The Medical Readiness Contracting Office - West (MRCO-W) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice to find potential sources to provide a Cost-Per-Test (CPT) Agreement or Reagent Rental Agreement to include reagents, instrument/equipment, consumables, controls, and any necessary services (e.g., maintenance of furnished equipment) to conduct testing for four (4) pathogen panels: Respiratory Virus, Gastrointestinal, Meningitis, and Blood Culture Identification for the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) Department of Pathology and Area Laboratory Services - Bacteriology Laboratory, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. A base period of performance from 01 October 2025 through 30 September 2030 will be required for this action.
THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT – This is a Sources Sought Notice and is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. Solicitations are not available at this time and requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the United States Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the United States Government. Not responding to this Sources Sought Notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ, should one be issued. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.
The Government will use responses to this notice in formulating its acquisition strategy. If the Government does not receive sufficient information in response to this notice to verify the potential for competition exists, it is possible that a sole-source contract, supported by a Justification and Approval document, will be issued to support the Government's requirement. MRCO-W is seeking the following information (please answer paragraph below with your response):
1. Company name, CAGE code, Unique Identity ID (UEI) and point of contact information (including phone number and email address), and socio-economic category(ies) as related to NAICS 325413 (In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing), such as 8(a), HUBZone, Women-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Small, or Other-than-Small.
2. Capability Statement (limited to ten pages), describing how your company meets the below objectives, providing additional proof (such as FDA approval) where appropriate:
Our customer, the Department of Pathology, Bacteriology Laboratory at BAMC requires the following instrument/equipment, reagents, supplies, and service:
Basic Requirements: The system must contain random access technologies that improve workflow and be approved by, and include molecular based test methods approved by, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The system must fit in the current space available which is approximately 5’ x 5’ per instrument.
Test Menu and Special Requirements: Listed testing requirements must be capable of completion in under 180 minutes from start time (time of loading onto instrument). All assays must be available on a single platform. Proposal should include automated, rapid, molecular based detection of all of most (>80%) of the following: Please see the information on the attachment document.
Instrument verification shall be at the expense of the Vendor, shall include materials and reagents, and be consistent with current CLSI Standards and related documents, CAP Standards and Federal Regulations, for the following:
1. Verification studies for each analyte. A minimum of 20 known samples per assay, shall be run by new contracted method to establish accuracy of each analyte.
2. Precision study shall be performed utilizing normal and abnormal control material. This should consist of a within run precision study of 10 normal and 10 abnormal controls and a day-to-day precision study of normal and abnormal controls.
3. All technical procedures must be provided electronically by vendor in CLSI format, using software compatible with each Laboratory's computer system, for local modification (editable) to meet CAP requirements.
4. Carryover studies must be performed, as applicable, as part of the initial evaluation of the instrument. Vendor shall provide interpretation of raw data for each instrument installed and validate no carryover exists within the test platforms.
5. Vendor must provide all reagents, calibrators, and controls needed along with technical assistance to perform correlation studies from a single lot at no additional cost for new test methods or changes in test menus. (i.e., vendor is to provide all manpower and reagents/supplies to do correlation studies).
6. Vendor must provide hands-on training to staff onsite prior to or during instrument integration at the facility. Expert/advanced user training should be offered at vendor/manufacturer site at a minimum of two (2) staff per instrument.
Analytical Systems:
1. Ability to manage testing workflow of hospital laboratory. Instruments must be able to perform testing for all four described testing requirements simultaneously.
2. Analyzers must be capable of running single specimens without batching requirement.
3. Integrated modules must only require one system control center (computer and screen) to simplify operations.
4. Instruments must have load on the fly capabilities for reagents, samples, bulk solutions, and consumables if required.
5. Reagents must be provided in combined packaging (“ready-to-use” cartridge or packaging) for ease of loading onto instrument. Reagent packs must be able to maintain appropriate storage temperature, and the system must offer continuous monitoring of this requirement (to include lot number, usage volume, and expiration date) to aid in inventory management.
6. Vendor instrument solution must include automatic barcode reading.
7. Analyzers must either utilize single use cartridges, disposable pipette tips, OR demonstrate clinically insignificant carryover.
8. Vendor must have commonality across all analyzer platforms for the following:
a. Software
b. Reagents
c. Consumables
d. Methodology
9. Instruments must be available for full front loading of samples, reagents, consumables and bulk solutions on the fly and assay must be able to be started on demand to allow for prioritization of STAT specimens.
10. Analyzers must feature error-proof reagent and commodity design with built in safeguards to prevent reagent mix-ups and unnecessary downtime.
11. Analyzers must be capable of determining the quality of the sample and be able to detect low or insufficient volumes, aspiration issues such as bubbles, and other specimen quality issues. Please describe how analyzer detects.
12. Quality control frequency not to exceed once/24 hours/instrument platform.
13. The analyzers must have a comprehensive QC Program for all tests which includes at minimum: On-board quality control data storage and reporting capabilities and ability to view and print daily and monthly QC results.
14. Chosen analyzers must have minimal daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance downtime. Please provide total maintenance times, including wait time, for daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance. Please include any hands on, automated non-maintenance activities.
15. Vendor to provide average number of service calls per year per analyzer, provide access to a 24/7 on-call support system, and perform preventive maintenance as required.
16. Vendor must provide BTU output for both analytics and automation systems.
17. Meet space limitations of 5’ x 5’ per instrument. Selected design must maintain walkways and clearances around track and instruments.
18. LIS connectivity must be supported/available and should have approved use for Windows 10 or greater (more recent).
Reagents and Supplies:
1. Vendor reagents must be ready to use from storage.
2. Reagents (not including controls) would preferably be available for storage at room temperature (approximately 25°C).
3. Quality of Reagents, Supplies and Disposables: The contractor shall assure that all supplies provided/ordered for use on their equipment will be of the quality necessary to produce a quality product. The reagent quality must be high enough to satisfy proficiency testing standards of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the Joint Commission. If the supplies are found to be defective and unsuitable for use with the contractor's equipment or the contractor has failed to comply with the requirements herein, the contractor is required to deliver the supplies within 24 hours of receipt of the verbal order.
4. Vendor must provide 5 years of FDA field action notifications.
TABLE 1. WORKLOAD DATA - Please see the included attachment.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), Cattle Tick Fever Eradication (CTFE) program requires Dectomax (Doramectin) 500ml Injectable solution. This solicitation will result in a one-time purchase order. Delivery FOB destination to Laredo TX. This will be a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 325414 (size standard 1,250). The solicitation and all other documents related to this procurement will be available on the SAM.GOV website on or about Tuesday, December 3, 2024.
It is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor this site for the solicitation and amendments, if any. Questions concerning this synopsis should be directed to Mario Garcia, Contract Specialist, by email at mario.garcia2@usda.gov
This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; a market survey for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests. Respondents will or will not be notified of Sources Sought or resulting market research.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District has a requirement for Architect-Engineer (A-E) services to provide technical support and quality assurance services support for Value Engineering. The proposed acquisition is anticipated to be a firm-fixed price Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC). The type of set-aside decision to be issued will depend upon the responses to this synopsis.
The purpose of this synopsis is to gather information on the interests, capabilities, and qualifications of members within the Small Business Community, including Small Businesses, Section 8(a) firms, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB). Responses from small businesses, Section 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB entities are encouraged.
The Government is seeking qualified, experienced sources capable of performing Architect-Engineer (A-E) Value Engineering (VE) support. accordance with Public Law 92-582, the selection of Architects and Engineers statute (formally known as the Brooks Act) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 36.6. The services performed under this Indefinite Delivery Order Contract (IDC) include VE studies/workshops, conducted by the Value Engineering Contractor (VEC), in accordance with the format developed by the Society of American Value Engineers (S.A.V.E) International.
The contract period of performance is for a one (1) one-year base ordering period and four (4) one-year option periods, each period not to exceed one (1) year, for a total of five (5) years maximum. Task Orders will be awarded against this IDC. The total contract capacity will not exceed $10,000,000.00. The estimated, minimum size of a task order is $25,000.00. The estimated maximum size of a task order is $250,000.00 with the average size task order of $100,000.00. Firms must have ability to perform up to 3 task order(s) concurrently throughout the SWD regional area, which includes the states of TX, AR, OK, NM, and LA.
The services performed under this Indefinite Delivery Order Contract (IDC) include VE studies/workshops, conducted by the Value Engineering Contractor (VEC), in accordance with the format developed by the Society of American Value Engineers (S.A.V.E) International.
The Value Study consists of three stages: Pre-Workshop, Workshop, and Post-Workshop. A subset of the Value Study is the Value Workshop, which is further divided into six separate phases of the Workshop Stage: Information Phase, Function Analysis Phase, Creative Phase, Evaluation Phase, Development Phase, and Presentation Phase. The VE study/workshop purpose is to evaluate available project information (design submittals, cost estimates, DD1391s, etc.) and apply VE principles to further develop subsequent plans and specifications for individual projects. The study/workshop shall focus on assisting the Project Delivery Team (PDT) in determining the “best value” for project components and performing a cost comparison for each project. The VEC shall also investigate potential alternatives that will assist the Government’s achievement or maintenance of LEED Silver requirement for each project if applicable. The VEC shall produce a VE Study Report in accordance with the USACE Value Study Guide.
All engineering work must be done by or under the direct supervision of licensed professional Engineers or Architects. The Certified Value Specialists (CVS) must be currently certified by SAVE International.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541330, Engineering Services, which has a small business size standard of $26,000,000.00 Million.
The Product Service Code is C219.
Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, (Deviation 2019-O0003), Limitations on Subcontracting. Firm will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.
Should the acquisition be set-aside for the 8(a) program, 8(a) firms are reminded the need to have a bona-fide office in the geographical area of consideration where the work is to be performed as determined by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to these sources sought synopsis.
Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about May 2025, firms are given 30 calendar Days to respond. The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities https://sam.gov/, inviting firms to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued.
Firm’s response to this Synopsis shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information:
1. Firm’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.
2. Firm’s interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued.
3. Firm’s capability to perform the magnitude and complexity outlined in the Scope of Work above (include firm’s capability to execute construction- comparable work performed within the past 5 years): Provide brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, and dollar value of the project) – provide at least 3 examples.
4. Firm’s Business Size – LB, SB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB.
5. Firm’s Joint Ventures (existing), including Mentor Protégés and teaming arrangement information is acceptable
6. Provide the largest task order value the firm can perform for a single task order award.
7. Can the firm perform on three concurrent task orders if they are located in any combination of the states of TX, AR, OK, NM and LA?
8. Is the firm interested in proposing on the solicitation if the contract period of performance had a one (1) year base period and four (4) one-year option periods for a total contract performance period NTE five (5) years?
Interested Firm’s shall respond to this Sources Sought Synopsis no later than 2:00pm on December 20, 2024. All interested firms must be registered in SAM to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Mail, fax or email your response to Daina R. Black at Daina.r.black@usace.army.mil and CESWF-CT-PreawardProposal@usace.army.mil.
THE INTENT OF THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS TO IDENTIFY QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES, specifically 8(a), HUBZone, woman-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, for the requirement described below. The intent of this Sources Sought is to identify capable small business that can perform with limitations on subcontracting. Scope of work will consist of the removal, transportation, and disposal of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous wastes, non-RCRA wastes, State-Regulated wastes, Non-State Regulated wastes, Universal Wastes, Compressed Gases, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), and Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) located on or around military installations or within a 50-mile radius of any pickup point listed on the Pickup Location Table (Attachment 3) of this contract in.
FAR 52.52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION 2021-O0008) states the Offeror/Contractor agrees to not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Contractors may be subject to a minimum $500,000 fine if awarded a contract with this clause and are not meeting the requirement. We have identified the majority of RCRA TSDFs (Treatment, Storage, Disposal Facilities) in the industry as large businesses. All TSDFs used during the performance of this contract must be approved and listed on the Qualified Facilities List (https://www.dla.mil/DispositionServices/Offers/Disposal/HazardousWaste/HazWasteDisposal/). Given that there is a lack of small business ownership of TSDFs and that disposal costs make up a large portion of the contract dollar value, there is a reasonable probability that a small business would pay more than 50% of the cost of the contract to large businesses.
The Government intends to solicit proposals on sam.gov and award a Firm-Fixed Priced, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Services Contract. The contract is anticipated to have one 30-month base period, followed by one 30-month option period. There is no solicitation available at this time. However, attached is the draft price schedule and PWS that firms responding to this Sources Sought should use to help determine if they would be able to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting requirements.
IF YOUR FIRM IS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE REQUESTED SERVICES, WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING, THE CAPABILITIES PACKAGE DETAILED BELOW IS NOT REQUIRED. In accordance with FAR 6.101(a), with certain limited exceptions, contracting officers shall promote and provide for full and open competition in soliciting offers and awarding Government contracts. If your firm would like to respond to this Sources Sought, but is unable to meet the limitations on subcontracting, please email Ronald.Hobbs@dla.mil with “SOURCES SOUGHT (San Antonio) HW Disposal Contract” in the subject line, stating your firms’ Notification of Interest (a capabilities package is not required).
