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The Government intends to procure, under only one responsible source, where no other suppliers or service will satisfy the agency requirements at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The Nav... The Government intends to procure, under only one responsible source, where no other suppliers or service will satisfy the agency requirements at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Hawaii is conducting market research to determine if other potential products/sources can provide a fire department access box that has equal performance and listing/approval requirements as the Knox Box 3200 series fire department access box manufactured by Knox Company. Fiscal Year 2023 MCON project P-956 BEQ, MCBH and Fiscal Year 2024 MCON project P-973 BEQ, MCBH will require (2) fire department access boxes with the following characteristics: The fire department access box shall be able to store building access keys, electronic access cards, and other small items necessary for emergency building access by the Fire Department. The fire department access box shall be of high security, heavy duty, attack resistant, and corrosion resistant to protect contents. Box housing shall be constructed of ¼-inch plate steel and door shall be constructed of ½-inch thick steel. The box door shall have a weather resistant door gasket to protect contents from moisture. The box shall be suitable for secured, recessed mounting in masonry construction. Box shall be UL 1037 listed as an anti-theft device. The fire department access box shall incorporate double acting rotating tumblers and hardened steel pins accessed by a biased cut key. Lock shall be provided with a 1/8-inch thick stainless steel dust cover with tamper seal mounting capability to protect the lock. The lock shall be UL 437 listed. The fire department access box shall be keyed to accept the existing base fire department master Knox-Box key. This notification is for market research purposes only and should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the U.S. Government to issue a solicitation, request for proposals, quotes or invitation for bids or award a contract. Interested parties with a comparable product meeting the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit complete technical data, information and specifications in order for the Government to conduct an evaluation of your product to ensure compatibility with the existing system. Technical response shall be typed, at least 11 point Times New Roman or larger and shall not exceed 2 pages single-sided 8.5 by 11 inch pages and submitted in Adobe PDF format. Also, provide company information and point of contact (name, title, email, phone, mailing address). The Government will not reimburse any responder for any costs associated with information submitted in response to this sources sought announcement. Any information provided to the Government in response to this request for information (RFI) will become U.S. Government property and will not be returned. All proprietary or classified information will be treated appropriately. The Government reserves the right to disregard any submittal that is incomplete or vague. Please do not submit your company brochure. Interested parties shall submit information and specifications to Ms. Alice Mende, Contract Specialist via email at Alice.S.Mende.civ@us.navy.mil. Interested parties responding to this announcement by Friday, 16 December 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time will be considered.