Engine Cutaway Training Aid

Added: Apr 21, 2017 2:59 pm SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS
THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to have a GE700 aircraft engine cutaway on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this sources sought synopsis 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. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Quote(RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S.
Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in
response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released,
it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code(s) is/are: 333513 Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables , size standard - 750 employees.
In response to this sources sought, please provide:
1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement
regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.
2. Information to help determine if the requirement GE700 aircraft engine cutaway are commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog
pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.
3. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among
small business concerns.
4. 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, Dean Carsello, at
dean.m.carsello.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-2419, 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.