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms must demonstrate their ability to perform the requested services, described above, by submitting a brief capabilities package (no more than three pages in length, single-spaced, 12-point font minimum). This documentation shall identify, at a minimum:
(1) Company name, office location(s), CAGE Code, and a statement identifying small business category and current status of the small business classification.
(2) Relevant experience within the last five years, including description of the work you performed and how it relates to the scope of work identified above, any contract number(s), names of individuals responsible for the referenced contracts/projects, and current telephone numbers for those individuals; if you were a subcontractor, identify the work you actually performed as the sub-contractor.
(3) A statement identifying your firm’s ability to perform in accordance with FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (CLASS DEVIATION 2021-O0008), as well as an explanation of how you would be able to comply with this requirement if you are a small business of any type considering the disposal requirements within the draft price schedule that is anticipated to be included in the contract; (note: large business respondents do not need to address this).
(4) A listing of TSDFs your firm would use during the performance of this contract, identifying each TSDF as similarly situated or not as your firm.
The submittal package must be emailed to Ronald.Hobbs@dla.mil and HazardousContractsWest@dla.mil with “SOURCES SOUGHT (San Antonio) HW Disposal Contract” in the subject line. The submittal package must be received no later than 3:00 EST on January 08, 2025. LATE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Upon review of industry response to this Sources Sought, the Government will determine whether a set-aside acquisition is in the Government's best interest. If an unrestricted solicitation is issued, then the Class Deviation 2021-O0008 Limitations on Subcontracting would not apply.
All responsible firms, including small businesses, are eligible to submit a proposal in response to an unrestricted solicitation. A response to this sources sought will not be considered an adequate response to any forthcoming solicitation announcement. The Government WILL NOT provide a debriefing on the results of the survey. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this "sources sought" notice or any follow-up information requests. All information submitted will be held in a confidential manner and will only be used for the purpose intended.
See attached Solictation (S02) and supporting documents
Descritpion: Contractor to provide a new 200 KW electrical generator and prepare site to include demolition, removal of existing structures, excavation, grading, labor and materials and all other work to install an electrical generator and associated components at the Fisher House for Audie L. Murphy Hospital, 7400 Merton Minter Blvd, San Antonio, Texas, 78229 as required by drawings and specifications. The Fisher House is located at 7485 Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX 78229.
Period of Performance: 180 days after Notice to Proceed (NTP) is issued
SET-ASIDE: 100% SDVOSB
NAICS: 238210, size standard $19 M
Magnitude of Construction: Between $500,000 and $1,000,000
This posting is to publish the Combined Synopsis/RFP for CCAD IPV Gen II. SPE4AX25R0001
The Department of Defense (DoD) is required by law (10 U.S.C. § 1074g) to establish an effective, efficient, integrated pharmacy benefits program for the Military Health System (MHS) which includes the purchase pharmaceutical agents. The law and implementing regulation (32 CFR Section 199.21) describe the process by which the DoD Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee will consider the relative clinical effectiveness and relative cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical agents in a therapeutic class in recommending the selection of agents for the DoD Uniform Formulary (UF) and, for cost sharing purposes, the classification of a pharmaceutical agent as generic, formulary, Basic Core Formulary (BCF), Extended Core Formulary (ECF), or non-formulary (NF). Prior to the scheduled P&T Committee meeting, a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for pharmaceutical agents within Drug Classes identified for placement on the UF has been issued to obtain quotes from industry. The Defense Health Agency may award Uniform Formulary Blanket Purchase Agreements (UF BPA) and the Uniform Formulary Additional Discount Program Agreements (UF ADP) based on the UF decision. This process is described in the attached RFQ.
P&T COMMITTEE MEETING: November 2024: The following drug classes/subclass will be reviewed:
a. Crexont - Parkinsons Agents – Subclass: N/A
b. Livdelzi - Gastrointestinal-2 Agents – Subclass: N/A
c. Neffy - Respiratory Agents Miscellaneous – Subclass: N/A
d. Nemluvio - Targeted Immunomodulatory Biologic – Subclass: Misc. Interleukins
e. Vafseo - Hematological Agents – Subclass: N/A
f. Vigafyde - Anticonvulsants-Antimania Agents – Subclass: N/A
g. Voranigo - Oncological Agents – Subclass: N/A
The RFQ, including UF BPA and UF ADP appendices are attached here in. The instructions, important deadlines, and points of contact are in document, RFQ HT9402-24-Q-9403.
Pre-quote teleconference is on September 4, 2024, details are stated in Part 2.5. Pre-quote teleconference, contact RFQ Point of Contact (POC) for agenda and dial-in information. Responses to the clinical questions in Part 3.4 shall be submitted via e-mail to the RFQ POC (stated in Part 2.3), no later than the date stated in Part 2.4.
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is 1188394 and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ), unless otherwise indicated herein. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-03. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 311999 with a small business size standard of 700.00 employees.
This requirement is a Small Business Set-Aside and only qualified sellers may submit bids.
The solicitation pricing on https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted, and, unless otherwise displayed at https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com, will end on:
2024-12-05 12:00:00.0 Eastern Time. This time supersedes the Offers Due Time listed above.
FOB Destination shall be Bryan, TX 77803
The DOJ BOP Field Offices - FPC BRYAN requires the items to be Meet or Exceed. To review line items, terms, etc., refer to the link below.
Invoices must be sent with the same decimal places as bid given, BID must only be two decimal places. Invoices must also reflect the same quantities that was awarded in the same manner as bid.
Solicitation and Buy Attachments
Prepared food must be delivered in sealed individual serving packages marked with the appropriate Religious Certification and in original manufacturer’s packaging. Prepared food packaging cannot be removed from original packaging due to security reasons and religious certification requirements. Quoters will include a letter of certification from the national religious certification agency dated no more than 11 months from the date of the quote provided. All items offered on this bid must be certified by an accepted Orthodox Kosher certification agency from the United States or Canada, such as: OU - Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; OK - Organized Kashrus Laboratories; Star K, KOF K; KAJ K'hal Adas Jeshurun; OKS Organization of Orthodox Kashrus Supervision; OV Vaad Hoeir of Saint Louis; CRC - Central Rabbinical Congress of the USA and Canada; CRC - Chicago Rabbinical Counsel; or Kosher Overseers of America.
