Machining, Welding, Painting and Fabrication Services Contract

This request for Information (RFI) is the initiation of market research under Part 10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

This announcement does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, a Request for Quote, or a Request for Proposal and it should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the Government to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. The U.S. Government is in no way liable to pay for or reimburse any companies or entities that respond to this announcement. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed. Nothing in this announcement constitutes an obligation on the part of the U.S. Government, nor is the Government tasking any offeror to develop any technologies described herein.

Request for Information (RFI) is sought for Machining, Welding, Fabrication and Painting Support Services (Non-Personal Services) at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland. ATC requests vendors describe, in non-customer specific terms, their experience and capabilities as it relates to providing Machining, Welding, Fabrication and Painting Support Services. In addition to functional experience with project oversight, Offerors must have experience in the below stated areas. To assist with the RFI submissions the following draft documents will be attachments to this RFI: draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), draft Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).

a. Fabricate specifically described items of test support equipment and materiel such as weapons components, gun mounts, test models, targets, instrumentation brackets and related hardware.

b. Perform specifically described modifications and repairs to items being tested and evaluated by ATC.

c. Make/fabricate, intricate, experiment, prototypes of military hardware and equipment. Examples of tasks to be performed are: threat containment units requiring critical machine work and 100% X-ray welding by certified welders; scale model ship sections utilizing experimental metals and materials in order to upgrade/modify Naval fleet; prototype armor targets using exotic metals and materials; armor targets to upgrade weapons and ammunition, etc.

d. Perform machining, welding, heat treating, sheet metal and heavy metalworking services.

e. Must have ability to operate an array of CNC controlled mills and lathes. Must be able to operate laser, plasma, waterjet, and oxy fuel cutting systems.

f. Provide crane support and miscellaneous material handling support to the machine and weld shops.

g. This Request for Information (RFI) is the initiation of market research under Part 10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

The anticipated NAICS Code for the forthcoming requirement is 333992 with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees. As part of the RFI response, please state if your company is a small business under NAICS 333992.

Contractors must be properly registered in the Governments System for Award Management (SAM) (formerly known as the Central Contractor Registration CCR). SAM registration can be found at https://www.sam.gov.

All interested sources should provide the requested information in Microsoft Office Word format. Submissions shall not exceed 10 pages. For acquisition planning purposes all interested sources should provide the requested information regarding this RFI by 2:00PM EST, on 24 March 2016 to Ms. Alexandra Bryant at: alexandra.c.bryant.civ@mail.mil. Responses received after 2:00PM EST, on 24 March 2016 may not be considered in the Government's market research. For questions, potential respondents shall email Ms. Alexandra Bryant at the aforementioned email address. The Government will review submissions as they are received. Place of Performance shall be on-site at the following Government locations: The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC).