REFURBISHMENT OF AJAX ELECTRIC HULTGREN TYPE D SALT-BATH FURNACE

The DLA-Aviation is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this the government has a requirement to refurbish an Ajax Electric Hultgren Type D Salt-Bath Furnace. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 333994.  The refurbishment shall included update control and recording systems provided from the Honeywell brand, specifically: HC900 Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and MiniTrend digital chart recorder.  Substitution to the Honeywell components will not be acceptable.  Refurbishment will be turnkey by the provider, which incldues:  IUID Tags, Installation, technical data (Drawings, Manuals), draining of furnace, rigging/conveyance/shipping/delievery, and training on the refurbished furnace.  

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE/PROPOSAL. 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 PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNIAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties should submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by the closing date indicated on this SAM.GOV posting. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to avnipemarketresearch@dla.mil. Responses should be not exceed ten (10) one-sided 8.5 x 10 inch pages with a font that is no smaller than 10 point as this is not a request for a proposal but only a request for submission of a vendor's capability to perform this requirement.

Place of performance is Fleet Readiness Center South West, San Diego, CA

DLA Weapons Support is requesting industry input into the feasibility of the government’s requirements. In your response, please provide:

Description of your company’s capabilities, based on the questions below

Comments on the attached statement of work. Please identify with the attached statement of work if your company can provide the requirement as written or propose an alternative solution.

Please identify your company’s business size in terms of number of employees, and whether domestic or foreign for consideration of solicitation set-aside, and small business subcontracting requirements.

Please identify your company’s manufacturer status: Manufacturer/Non-Manufacturing Source. If non-manufacturing source, please identify the manufacturer.

Please identify whether your company will partner with subcontractors to complete this requirement.

Please identify your company’s ability to supply the blast booth with the required Allen Bradley parts/components.

Please provide a basis of estimate to consider the total financial budget of this requirement. Estimates should capture the total procurement requirements, not solely the machine’s requirements.

For simplicity, the estimate should broken out as follows and just needs a total cost for each area:

Cost of the furnance level of effort

Training

Tech Data (i.e. manuals, drawings, procedures)

Installation/Removals associated to the existing furnace

Rigging

Shipping

Draft purchase description is attached.  Please comment on the draft purchase description of whether the current characteristics are achievable, or whether the Government should consider an alternative that is commercially available.