***Question Submission: Interested Sellers must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' feature at https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.***
For this solicitation, DOJ BOP Field Offices - FPC BRYAN intends to document bids online to be facilitated by the third-party Marketplace, Unison Marketplace. Unison Marketplace has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to document pricing. Sellers may submit bids during the specified period of time. DOJ BOP Field Offices - FPC BRYAN is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time bids. All responsible Sellers that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com.Sellers that are not currently registered to use https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com should proceed to https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com to complete their free registration. Sellers that require special considerations or assistance may contact Marketplace Support at 1.877.933.3243 or via email at marketplacesupport@unisonglobal.com. Sellers may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive https://marketplace.unisonglobal.com process. Should Sellers require additional clarification, notify the point of contact or Marketplace Support at 1.877.933.3243 or marketplacesupport@unisonglobal.com.
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION (NOPCA)/SYNOPSIS. This is not the solicitation. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division (AFLCMC/HNCK), Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland AFB, TX, hereby gives a notice of intent to solicit and award, a competitive small business set aside, firm-fixed price contract.
Description:
Scope of the project includes conceptual design of the COPV case and rack interface (if necessary), testing and analysis, prototype production, first article production, and quantity production order. This product is not available commercially and will be designed as a specific solution for our mission system. Products of this effort shall include a production level technical data package (TDP) with all data rights reserved by the government, an acceptance testing report, one prototype, one first article assembly, and as many production units as possible.
The culmination of these efforts are a fully airworthiness certified assembly, and, by proxy, a certified mechanical interface control document (MICD). All of these activities will reduce competitive barriers because a new product developed using the system requirements should result in an airworthiness approved design.
The Government intends to release solicitation by January 2025 and to make an award by March 2025. No technical data, drawings, or orders are available for this synopsis. Proposals for the required items are NOT being requested through this notice.
In accordance with Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, 5352.201-9101, the AFLCMC Ombudsman can be contacted via Deputy Director, Acquisition Excellence & Program Execution Directorate, AFLCMC/AQ-AZ Workflow (email: ASCA@us.af.mil), at 937-255-5512 or DSN 785-5512, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is seeking concerns having the ability for providing Residential Reentry Center (RRC) services (in-house RRC beds) and Home Confinement (HC) services (home confinement placements) for male and female Federal offenders held under the authority of United States Statutes which located within the city limits of Houston, Texas (Harris County). Home Confinement radius is within 150 miles of facility.
The RRC and the Home Confinement services shall be in accordance with the Federal Bureau of Prisons Statement of Work (SOW) entitled, “Residential Reentry Center, March 2022”. Home Confinement services are specifically defined in chapter 10, Programs, of the SOW. Additional requirements for these services are referenced throughout the SOW as well.
This will be a Firm-Fixed Price/IDIQ contract for services with a one-year base period, and four one-year options periods.
The RRC requirement will consist of a guaranteed minimum of 76 beds (68 males and 8 females) and an estimated maximum of 190 beds facility (170 males and 20 females)
The Home Confinement requirement will consist of a guaranteed minimum 60 placements and an estimated maximum 153 placements to include both male and female.
It is the intent of the Government to award both line items (RRC and HC) to a single provider, as these services are interconnected and rely upon each other to ensure adequate programming and case management of offenders. The Government reserves the right to potentially make an award which is deemed to be in the best interest of the Government.
15BRRC24R00001008 will be available on or about November 13, 2024, and it will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities website at https://SAM.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The site provides downloading instructions. Future information about this acquisition will also be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The estimated closing date of this solicitation (RFP) will be 60 days after the solicitation date, approximately January 14, 2025.
Vendor to provide inspection and testing services of 60 Hz circuit breakers located on the switchboards which are onboard USCG Harry Claiborne located in the Houston/Galveston, Texas area as per Statement of Work. Service contract Act Applies, Wage Determination 2015-5233, Rev 28
Please see the attached synopsis document.
Schedule 1 will include dredging of approximately 820,000 Cubic Yards (CYs) of the Mouth of Colorado Entrance Jetty Channel and Detention Basin and will include varying advanced maintenance and 2' over-depth. Material will be placed west of west/south Jetty in nearshore zone; Construction of Terminal Groin and 4 of the 5 planned nearshore breakwaters at Sargent Beach, 25 miles east of the Mouth of Colorado. Estimate duration is 270 Calendar Day (CD) for construction of groin and breakwaters and 90 CD for dredging. And 3 Options for beach placement and construction of 5th nearshore breakwater.
Placement of material will include both beach placement and upland confined placement.
Sources Sought attached fur further informaiton.
This is a Sources Sought announcement for Natural Gas utility services for various locations within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. We are searching for a utility company that can provide the "entire utility requirement."
NOTICE INFORMATION
Title: Foreign Military Sales MQ-9 Training
Sources Sought-Request for Information
Description:
The Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron (AFSAT) is conducting market research to determine whether capable sources are available to perform non-personal training services in support of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) MQ-9 Training. The FMS MQ-9 training support services sought includes management, courseware development and delivery with government purpose rights, remote pilot aircrew training, maintenance training, associated support of the MQ-9A and/or MQ-9B model aircraft, weapon systems, support equipment, software, and possibly assisting the standing-up of initial organizational level maintenance capability. The training support service is anticipated to be required by the United States Government (USG), USG Allies, and other Partner Nations. MQ-9 Training is currently in the planning phase. It is expected to focus predominantly on country-specific MQ-9B variants; however, it may involve country specific MQ-9A training requirements as well. The place of performance is currently unknown and may be international and/or inside and outside of the Continental United States (CONUS and OCONUS). The requirement is projected as an initial undetermined ordering period with a period of performance to start on or about 1 Oct 2025.
This Sources Sought Notice/ Request for Information (RFI) is issued and intended for market research and planning purposes only. The information obtained in response to this RFI will be used to help locate sources capable of providing qualified and experienced trainers, MQ-9 pilots and maintenance training,interested potential sources, and attain a better understanding of the MQ-9 global footprint. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). It is not to be construed as a formal solicitation or an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. The information requested by this RFI will be used by the Air Force Multi-Functional Team (MFT) to facilitate decision making. Any information provided to the Government is strictly voluntary and must be provided at no cost to the Government. The Government will not reimburse vendors for any capability package preparation nor briefing costs. For purposes of this RFI, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 611512 – Flight Training, Small Business Size Standard is $34M.
