Flow Water Jet Metal Cutting Preventative Maintenance, Repair, and Calibration

Flow Water Jet Metal Cutting Preventative Maintenance, Repair, and Calibration SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS: Synopsis Number: Notice Type: FA8224-19-R-0056BG Sources Sought Synopsis: - 1. NOTICE: This is not a solicitation but rather a Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) 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 how many capable 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 which has a corresponding Size standard of $7.5 million. 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 services shall consist of up to one year or 1,000 hours' worth of intensifier exchanges, consumables and on-site Flow intensifier exchange performed by a certified technician for three (3) Flow Water Jet Metal Cutting Machines in accordance with the PWS. The contractor shall provide personnel, support equipment, parts, tools and documentation necessary to repair, test, and calibrate the equipment. Technical Questions: - 1) Please explain your previous company calibration experience and capabilities for model M4-3020B of Flow Water Jet Metal Cutting Machines. - 2) Please explain your previous company experience in repairing for model M4-3020B and your access to blueprints, engineer drawings, schematics, OEM replacement parts, software and required diagnostic tools to repair model M4-3020B. - 3) Please explain your capability to meet all requirements of the PWS. Acquisition Strategy Questions: - 1) We intend on using a firm fixed price pricing-arrangement. Do you have any rationale for alternate pricing arrangements? - 2) Identify (with rationale) if the Service Contracting Act would (or would not) be applicable based on the "service employee" Part 541 of Title 29, Code of Federal regulations. If you identify that the Services Contracting Act would not be applicable, provide rationale to support that enough of the employees are expected to be "professional employees" instead of "service employees" (as defined by the Services Contracting Act and part 541 of tile 29, Code of Federal Regulations) for the Services Contracting Act to not be applicable. - 3) List the contract number for similar services that your company has provided to the Government and/or commercial industry. Responses must be submitted by 12:00 pm Mountain Time on 7 March 2019 to the individuals this posting identifies as the Contracting Officer (Brian Goodrich) and the Contract Specialist (Peter Nelson). Email responses may be submitted in PDF or Microsoft Word Format. The Government will post responses to industry questions within the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website. When responding please include: - 1. Company Name and Cage code - 2. POC name, email address, and phone number. - 3. Suggested NAICS Code - 4. Business Size Classification for NAICS and qualifications if any as any sub-category. (i.e. 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, etc.) - 5. Would you be a prime or subcontractor or plan on any partnering agreements?