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SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS 4K Sony Cameras and Accessories for Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) Fort Bragg, North Carolina This is a Sources Sought Notice in accordance with FAR... SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS 4K Sony Cameras and Accessories for Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) Fort Bragg, North Carolina This is a Sources Sought Notice in accordance with FAR Part 10, Market Research. This Sources Sought Notice (SSN) is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD). There is no solicitation and or request for quote available at this time. The purpose of this notice is to identify potential sources that may be interested in and capable of providing the products described herein. The ABNSOTD welcomes Capability Statements and/or catalogs from all individuals and organizations. ATEC does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted or ABNSOTD’s use of such information. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of ABNSOTD’s evaluation of the information received. As a result of this notice, ATEC may issue a Request for Quote (RFQ). A response to this Sources Sought shall not be a basis for claims against the Government regardless if a request for quote is issued or not. The Government will use this information to determine the best procurement approach. The Government requests and encourage both large business and all categories of small business to respond to this request. If a request for quote is released, it will be posted at https://sam.gov: Contract Opportunities for Federal Users. It is the responsibility of the potential offeror to monitor the site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Scope Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Fort Hood, Texas, is conducting market research to determine the existence of viable commercial sources that can provide phase 2 of a brand name camera and broadcast items purchases to a follow-on requirement contract for ABNSOTD. The U.S. Government currently intends to award a brand name and not sole source contract to procure these items. The Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) of the US Army Operational Test Command (OTC) at Fort Bragg, NC conducts operational tests of aerial delivery systems, including personnel and cargo airdrops, from high performance aircraft. Part of the test data that is collected includes video from cameras mounted in the aircraft, hand held cameras operated by videographers in the aircraft and on the ground. The ground cameras are tri-pod mounted to capture from (Ground to Air) video. Additionally, the video captured from the ground to air cameras must be capable of receiving timecode transmissions and send (broadcast) to a data collection trailer on the test site for recording, and immediate replay in order to review the video to determine if the test can continue to the next phase. The anticipated NAICS code is 333316, Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing. Information and instructions Any interested organizations should submit a Capability Statement and/or catalogs which demonstrates the firm’s ability and interest in no more than fifteen (15) pages to provide the key requirements described above. All proprietary information should be marked as such. All respondents are asked to include the following: a. Indicate the type and size of their business organization, e.g., Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned-Business, 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) etc., educational institution, profit/non-profit organization, in their response. b. Company Information: Your Company’s name, address, Point of contract with email address and phone number, Commercial and Government Entity code (CAGE), Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and business size. Your company must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM). To register, go to beta.SAM.gov. c. A statement of Capabilities demonstrating the skills and/or a catalog that list the parts and accessories, experience, knowledge, and capabilities necessary to provide the specified products in attachment A. Information may be provided on a separate capabilities statement. d. Please identify any condition or action, if any that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil at 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. Submission Instructions E-mail is the preferred method when receiving responses to this notice and should be submitted to the contract specialist, diane.c.smith3.civ@army.mil. The subject line is to state “Response to Sources Sought for 4K Cameras and Broadband Accessories. Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to provide the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice no later than 21 March 2022 by 3:30 PM Central Standard Time (CST). All responses under this Sources Sought Notice, must be emailed to Diane C. Smith, Contract Specialist @ diane.c.smith3.civ@army.mil . Thank you in advance for taking the time to assist our team in gathering this information.