The Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Belvoir Division is conducting market research on behalf of the US Army's Office of the Project Manager, Night Vision - Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. The purpose of this Market Research is to identify potential sources that have the skills, experience, knowledge, and capabilities required for Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) (2GF) Systems that can provide the following: 1. Provide spare parts to include Advanced Video Processor (AVP) Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA), Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer (CITV), CITV Servo Electronics Unit (SEU), SEU Servo Power CCA, Servo Interface CCA, SEU wiring harness, CITV SEU Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) Filter Assembly, CITV Head Mirror Assembly, CITV Head Mirror Assembly Mirror, CITV Slight Assembly (SA) Slip Ring Assembly, CITV SA Gyro Preamp CCA, CITV SA Chassis Molded Flex Harness Assembly, CITV SA EMI Shield Assembly, CITV SA Fan/Plenumb Assembly, Power Conditioning Unit (PCU), Azimuth Drive (Az Drive) Assemblies, Az Drive Armor Caps and Rings. 2. Repair/refurbish CITVs, CCAs, Filter Assemblies, Azimuth Drives Assemblies 3. Provide repair data for tracking and management of repair actions 4. Provide engineering and technical services associated with this hardware. *SEE ATTACHMENT 0001 FOR A COMPLETE SPARE PARTS LIST Repair Data - data required during this repair effort will include the following: 1. Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) - as required 2. Repair Data including initial cost proposal - as required 3. Repair Data including status of all items shipped to the contract for repair - monthly Engineering & Technical Services - Includes qualification testing, conformance inspection, obsolescence planning, software maintenance. Performance Requirements - The following list contains performance specifications that suppliers will need to meet in order to be considered fully qualified for each of the items: 1. MIL-PRF-A3271804 (NC 2/28/2005) Performance Specification for the Block 1 B-Kit. 2. MIL-PRF-12987773 (NC 2/28/2005) Performance Specification for the Block 1 Thermal Receiver Unit. 3. MIL-PRF-12987771 (NC 2/28/2005) Performance Specification for the Block 1 Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer. 4. MIL-PRF-5009755 Performance Specification for the Standard Advanced Dewar Assembly Type II (SADA II). Interface Control Documents - The following list contains Interface Control Drawings (ICD) that suppliers will need to meet to be considered fully qualified: 1. A3298946 Interface Control Document for the Horizontal Technology Integration (HTI) Program Block 1 B-Kit. 2. 19200-12987745 Interface Control Document for the Horizontal Technology Integration Program Block 1 Thermal Imaging System. 3. 19200-12991282(A 2/28/2005) Interface Control Document for the Block 1 Second Generation FLIR Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer. 4. A3271784 Interface Control Document for the HTI Program NV-80 Block-0 B-kit (Block 0 ICD). 5. A3298946 Interface Control Document for the HTI Program Block-1 B-kit (Block 1 ICD). For any questions regarding the above technical data or information, to include Attachment 0001 showing the Spare Parts Requirement, contact the below POC: Stephen Jones, PM FLIR Second Gen FLIR Project Lead, email:
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+1 (555) 000-0000 Please note the following: Foreign participation is excluded. Sources responding to this request for information must provide the following information: 1. Brief summary of the company. 2. Qualifications in Thermal Imaging/Infrared Technology for this effort or like efforts. 3. Has your Company performed this type of effort or similar type effort (to include size and complexity) in the past, if so provide Contract Number, Point of Contact (POC), e-mail address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort? 4. Does your company have experience as a prime contractor administering Contracts? If you answered yes, please provide as much of the following information as possible; Contract number(s); Dollar value; and similarity of scope and effort. 5. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of these requirements? If not, please list which requirements your company can provide? 6. Is your company planning on business arrangements with other companies, please list the process used in selecting the members? 7. Please provide details regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy these requirements. Offerors are encouraged to identify teams, indicating each team member's size based upon the NAICS code of the work that the team member may be doing. 8. What are the core competencies of your employees that would support these requirements? Also, provide the total number of individuals currently employed by your company that are capable of supporting the requirements. 9. Does your company have a SECRET facility or access to one should it be required? 10. Do all the employees that would support this requirement have a security clearance? If not, what percentage of employees that will be involved in this effort, have a security clearance? 11. Please explain your facility size to include any storage capabilities? 12. If you do not own your own storage facility or do you have access for use of a storage facility 13. Describe how you will either produce or subcontract for each component or assembly. Please identify sources of supply for any components or assemblies for which you intend to subcontract production. 14. Describe the schedule requirements to establish production capacity and to qualify the prime or suppliers to provide 2GF B-Kits and A-Kits. 15. Discuss existing production capacity and quantity requirements necessary to maintain that capacity and industrial base. 16. Describe the potential impacts of the solicitation including a detailed production specification (i.e. build-to-print) versus a performance specification. 17. Does your firm possess an approved Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) accounting system? 18. Please provide the following Point of Contact information on all responses: Company: Address: Point of Contact: Phone Number: Fax Numbers: Email Address: CAGE Code: DUNS Number: 19. Please identify your company's business size standard based on the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 334511 for example. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards: Large Business Concern Small Business (SB) Concern 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Woman-Owned Small Business Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Veteran-Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business THE FOLLOWING ONLY APPLIES TO THE SMALL BUSINESS RESPONDENTS: In addition to the above, small businesses responding should provide the following information: 20. If you are a small business and plan to prime please inform how you will meet the limitations on subcontracting Clause 52.219-14. 21. If you identify your company as a Small Business or any of the Small Business subcategories above, then is your company interested in being a prime on this contract? 22. Under the current SB size standard, do you anticipate your company remaining a small business, under the stated NAICS code 334511? 23. If you are a small business, can your company sustain if not paid for 90 calendar days? No further information or documentation will be provided. The Government requests that interested parties with the capabilities to meet the above requirements should electronically submit White Papers of not more than twenty (20) pages, 8.5 quote mark x 11 quote mark paper, 12-point, Times New Roman font, with a minimum of one (1) inch margins all around. Responses to Small Business Questions 20 thru 23 are not counted in the above stated twenty (20) page limitation. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought notice is totally voluntary and at no cost to the Government. This information will help the Government form its acquisition strategy. All information received in response to this sources sought synopsis that is marked quote mark Proprietary quote mark will be handled accordingly. Responses will not be returned nor will receipt be confirmed. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation. Responses are due no later than 4:00 PM EST (local time at Fort Belvoir, VA) on 27 September 2013. Email responses should not exceed 5 Megabytes (MB). Responses received after this date and time may not be reviewed. Send responses electronically to: Tony D Adams, Contract Specialist, email:
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+1 (555) 000-0000 Contracting Office Address: Army Contracting Command, APG-Fort Belvoir 10205 Burbeck Road, Bldg 362 Fort Belvoir VA 22060-5811 Point of Contact: Raymond A. Jones, Jr.
+1 (555) 000-0000 contact@example.gov Contracting Office Address: ACC-APG - Washington, ATTN: CCCE-CW, 10205 Burbeck Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5863 Place of Performance: PM Ground Sensors, 10221Burbeck Road, Building 399, Fort Belvoir VA 22060-5806
