Tilt Tray Sorter System Controls Upgrade at Defense Distribution Center Red River, Texarkana, Texas

The Defense Distribution Depot Red River, TX (DDRT) has a requirement for the necessary services, labor, material, equipment, and control components required to upgrade the existing Tilt Tray Sorter System Controls. The proposed upgrade will include supplying two computers (one primary and one cold back-up) and integrating the existing operational functionality of the present sortation system into a new, commercially available, current technology sorter controller system for DDRT Building 499. The tilt tray sorter is a 65 chute sorter. The system is used daily for two shifts and is DDRT's main processing/sortation system for the entire depot. The work shall include all necessary services to make the new sorter control system completely operational to include but not limited to the following: Electrical and mechanical installation, all required software programming, hardware, firmware, and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming, supply and installation of new input/output (I/O) hardware/ programming to replace the existing Trans Tech I/O hardware, phasing during installation with the existing sorter control system operation to minimize downtime during the installation, testing of the new system, and acceptance support. The contractor will develop all necessary application software to duplicate the current operation of the tilt tray sorter. This requirement will be issued as a Request for Proposal SP3100-08-R-0027 in accordance with FAR Subpart 12 and FAR Subpart 15 procedures. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for Small Business Concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541511 and the small business side standard is $23 million dollars. All responsible small business concerns may submit a proposal that shall be considered by the agency. It is anticipated that Request for Proposal SP3100-08-R-0027 will be posted to this site on or around June 6, 2008. Amendments to the Request for Proposal will also be posted to this site. NOTE: All offerors MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database at http://www.ccr.gov or an award cannot be processed. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror using lowest price technically acceptable Source Selection Procedures. The solicitation will provide the evaluation factors for award. Failure to submit all the information requested by the solicitation may result in the proposal being eliminated from consideration for award. All responsible small business offerors will be required to submit their offers, with current pricing, Cage Code, Dun and Bradstreet Number, Federal ID Number, Company name, Address, Phone Number, Facsimile Number, Email Address, and Point of Contact to: Kimberly LeCates, Contract Specialist, Defense Distribution Center, Acquisition Operations, DDC-AB, J Avenue, Bldg 404, New Cumberland, PA 17070-5001.