100-TON CHILLER

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS) Contracting Office (Code 433) is issuing this sources sought notice.  The sources sought notice is being issued as a means of conducting market research to identify industrial capabilities that might exist in order to support an upcoming requirement for the rental of a 100-Ton Chiller and accessory equipment.  For additional information regarding the technical specifications, please refer to the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). 

Based on the responses to this sources sought notice, this requirement may be set-aside for small business (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition (unrestricted), the government intent at this time is for a single award.  All small business set-aside categories will be considered.  Telephonic inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, the government will not be providing evaluations or comments to companies providing sources sought responses but the responses will be used to inform the government as to the best means of procuring this requirement.

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.  THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED.  IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.  RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE PREPERATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.  RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER.  NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP), IF ISSUED.  IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE).  IT IS THE RESPONIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

Project Background

This requirement is for the rental of a 100-Ton Chiller and accessory equipment in support of project to keep spaces and equipment at a specific temperature.

Chiller specifications attached, chiller contract-services to include:
1. One chiller
2. Two recirculation pumps
3. One surge tank
4. 1300 ft. of 4" hose
5. 200 ft. of 4/0 power cable.
6. Various valves and fittings in accordance with attached Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Additional details are provided in the PWS attached to this announcement (Attachment 1).

Required Capabilities

If your organization has the potential capacity and capabilities to perform these contract requirements, please provide the following information: Organization Name, CAGE code, and DUNs number. 

Any applicable brochures or company capability material may also be submitted. 

Eligibility

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 333415, Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing , with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees. The product service code is 4110, REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond.

Submission Details

Interested parties are requested to submit via email.  The email subject line should be “Sources Sought Response for N4523A26Q5713.” The response to the sources sought may be in either Microsoft Word, Portable Document Format (PDF), or in the body of the email and shall be addressed to isaiah.m.fontenot.civ@us.navy.mil and amanpreet.s.johal2.civ@us.navy.mil.

ALL DATA RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT THAT IS MARKED OR DESIGNATED AS CORPORATE OR PROPRIETARY WILL BE FULLY PROTECTED FROM RELEASE OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT.