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The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Redstone (ACC-RSA) is seeking sources who can provide AH-64E Maintenance Training Devices, Longbow Procedural Trainers, Virtual Maintenance Trainers, Maintenance Te... The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Redstone (ACC-RSA) is seeking sources who can provide AH-64E Maintenance Training Devices, Longbow Procedural Trainers, Virtual Maintenance Trainers, Maintenance Test Pilot Courseware, Operator Courseware, Courseware updates on a Brand Name or Equal basis. This Sources Sought announcement is in support of market research performed by ACC-RSA to determine interest and capability to provide these supply items and services. The Request for Information (RFI) is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any supplies or services, or for the Government to pay for the information received. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this RFI or any follow-up information provided. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this RFI. Consequently, no solicitation is being issued at this time. Therefore, no award will be made as a result of providing this information. Work includes trainers for: helicopter maintenance, avionics, visionics, weapons, electrical systems trainers with fully functioning hydraulic systems, environmental controls, pressurized air systems, gun and ammunition handling systems, flight controls. Train the repair and maintenance of the aircraft systems. Train system familiarization, component identification, removals, installations, and servicing tasks. The maintenance students will practice procedural tasks for the various aircraft systems. The purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research to determine if responsible sources exist that can support this requirement; as well as to assist in determining if this effort can be competitive, and/or a total Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code being considered is: 333310 – Teaching Machines/Flight Simulators; size standard 1000 employees. Product Service Code (PSC) being considered is: 6910 – Training Aids. It is anticipated that a subsequent procurement will be a cost reimbursable contract. Any potential vendor must be a qualified manufacturer or authorized reseller. Expect no source code for reuse. Interested vendors shall provide the following information to the point of contact listed below: Statement of your firm’s intention to bid and a capability statement that demonstrates your technical capability for completing the work. Unique Entity ID, CAGE Code, Tax ID, and Point of Contact Information with email address; Number of employees (for business size verification); Type of Socioeconomic Business Class (Examples: Disadvantaged, Veteran Owned, HubZone, Women Owned, 8(a), Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, etc.); Manufacturing plant name and location (for qualification country status verification); Specify whether your company is a US or foreign-owned company; Specify whether your interest in this effort is as a prime or subcontractor; Specify whether you are a part of an established Government contract vehicle for trainers; Your specific manufacturing skills or qualification that will ensure your capability to fulfill the requirement; Your firm’s production capability. (Time Line to provide the complete requirement); Provide your firm’s market conditions, terms and conditions, and product warranty information; What data-rights and source data would your solution offer? What price break points would be associated with a quantity of 20 maintenance trainers? Any anticipated teaming arrangements; Whether your firm has manufactured and delivered this product or similar to the Government; If applicable, provide the provide the following information: Government agency name, Government contract number, dollar value, Government point of contact information such as name, phone number, and e-mail address. If you have no prior Government sales, qualification as an authorized reseller or manufacturer is required prior to submission of proposal and receipt of an award. Responses shall not be proprietary and will be unclassified. Request the above information be submitted in detail with your submission under this RFI. If a solicitation is issued, it will be published electronically on the SAM.gov website and will be the responsibility of the contractors/interested parties to check regularly. Interested sources should send required information in single Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) to: Army Contracting Command - RSA, ATTN: Charles D Miller, email address: charles.d.miller2.civ@army.mil by 3 p.m. Central Time, 31 Mar 2023.