Test Evaluation & Repair and/or Manufacture of Microwave Circuit Card Assembly Test Target Distribution

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT (SSA) ONLY. Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Announcement (SSA) for Test Evaluation & Repair and/or Manufacture of Microwave Circuit Card Assembly Test Target Distribution NSN: 5840-01-072-0422. 1. Synopsis. This Request for Information (RFI) Sources Sought Announcement (SSA), which supersedes SSA # W56KGY16RFIMICRO, is issued to survey the market to obtain information from interested sources qualified to perform Test & Evaluation (T&E) and Repair and/or manufacture the Microwave Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) Test Target Distribution NSN: 5840-01-072-0422, which is used in the Antenna Array P/O: AN/TPQ-37(V) Firefinder Radar Systems. a. The current sources for this item are: 1. Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc., Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), P/N: MPS682, Cage Code: 96341, formerly MACOM in Lowell, MA. 2. Thales-Raytheon Systems (TRS) LLC. P/N: 361549/361549-011, Cage Code: 05869. b. The Technical Data Package for this item is source controlled. The United State Government (USG) is in possession of the item envelope drawing and associated specification, which will be provided ONLY after interested parties have satisfactorily responded to Para. #s 3a - 3f below. Subsequently, respondents MUST reply to Para. 3g - 3n below to complete final response to this announcement by the indicated closing date. c. At this time, the USG cannot guarantee availability of Government Furnished Equipment in "F" and/or "A" Condition for reverse engineering efforts or the next higher assembly, Antenna Array, in which this CCA is used. 2. Information provided in response to this RFI/SSA may be used in developing the USG Acquisition Strategy and Performance Work Statement for a potential T&E and Repair requirements, which is currently estimated at a total of twenty-seven (27) units and this estimate may change up or downward. The USG cannot guarantee award of a contract on the basis of this RFI/SSA OR to otherwise pay for information submitted in response to this RFI/SSA. Interested sources/parties responding to this RFI/SSA are responsible to adequately identify/label "Proprietary" or "Competitive Procurement Sensitive Information" included within their responses. 3. All interested sources, to include the current sources, capable of satisfying the requirement are encouraged to respond with interest to this RFI/SSA as indicated under Para. 5 below. In addition, the following shall be included: a. Company name, Cage Code, Point of Contact(s) full name(s) (first, Initial, Last) with E-mail address, office and mobile Phone #s. b. Indicate Type of Business i.e. U.S Large or Small Business. And if Small Business, please identify status as an 8(a), HUB Zone, Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, or non-disadvantaged. Also identify company as whether Original Equipment Manufacturer or sub-contractor or third party distributor if applicable. c. Past Performance for this item or similar item(s). The Contractor shall submit P/Ns, NSNs, and Nomenclature with last performance date(s) for T&E and Repair and/or Production/Manufacture of this item or similar item(s) for which the company has experience with. Also include previous and/or current USG Contract Numbers, or Purchase Orders if applicable, and associated Government Agency to demonstrate experience with this item and/or similar items. d. Identify total number of employees and summarize personnel qualifications and years of experience with T&E, Repair, Reverse Engineering and Manufacture of this item or similar CCAs. e. Provide information to demonstrate adequate production plant facilities (equipment, tooling, and space) to enable the company, or its sub-contractor, to successfully perform T&E and Repair and/or Production/Manufacturing of this particular item. f. Identify actual location/place of performance, specific CONUS and/or OCONUS location, for testing, repair and manufacture of this item or similar CCAs. Should this effort be executed, indicate location of performance. g. Rough Order of Magnitude estimate (NOT a Proposal as this announcement is NOT a Request for Proposal or invitation for bid) based on aforementioned quantities for T&E and Repair or manufacture the item. If contractor price break point for potential cost savings is feasible, please indicate so and specify same. h. Projected milestone schedule to conduct Inspection and Test & Evaluation based on previous experiences with this item and/or similar items. i. Best projected milestone schedule to complete repair work based on previous experiences with this item and/or similar items. j. Best projected milestone schedule for reverse engineering efforts based on previous experiences with this item and/or similar items. k. Best projected milestone schedule for production/manufacturing based on previous experiences with this item and/or similar items. l. Identify any anticipated risk associated with T&E and/or manufacture and mitigation plan for same, and ensure items delivered (repair and/or manufacture) will satisfactorily perform in accordance with form fit and function when used for intended purposes. m. The Contractor shall cite the quality standard (either Government or Industry) that shall be in place for this effort. n. Moreover, interested sources/parties shall indicate willingness to provide a commercial standard no cost manufacturer's warranty, meaning at no additional cost beyond actual cost to test and repair or manufacture. And if so, indicate duration of minimum warranty period. 4. Procurement History. In 2007, the USG awarded a Sole Source Contract # W15P7T-08-D-S001 with Delivery Order # 0001 for procurement of these items from MACOM. 5. All inquiries pertaining to this RFI/SSA shall be in writing via emails noted below. Responses to this RFI/SSA will be submitted via a two-step process as described under Para. 1b above. All information requested shall be included for response to be deemed satisfactory. Forward UNCLASSIFED responses/information referencing RFI/SSA posting number, preferably in soft-copy form only in either Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft PowerPoint as "Read Only" file attachments, via a single E-mail to all two parties: Nicole.Cantave.civ@mail.mil; Paul.Ladstatter.civ@mail.mil; Responses shall not exceed 10 pages in length to include cover page and table of contents if applicable. Arial or Times New Roman font no smaller than 11 point with one inch margins. Each page shall contain the document identifier in relation to RFI/SSA number. Respondents shall ensure all "Proprietary" information is labeled accordingly in header. Supplementary product brochures with product specifications are authorized as attachments and are not included in the page limitation requirement; they shall be labeled as attachments and listed on the cover page as such. The deadline for responses is No Later Than (NLT) Close of Business, Eastern Standard Time, 18 November 2015.