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DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A MARKET INVESTIGATION QUESTIONNAIRE REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING POTENTIAL REQUIREMENT.  No contract will be awarded from this announcement.  This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list.  Responses to this questionnaire are 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.

POTENTIAL REQUIREMENT:

The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information on commercial industry capability to satisfy U.S. Army requirement to pure fleet the Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System (REBS) from V1/V2 (NSN: 5420-01-481-3959 P/N: 12480471) to V3 (NSN: 5420-01-663-5947 P/N: 860000025).  The pure fleet requirement also includes logistics, fielding support services and spare parts.

The Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System (REBS), is a highly mobile, truck mounted, Military Load Classification (MLC) 40 (Normal) / MLC 50 (Caution) crossing capable bridging system. It will fill all 13-meter wet or dry gap bridging roles for the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT).    Bridging operations maintain freedom of movement for personnel and equipment within the area of operations to defeat small gaps due to terrain, arroyos, wadis, canals, ditches and linear impediments. The REBS is a rapidly deployable/retrievable bridging asset that is organic to the Engineer units assigned to the SBCT and provides the capability to maintain freedom of maneuver through its high tactical maneuver mobility.  The Engineers will deploy with REBS forward in support of the three maneuver battalions and the Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA) Squadron. The REBS consists of three subsystems: the bridge, launcher, and transport vehicle. The bridging system (bridge and launcher) transports and deploys from the M1977 Common Bridge Transporter.

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 investigation 

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 investigation.

Request for Information (RFI) ― Questionnaire

BASIC COMPANY INFORMATION:

1.  Company Name:

2.  Are you a large or small business for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

                        a.  If you are a small business, do you meet criteria to qualify for any of the following socio-economic categories:

                                    (i)   Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) under the 8(a) Program?

                                    (ii)  Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Business?

                                    (iii) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)?

                                    (iv)  Women Owned Small Business (WOSB)?

                                    (iiv)  Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)?

3.  Mailing Address:

4.  E-Mail Address:

5.  Point of Contact (POC)/Title:

6.  Telephone No:

7.  Fax No:

BRIDGING INFORMATION:

8.  Does your company currently produce and or sell bridges?  If your company does not presently produce bridges, what if anything have you produced that would be similar?  For whom did you produce it for?

9.  What type of bridges does your company sell to the public or governments?

10. Provide a list of your major customers to include company name and a point of contract with phone number within the company.

11. Have you provided bridges or bridging equipment to the U.S. Government?  If yes, please respond with a) the type and quantity of bridge/bridging equipment provided, b) the receiving Government agency, and c) the applicable contract number(s).

12. The Government would view “Partnering” or “Teaming” arrangements favorably.  Please comment on the feasibility/practicality of such arrangements for this acquisition.  Would your company consider Teaming or Partnering for this acquisition?

13. Are there any terms and conditions unique to this industry which are not normally part of standard Government contracts?

14. Please make any suggestions on the structuring of a potential REBS V3 pure fleet acquisition which would enable the U.S. Government to obtain the most favorable terms, conditions, prices and delivery.

15. What type of warranty is the commercial standard for this industry?  What type of warranty would you provide under a contract with the Government?  Please attach a sample warranty from your company.

V3 PURE FLEET INFORMATION:

16. What is the projected pure fleet lead-time (from time of contact award to delivery of first complete V3)?

17. What efforts would be accomplished by subcontractors?

18. Do you have direct experience with providing Army Logistics? What were these efforts?

19. If awarded a contract for the REBS V3 pure fleet, would you perform the logistics effort in-house, or would you subcontract logistics?  If you are subcontracting the logistics effort, who might be the prospective subcontractor?

20. Please list your company’s experience in field service support, to include a) types and quantities of services provided, b) receiving Government agency, and c) the applicable contract numbers.

Responses to this market investigation questionnaire should be sent via email to Mr. Antonio Casali at  [email protected].  You are requested to put “REBS QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE” in the subject line of the email.  You can respond in total or to any part of this questionnaire.  Any request for clarifications of the questionnaire shall also be addressed to Mr Antonio Casali.

Any product literature that cannot be emailed may be sent to:

            Army Contracting Command CCTA-HCP-B

            ATTN: Mr. Antonio Casali, Mail Stop 351

            6501 E. Eleven Mile Rd.

            Detroit Arsenal, MI  48397-5000

Replies to this questionnaire must be received by within 7 days of date of this notice.  Please mark your information “NOT TO BE SHARED” as you feel appropriate.  Your input is voluntary and no compensation can be made for your participation in this survey.  We appreciate your cooperation in answering these questions and thank you in advance for your participation.