Base Notice: Dental Appliances for USCG HSWL - HSCG23-17-I-P1C005

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (not a pre-solicitation notice pursuant to FAR Part 5) to determine the capability of potential sources and the availability of commercial sources pursuant to FAR Part 10. This notice is issued by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Headquarters, Washington, DC to identify sources capable of providing dental appliances for the USCG Health, Safety and Work-Life Service Center (HSWL SC). See Sources Sought Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 for additional information on the dental appliances. The potential requirement may be for a 12-month base period plus four 12-month option years as a single award Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for all items on Attachment 1. The items listed on Attachment 1 shall be delivered to the applicable USCG clinics identified on Attachment 2. The performance period is anticipated to start 31 August 2017. It is the USCG's intent to issue a separate solicitation to be synopsized on the FedBizOpps website at https://www.fbo.gov. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this venue for release of any future solicitation or synopsis. The applicable NAICS Code is 339116 (DENTAL LABORATORIES) with a size standard of 500 employees. Any interested firm capable of providing these supplies is requested to respond via e-mail to: Kerri.L.Laws@uscg.mil no later than 4:30 p.m., 23 July 2017 with the following documentation: (1) Is your business a large or small business and how many employees? (2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergent business, or a small, disadvantaged business? (3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and is your firm certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? (4) Is your firm a certified hub zone firm? (5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business? (6) Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned? (7) Is your product listed on a GSA schedule? (8) Do you have other government agencies using the product, and if so which agencies, POCs and contract numbers? Competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. Failure to submit information in sufficient detail may result in considering a company as not a viable source. Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) as prescribed in FAR 52.232-33. SAM can be obtained by accessing the Internet at www.sam.gov or Federal Help Desk at https://fsd.gov/fsd-gov/home.do . This notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Quote or Request for Proposal; and, it is not considered to be a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited: no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought or Government use of any information provided. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. The government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this procurement. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor FEDBIZOPPS website at https://www.fbo.gov for release of any future solicitation that may result from the sources sought. Vendors having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought synopsis including commercial market information and company information via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Kerri Laws at Kerri.L.Laws@uscg.mil no later than 4:30 p.m., 23 July 2017. his is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (not a pre-solicitation notice pursuant to FAR Part 5) to determine the capability of potential sources and the availability of commercial sources pursuant to FAR Part 10. This notice is issued by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Headquarters, Washington, DC to identify sources capable of providing dental appliances for the USCG Health, Safety and Work-Life Service Center (HSWL SC). See Sources Sought Attachment 1and Attachment 2 for additional information on the dental appliances. The potential requirement may be for a 12-month base period plus four 12-month option years as a single award Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for all items on Attachment 1. The items listed on Attachment 1 shall be delivered to the applicable USCG clinics identified on Attachment 2. The performance period is anticipated to start 31 August 2017. It is the USCG's intent to issue a separate solicitation to be synopsized on the FedBizOpps website at https://www.fbo.gov. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this venue for release of any future solicitation or synopsis. The applicable NAICS Code is 339116 (DENTAL LABORATORIES) with a size standard of 500 employees. Any interested firm capable of providing these supplies is requested to respond via e-mail to: Kerri.L.Laws@uscg.mil no later than 4:30 p.m., 23 July 2017 with the following documentation: (1) Is your business a large or small business and how many employees? (2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergent business, or a small, disadvantaged business? (3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and is your firm certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? (4) Is your firm a certified hub zone firm? (5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business? (6) Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned? (7) Is your product listed on a GSA schedule? (8) Do you have other government agencies using the product, and if so which agencies, POCs and contract numbers? Competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. Failure to submit information in sufficient detail may result in considering a company as not a viable source. Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) as prescribed in FAR 52.232-33. SAM can be obtained by accessing the Internet at www.sam.gov or Federal Help Desk at https://fsd.gov/fsd-gov/home.do . This notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Quote or Request for Proposal; and, it is not considered to be a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited: no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought or Government use of any information provided. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. The government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this procurement. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor FEDBIZOPPS website at https://www.fbo.gov for release of any future solicitation that may result from the sources sought. Vendors having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought synopsis including commercial market information and company information via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Kerri Laws at Kerri.L.Laws@uscg.mil no later than 4:30 p.m., 23 July 2017.