Polymer Materials Research Development and Integration

This is a Sources Sought Notice for the purpose of conducting market research to identify potential sources that maintains International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17025 certification, Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) 5505 accreditation and possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet Air Force needs to perform testing, evaluation, and characterization of organic coatings, equipment, and processes, and to operate and maintain the Coatings Technology Integration Office (CTIO) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Efforts under the program include performance of the following tasks as described below: Operations & Program Management, Quick Response, Integration Projects, and Test Method & Equipment Development. The following are representative of the issues and technologies that may be addressed in the program. (a) responsible for the general maintenance of laboratory facilities within the CTIO. (b) The contractor shall keep all office and laboratory space that is used or occupied within the CTIO clean and safe. (c) assess and solve customers' issues and problems including coatings removal, surface treatment, cleaning, and paint application processes concerning production-approved and fielded coatings and technologies within specified timeframes. (d) perform Integration Projects to solve customers' problems by testing and evaluating commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products & equipment, or by testing and evaluating candidate products & equipment specifically developed to meet the customers' needs. (e) perform a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis for the coating systems in their current state and compare these results to that of the projected system once the project is complete. (f) investigate methods to insert technology into current and future aircraft and evaluate pre-production materials and processes for suitability in the Air Force working environment. (g) implement quality assurance procedures and practices, which comply with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17025, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories. (h) maintain the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) AS5505 accreditation, as specified in the SAE AS5505 document Requirements for Accreditation of Testing Laboratories for Organic Coatings Interested parties are invited to submit a Statement of Capabilities (SOCs) reflecting their interest and capability in meeting the above requirements. Information submitted should be pertinent and specific in the technical areas under consideration as outlined above, and on each of the following qualifications: (1) Experience - provide an outline of projects, specific work previously performed, or any-in house research and development effort or similar type of work that is currently being performed. (2) Personnel - provide the names, professional qualifications and specific experience of scientists, engineers, and technical personnel (i.e. principal investigator, project officer) who may be assigned to perform in the technical areas under consideration. (3) Facilities - provide availability and description of special facilities required to perform in the technical areas under consideration. (4) Security - provide a statement regarding industry security clearance. (5) Other - provide any other specific and pertinent information as it pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted. Please include the following information with your response: name and address of firm, point of contact and telephone number, business size (i.e. large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), women-owned, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, HBCU/MI - historically black colleges and universities/minority institutions). Statements of Capabilities are due electronically to the Air Force no later than 24 Mar 2009, and shall be forwarded to the following e-mail address: gail.nyikon@wpafb.af.mil. Address contractual questions to Gail Nyikon Contract Negotiator, (937) 255-5402 and technical questions to Mike Spicer, Program Manager, (937) 255-0942.