Note: The USG is specifically requesting information by vendors regarding their capability to perform training, individually and/or jointly, on both the MQ-9A and the MQ-9B models. Based upon market research, the acquisition approach may be to join or separate MQ-9 training, respective to the A or B model. The Government reserves the right to determine the acquisition approach, to include whether a small business set-aside would be more appropriate based on responses to this notice. The Government also reserves the right to issue a solicitation to any country requested specific source for either MQ-9A or MQ-9B training, as an International Agreement for Competitive Restriction (IACR), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 3204(e)(4)(E). Additional information or updates regarding this International MQ-9 Training Support Services requirement will be posted on the General Services Administration System for Award Management
(SAM.GOV)
https://sam.gov/content/home website. Interested parties are encouraged to check this website regularly for any changes or updates. Interested parties capable of providing any of the training support services sought are instructed to add their information to the Interested list, add this notice to their Following list, and submit a capability statement in response to this RFI: FMS MQ-9 Training Sources Sought Notice.
In general, MQ-9/9A refer to Air Force Fact Sheet for additional information.
In general, MQ-9B enhanced technology version of the MQ-9A and is a Type 1 Non-Program of Record (NPOR): Previously referred to as “non-standard POR.” Other than country specific requirements, it will be incumbent upon the contractor to acquire the information, equipment, property, and services required to perform training on the MQ-9B unless otherwise stated in this RFI.
The service provider shall be required to function as the contracted equivalent of a Formal Training Unit (FTU): provide MQ-9 aircrew training management; develop and deliver with government purpose rights MQ-9 courseware necessary for training USG, USG Allies, and Partner Nation MQ-9 air ground support, and maintenance crews; provide MQ-9 remote pilot flight and maintenance training, provide MQ-9 remote pilot flight simulator training, provide associated logistical support, and possibly assist in an advisory capacity the stand-up an initial O-Level maintenance capability. MQ-9 Training objectives are to train USG, USG Allies, and Partner Nation air and ground support crew on initial, conversion, and possibly mission qualification on the country-specific MQ-9 configuration. Instruction for MQ-9 aircrew will include academic, simulation, and remote pilot flight training on the MQ-9. The training may include and is not limited to a combination of electronic courseware, classroom academics, aircrew training devices, and remote pilot flight training as described below in the following paragraphs.
1. The service provider shall be required to develop, produce, and deliver, with government purpose rights, new MQ-9 aircrew/maintenance courseware and aircrew/maintenance materials used for instruction of USG and Allied/Partner Nation MQ-9 aircrews. Courseware development requires access to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) technical data and/or/Country Specific Technical Orders (CSTOs). Courseware must be compatible with OEM equipment. Changes in technical data may drive future changes.
2. (CONUS) If available prior to delivery, Partner Nation Air Force (PNAF) equipment may sometimes be utilized. The contractor will have to demonstrate how they will receive, put into service, and ship to country any equipment post training. Responses to this RFI should specifically include contractor approach when PNAF equipment is not available for contractor use.
3 (OCONUS) Country-provided equipment, infrastructure and facilities will be available except common instructional equipment not peculiar to MQ-9 training.
4. CSTOs deemed necessary for course development may be delivered to the USG and may be available as Government Furnished Information (GFI) at the award of a task order under this
possible contract. If your company has any relationships, agreements or partnerships to allow for accessibility of MQ-9 CSTOs outside of government furnished information, please identify in your response.
5. If courseware is available and releasable it will be provided to the contractor. At this time, none has been identified.
As an Air Force training organization, the Government's courseware requirement is to be delivered either as a Special Work for Hire, or a minimum of Government Purpose Rights for each course. Industry is encouraged to identify any alternative approaches in a capability statement and identify any underlying license(s) with an approximate cost savings, per country, for the approach.
The United States Government reserves the right to add additional training courses as required to facilitate USG and Allied/Partner Nation training on the MQ-9 (A or B). Anticipated courses/courseware include the following:
a. Pilot and Sensor Operator Initial Qualification Courses
b. Launch and Recovery Courses (MQ-9A only)
c. Pilot and Sensor Operator Transition Courses (MQ-9A to MQ-9B)
d. Basic Maintenance Courses (Avionics, Airframe & Powerplant, Ground Station)
e. Maintenance Transition Courses (MQ-9A to MQ-9B)
f. MIS/Payload Operator Course
g. Pilot and Sensor Operator Instructor Upgrade Courses
h. Launch and Recovery Instructor Upgrade Courses (MQ-9A)
i. Maintenance Instructor Upgrade Courses
j. Aircraft and Ground Station Field Service Technician Courses
6. All actual remote pilot flight operations must meet the requirements of Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Instruction 8210.1C (AFI 10-220). The Contractor should demonstrate that it can maintain documentation per DCMA Instruction 8210.1C, paragraphs 4.8.5. and 4.8.7. for all aircrew instructors and will provide to the USG documentation requested at any time during the performance of the training support service.
7. Contractor aircrew instructors: Contractor should demonstrate that it has the ability to acquire Instructor Pilots and Instructor Sensor Operators who are previously qualified within three years of currency (last remote pilot flight). Qualified instructors shall have two years of experience as remote pilot flight instructors in either a military or civilian capacity. Aircrew academic and simulator instructors must be fully qualified Instructor Aircrew who have been qualified in MQ-9 operations within four years. Contractor maintenance instructors and MIS/Payload operator instructors shall have at least two years of experience as MQ-9 maintenance or MIS/Payload operator instructors. Anticipated instructor requirements, to be addressed in capabilities, include and are not limited to:
a. MQ-9 Chief Aircrew Instructor (Rated).
b. MQ-9 Instructor Pilot (Rated)
c. MQ-9 Chief Academic/Training Aid/Simulator Instructor
d. MQ-9 Academic / Training Aid/Simulator Instructor
e. MQ-9 Sensor Operator Instructor
f. MIS/Payload Operator Instructor
g. MQ-9 Avionics Maintenance Instructor
h. MQ-9 Airframe and Powerplant Maintenance Instructor
i. MQ-9 Ground Station Maintenance Instructor
j. MQ-9 Field Service Technician Instructor
k. Ground Station Field Service Instructor
l. Launch and Recovery Instructors (Pilot/Sensor Operator) (MQ-9A only)
8. Interested parties capable of providing any of the training support service sought should submit a capability statement to include specific technical background information describing their organization's experience and expertise in FMS aircrew training services requiring similar management/courseware development/remote pilot flight training/logistical efforts. At a minimum the following information is requested:
Note 1: Response preference is requested for MQ-9 and other unmanned rated piloted vehicles, however, utilize other weapon systems if experienced. Please indicate variant of MQ-9 and governmental entity supported (if able).
Note 2: (OCONUS) Training will be incumbent upon the contractor to secure any required country specific approvals to live and/or work in the partner nation.
Note 3: Instructors are to be qualified on a base model of the MQ-9 of the country requesting training. Differences of partner nation specific aspects shall be provided for courseware development and instructor familiarity. Delta currencies of instructors will be incumbent upon/required of the offeror.
