Retrofit and upgrade of an ajax molten salt bath heat-treating tank furnace and quench tank replacement

The DLA-Aviation is issuing this source sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for the upgrade to the existing Ajax-Hultgren Salt Bath Furnace.The furnace to be upgraded is an Ajax molten salt bath furnace #10, serial# 4217-A and PEMA# 65888007617.

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE/PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNIAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.
Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties should submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by October 6th, 2026, NLT 11:59 pm EST. 
Responses should not exceed ten (10) one-sided 8.5 x 10-inch pages with a font that is no smaller than 10 point as this is not a request for a proposal but only a request for submission of a vendor's capability to fulfil this requirement. All responses must include notice ID in email header.
Place of performance is FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST (FRCSW) North Island California. DLA Aviation is requesting industry input into the feasibility of the government’s requirements. In your response, please provide:
•    Description of your company’s capabilities, based on the questions below
•    Comments on the attached statement of work. Please identify on the attached statement of work if your company can provide the requirement as written or propose an alternative solution.
•    Please identify your company’s business size in terms of number of employees, and whether domestic or foreign for consideration of solicitation set-aside, and small business subcontracting requirements.
•    Please identify your company’s manufacturer status: Manufacturer/Non-Manufacturing Source. If non-manufacturing source, please identify the manufacturer.
•    Please identify whether your company will partner with subcontractors to complete this requirement.
•    Please provide a basis of estimate to consider the total financial budget of this requirement. Estimates should capture the total procurement requirements, not solely the machine’s requirements. 
o    For simplicity, the estimate should be broken out as follows and just needs a total cost for each area:
    Machine Cost to meet requirements (do not have to line item or provide options packages)
    Training
    Tech Data - Manuals and drawings
    Installation Cost
    Foundation Work
    Cost to remove equipment currently in the install location
    Shipping
Draft purchase description is attached.  Please comment on the draft purchase description of whether the current characteristics are achievable, or whether the Government should consider an alternative that is commercially available.