SOURCES SOUGHT
43 -- Market Survey for the Family of High Pressure Breathing Air Compressors
- Notice Date
- 1/27/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333912
— Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DLA TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-12-R-0219
- Response Due
- 2/28/2012
- Archive Date
- 4/28/2012
- Point of Contact
- Jeffrey L Weiss, 586-282-3517
- E-Mail Address
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DLA TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center
(jeffrey.l.weiss10.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Market Survey for the Family of High Pressure Breathing Air Compressors GENERAL INFORMATION: The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The U.S. Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as "CONFIDENTIAL" under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the U.S. Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential 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 as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) "CONFIDENTIAL" with any explanatory text, so that the U.S. 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 trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as "CONFIDENTIAL" 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 U.S. Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the U.S. Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the U.S. Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the U.S. Government will be protected in accordance with the U.S. Government's rights in the data. 4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the U.S. Government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends "CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS:" and "CONFIDENTIAL PORTION ENDS." 5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the U.S. Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text. 6. The U.S. Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent's marking of data as "Confidential" will preclude disclosure of same outside the U.S. Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Also, it is not a request seeking contractors interested in being placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this questionnaire is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT: The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information on commercial industry capability to satisfy U.S. Army requirements for the Family of High Pressure Breathing Air Compressors (FoHPBAC). The FoHPBAC set provides breathing air to military divers and fire fighters in support of waterborne operations and fire fighting in response to full spectrum operations in support of military waterborne operations and firefighters in response to full spectrum operations to include fire-prevention/protection, aircraft crash/rescue, natural-cover, and hazardous-material incident responses with safe, reliable breathable air. The FoHPBAC is a capability that will serve as a safe, reliable and long term solution by providing a standardized family of high pressure breathing air compressors required to charge air supply cylinders for surface supplied diving (SSD), Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA), recompression chamber operations and fire fighting/suppression Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) operations. The Product Requirements shall be in accordance with the Description For Purchase (DFP) found in Attachment 0001. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE: 1. Number each response with the appropriate question number. 2. You do not have to repeat the question in your response. 3. If you cannot answer a question, please indicate "No Response." 4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: "See response to question XXX." 5. Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing an ACROBAT formatted manual, annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If preferred, include Internet Web links to locations where animations/videos may be viewed. 6. If your sales media and/or manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey. 7. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance. 8. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable, the front page of your response package should state: "Proprietary Information Contained." Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey. Request for Information (RFI) Questionnaire 1. Company Name: 2. Are you a large or small business for North American Industry Classification System? If small business, are you: Small Disadvantaged - or - 8(a) In a Hubzone Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Women Owned 3. Mailing Address: 4. E-Mail Address: 5. Point of Contact (POC)/Title: 6. Telephone No: 7. Fax No: 8. How long has your company been in business? 9. Does your company currently produce and/or sell any of the components of the FoHPBAC? Provide a list of your customers of the FoHPBAC components to include company name and a point of contact with phone number within the company. 10. How long has your system been in production? 11. If you do not currently produce or sell the components of the FoHPBAC, do you have any plans to produce this item in the future? If so, how long would it take for your operation to begin manufacturing this system? 12. If you are currently in the design stage of the components of this system, how long before you have a technically acceptable FoHPBAC completed for production? 13. Are you able to meet all of the Requirements listed in the DFP at section 3 for all three types? If not, please list which areas you are unable to meet or if you are only able to satisfy the requirements for one of the types? 14. Any concerns with the Product Verification and Conformance inspections listed in section 4 of the DFP? 15. Has any testing been performed on your systems? If so, please provide what standard the tests were performed to 16. Are you able to satisfy all of the Packaging Requirements listed in section 5 of the DFP? If not, please specify which areas you cannot fulfill the requirement. 17. Have you procured any components of the FoHPBAC for any U.S. Government agency in the past? If so, which agency? 18. If you presently produce the components of the, FoHPBAC what is the expected lead time for delivery of the kit from the date of contract award? 19. What is the approximate cost of your system or any of the components you may produce for the FOHPBAC? 20. What is your experience in working with Air Compressors? 21. What types of Air Compressors have you assembled in the past? 22. Have you been responsible for the organization of Air Compressor System for rapid inventory in the past? Provide a brief explanation. 23. In order to fulfill contract requirements, would you have to increase your workforce or provide additional training? 24. Currently, how many of the components are you capable of producing monthly? If any components are still in design, do you have an anticipation of the volume you will be able to produce? 25. If you were asked to produce the following, how long would it take you to complete delivery? a) Type I - 65 b) Type II - 100 c) Type III - 100 26. What type of annual maintenance is required for your system(s)? What is the approximate cost of the maintenance? 27. What type of Commercial Warranty is provided for this product? 28. What is your experience in providing your customers long term warranty support? 29. If you were awarded a contract for the FoHPBAC, where would production take place? 30. Any other Special Notes you care to enclose? Responses to this market investigation questionnaire should be sent via e-mail to Jeffrey Weiss - jeffrey.l.weiss10.civ@mail.mil. You are requested to put "FAMILY OF HIGH PRESSURE BREATHING AIR COMPRESSORS MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE" in the subject line of the e-mail. You may respond in total or to any part of this questionnaire. Any requests for clarifications of this Survey shall also be addressed to Jeffrey Weiss, and will be published with the appropriate answers at the same web location as this Questionnaire. Any product literature that cannot be e-mailed may be sent to: U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren CCTA-HBF-T ATTN: Jeffrey Weiss, Mail Stop 352 6501 E. Eleven Mile Rd. Warren, MI 48397-5000 Replies to this questionnaire must be received by close of business, 1 March 2012. Please mark your information "Proprietary", as you believe appropriate. Your input is voluntary and no compensation will be made for your participation in this survey. We appreciate your cooperation in answering these questions and thank you in advance for your participation. BE ADVISED that updates to the Family of High Pressure Breathing Air Compressors or non-proprietary questions from interested parties and responses by the Government will be posted as addenda to the questionnaire.
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- Address: DLA TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
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