Note 4: (CONUS) All infrastructure and facilities for CONUS training will be provided by the offeror and will not be facilitated by or furnished by the government.
Industry Survey Questions
(1) Company name, address, point of contact, telephone number, e-mail address, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number, and SAM Unique Entity ID;
(2) Approximate annual gross revenue;
(3) Business size (Other than Small Business or Small Business).
(4) If you indicated your business size as “small business”, if applicable, specify small business socioeconomic program status – [Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) small business, veteran-owned small business (VOSB), service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), woman-owned small business (WOSB)];
(5) Describe the role your company will play in the performance of the MQ-9 Training service sought (Prime Contractor, Subcontractor, Other: please explain);
(6) If you indicated your company’s role as "Prime Contractor" please provide information demonstrating the capability to mobilize and manage internationally, and finance the support service sought;
(7) If you indicated your company’s role as "Prime Contractor", specify the functions for which you plan to use subcontractors to include estimated small business subcontracting goals and rationale.
(8) If you indicated your company’s role as "Subcontractor", please indicate which functional areas you intend to cover;
(9) Specify whether your company primarily conducts business in the commercial or Government sector;
(10) Provide information on any commercial or Government sector MQ-9 services your organization has performed that are similar to the MQ-9 Training service sought, use attachment 1. MQ-9 RFI Data;
(11) Identify which NAICS code(s) your company usually performs;
(12) Describe your company’s expertise/experience in maintaining documentation per DCMA Instruction 8210.1C for all aircrew instructors and how it is provided to the USG;
(13) Describe your company’s capability to provide expertise in MQ-9 courseware development, production and ability to deliver such courseware with Government Purpose rights or describe an alternative approach which identifies any cost savings along with any required underlying license(s).
(14) Provide a plan to develop MQ-9 Aircrew Training Academic Courseware. Note: Benchmark timelines for courseware development are critically important to training mobilization.
(15) Describe your company’s capability to provide MQ-9 remote pilot flight simulation training that replicates MQ-9 remote pilot flight characteristics and capabilities using your organization’s training device.
(16) Provide a plan to recruit and employ Classified Secret-eligible, trained and qualified MQ-9 variant instructor pilot. Employees shall be within three years of currency (last remote pilot flight) to qualify for positions as MQ-9 aircrew remote pilot flight instructors, and within four years remote pilot flight currency for academic and simulator instructors. [Note: There may be restrictions on mobilization locations of instructors that currently hold an Armed Forces Commission and/or under a current enlistment in any branch of service]
(17) Provide a plan to recruit and employ Classified Secret-eligible, trained, and qualified support personnel, to include but not limited to, Schedulers, MQ-9 Brief/Debrief System operators, Drivers, Lesson Management System administrators, Aircrew Records Management System administrators. [Note: There may be restrictions on mobilization locations of instructors that currently hold an Armed Forces Commission and/or under a current enlistment in any branch of service]
(18) Explain your organization’s understanding of export control laws (third party transfer/technical assistance agreements), the business acumen, etiquette, culture, practices of conducting business internationally. Elaborate on the trade regulations, customs, standards, agreements, labor laws, Visa requirements, transportation, lodging, tariffs (value-added tax) and other unique circumstances affecting a service provider’s ability to perform the support services sought in internationally.
(19) Describe your company’s expertise/experience in mobilizing personnel to foreign nations for short (2-4 Months), moderate (4-8 months), and extended periods (8-12 months) of time with minimal to no assistance of the USG.
(20) Provide capability to support an undetermined minimum ordering period and with performance starting 1 Oct 2025.
(21) Provide recommended type of contract and rationale.
(22) Provide the minimum period of performance your company is able to support in the event a requirement or funding is limited, and services are purchased for a shorter period of performance (For example: the contract only provides funding for six months of service).
(23) Provide confirmation whether your company can provide all services or any service. Provide rationale for capability to provide all required services or capability to provide any service identified.
(24) Provide a list of assumptions with descriptions regarding your company’s submission.
(25) Provide information for person(s) participating in the virtual industry day. [NOTE: Based upon the information provided in this sources sought and participation of industry day the government may elect to conduct a site visit to all, few or none of the information offerors]
Please limit the capability statement to no more than 25 single-sided, type-written pages using font size 12. Extravagant formatting is not required nor desired. Paragraph numbering to coincide with the above requested information is preferred.
Any questions regarding this posting must be submitted via email as soon as possible but no later than noon CST on 14 Feb 2024 in order to allow answers to questions to be publicly posted before the response date. Questions containing proprietary information must be identified to prevent release to the public via posting on the General Services Administration System for Award Management (SAM.GOV) https://sam.gov/content/home website Please do not call the contracting office for information; email questions to avoid any misunderstanding or confusion and help eliminate duplicate questions.
The primary point of contact for this RFI is Daniel Nevins. Contact with other Government personnel regarding this RFI is not permitted. If your organization is capable of providing the training support service described above, please electronically submit the requested information by the specified due dates to Daniel Nevins via email: daniel.nevins.2@us.af.mil (Courtesy copy Gerardo Martinez via email: gerardo.martinez@us.af.mil and Frederick Collier via email: frederick.collier@us.af.mil).
Information requested due dates and timeline:
Industry Questions for AFSAT NLT: 14 February 2024
AFSAT Response to questions 15 April 2024
Capability Statements: 29 April 2024
Attachments:
1. MQ-9 RFI Data Attachments.xlsx
QUOTE SUBMISSION INFORMATION: E-mail is the required method for offer submission. The Contracting Specialist or Officer will send a confirmation email once your quote is received. If you do not receive a confirmation email, the Government did not receive your quote.
Your offer shall include but is not limited to the following:
3. FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications
4. Technical Approach
5. Quality Control Plan
6. Specification breakout of proposed washers and dryers
7. Acknowledgement of all Amendments made
Please submit questions to the email address, kasey.hutton.1@us.af.mil, NLT 23 December 2024, 3:00 p.m. (CST). An amendment will be issued with answering all questions received. The Government has the right to award all, some, or none of the machines.
Deadline for receipt of offers: 3 January 2025, 10:00 a.m. (CST). All quotes can be emailed to kasey.hutton.1@us.af.mil.
Evaluation of Offers: The evaluation for this acquisition will be solely based on best value to the Government with no ranking to include past performance, price, and technical capability. Offerors must submit sufficient descriptive data to validate each item proposed meets the salient characteristics in the DESCRIPTION column below. Offerors MUST have the aforementioned assigned NAICS to be considered for award. Offerors MUST have the correct socio-economic set-aside as mentioned on page 1 under aforementioned assigned NAICS to be considered for award. By signing its offer, the offeror certifies that each price stated on each CLIN includes an appropriate apportionment of all costs, direct and indirect, all state and local taxes, overhead, and profit.
