District 14 (Hawaii & Guam) electronics maintenance services

SOURCES SOUGHT: THIS IS ONLY A SURVEY OF THE MARKET TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE POTENTIAL CONTRACTORS THAT CAN SATISFY THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENT: The U.S. Coast Guard is considering whether or not to set aside an acquisition for HUBZone concerns, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSB) or Small Business Concerns. The estimated value of this procurement is between $500,000 - $1,000,000 for the combined initial contract year and 4 option years. The applicable North American Industry Class System (NAICS) 2007 code is 811213. The small business size standard is a three-year averaged annual gross receipt of $7. million. The solicitation in its entirety and any amendments will be available at no charge online at http://www.fbo.gov under the above solicitation number. This project is to provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment and supervision necessary to maintain 24/7 connectivity for the National Voice Distress System (NVDS) and Nationwide Automated Identification System (NAIS). Major NDS equipment consists of: (Motorola VHF-FM radios and consoles, emergency generator, VHF antennas). Major NAIS equipment is as follows: (Site Controller, Networked Power switch, AIS Receiver, UPS Power Supplies, VHF and GPS Antennas, Lightning Arrestor, etc). Provide preventive maintenance per annual schedule (2 per NDS site, 1 per NAIS site) and casualty maintenance services to bring site operational within 9 hours from failure. There are currently 11-NDS and 3-NAIS sites located throughout the Hawaiian Islands, as well as 3-NDS sites on Guam. More sites are possible. Then in accordance with FAR 19.1305, if your firm is HUBZone certified or 19.1405 if your firm is SDVOSB and intends to submit an offer on this acquisition, please respond by e-mail to Kathryn.m.rato@uscg.mil with - Sources Sought for Solicitation Number HSCG89-09-R-65M206 in the subject line Please reference the above solicitation number in all correspondence pertaining to this project. Your response should include the following: (a) a positive statement of your intent to submit a bid for this solicitation as a prime contractor;. Contractors are reminded that should this acquisition become a HUBZone or SDVOSB Small Business set aside, FAR 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside or 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside, will apply, which requires that at least 15 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other HUBZone small business concerns. Your response is required by Jun 8, 2009. If adequate interest is not received from HUBZone concerns and SDVOSBs by the close of business Jun 8, 2009, this solicitation will be issued as an unrestricted basis without further notice. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone or SDVOSB small business set aside, or a Small Business set aside, will be posted on the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fbo.gov. To receive immediate notification of all changes posted electronically for this project; vendors should click on - Add to Watch List. *****