Equipment Refurbishment of Litetrack Lridium HD Radio Collars

This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. 

The USDA-ARS PA Livestock Arthropod Pest Research 22675 N Moorefield Road MAB6419 Edinburg Tx 78541; is seeking Equipment Refurbishment of 14 Litetrack Lridium HD Lotek radio collars.  The intent will be to award a sole source contract, outside of documented/verified proof that there are viable competitive options available that can provide a servicing contract that would include Proximity feature, Timer Release Drop Off, Data Plan Activation, Return Collar Processing Fee, Iridium Data Plan, and shipping all included.   

DISCLAIMER

This notice 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 USDA 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 source 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.  A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.  However, if a competitive 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 applicable NAICS codes for this requirement is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,000 employees. The Product Service Code (PSC) is J066.

In response to this source sought, please provide:

SUBMISSION DETAILS

1. 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 refurbishment services on Litetrack Iridium HD+ Rebuild. Documentation should be in easily readable format. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of the RFQ will be accepted prior to its release. Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Shane Pope, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email shane.pope@usda.gov.
2. If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, SAM UEI Number, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, FAX, 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. 3) Business Size 4) Sam.gov UEI information including.
3. 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. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solution solutions. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.