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NOTICE: This is not a solicitation, but rather a Sources Sought Synopsis to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only. This notice DOES NOT commit the U.S. government to p... NOTICE: This is not a solicitation, but rather a Sources Sought Synopsis to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only. This notice DOES NOT commit the U.S. government to provide compensation for information requested nor does it commit the U.S. government to issue a solicitation and/or award a contract. This notice does not provide any direction nor does it change any contractual obligations to sources currently under contract with the U.S. government. All responses will not be distributed to other interested parties. Program Details: The PCCIE office supports maintenance activities on U.S. Air Force Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems worldwide. This support includes, but is not limited to emergency and preventative maintenance on rotary and static UPS systems, paralleling gear, switchgear, flywheels, batteries, remote monitoring equipment, battery monitoring equipment, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) filters, Power Distribution Unit(s) (PDU) and other ancillary equipment. The UPS systems may be single or three phase, in single or multi-module UPS systems configurations and are manufactured by various manufacturers. The government’s UPS systems support and protect sensitive electronic mission critical equipment. The contractor must abide by and comply with all current applicable international, state and local codes, regulations, standards, procedures, policies, publications, safety regulations/standards and manuals. Introduction: This is to gather additional information after initital RFI FA821722R0001 The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research and to determine if responsible sources exist, to assist in determining if this effort can be competitive and/or a total Small Business Set-Aside. The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 811310, which has a corresponding size standard of $8 million. The government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The government is interested in all small businesses to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, Hubzone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The government requests that all interested parties respond to this notice, if applicable, and identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements, along with a description of similar services offered to the government and to commercial customers for the past three years. 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. An Industry Day is tentatively scheduled to be held on 22 March, 2022 at Hill AFB in conjunction with this Sources Sought. More information will be forthcoming. This Sources Sought is part of the acquisition market research analysis and will be used to determine the basis for any competitive aspects of the acquisition. Instructions to Interested Sources: This Sources Sought synopsis is an invitation for all qualified sources to identify themselves to the U.S. government as a potential offeror. All interested sources should submit a response to the U.S. government contracting primary point of contact listed below. Please include a statement of interest and a response to the following RFI questions. Please limit the statement of interest to seven to ten pages with a font size of 12. Any information provided to the U.S. government in response to this synopsis is for planning purposes only and will not be used as a selection consideration factor in this or any other U.S. government contract competition. Should the U.S. government elect to pursue the subject requirement, an official Request for Proposal (RFP) will be released at a later date, and will be announced via a pre-solicitation notice posted at least seven (7) days prior to RFP release. Please direct all questions related to this synopsis to the U.S. government primary point of contact at betty.tobias.1@us.af.mil.jesica.hunt@us.af.mil All potential sources must describe their approach, experience, and capability regarding the following items in an unclassified response: Company Information: Name: Cage Code: POC: Telephone #: Fax #: POC Email: Company Web Site: How is industry performing maintenance on single phase batteries? How are voltage checks being done on these same batteries? Specifically we are concerned about the batteries that are enclosed in a sealed encasement. What is the Industry Standard of services to be to performed on DC Power Plant (rectifiers)? There is a new Memorandum For Record (MFR) out that requires the vendor to permanently disable cameras and microphones on their laptops when entering certain secure facilities. Is this something you can accommodate for secure spaces, and does it cause any concern for your laptop protocol. If so, do you have any suggested workarounds?