Cincinnati Refurbishment, Installation, and Calibration

1. NOTICE: This is not a solicitation but rather a Sources Sought to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only. 1.1 The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to determine if responsible sources exist, to assist in determining if this effort can be competitive and/or a total Small Business Set-Aside. The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 811310, All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, which has a corresponding Size standard of $7,500,000.00. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in all small businesses to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Hubzone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements, along with a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers for the past three years. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners. 2. Program Details: The contractor shall provide labor and resources to support the 309th Commodities Maintenance Group (CMXG) in replacing or rebuilding worn components on the Cincinnati 5-Axis Honeycomb profiler, Serial number 4333A0186-0001(machine) in Bldg. 238 Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The machine is currently disassembled and on pallets on the base, and will need to be loaded and shipped to the contractor facility. The contractor will ship, refurbish, ship back, install and calibrate the machine. The contractor shall disassemble and replace or repair worn bearings, guides and gear components of the X,Y,Z,A and C Axis while the machine is disassembled. The contractor shall reassemble the machine on the new cement pad poured in building 238. The contractor shall set and level the machine and the contractor shall test and certify the machine for accuracy and reliability. All work shall be In Accordance(IAW) OEM specification. This is in support of the 309 CMXG located at Hill AFB, UT. The information in this notice is based on the best and most current information available to date. This information is subject to change and is not binding to the Government. Updated information will be provided in future announcements and posted electronically on the Federal Business opportunities homepage at www.fbo.gov. The Government shall not reimburse the costs of preparing responses to this request for information. The Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) Operating Location Hill, Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah, intends to issue an RFQ for the acquisition of services required for this effort at Hill AFB, UT. The successful contractor shall be required to interact with USAF depot level repair shops, supply system, item managers and equipment specialist to get necessary information to assure repairs, supply exchanges and latest maintenance is accomplished. A draft Performance-Based Work Statement is attached. The Government requests interested parties to submit a brief statement of current capability to perform these services and a letter of interest. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in all small businesses to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Hub-zone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. Interested and qualified sources should provide the following information: (1) company name, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, type of business and size; (2) a list of your most recent and relevant DoD or commercial contracts (not to exceed five) to include brief description, names, POCs, phone numbers, value & type of contract, and period of performance; and (3) information about your company and why you think you can perform this service. (4) Include in your submission responses to the questionnaire. Please limit your submissions to ten pages. Responses may be submitted to Cyson Preece via email to cyson.preece@us.af.mil and Cameron Korth via email to cameron.korth@us.af.mil in PDF or Microsoft Word Format. In order to be considered in this Sources Sought, please reply by 3:00 PM MST, December 23, 2016