Aviation Technical Data Library

1. INTRODUCTION This announcement serves as a Sources Sought (SS) synopsis issued for the purpose of market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. This SS is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation nor is this notice a request for quotation. DO NOT submit a quote or proposal in response to this synopsis. This action will result in a commercial contract, with a potential of being a Five Year Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with base year and four (4) option years. The U.S Army Contracting Command-Redstone is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal with potential business sources to perform providing technical libraries, in paper and electronic media, located throughout CCAD complex. 2. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE Corpus Christi Army Depot 308 Crecy St Corpus Christi, TX 78419 3. DISCLAIMER "THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A "REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)" TO BE SUBMITTED. 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 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT." 4. PROGRAM BACKGROUND Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) is the center for technical excellence in repairing, overhauling, testing, and modernizing the Army's fleet of rotary wing aircraft. The depot also provides worldwide on-site maintenance services and aircraft crash analysis. This effort involves providing technical libraries, in paper and electronic media, located throughout CCAD complex. The desired outcome of this acquisition is a performance-based contract, fully integrated partnering effort that includes the technical data support and the most current materiel to enhance CCAD capabilities in overhauling, repairing, testing, and modernizing the Army's fleet of rotary wing aircrafts. The previous acquisitions for this action were awarded as small business under previous contract W912NW-13-C-0002 with a period of performance from 5. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES The Contractor shall provide technical libraries, in paper and electronic media, located throughout CCAD complex. The contractor must be able to provide the full range of services and parts in order to meet the Government's requirement. This service shall include, but not be limited to: pick-up and receiving publications, distribution, building automated cataloging, downloading technical publications, providing drawing and prints, maintenance of databases and catalogs, and the bookmarking and creating of named destinations in technical publications and updating. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. 6. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Not applicable 7. ELIGIBILITY: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 519120 with a Small Business Size Standard of $15M. The Product Service Code is R605. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. 8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT): Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten (10) pages in length in Arial font of not less than 12 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 2 pm, CST, 2 December 2015. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Carla N. Maxwell, Carla.n.maxwell.civ@mail.mil or Jamie L. Johnston, jamie.l.johnston4.civ@mail.mil This documentation must address at a minimum the following items: a) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement? b) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details. c) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details. d) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks? e) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc. g) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. h.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements. 9. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The estimated period of performance consists of 9 April 2016 -8 April 2017 with performance commencing in 9 March 2016. 10. CONTRACT TYPE: The contract type is performance based, Firm-Fixed-Price. 11. Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal. 12. Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Carla N. Maxwell or Jamie L. Johnston in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email Carla.n.maxwell.civ@mail.mil or Jamie.l.johnston4.civ@mail.mil. 13. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. 14. No phone calls will be accepted. 15. All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.