REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)//SOURCES SOUGHT: THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. This Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) is in support of Market Research being conducted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to identify potential transportation sources and to determine if this effort can be Competitive or a Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code proposed for this effort is 484230, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance, with a size standard of $27.5M in average annual receipts. If your organization has the capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership (large or small business) for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements (2 pages or less) addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the below-listed services (see Appendix 1 for requirement details) are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 010:00 AM Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, August 4, 2016. Please reference NNK16ZMS008L in any response. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Stephanie Gvozd at
[email protected]. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. APPENDIX 1: Purpose and Objectives NASA/KSC is hereby seeking information about potential sources for: Provide all resources necessary to ship three 9.1meter antennas from the Army Depot warehouse in Wilkes-Barre, PA to Kennedy Space Center, FL (KSC). The antennas are labeled AG12, AG13, and AG15. The equipment is currently in crates or on pallets which in most cases are ready for loading in a trailer for shipping. There may be some crates that require stiffening or replacement of missing screws but that is very limited. The shipment will require 2-4 open flatbed trailers for the 3 risers and 6-8 enclosed 53' trailers for the other materials for the 3 antennas. The systems are in crates or on pallets as listed in the Appendix 1 Attachment. The logistics team at the Army Depot warehouse will assist in loading the antenna pallets/crates in the trailers. The shipment will be broken down into two groupings. All parts for Antennas 13 & 15 (AG13 & AG15) along with as much of the materials for Antenna 12 as possible MUST BE PICKED UP from the Wilkes-Barre warehouse between 0800 on August 29th through 1200 on August 31st. The riser for Antenna 12 (at a minimum) will remain for shipment with the second group of items as the handling equipment for that riser will be recovered from AG13 riser once at Kennedy Space Center. Delivery to KSC will be coordinated through the receiving department and contacts listed on the contract paperwork. The second grouping of hardware will occur after September 12th pending the Army's release of the remaining hardware. The date will be in late September or early October and will be coordinated between NASA and the shipping contractor. Also, a priced option may be provided for the transportation of an additional antenna (use AG15 as a reference) within 12 months of the execution of this SOW. *Please s Essential Pick-Up Requirement: Please indicate in your response that you have the capacity to pick up all the required materials during the time frame listed above.