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SYNOPSIS: The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office (AFSEO), Specialized Contracting Branch (PZIE) at Eglin AFB, FL is curren... SYNOPSIS: The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office (AFSEO), Specialized Contracting Branch (PZIE) at Eglin AFB, FL is currently conducting market research seeking capabilities statements from potential sources, including small businesses (SB), 8(a), HUB Zone, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned (EDWOSB), Woman-Owned (WOSB), and Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) small businesses that are capable of the requirement listed below. The Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office (AFSEO) has a requirement to conduct a static ejection test on the BRU-68 ejector rack. These ejection measurements are necessary to support an upcoming high priority static ejection test at Pax River, MD. To facilitate the precise measurement and recording of the ejector forces during testing, AFSEO is pursuing a technologically advanced load cell project with requirements that push load cell packaging, survivability and measurement accuracy to their limits. Since there are no COTS load cells that meet these requirements, AFSEO previously had sway pad load cell assets manufactured in CY20. We must now have custom instrumentation (i.e. load cell inserts and signal amplifiers) manufactured to calibrate the instrumentation and collect the necessary measurements. All interested vendors shall submit a response demonstrating their capabilities to meet the requirements to the POC listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government’s discretion. The NAICS Code assigned to this acquisition is 333249, Metal casting machinery and equipment manufacturing, with a size standard of 500. Respondents should indicate their size in relation to this size standard and indicate socio-economic status (i.e. SB, 8(a), HUB Zone, EDWOSB, WOSB, or SDVOSB). The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought is voluntary. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not be individually notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government’s assessment of the questionnaire responses received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT: All interested U.S. vendors shall submit a response that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. The response should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed fifty (50) pages, 8.5” x 11” paper, 12 pitch, Times New Roman font, with a minimum of one (1) inch margins all around. Responses should include the company name, CAGE code, point of contact, address, and phone number. Small businesses with only partial capabilities of this requirement are encouraged to submit their response demonstrating the portion of the requirement they are capable of providing/performing. This information will allow the Government to identify areas of possible breakout or possible subcontracting opportunities. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: tasha.monan-sharon@us.af.mil. All correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads “BRU-68 w/ Instrumented Load Cell Ejector Rack Static Testing” If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters at Eglin AFB. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your email. All other attachments may be deleted. Package sizes greater than 5 megabytes shall be submitted via the Army’s Safe Access File Exchange, located at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/. All responsible sources may submit information that shall be considered by the agency. If late information is received, it may be considered, depending on agency time constraints. All routine communications regarding the announcement should be directed to the contractual point of contact listed in this posting. The Government may or may not use any responses to this sources sought as a basis for a subsequent project/requirement. Any project/requirement developed from the sources sought responses may be the subject of a subsequent acquisition; any such subsequent acquisition will be posted in sam.gov separately. Responses to this sources sought will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to the respondents with respect to any of the information submitted under this sources sought. No requests for a bid package or solicitation will be accepted; a bid package or solicitation does not exist at this time. In order to protect the integrity of any possible future acquisition, no additional information will be provided and no appointments for presentations will be made in reference to this sources sought. It is possible that in addition to government employees, Contractor subject matter experts may review submitted responses to this sources sought. Respondents are advised that employees of commercial firms under contract with the Government may be used to administratively process submissions and perform other administrative duties requiring access to other contractor’s proprietary information. These administrative support contractors include nondisclosure agreements prohibiting their contractor employees from disclosing any information submitted by other contractors or using such information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. (CST) ON 20 May 2022. Direct all questions concerning this requirement to the POC Logan Deming, Contract Specialist at logan.deming@us.af.mil. Alternate POC is Tasha Monan Sharon, Contracting Officer at tasha.monan-sharon@us.af.mil.