Offerors are hereby notified that the Request for Quotation (RFQ) Tachometer, Reel, requirement FA481921QA048, has been posted. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary, and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. 

"FA481921QA048 - Tachometer" shall be used to reference any written responses to this Solicitation.

Tyndall Air Force Base anticipates a requirement that is being considered under a total small business set aside.  The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code proposed 334514.  The size standard for this proposed NAICS is 750 employees.

Description: AFCEC/COMR has an urgent need to procure 56 each Tachometer, Reel, P/N: 9C00371-1, 52-W-2219-3 or AD-2331528-1    NSN: 6880-01-263-0208. This item is an integral/critical component of the of the BAK-12 absorber. The tachometer reel is required to record the aircraft engagement speed.  Without a reel tachometer AAS barrier technicians cannot determine the speed of the engagement which has to be recorded and sent the AAS subject matter expert (SME), Tyndall AFB FL, this requirement is mandated in technical order 35E8-2 2-1. 

Salient Characteristics:  See attachments for SOW and combined synopsis/solicitation.

The government requests interested parties submit a brief description of their company's business size (i.e. annual revenues and employee size), business status (i.e., 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone, or SDVOSB, WOSB, EDWOSB, or small business) anticipated teaming arrangements, and a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners. All interested firms shall submit a capabilities package that explicitly demonstrates company capabilities-indicating examples of commercial sales-and product specifications related to this effort. Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a Foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated us of foreign national employees on this effort. 

ATTENTION:  Interested parties or potential contractors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for contract award or payment if the Government chooses to make an award.  Information on registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained via https://www.beta.sam.gov. 

Solicitation response time:  Wednesday September 2nd, 2021 - 4:00PM, CST.  Please submit the information electronically in PDF format. Reference FA481921QA048 - Tachometer to the Contracting Officer, TSgt Karl Deffert / Email:  [email protected] and the Contract Specialist, 1 Lt Blake Dailey / Email: [email protected]. Telephone responses will not be accepted.   

Future information about this acquisition, including issuance of a solicitation and/or applicable amendments, will be issued through FedBizOpps.  Interested parties are responsible for ensuring they have the most up-to-date information regarding this acquisition.