Notice Date 4/4/2013 Notice Type Pre-Solicitation NAICS 333999 Contracting Office Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/HNAK - Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, 5 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, 01731 ZIP Code 01731 Solicitation Number FA8726-13-R-0012 Archive Date TBD Point of Contact John M. Lynch E-Mail Address
[email protected] Small Business Set-Aside Small Business Set-Aside Description AFLCMC/HNAK intends to issue a solicitation for the following items: a. Quantity of five (5) wheeled portable Fire Protection Systems for one (1) Group IV membrane fabric over metal truss hangar of area 14,160 sq ft (118'x120'x56'h) housing BD-700 commercial aircraft. An array of portable low-level, low-expansion foam system as found in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 409 pp. 9.14, 9.141, 9.14.7.4, 9.14.7.4.1, 9.14.7.4.2, 9.14.7.4.3 and 9.14.7.4.4 is required. Each of the five (5) Fire Protection Systems shall contain Flame Detection Sensors, audible/signal alarms, a manual safety over-ride (emergency), battery operation and charge indication, sensor over-ride, tank pressure, manual and automatic turret operation, user manual, maintenance manual and user orientation/training manual. Either the length or the width shall be less than 5 ft. The systems will be delivered to Kandahar Afghanistan. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 333999 with a size standard of 500 employees. The approximate issue date will be 15 April 2013 with an approximate response date of 29 Apr 2013. Once the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review this site frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. Questions about this acquisition should be emailed to John M. Lynch, Contract Specialist, at
[email protected]. ESC OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. The ESC Director, Chief of Staff serves as the Ombudsman for ESC (Hanscom and the GSUs). The Ombudsman hears concerns about specific issues in acquisitions, communicates those concerns to the ESC Commander (ESC/CC), ESC Deputy for Acquisition (ESC/CA) or ESC Deputy for Support (ESC/CV) from industry or Government personnel, and assists in the resolution of those concerns. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes, nor does the Ombudsman diminish the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. When approached with an issue or query the Ombudsman independently assesses the situation and provides a response or initiates a resolution, and when requested, will maintain confidentiality as to the source of the inquiry. Contact information for the ESC Ombudsman is as follows: Name: ESC Director, Chief of Staff (ESC/CS) Address: ESC/CS 9 Eglin Street, Bldg 1606 Hanscom AFB, MA 01731 Telephone #: 781-377-5106 Facsimile #: 781-377-4659 E-Mail:
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