Minehound Dual-Sensor Detector

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY - THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION: This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - this is not an Invitation for Bid (IFB), a Request for Proposal (RFP), or Request for Quotation (RFQ). No formal solicitation will be issued by the Government as a result of the responses to this RFI. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing a Justification and Approval to extend the Period of Performance for the current contract W911QX-15-D-0020 with IED Detection Systems LLC. The Government will not be liable for payment of any response preparation expenses or information and materials received in response to this RFI, and is in no way obligated by the information received under this RFI. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADEQUATELY MARKING PROPRIETARY OR COMPETITION SENSITIVE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THEIR RESPONSES. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any improperly identified proprietary information. The use of RFI Number W909MY-20-R-A032 is for tracking purposes only and shall be referenced in any responses to this RFI. All interested parties are encouraged to respond by submitting a white paper. The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Fort Belvoir Division, 10205 Burbeck Road, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060, is conducting market research on behalf of the US Army's Office of the Project Manager Close Combat Systems (PM CCS) to identify potential sources that can provide Vallon Minehound Handheld Dual Sensor Detectors in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. PROGRAM BACKGROUND PM CCS is seeking sources that can manufacture, deliver and support Minehound. The Minehound is a detector that combines a ground penetrating radar (GPR) and metal detector sensor to detect explosive hazards buried in the ground. Each Minehound set comes with a detector, test pieces, headset, straps, rechargeable batteries, a charger, and manuals. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES The purpose of this RFI is to identify potential sources that can provide Vallon Minehound Handheld Duel Sensor Detectors, User Level Parts Kits, Field Level Parts Kits, and System Sustainment along with operator, field, and depot level parts, and special tooling to support detectors in the field. The intent of this RFI is to assess the state-of-the art of the technology, its availability in products that could be applied to meet this requirement, its pricing information, its delivery schedule projected plan, and lastly but not least, the potential sources (offerors) credentials. In addition, the potential source is required to support the Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of systems in the field by providing Minehound unique parts and tools such as the GPR Antenna part number 2902440053 and VMRTools USB Dongle part number 2009070000 necessary to perform repairs. This RFI is for a period of performance extension to an existing contract, no formal solicitation will issued for this extension. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF A CHARACTERISTIC OR CAPABILITY IS NOT ADDRESSED THE GOVERNMENT WILL ASSUME THE RESPONDENT DOES NOT OR CANNOT MEET THE SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS MARKET SURVEY. Responses to this RFI shall be limited to 10 pages in length, 8.5" x 11" paper, 12-point Arial font, with a minimum of one (1) inch margins all around, discussing your company's ability to meet the above requirements. The cover page or exhibits, does not count toward the page limitation. Responses should also include a cover letter (not included in the page count) providing: Sources responding to this request for information must provide the following information: Brief Summary of the company. Company Information Company Name: Company CAGE Code: Company DUNS Number. If your Company holds a GSA Schedule contract (541 or other), please provide the Schedule number. Company Address: Company Website (if available): Company Phone #: Company email: Company Representative and Business Title: Company Socioeconomic Classification: Please identify your company's business size standard based on the primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 334511, and the Product Service Code (PSC) is 6665. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/tablesmall-businesssize-standards: Small Business (SB), (8) (a), Woman-Owned (WOSB), Economically-Disadvantaged Women-Owned (EDWOSB), Veteran-Owned and Operated (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB), or Historically Underutilized Small Business-Zone (HUB Zone), Historically Black College and Universities/ Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Do you plan to prime? Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of these requirements? If not, please list which requirements your company can provide and which products your company can support. If your company requires acquiring or building new capabilities, describe the effort and timeline required. 4. Discuss your qualifications in providing the capability requirements as described in the - DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS and within the product attachments. For any previous effort, please provide Contract Number, Point of Contact (POC), email address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort. 5. Does your company possess an approved Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) accounting system? 6. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of services called for in the above requirements?_____ YES _______ NO 7. Is your company planning on participating in business arrangements with other companies, please describe the process used in selecting the members? 8. Please provide details regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy the above 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. 9. Is your company currently providing similar services to another government agency (you may also include contract #s for government) or other non-government customer? If so, please identify the agency or non-government customer. If you are unwilling to share your customer's identity, please address whether your company offers the same or similar services commercially. 10. 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? 11. What are the core competencies of your employees that would support the above requirements? Also, provide the total number of individuals currently employed by your company that are capable of supporting the above requirements. 12. Does your company have a SECRET facility or access to one should it be required? 13. Does your company have a TOP SECRET facility or access to one should it be required? 14. Do all employees that would support the above requirements have a SECRET Clearance? 15. Does your company consider this a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) effort or Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) type effort? Please explain why. If CPFF, does your company consider this a completion or term effort? Given your answer to the type of contract, what type of additional data/metrics/etc. if any, would need to be included in the RFP package to be proposed as a CPFF (term or completion) or FFP effort? Responses shall be e-mailed to the Points of Contact listed below. Paper copies of the submittal will also be accepted. Responses are due no later than 3:00 PM EST (local time at Fort Belvoir, VA) on 12 May 2020. All requests for information must be in writing or via email; telephonic requests for additional information will not be honored. You may forward request for additional information and/or responses to Hanh Dinh, Contract Specialist at hanh.t.dinh.civ@mail.mil and Rosetta Wisdom-Russell, Contracting Officer, email: rosetta.wisdom-russell.civ@mail.mil. Email responses should not exceed 5 Megabytes (MB). Send responses electronically to (Include - RFI number W909MY-20-R-A032 in the subject line.): Hanh Dinh, Contract Specialist, email: hanh.t.dinh.civ@mail.mil and Rosetta Wisdom-Russell, Contracting Officer, email: rosetta.wisdom-russell.civ@mail.mil. All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Respondents shall not be obligated to provide the services described herein and it is understood by the United States Government that the cost estimates provided as a result of this request are - best estimates only.