SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- Compressed Gas Cylinders
- Notice Date
- 10/11/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333999
— All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DHS - Direct Reports, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer, USCG Aircraft Repair & Supply Center, HU25, HH65, H60J, C130, EISD, 130J or Support Procurement Building 79, 75, 79, 78, 78, 19 or 63, Elizabeth City, NC, 27909-5001
- ZIP Code
- 27909-5001
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-HSCG38-06-C130-1
- Response Due
- 11/22/2005
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2006
- Description
- Sources Sought for DOT certified Compressed Gas Cylinders This is not a solicitation announcement. This is a sources sought synopsis only. This is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. The purpose of this sources sought synopsis is to gain knowledge of commercially available products that may be of interest to the USCG. The United States Coast Guard Aircraft Repair and Supply Center is conducting market research to determine manufactures and supply availability of a Department of Transportation (DOT) certified Compressed Gas Cylinder as described follows: The USCG is looking for a Compressed Gas Cylinder that would be a form- fit-function DOT certified replacement for Compressed Gas P/N 2911154-3, NSN 8120-01-018-7764. Currently, the USCG uses 2 compressed gas cylinders to contain Freon Gas R-116 for the APS-137 Radar system on its fleet of 27 HC-130s. Therefore, the USCG are looking to procure 54 bottles for aircraft installation plus sparing. The replacement cylinder must be able to be transported via air and land while pressurized as per DOT (49CFR 178.44). Tavco Inc. of Chatsworth, CA, is the OEM of the cylinder currently used and due to the proprietary nature of the technical data; the USCG will be limited in proving manufacturing drawings and/or specifications to aid in this process. The USCG can provide responding parties a sample cylinder for evaluation and non-destructive testing to assist in the design/reverse engineering and budgetary quoting process for the replacement cylinder. Responses to this notice should include company name, address, telephone number, point of contact (POC), and complete product details, brochures, and etc. which will allow the USCG to understand your product, configurations, auxiliary equipment, and options (to include setup and takedown services if available). Also, state approximate lead-time for acquiring your product. The Government believes the applicable NAICS Code is (this is for the example only) 333924 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TRACTOR, TRAILER, AND STACKER MACHINERY manufacturing, and 333999 ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINERY MANUFACURING. The size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) is 750 employees. Also, please respond to the following questions: (1) Is your business a large or small business? (2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergent business, or a small, disadvantaged business? (3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and is your firm certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? (4) Is your firm a certified "hub zone" firm? (5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business? (6) Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (7) Is your product listed on a GSA schedule? (8) Do you have other government agencies using the product, and if so which agencies, POC?s and contract numbers? (9) If possible, any POC?s for civilian users for general usage of product questions. After the review of the responses to this sources sought announcement, and if the Government still plans to proceed with the acquisition, a solicitation announcement will be published in the CBD. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are not adequate response to any future solicitation announcement. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation in addition to responding to this sources sought synopsis. Again, this is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. Responses to this sources sought notice shall be mailed to Mr. Ray Lopez, USCG Equipment Specialist, at Bldg 78, U.S. Coast Guard, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 27909-5001 or e-mailed to raymond.lopez@uscg.mil. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 22 November 2005 at 13:00 p.m. EST. Firms responding to this announcement that fail to provide all of the required information cannot be used to help the Government make the appropriate acquisition decisions which is the intent of this sources sought notice. This notice is to help the USCG in determining potential sources only. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request to be considered for a contract award. All interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are NOT a request to be added to a prospective offerors list or to receive a copy of the solicitation.
- Record
- SN00913767-W 20051013/051011211520 (fbodaily.com)
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