Aerospace Ground Equipment Corrosion Control and Painting

Solicitation: W912LA-16-T-7020 Description: Aerospace Ground Equipment Corrosion Control Closing Date: 26 August 2016, 2:00p Pacific NAICS Code: 811310, Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 129TH RESCUE WING, CALIFORNIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD CANTONMENT AREA, MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA SOURCES SOUGHT This Sources Sought (SS)/Request for Information (RFI) solicitation is being issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, Market Research. Its sole purpose is to provide information for planning and market research purposes only and shall not be construed as either a solicitation or obligation on the part of the 129th Rescue Wing (129 RQW). The purpose of this SS/RFI is to help the 129 RQW understand industry best practices, technical solutions, and sources capable of meeting the requirements detailed by this solicitation. The 129 RQW welcomes responses from all interested parties; however, no decision or award of contract will be made on the basis of responses from industry. The 129 RQW will not pay for the preparation of, nor the subsequent use of, information submitted in response to this SS/RFI. Respondents will not be notified of the outcome of the 129 RQW's review of the information received. Additionally, the 129 RQW does not intend to hold discussions concerning this RFI with any interested parties, but reserves the right to contact vendors if additional information is required for clarifications as it pertains to the RFI. The 129 RQW intends to contract for corrosion control and painting services for various articles of powered and non-powered Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE). To that end, the 129 RQW seeks to verify that its requirement is commercially available, gather any questions or comments about the requirement, and to gather information about sources able to meet those requirements. The NAICS code for this requirement is 811310, Industrial Equipment and Machinery Repair and Maintenance Services. The SBA associated small business size standard for this industry is $7,500,000. INSTRUCTIONS TO VENDORS All interested vendors are encouraged to submit a response clearly demonstrating their capability to perform these services. Proposals are not being requested at this time. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this SS/RFI cannot be considered as offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a contract. No formal solicitation exists at this time and no set-aside decision has been made. Responses to this SS/RFI should include the following information: ? * Name, telephone number, and email address of a point-of-contact with the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives. ? * Any questions regarding the 129 RQW's requirement. ? * Capabilities Statement. Please provide documentation that explicitly demonstrates the capacity and capability of satisfying the Government's requirement. This may include contract numbers, locations, and (if available) points of contact for previous similar work. The capabilities statement should be brief and concise; do not exceed ten (10) pages. Small business that are only partially able to satisfy this requirement are encouraged to submit a capabilities statement in order to aid in identifying possible breakouts of work or subcontracting opportunities. ? * Any omissions from the requirements information that are needed to satisfy the Government's need; such as what services may be required in subsequent years. ? * Provide any acquisition vehicles are available to purchase proposed software tools and services that would make the acquisition process more efficient (GSA, GWACs, etc.). ? * Demonstration of the firm's socioeconomic status (i.e., SB, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, SDVOSB, etc.) and size. Submit responses directly to MSgt Paul (Nick) Ochs, Base Contracting Officer, via email at contact@example.gov. Please reference the solicitation number and title in the subject of your message. Please limit your responses to standard documents (i.e., Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF, etc.). Do not send compressed (i.e., .zip or .exe extension) or other file types as they will be stripped from your message.