J--Fabrication of Trident Support Equipment

Description The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division is hereby issuing a Request for Information (RFI) from all potential sources to provide information, comments and questions regarding interest in the Product Engineering Department (PE) Code PE00’s, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract for Fabrication of Trident production Tooling and support equipment. Contractor’s capability statements must demonstrate that they have prior experience in fabrication of Trident motor chock sets, Trident missile tubes, and Trident Missile Erection Bridges. The anticipated is a 3 year service contract. This will be a Firm Fixed Price contract. It is also anticipated that the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued in May 2012. It is requested that all interested Small Business concerns, including but not limited to HUB Zone, 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), and service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), respond with a Capability Statement of a maximum of 10 pages to be used to determine the availability of Small Business concerns for this requirement. Interested Small Business concerns must identify their small business socio-economic categories. The Capability Statement shall succinctly address the following three items to demonstrate the contractor’s capability to perform the requirements listed in this notice: (1) The contract’s ability to manage, as prime contractor, the types and magnitude of tasking; and (2) The contractor’s technical ability, or potential approach to achieving technical ability, to perform at least 50% of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel with its own employees; and (3) The contractor’s capacity or potential approach to achieving capacity, to conduct the requirements of the PWS. For the purposes of this Capability Statement, capacity shall refer to matters such as the magnitude of the tasking, the amount of equipment or facilities involved, and the size of the staff needed. Demonstrated ability to manage, technical ability and capacity may include citing and describing the same or similar relevant performance, but does not limit the interested contractor’s approach to demonstrate capability. NOTE: Only information provided in the written Capability Statement shall be considered. Any responsible parties capable of providing the requested equipment are encouraged to respond. For additional questions and technical information, please contact Catherine Jones at contact@example.gov, +1 (555) 000-0000 or Charles Rainwater, contact@example.gov, +1 (555) 000-0000 DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY; THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. 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 AVALIABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.