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AFCO-CM is looking for new and innovative capabilities in Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), Information Operations (IO), and
electromagnetic digital communications. The ideal is to leverage mature technologies in novel ways for a field demonstration
within a year through application of novel material approaches or innovative services. Current and projected quantities or service
requirements to be addressed by this acquisition are TBD and less than $50M. An assessment as to the potential sustainment life
cycle for any follow on requirements is TBD based upon awards to be made.
Presolicitation for RFQ 36C77025Q0016
The Agricultural Research Service, Plains Area Administrative office, Acquisition and Personal Property office intends to solicit and award a single firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of a LIDAR System Software and Training for College Station, TX. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 – Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued under Request for Quotation (RFQ) number 12805B25Q0002.
This requirement is being solicited under NAICS code 513210, Software Publishers and is set-aside for 100% Total Small Business.
All FAR references are based off FAC 2025-01, Effective 12 November 2024.
This firm-fixed-priced award will be awarded as firm-fixed price contract. Delivery to College Station, TX 30 days after award.
FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, is applicable to this acquisition. An addendum will be added on page 11.
FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation of Offerors, is applicable to this acquisition.
The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures utilizing Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) factors will be used for the evaluation process. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
Technical Factor #1 –LIDAR System Software and Training provided meet all the specifications spelled out in Attachment 1. All addressed specifications must be addressed. Failure to not address any of the specifications will result in the vendors quote being found unacceptable.
Technical Factor #2 – Past performance will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2. Past Performance will be rated on an “acceptable” or “unacceptable” basis. The apparent successful, prospective contractor must have acceptable past performance. System for Award Management (SAM.gov) exclusions list, Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System, and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) shall be considered as part of the past performance evaluation process. Any past performance that is found to be “negative”, shall result in the entire Past Performance rating as “Unacceptable”. “Negative” is defined as any CPARS past performance evaluation rated less than “Satisfactory”, any Terminations for Default/Cause, or any negative performance references will be rated as ‘Unacceptable’. Note: In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.” Any past performance that is found to be “negative”, shall result in the entire Past Performance rating as “Unacceptable” making the overall Technical Acceptability as “Unacceptable”.
If an offeror receives an adjectival rating of “unacceptable” in any factor they may not be eligible for contract award.
Offeror must sign and date page 3 to acknowledge the 52.252-1 addendum along with all amendments posted to sam.gov for 12805B25Q0002.
FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and no addendum has been added.
FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and applicable clauses within 52.212-5 to this acquisition have been marked with an X.
Other additional FAR Clauses have been added to this synopsis/solicitation. If they are incorporated by reference in this synopsis/solicitation, use acquisition.gov to read them in their entirety.
Submittals Formats: Only Electronic submissions via email will be accepted due to Contract Specialist working remotely.
Offers are due to the Contract Specialist, Peter Nelson, at peter.b.nelson@usda.gov by 5:00 PM (EST) 12/04/2024.
For information regarding this synopsis/solicitation, please contact Peter Nelson at peter.b.nelson@usda.gov . Only written submitted questions sent via email will be given a response. They will be answered via a Questions from Industry posting to sam.gov. Due to USDA-ARS operating remotely, Peter Nelson is only available via email.
Notice to Offeror(s): The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs incurred.
Site Visit: N/A
Questions must be submitted in writing via email to peter.b.nelson@usda.gov. Questions received after December 3, 2024, may not receive a response. Responses will be posted to sam.gov in a document titled Questions from Industry. You will not receive a direct response.
12/03/2024 - Solicitation updated to include FAR 52.201-1. Close dated extended to 12/06/2024.
This document will assist the business community by providing upcoming procurement plans from DHA Directorate of Procurement. The document will be updated periodically and subject to change as priorities change. The forecast includes proposed contracting opportunities. Directorate of Procurement and other federal agencies list contracting opportunities on the sam.gov website. Vendors may subscribe to this website for free to receive notifications of daily contracting postings from federal agencies. This acquisition strategy (e.g. small business set-aside, 8(a) sole source, full and open, small business sources) is provided so each planned contract can be easily marketed for business and program management professionals. For example, "Full and Open" means that all businesses, regardless of size, have the opportunity to submit a proposal or bid. We hope that this forecast will be beneficial to businesses and will continue listing proposed contract opportunities.
THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Information Technology Procurement Office (ITPO) intends to issue a sole source contract for the Counterweight-Offload Astronaut Sensor, Telemetry & Electronics Rig (COASTER) and associated support services to:
Atlas Devices, LLC
21 Alpha Road, Suite 202
Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
Atlas Devices’ COASTER is a connected sensor/suit telemetry and offload system for use with space suits to create simulated gravity environments for lunar and Martian operational concept development, hardware evaluation, and Human-In-The-Loop (HITL) testing. Relying on a simple double-pivoting arm system with an innovative cable routing system that enables counterweights to be attached (much like common exercise equipment), the Atlas COASTER brings connected suit telemetry and offload capability for portable, high reliability telemetry-based HITL testing that can be operated anywhere, including outdoor environments. Support includes the full scope of COASTER equipment checks, test initiation, operation, supervision, shutdown, pre-and post-run maintenance, and other onsite communication and support as required.
The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for acquisitions using the procedures in FAR subpart 13.5 is 41 U.S.C. 1901 due to COASTER being the only telemetry-based system able to facilitate suited 3-dimensional offload within a broad circular footprint. COASTER is the only commercially available that will properly interface with the EXCON suits.
The Government does intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.
This synopsis does not constitute a solicitation; however, if any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and must contain clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data, or any other cost incurred in response to this announcement are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Kaelin Kelley, Contract Specialist, at kaelin.w.kelley@nasa.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. (CST) on December 6, 2024. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT, A MARKET SURVEY FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL OFFERORS FOR A DESIGN-BID-BUILD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR POWERTRAIN FACILITY (ENGINE ASSEMBLY) CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT (CCAD) AT NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR AN INVITATION FOR BID. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. There is no bid package or solicitation currently available. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the technical point of contact will not be given and no appointments for presentations will be made.
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) is seeking qualified and interested parties in any of the following categories: small business, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a), SBA certified HUBZone, woman-owned small business (WOSB), veteran-owned small business (VOSB), and service disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB). Potential sources should have current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel, and capability to perform this proposed project.
