a Caterpillar 440 Backhoe Loader with an Integrated

CLIN 0001: Caterpillar Backhoe 440 with hammer and fork attachments and integrated tool

changer

All interested parties shall submit a response demonstrating their capability to perform all

aspects of the effort described in the PWS to the Primary Point of Contact listed below.

Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e),

responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to

form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do

not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within

the Government's discretion.

The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 333120, Construction Machinery, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. Respondents should indicate their

Manufacturing

size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUBZone,

EDWOSB, WOSB, or SDVOSB). Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a

Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees

on this effort. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based

upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered

in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No setaside

decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small

Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the

effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14.

Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought is voluntary. This sources

sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the

Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to

this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government

assessments. The Government's assessment of the capability statements received will factor into

whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a

set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program.

CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: All interested vendors shall submit a capabilities statement that

explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice.

The capabilities statement should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet

the stated requirement. The response must not exceed 4 pages.

Small businesses with only partial capabilities of this requirement are encouraged to submit their

capabilities statement demonstrating the portion of the requirement they are capable of

providing/performing. This information will allow the Government to identify areas of possible

breakout or possible subcontracting opportunities.

Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address:

monique.robinson.1@us.af.mil. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line

that reads "FA2823-19-QA014, Caterpillar Backhoe Loader 440". If this subject line is not

included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to

delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with

files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx,

.xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted.

RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN

questions concerning this requirement to Monique Robinson at monique.robinson.1@us.af.mil.

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