LTC for SINCGARS Mounting Bases & Mount

Added: Apr 05, 2013 3:17 pm The DLA Land Aberdeen Contracting Center is planning the release of a solicitation for the acquisition of three NSNs listed as follows. These three components support the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems (SINCGARS). The two Federal Supply Classes (FSC) covered by this solicitation are 5340 and 5975.

5975-01-235-1962, the MT-6353/VRC Mounting Base
5975-01-188-8873, the MT-6352/VRC Mounting Base
5340-01-167-8297, the MT-6146/VSQ-1 General Resilient Mount.

It is anticipated that the release of the solicitation will be on or about April 19, 2013, with proposals due approximately 30 days later. The proposed procurement will be a firm fixed price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) three year contract with one base year and two one-year options. First Article and other Testing will be applicable for some items. DD254 requirements apply to 5975-01-235-1962, the MT-6353/VRC Mounting Base.

These three items are covered under FAR & DFARS 8.6, with Federal Prison Industries (FPI) as the required source. However, FPI, pursuant to FAR 8.604 has granted a partial waiver. Therefore there will be multiple awards granted under this solicitation with 60% of all three NSNs going to FPI, and 40% competed to be awarded under a small-business set-aside on an NSN by NSN basis. Any delivery orders issued as a result of these awards will follow this 60/40 split based upon the awardees for each NSN.

The solicitation is projected for release on the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) website. All parties interested in doing business with DLA Land at Aberdeen are invited to access the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi?ASFI_FAQ.cfm Upon accessing this web page, look for the tab titled quote mark ASFI for Industry quote mark . Under the quote mark ASFI for Industry quote mark tab you will be able to: check for business opportunities by clicking on the Contract Opportunities Search link, receive notifications by clicking on the Vendor Notification Service link. Vendor cannot submit responses via the Vendor Bid History. Vendors can only view quote mark high level quote mark information regarding the response. No registration is needed for the Vendor to browse for business opportunities. For the Vendor to receive notifications he merely needs to provide company Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and E-Mail address. To submit a response the Vendor must provide the CAGE Code and Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). Your company must be registered and current in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) in order to submit bids/proposals on ASFI. Please be advised that hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. You must download solicitation documents from the ASFI. Instructions on how to use ASFI to include; receiving notification, submitting and uploading bids or proposals, formatting and system requirements are provided at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi?ASFI_FAQ.cfm. For Technical ASFI assistance please e-mail help desk at usarmy.redstone.acc.mbx.hqacc-asfi@mail.mil.