The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ), on behalf of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (CCDC-AC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, is conducting market research to determine the capability of businesses to provide One (1) Internal Diameter (ID) Grinding Machine, along with associated equipment, installation and training, to support the prototype manufacturing of large caliber cannon tubes. This machine shall be a CNC controlled, horizontal, hollow spindle, precision, contour grinding machine capable of rough and finish grinding on large caliber cannon tubes. Cannon tube material will be 4340 alloy steel hardened to Rc 38-42 and may or may not be chrome plated. Cannon tubes may be up to 25” in outer diameter, 60’ in length, weigh up to 35,000 lbs, and have internal grinding depths of up to 90”. The machine shall be capable of grinding cannon tubes while their centerline is offset by up to 0.375”. This procurement shall be a complete turn-key project with the contractor providing the machine, tooling, and a part loading and unloading mechanism by which the work pieces described above could be loaded onto the machine via overhead crane. DISCLAIMER “THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.” BACKGROUND: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 333517 - Machine Tool Manufacturing with a Small Business Size Standard of 500 employees. The Product Service Code is 3695 Miscellaneous Special Machinery. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. SUBMISSION DETAILS: Each potential source is requested to provide the contract number(s), dollar value(s) and brief description of work previously or currently being performed, which specifically demonstrates the contractor's ability to successfully satisfy the requirements. Firms shall also provide point of contact information, where available, for the efforts cited above. In addition, please provide the firm’s name and address, point of contact with telephone number and email address, CAGE Code and DUNS number, and size of business (i.e. large, small, disadvantaged, veteran owned, woman owned, etc.). Please also provide contract information if the source has an existing contract vehicle that is within scope of this requirement. All data should be sent at no cost to the US Government by 8/14/2020 to the US Army CCDC AC. ATTN:Jessica Rakauskas,
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