Upgrade and retrofit controls for the Instron Pressurization System Upgrade for Tube Fatigue Laboratory at Benet Laboratories, Watervliet, NY

Sources Sought Notice

NOTICE Type: Sources Sought / Market Research for The upgrade and retrofit controls for the Instron Pressurization System Upgrade for Tube Fatigue Laboratory at Benet Laboratories, Watervliet, NY.

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT / MARKET RESEARCH notice to request information for Government planning purposes only. Responses will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. The Government is not committed to issue a solicitation or award a contract as a result of this announcement.  Army Contracting Command – Watervliet Arsenal is seeking qualified and capable potential vendors that have the capabilities to rebuild the controls for Instron Pressurization System Upgrade for Tube Fatigue Laboratory at Benet Laboratories. All interested sources may submit a capability statement and previous projects successfully completed to the Contract Specialist point of contact for this Sources Sought.  Since this is a sources-sought synopsis and not a solicitation for receipt of proposals or quotations, the Government does not encourage questions concerning this market research.

If your company is interested and can demonstrate the firm’s ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the equipment summarized above, we encourage you to respond to this announcement with a statement of your qualifications and capability.  In order to do so, you need to provide:

- Name and address of the firm.

- DUNS number and CAGE Code (valid System for Award Management (SAM) is MANDATORY).

- Your Firm’s Point of Contact (name, phone number, and email address).

- Your company’s business size status (small or large) (including Service-Disabled veteran owned, if applicable).  If claiming small business status, the information must be verifiable in SAM.

- A summary of the item’s commercial availability.

- A summary of your company’s expertise in the manufacturing of the part.

- A summary of your company’s delivery capability.

Statements of your firm’s expertise should include reference to relevant contracts performed (including a description of the scope, quantity manufactured, contract number, and point of contact with phone number).

All interested firms and manufacturers, regardless of size, may respond to this request for information. Information submissions can include product literature and illustrations, relevant company background/experience.  Information submissions must be received no later than 5 days following posting of the RFI.  Responses should be addressed to the point of contact below.

Again, this information is being requested for Government planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposals. The Government will not award a contract based upon responses to this announcement. The Government shall not reimburse or pay any costs for preparing or submitting information in response to this notice.

Contracting Office Address:

Army Contracting Command – WVA

ATTN: Joe Pokrentowski- CCTA-HDW

1 Buffington St, Watervliet, NY 12189-4000

Point of Contact(s):

Joe Pokrentowksi – joseph.s.pokrentowski.civ@army.mi