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DESCRIPTION OF INTENT Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is conducting market research to determine current industry capability to provide the specific M1000 Heavy Equipment Transpor... DESCRIPTION OF INTENT Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is conducting market research to determine current industry capability to provide the specific M1000 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) trailer parts identified in the enclosed parts listing. GENERAL INFORMATION This market research is issued in the form of a sources sought notice (also referred to as a request for information (RFI) announcement and/or a market survey) and is for planning purposes only. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the United States Government (USG) to procure any items described herein. Participation in this sources sought notice is strictly voluntary and the United States (US) Government will not reimburse interested parties for any cost incurred during their participation in this research. All information shall be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. In order to respond to this sources sought notice, your organization must be a United States (US) based company and possess the means to properly store and work on information and hardware classified at the SECRET level. Interested sources must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to conduct business with the Government. All responses are to be made electronically in accordance with the instructions provided herein. This is NOT a pre-solicitation notice. This notice does not constitute an invitation for bids (IFB), a request for quote (RFQ), a request for proposal (RFP), or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. As such, your response is not an offer. No solicitation document exists at this time and participants will not be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Participants are specifically instructed to refrain from submitting any type of proprietary data, trade secrets, or other business sensitive information. Data submitted in response to this sources sought notice will not be returned. Participants will not be notified of the results of the sources sought notice or results of any information submitted. Telephone or email inquiries will not be honored. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONSE Responses shall include the following administrative information: A brief description of your company, including name of the organization, mailing address, and website. Your organization’s Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number, and Tax ID Number. The name, title, telephone number, and email address of the survey respondent. NOTE: The survey respondent should be an individual who is duly authorized to manage any/all technical issues and/or questions, and be an individual who is authorized to manage any/all contractual issues and/or questions. Your organization's size category for each of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes provided below (Please visit http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/Size_Standards_Table.pdf for more information, if needed.) NAICS CODE: 336390 The business status of your company (Socio-Economic Factors: 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, etc.) Location of facilities. It is preferred, that interested parties provide a response for all of the parts (both item and quantity specified) captured in the enclosed parts listing document. If interested parties do not offer all of the parts in the enclosed listing, respondents are requested to indicate which of the parts on the listing they do offer. For each of the parts, responses shall annotate the following: Capability to supply the specified part; Capability to supply the part in the specified quantity; Production lead time for each part. Responses shall include a description of your organization’s previous experience producing the same item(s) described in this notice. Include previous experience with Government and non-Government entities. INCLUDE CONTRACT NUMBERS. If the services of sub-tier vendors or subcontractors is utilized, those vendors or subcontractors must meet the criteria identified herein. Responses shall NOT exceed five pages (no smaller that 12pt font), shall be in text format only, and shall NOT contain pictures, graphics, etc. Please assume that any potential resultant contract would have a delivery term of Free On-Board (FOB) Origin. For this specific FOB arrangement, a designated freight forwarder will retrieve the hardware from the designated contractor facility after successful Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) acceptance. Spell out acronyms in their first instance. Do not reply with proprietary information. Deliver responses via the Department of Defense Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) website located at https://safe.apps.mil/, to the attention of Charlene West, Contract Specialist: charlene.d.west.civ@mail.mil. Responses made by any other means will not be accepted. Please title contractor response as “Market Research Response for M1000 Heavy Equipment Transporter Semi-Trailer Parts.” Responses are due no later than 4:00PM eastern standard time on 20 November 2020.