SOURCES SOUGHT
81 -- AWB Expeditionary Shipping Containers
- Notice Date
- 7/20/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423840
— Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, 366 CONS, 366 Gunfighter Ave Ste 498, Mountain Home AFB, ID, 83648-5296
- ZIP Code
- 83648-5296
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-AWB-RFI-05-0011
- Response Due
- 8/8/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2005
- Description
- EXPEDITIONARY SHIPPING CONTAINERS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION DRAWING PACKAGE AVAILABLE. This is a request for information only as defined in FAR 15.201(e). The government does not presently intend to award a contract, but wants to obtain information on commercially available software database applications. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Air Warfare Battlelab (AWB), Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, is planning to conduct a study that will evaluate commercial options to solve the following problem: United States Air Force Medical Service requires a shipping container that can withstand the demands of the expeditionary Air Force. The AWB is interested in Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products that could be used as-is or slightly modified to solve this problem. These attributes are desired requirements by the USAF: 1. Two container sizes a. 41" wide x 51" long x 45" high b. 41" wide x 51" long x 30" high 2. Lids that fasten down in place (that will secure, but that do not require a tool to remove) 3. Rodent/insect proof 4. Water resistant and impervious to rain 5. Be commercial off the shelf items 6. Come in green and tan color options and have an exterior red cross measuring exactly 12" x 12" on all four sides 7. Be stackable and meet the requirements listed in number 10, below. 8. Come in various sizes to allow flexibility in packing and stacking while maintaining minimum and maximum sizes to adhere to the requirements in number 9, below Further, the below requirements shall be evaluated for the container that is best able to meet the following: 9. Maximize storage space within a 82" wide x 102" long x 90" high construct; a minimum of eight and a maximum of twelve containers must fit inside these external dimensions 10. Load bearing of up to 1,200 pounds on top of the container while maintaining its integrity during storage and transportation 11. Placard space that measures 8 ?" x 11" on all four sides of bins 12. Be transportable by forklift from all sides 13. Have at least one fold-down access for easy packing, while maintaining the container's water resistant characteristics The AWB is seeking the following specific information from industry representatives: 1. The manufacturers suggested retail price and/or a schedule of lease pricing for the commercial product. 2. The name of distributors who could sell to the Government. 3. The degree to which the product can meet or exceed the above desirable and beneficial attributes of the USAF. Requested information must be submitted NO LATER THAN 8 Aug 05 to Major Cathy Blacklock, Air Warfare Battlelab, 360 Gunfighter Ave, Suite 1, Mountain Home AFB, ID 83648 or Email cathy.blacklock@mountainhome.af.mil. Major Blacklock can be reached at (208) 828-3542. A formal solicitation MAY NOT BE ISSUED as a result of this RFI. Information provided may or may not be included in a formal solicitation. The USAF will not release any information -- marked with a Proprietary legend -- received in response to this RFI to any firms, agencies, or individuals outside the USAF without written permission in accordance with the legend.
- Record
- SN00850882-W 20050722/050720211941 (fbodaily.com)
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