SOURCES SOUGHT
36 -- Multi-Shaker Vibration System
- Notice Date
- 2/12/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333249
— Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- MICC - Dugway Proving Ground, Division of Contracting, Building 5330 Valdez Circle, Dugway, UT 84022-5000
- ZIP Code
- 84022-5000
- Solicitation Number
- 0010269537
- Response Due
- 2/21/2013
- Archive Date
- 4/13/2013
- Point of Contact
- Samuel C. Layton, 435-831-2932
- E-Mail Address
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MICC - Dugway Proving Ground
(samuel.c.layton8.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground Mission Installation Contracting Command is seeking sources that can provide a turn-key multi-shaker and control system that include: two (2) shaker heads, two (2) power amplifiers, one (1) slip table, two (2) cooling support units, two (2) head expander (one for single mode and one for multi-shaker mode), two (2) coupling fixtures (one for vertical and one for horizontal), one (1) drive adapter and one (1) controller system. The systems items are to be commercial off-the-shelf systems to the maximum extent possible. To this end only currently fielded and proven systems (hardware and software) that meet the requirements in the Technical Requirements Document (TRD) and at least 90% of the other TRD requirements will be considered. This Statement of Work (SOW) (to be released with the solicitation) details the tasks required to design, provide, and install a multi-shaker system that can be coupled together and operated in both the vertical and horizontal position as one system and be operated as two separate systems in both vertical and horizontal positions, along with a number of head expanders, fixtures, and drive adapters, and a control system that can control both shaker systems when coupled together and will be able to control one shaker system when operated separately. These systems shaker heads, slip table, head expanders, fixtures, and drive adapters will be installed in the vibration facility located in Carr facility area of West Desert Test Center (WDTC), Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Dugway, Utah. It should be understood that the term (Multi-shaker system) includes the following items: Shaker heads, slip table, amplifiers, cooling units, head expanders, fixtures, drive adapter, and controller system. This Technical Requirements Document (TRD)(to be released with the solicitation) establishes the functional /performance, design, development, installation, and test requirements for a turn-key 3-inch displacement electro-dynamic, water cooled Multi-shaker system (MSS) with its amplifiers, cooling units, slip table, head expanders, fixtures, drive adapters, and vibration control and data collection subsystem. The requiring activity for this procurement is the Dissemination & Explosives Division, U.S. Army, Dugway Proving Ground, UT. A determination on the contract type, mechanism for procuring the services, and possible set-aside will not be made by the Government until after the market research has been completed. No proposals are being requested or accepted under this synopsis. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 333249 and the size standard is 500 employees. Qualified companies are encouraged to respond. Responses should provide the following information in response to this sources sought announcement: (1) business name and address; (2) name of company representative and their business title; (3) pertinent details and experience of doing this type of services (identify any relationship with work conducted with the Government s chemical and biological programs); (4) business size as it relates to the NAICS code and size standard stated in this sources sought announcement; (5) contract types typically used for these types of services; and (6) other contract vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of these services, to include General Service Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedules; and/or any other Department of Defense contracts. PROCEDURES: This Request For Information (RFI) is a required component of a complete and systematic process to evaluate interested parties in order to minimize cost both to potentially interested parties and the Government. Interested sources are also encouraged to submit product literature in response to this Request for Information (RFI). Any submission of such product literature or catalog cut sheets will be treated separate from, and will have no bearing on, any subsequent evaluation of proposals submitted in response to any resulting future formal Request for Proposal. Interested parties should provide a statement of interest on company letterhead (not to exceed 20 pages in length) to: U.S. Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Attn: CCMI-CHD-DG (Samuel Layton, Contract Specialist), Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, Utah 84022-5000. No basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this SOURCES SOUGHT or Government use of any information provided. Elaborate proposals or pricing information are neither required nor desired. Any innovative and new conceptual ideas to achieve the stated objective are encouraged. No solicitation document exists for this request for Sources Sought. This notice is for informational purposes only; it is not a request for proposals nor should it be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not pay for any effort expended into responding to this sources sought announcement. Responses must be submitted no later than 3:00 PM (local prevailing time at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah), February 21, 2013 via email (samuel.c.layton8.civ@mail.mil), or facsimile (435-831-2085). The point of contact concerning this sources sought action is Mr. Samuel C. Layton, Contract Specialist at (435) 831-2932, or email samuel.c.layton8.civ@mail.mil.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: MICC - Dugway Proving Ground Division of Contracting, Building 5330 Valdez Circle Dugway UT
- Zip Code: 84022-5000
- Zip Code: 84022-5000
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