INTRODUCTION The Naval Air Warfare Center- Aircraft Division (5.1.6) at Patuxent River, MD announces its intention to procure, on a sole-source basis, a firm fixed price purchase order of TTC-GSS Standalone Licenses and Assessories with Teletronics Technology Corporation. Under the authority of FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13. This announcement is a Request for Quote (RFQ). ELIGIBILITY This requirement is being synopsized as an unrestricted acquisition under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 334511, Size Standard of 1,250 employees, PSC code 6010. All interested businesses are encouraged to respond. Specifically, the Government is evaluating the possibility of establishing this requirement as a Small Business/Other Socio-economic Set-Aside. ANTICIPATED DELIVERY DATE Items are expected on or before 29 March 2019. ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE This is a firm-fixed price procurement; therefore, the offeror's initial offer should represent the vendor's best quote in terms of price and acceptability. REQUIREMENTS Please see attached Solicitation for specifications. In addition to the requirements above, please note that under a Small Business Set-Aside, the small business prime must perform at least 50 % of the work themselves in terms of cost performance. Cost of performance includes direct labor costs, overhead that has only direct labor as its base, and the small business' General $ Administrative rate multiplied by the labor cost. The small business prime cannot utilize the cost of performance of other small businesses it utilizes as subcontractors in calculating its performance to comply with FAR Clause 52.219-14. If the prime is a joint venture, the cost of performance by both small business concerns is utilized in calculating its performance to comply with FAR 52.219-14. The successful awardees will also be required to have a Government approved accounting system upon contract award. All responding vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) Database prior to submission of an offer to be considered for award of any DoD contract. This may be accomplished electronically at http://www.sam.gov/vendor.cfm. SUBMITTAL INFORMATION Technical acceptability will be determined solely on the content and merit of the information submitted in response to this synopsis/solicitation. Therefore, it is incumbent on the offeror to provide sufficient technical literature, documentation, etc. in order for the Government to make an adequate technical assessment of the proposal. The Government will award on a lowest priced - technically acceptable basis. It is requested that interested businesses submit to the contracting office a brief capabilities statement package (no more than 10 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability to provide the software maintenance and training listed in the attached SOW. This documentation must address, at a minimum, the following: 1. title of the Requirement you are applying to; 2. company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office location(s), DUNS number, and a statement regarding current small/large business status; 3. prior/current corporate experience performing efforts of a similar size and scope within the last three years, including contract number, organization supported, indication of whether as a prime or subcontractor, contract values, Government point of contact with current telephone number, and a brief description of how the referenced contract relates to the software described herein; 4. resources available such as corporate management and currently employed personnel to be assigned to tasks under this effort to include professional qualifications, specific experience of such personnel, and the ability to have personnel located at the city specified; 5. management approach to staffing this effort with qualified personnel; 6. statement regarding capability to obtain the required industrial security clearances for personnel; 7. company's ability to perform at least 50% of the work; and 8. company's ability to begin performance upon contract award. The capability statement package shall be sent by mail to AIR-2.5.1 Contracts, Shannon Canada, Code 2.5.1.11.1, Building 441, 21983 Bundy Road, Patuxent River, MD 20670 or by email to
contact@example.gov. Submissions must be received at the office cited no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 14 February 2019. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Shannon Canada at
+1 (555) 000-0000 or via email at
contact@example.gov. All responses must include the following information: Company Name; Company address; Company Business Size; and Point-of-Contact (POC) name, phone number, fax number, and email address.
