Tow Cable Market Survey

The Program Executive Office, Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS) and its assigned Project Director for Main Battle Tank Systems (PD MBTS) have a continuing need to produce the Abrams Tow Cable, a component of the Abrams M1A2 System Enhancement Package (M1A2 SEP) Abrams vehicles. PURPOSE: The purpose of this market survey is to identify, as potential sources, companies that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to produce new tow cable (P/N - new production 12649348 ) for the Abrams M1A2 SEP tank systems. The Technical Data Package (TDP) contains export-controlled data and will be provided at solicitation. The contractor is expected to tell the Government what information is needed to accomplish each task. Drawing Request: Drawings listed in Attachment 1 of this market survey are available to interested parties for the purpose of submitting a complete and accurate response to this market survey. In order for an interested party to receive this information, it must have an approved and current DD 2345 Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. The United States - Canada Joint Certification Program Office is the approver of these forms. For more information, please visit their website at: https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/. The Government will only provide drawings to the custodian listed on the DD 2345 form. If your company would like to receive the For Official Use Only (FOUO) information, please send your email request to Sebastian Iovannitti sebastian.c.iovannitti.civ@mail.mil. Your request should contain the following: Your Company's name, CAGE code and address Your Name, Title, Office phone number and email address Copy of the approved DD2345 The Government will respond to requests within five (5) business days. Please be advised, once your request has been approved, you will automatically receive any updated or additional FOUO information that becomes available during the duration of this posting. GENERAL INFORMATION The submission of information in response to this market survey is for planning purposes only, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure any items/services described herein, or for the Government to pay for the information received. Respondents that cannot answer all the market survey questions in this survey need not respond. Incomplete market surveys will not be reviewed. As a condition of responding to this survey, it is a requirement that potential responders be a United States (US) company, and possess the means to properly store and work on information and hardware classified at the SECRET/No Foreign Nationals (NOFORN) level. [SCI1] Participation in this market survey is strictly voluntary and the U.S. Government will not reimburse contractors for any cost incurred for their participation in this survey. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. This is NOT a pre-solicitation notice. This notice does not constitute an Invitation to Bid or Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a solicitation, and no award shall be made on the basis of this notice. There is no formal solicitation available at this time, no solicitation will be issued against this notice, and this request for information does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation. Respondents to this market survey are specifically instructed to refrain from submitting any type of proprietary data, trade secrets, or other business sensitive information. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. The market survey is NOT a request to seek contractor interest in being placed on a solicitation mailing list. Respondents shall not be notified of the results of the survey or results of information submitted. Telephone or email inquiries will not be honored. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE The survey response shall NOT exceed 50 pages. Submissions will be in text format only. Do not send pictures, graphics, etc. All questions must be addressed. Font size no smaller than 12. Responses must include the question number associated with the applicable answer. Spell out acronyms in their first instance. Do not reply with proprietary information. Electronic responses are required using AMRDEC Safe located at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/. Please title contractor response as "Market Survey Response for PD-MBTS Abrams Tow Cable". Please send the Market Survey response, through AMRDEC Safe, to Contract Specialist Jenna Daniel at jenna.l.daniel.civ@mail.mil. Responses are due NO LATER than close of business on 30 August 2019. Please include the following administrative information: 1. Company Name 2. Mailing Address and Website 3. Location of facilities 4. CAGE Code (if applicable) 5. North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) number 6. Business size and eligibility under USG socio-economic programs and preference Person Responding to Questionnaire: 8. Name 9. Title 10. Company Responsibility 11. Telephone Number/Fax Number 12. E-Mail Address Describe your firm's recent and relevant experience in the competencies outlined below. Your experience must have been within the last three (3) years. When citing Government work you must include Contract numbers and Government POCs. 1. Describe your company's experience with production and Government qualification of delivering a tow cable based on the provided technical data. 2. Describe existing procurement capabilities to deliver the tow cable capable of performing with Government Abrams M1A2 Family of Vehicles requested herewith. 3. Describe your company's capability to meet a delivery schedule, to specification, of, 174 TAN by JULY 2020, 348 TAN by AUGUST 2020, 348 TAN by SEPTEMBER 2020. 4. Provide Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Costs associated with a tow cable Unit Price, Non-Reoccurring Engineering, and Quantity Price break points. 5. Does your organization/facility have a certified Quality Management System (QMS)? If yes, what QMS is your organization registered under? If not certified, what QMS does your organization operate with?. 6. Please describe how you intend to perform the FATs validating the production process, tools, test equipment sets, facilities to produce tow cables and planned product verification testing whether internal or external to your company. 7. Does your company use a cost system that has been certified by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)? 8. Are you currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)? PROPRIETARY INFORMATION: The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this market survey. The Government acknowledges its obligations under Federal Acquisition Regulation 3.104-4 (18 U.S.C. - 1905) to protect information qualifying as "confidential" under this statute. [To avoid possible confusion with the meaning of the term "confidential" in the context of Classified Information," we will use the term "PROPRIETARY."] Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any PROPRIETARY (e.g., trade secret) restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following: 1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) "PROPRIETARY" with any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected. 2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly proprietary (excessive breadth in marking inappropriate data as "PROPRIETARY" may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting, or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected. 3. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data. 4. Proprietary data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the government, shall contain the "PROPRIETARY" legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate, when only portions of an electronic file are proprietary, use the restrictive legends "PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS:" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS." 5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text. 6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent's marking of data as "PROPRIETARY" will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available. 7. GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT: Contract Specialist, Jenna Daniel, Army Contracting Command - Warren (ACC-WRN) E-mail: jenna.l.daniel.civ@mail.mil.