Seat Aircraft

INTRODUCTION The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (W58RGZ-24-R-0126) ATTN: CCAM-ALB, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280 (US) is issuing this Sources Sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available to support/provide new manufacture of Nomenclature: Seat Aircraft, NSN 1680-01-560-8741, Part number 70500-52851-101. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement if a requirement materializes. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought notice/market research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition. Multiple awards may be made. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding submissions. DISCLAIMER THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. 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 AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. REQUIRED CAPAPABILITES The Government requires that contractors be able to provide all services, facilities, labor, parts, materials, equipment, tools, and data necessary to accomplish a new manufacture of the Nomenclature: Seat Aircraft, NSN 1680-01-560-8741, Part number 70500-52851-101. The items shall be packaged and shipped to the required destination(s). This item is a non-Critical Safety Item (CSI). A technical data package list (TDPL) is not available. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS The Government requires that contractors have a plan to meet all the Government's special tooling and test equipment requirements with either: 1. Physical possession of the required tools, 2. Confirmed requisitions for the required tools, 3. Confirmed arrangements for subcontracting the processes requiring the special tools or 4. Specific plans describing their technical approach to develop equivalent tools. ELIGIBILITY The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 336413 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1250. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 1680. The Government does not own the proprietary data necessary to compete this requirement. If any contractor has access to this proprietary data, please provide a capabilities statement to the CS or KO detailing the authorization from either Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation or Martin-Baker to utilize the proprietary data necessary to manufacture this requirement. All offerors must have the ability to procure the requisite proprietary data from aforementioned source(s) in order to be eligible for award. SUBMISSION DETAILS Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten 8.5 X 11- inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to provide the products/systems listed in this Technical Description. Documentation should be in bullet format. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of the RFP will be accepted prior to its release. Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Erica Burnette in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email erica.n.burnette.civ@army.mil no later than 5:00 p.m. Central Time on 2 September 2024 and reference this synopsis number in the subject line of the e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL. If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required products/systems, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, Web site address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements of this notice, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.