Retrofit of Flight Motion Simulators

The Department of Defense (DoD), United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), 96th Test Wing, 782th Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility (782 TS/CZ) is currently conducting market research seeking capability statements from potential sources, including small businesses (SB), 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned (EDWOSB), Woman-Owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) small businesses that are capable of meeting the requirement set forth in the topic EAFB-001 with the draft Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) solicitation FA2487-20-R-C032. Foreign participation will be permitted for this acquisition. Comments on the draft solicitation's topic EAFB-001 are being sought from interested qualified vendors for the purposes of clarification of the government's requirements. Request interested parties to provide input and supporting documents as to the commerciality of the requirement including previous commercial sales examples and customers. All interested vendors shall submit a response demonstrating their capability to meet the requirements in topic EAFB-001 to the Primary Point of Contact listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 333995, Fluid Power Cylinder and Actuator Manufacturing, with a size standard of 750 persons. Respondents should indicate their size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, or SDVOSB). Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/Foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought is voluntary. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government's assessment of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: All interested vendors shall submit a capabilities statement that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. The capabilities statement should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed 50 pages. The 96th TW will accept information from vendors capable of providing complete, Flight Motion Simulator (FMS) systems as well as those able to provide components. In addition, small businesses with only partial capabilities of this requirement are encouraged to submit their capabilities statement demonstrating the portion of the requirement they are capable of providing/performing. The aforementioned pieces of information will allow the Government to identify areas of possible breakout or possible subcontracting opportunities. All responsible sources may submit information that shall be considered by the agency. If late information is received, it may be considered, depending on agency time constraints. All routine communications regarding the announcement should be directed to the contractual point of contact listed in this posting. The Government may or may not use any responses to this sources sought as a basis for a subsequent project/requirement. Any project/requirement developed from the sources sought responses may be the subject of a subsequent acquisition; any such subsequent acquisition will be posted in FedBizOpps.gov separately. Responses to this sources sought will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to the respondents with respect to any of the information submitted under this sources sought. No requests for a bid package or solicitation will be accepted; a bid package or solicitation does not exist at this time. In order to protect the integrity of any possible future acquisition, no additional information will be provided and no appointments for presentations will be made in reference to this sources sought. Only government employees will review submitted responses to this sources sought. Respondents are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract with the Government may be used to administratively process submissions and perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractor's proprietary information. These administrative support contractors include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to Craig O'Neill, craig.oneill@us.af.mil and Visal Som, visal.som@us.af.mil no later than 8 Oct 2020 3:00 PM Central Time. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. Technical and contractual questions from all vendors will compiled, and the answers along with a TSD will provided via e-mail NLT 17 Nov 2020. No answers will be posted publically on Beta SAM. The Government does not guarantee that questions received after 8 Oct 2020 will be answered. A Questions and Answers (Q&A) document and a Technical Specifications Document (TSD) will be available via e-mail only to DoD contractors certified under the Defense Logistic Agencies (DLA)'s Joint Certification Program (JCP) (see https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/). If your company is interested in receiving copies of these documents, please send a completed copy of the DD Form 2345 to the Contracting Officer, Craig O'Neill at craig.oneill@us.af.mil. Certification under the JCP establishes the eligibility of a U.S. contractor to technical data governed, in the U.S., by DoD Directive 5230.25. A certification is required by U.S. contractors that wish to obtain access to unclassified technical data disclosing militarily critical technology with military or space application that is under the control of, or in the possession of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Contractors must submit a DD Form 2345 to the U.S. Joint Certification Office, along with a copy of the company's State/Provincial License, Incorporation Certificate, Sales Tax Identification Form or other documentation which verifies the legitimacy of the company. All correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads "FA2487-20-R-C032, Retrofit of Flight Motion Simulators." If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to delete e-mails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your e-mail. All other attachments may be deleted. Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 3:00 P.M. (CST) ON 27 Nov 2020. Direct all responses concerning this requirement to Craig O'Neill, Contracting Officer at craig.oneill@us.af.mil. Please also cc the Technical POC, Mr. Visal Som at visal.som@us.af.mil. Attachments 1. Draft Solicitation FA2487-20-R-C032