The type of solicitation to be issued will depend upon responses to this sources sought notice. The Government will use the sources sought responses along with other market research to make various determinations regarding the procurement.
Project Description:
Construct a new Powertrain Facility (Engine Assembly) to house rotary wing component rebuild activities. Primary facilities include an Aircraft Component Repair Shop (ACRS) (140,083 SF building) with open Flex Space to house rotary wing component rebuild and maintenance processes and space to house supervision, latrine, and miscellaneous support space; an Administrative Support Facility (65,840 SF building) to include administrative space and depot command headquarters; Central Energy Plant (10,260 SF building), special foundations, mass notification systems, fire protection, and alarm systems, Energy Monitoring and Control System connection, Antiterrorism Measures, Post Construction Contract Award Services (PCAS), and Building Information Systems.
Supporting facilities include utilities (electrical service, water, sewer, and natural gas), paving, walks, curbs and gutters, storm drainage, site improvements (to include relocation of playing fields and jogging track), landscaping, low impact development measures, and information systems.
The period of performance is anticipated to be approximately 961 days with a Construction Magnitude between $25,000,000.00 and $100,000,000.00.
The Small Business Size Standard is $39.5 million (M) with a NAICS Code of 236210. Under the FAR guidelines, the prime contractor must have the capability to perform at least 20 percent of the contract work with its own employees. The anticipated award date is September-October 2023.
Interested sources are invited to respond to this sources sought announcement. Capability Statements consisting of appropriate documentation will be accepted providing it contains ALL the information required below (items 1-6). Complete submission package shall not exceed 15 pages. The information which must be contained in your response is as follows:
1) Contractor Information: Name and address of company, point of contact with phone number and email address.
2) Type of Business: Identify the company’s business size and socio-economic status (HUBZone, 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) for NAICS Code 236210 applicable to this sources sought. If your firm is claiming HUBZone or 8(a) status, provide a copy of your SBA certification.
3) Bond Capacity: Information must include surety’s name, point of contact, telephone number, email address, and the bonding capacity of at least $100 Million per project, and the maximum aggregate bonding.
4) System for Award Management (SAM): Evidence of registration in the SAM, including Cage Code and Entity Identifier (formerly DUNS Number).
5) Interest: Indicate if a solicitation is issued will your firm/company be submitting a proposal:
_____ Yes ______No.
6. Responders shall provide a minimum of two (2) to a maximum of five (5) projects that best demonstrate the organization’s experience on relevant projects that are of similar in size, scope, and complexity to the project description. All projects must meet the definition of a Relevant Project to be considered.
• A construction project that includes demolition of old structures and construction of multiple buildings and site improvements, including at least one main industrial facility, of at least 100,000 square feet, and other ancillary facilities (utilities, administrative, Storm water management, etc.).
• At least one project submitted must have been completed within the past three years of the date of issuance of this sources sought. All projects submitted must have been completed within the past seven years of the date of issuance of this sources sought.
• If a project submitted for consideration does not meet all of the requirements identified above, explain in no more than one paragraph why this project should be considered as having similar size, scope and complexity.
The Capabilities Statement for this Sources Sought is not expected to be a proposal, but rather short and concise statements regarding the company’s ability to demonstrate existing or developed expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Submission of a Capabilities Statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Government in tailoring requirements consistent with industry capabilities. After completing its analysis, the Government will determine whether to limit competition among U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), HUBZone Small Business (HUBZone), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) and/or Small Business (SB) firms or to proceed with issuing an Unrestricted Solicitation, inviting Full and Open competition.
Please respond to this announcement by no later than 30 December 2022, 5:30 PM Eastern Time, via email to alex.noriega@navy.mil . The subject line of the email shall state: POWER TRAIN FACILITY (ENGINE ASSEMBLY), CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. Emails shall be no more than 10 MB in size. Responses that do not meet all requirements or are not submitted within the allotted time will not be considered. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.
Description
The Nobles Branch Sump Improvement project includes the installation of four 60-inch reinforced concrete pipes below Empire Central Drive via the jack and bore method. Additionally, it consists of installation of 4 proposed slide gates, plugging and abandoning an existing 60" RCP culvert, relocation of an existing 48" Storm sewer, demolishing of existing upstream headwall, installation of inlet and outlets structures, excavation of embankment section, slope protection, channel protection, installation of mechanical and electrical equipment, and roadway pavement repair.
Place of Performance: Dallas, TX
Magnitude of Construction: FAR Part 36 Disclosure of the magnitude of construction is between: $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.00
Period of Performance: Approximately 588 Calendar Days
Invitation for Bid
This is being conducted under FAR part 14 Sealed Bidding and is a
100% Small Business set-aside.
All bidders are advised that this project may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, and/or final award process.
Plans and Specification will not be provided in hard paper copy. The solicitation and all amendments for this Invitation for Bids will be posted on sam.gov under the solicitation number: W9126G24B0007.
Bidders are advised that the bid opening will be virtual and are expected to review the IFB documents carefully for instructions and expectations of the virtual bid opening procedures.
It is the offeror's responsibility to check sam.gov frequently for any amendments or changes to the solicitation.
The Government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an offeror’s inability to access the documents posted at the referenced website.
The site visit for this project should occur approximately 1-2 weeks after the posting of the solicitation. Personnel who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 may be required to wear mask or face covering at all times during the site visit, and social distancing measures may be required.
PROPOSALS: ALL SUBMISSIONS TO THE PROPOSAL ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH PIEE. No paper copies, CD-ROMs or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Electronic Proposal Submission is required through the Army’s Electronic File Sharing Service, Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) (https://piee.eb.mil/): The PIEE Application is used to send large files to individuals that would normally be too large to send via email. Information regarding how to set up a vendor registration is included in this link- https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/portal/portal/Vendor_Registration.pdf. If you plan on submitting a proposal, be sure to select “SOL-Solicitation” in the top drop down list and choose the “Proposal Manager” role to be able to submit a proposal in PIEE.
Further training is available at this link: https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/index.xhtml. This link shows information regarding the Solicitation application in PIEE and the different roles available.
Link for Offerors regarding an Overview of the Proposal Manager function and instruction on submitting a proposal - https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml
File Size Limitations: Offerors are advised to follow the PIEE instructions for uploading files. PIEE supports delivery up to 1.9 GB per file, with no limit on the number of files, as well as multiple file formats. If needed, Offerors are advised to break the files down into smaller sections in order to upload it to the system. In such cases, please divide the sections as logically as possible and be sure to clearly name the files as specified below.
Offerors ENSURE proposals are submitted via PIEE and Email to octavia.e.gregory@usace.army.mil. and robert.m.duran@usace.army.mil.
