Pharmacy Automation

Please be advised that in order to be considered for this project you must be in possession of an Authority to Connect to Air Force automation systems prior to award of this contract. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT Notice for market research purposes only in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 for the upcoming acquisition for the United States Air Force Academy. 10th Contracting Squadron (10 CONS), USAF Academy (USAFA), Colorado, is issuing this Sources Sought solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation nor is this notice a request for quotations. DO NOT submit a quote or proposal in response to this synopsis . The planned North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 333249 Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing . The small business size standard is 500 employees. The proposed contract is anticipated to be a firm fixed price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a base period of 1 year and four (4) option years. It is this agency's intention to do an unrestricted acquisition unless enough qualified small businesses (SB) are located with serious intentions to propose on our requirement allowing for a set-aside. The purpose of this notice is to identify companies, in particular small business socio-economic categories capable and qualified of providing Pharmacy Automation in accordance with the attached specifications. This Sources Sought notice shall not be construed as a formal solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the 10 CONS to acquire any products or services. Information provided to the 10 CONS in response to this posting is strictly voluntary and given with no expectation of compensation, and clearly provided at no cost to the Government. A formal solicitation may be executed and posted separately on Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov) at a future date. The 10 CONS is interested only in identifying interested and capable contractors for this service and receiving industry feedback to improve the acquisition process as part of market research. This sources sought is issued for determining if there are responsive small business concerns capable of meeting the requirement. Interested vendors must reference their 8(a), HUB Zone, Women-owned, or Service Disabled Veteran status - which must be signed by a company officer with authority to bind the company. Small Business (SB) Set-Aside Determination: The 10 CONS reserves the right to determine if a SB set-aside is appropriate including specific socio-economic programs (HUB Zone, Small Business Administration (SBA) subcontractors referred to as "8(a)" contractors eligible under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 USC 637(a)), or SDVO small businesses) based on responses to this notice and other pertinent information gathered by the contracting officer. In order for the 10 CONS to make a SB set-aside determination, it is emphasized that SB concerns provide sufficient written information to indicate their capacity and capability to successfully perform and manage all the requirements of this notice. The proposed contract is anticipated to be a firm fixed price, multiple award, and Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a base period of 12 months and four (4) twelve month options. The program contract ceiling will not exceed $45,000,000 for all orders. There is a minimum quantity guarantee of $10,000 which will be issued at contract award. Exact quantities and sizes will be identified on individual delivery order. Delivery is FOB Destination as identified on each individual delivery order. The salient characteristics for this requirement are attached. Comments and/or suggestions on the attached specifications are encouraged and can be included with your capabilities package. All potential offerors are reminded, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM), lack of registration in the SAM will make an offeror ineligible for contract award. All businesses capable of providing the Pharmacy Automation system are invited to respond. Interested parties shall provide the following information: a. Company name, address, Cage Code, DUNS Number, NAICS codes, name of point of contact, telephone number and e-mail address; b. Small business status (service disabled veteran owned small business, HUB Zone, 8(a), minority business enterprise, etc.) if any; c. Date of business type certification and company's business size; d. Annual gross revenue, number of full-time employees by direct labor, indirect labor, and administrative/overhead positions; e. Company's primary source of business (commercial/private or Government sector); f. Appropriate written information and/or data supporting their capability to perform the required effort to include past performance information. Interested parties may also provide feedback concerning the following: a. Is this the appropriate NAICS code? If not, please identify which code is appropriate? b. Are you a manufacturer or do you subcontract the work? c. What is your lead-time for manufacturing? d. Have you ever performed federal government contracts? e. What are your payment terms? f. What are your standard packaging and marking requirements? g. Do you have a quality control process in place? If so, explain your process. h. What would you consider "risk" on the contractor's part for this acquisition? i. If you are a large business, do you have a subcontracting plan? Is it a commercial subcontracting plan? Have you met your subcontracting goals? If not, are there subcontracting opportunities for small businesses? j. If you require different terms and conditions than those normally used by the Government, what are your commercial terms and conditions? Please feel free to provide a copy of your terms and conditions for this type of work. k. Are you willing to submit to a contract with a base year and four option years? l. Do any of the salient characteristics limit competition? m. Are there any aspects of this requirement which are not consistent with current industry practices? n. Do you have the ability to perform work outside the United States at all of the locations listed in the Statement of Work? o. Add any questions specific to the acquisition not included above. Provide responses not later than 4:00 pm Mountain Daylight Time on 30 May 2016. The 10th Contracting Squadron is under no obligation to consider information received after 4:00 pm (MDT), 30 January 2015, as part of the formal market research for this acquisition. Submissions shall be limited to fifteen pages, a page is defined as one side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Submit all of the above information in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on the availability of interested parties. Proprietary information should be mark ed "PROPRIETARY INFORMATION." An electronic email response is the accepted method. Failure to submit all information by the submission due date and time will result in a contractor being considered "not interested" in this requirement. Questions and responses should be addressed to the primary contact, David Willers, Contracting Specialist, at 719-333-8925 or [email protected], or the alternate point of contact, Jerry Smith, Contracting Officer, 719-333-8267 or [email protected]. This is only a Sources Sought Notice and is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quotation (RFQ). No solicitation is being issued at this time, and this notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. In accordance with FARS Part 52.204-7, contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. Register at SAM/#1 . Any future information on this acquisition (statement of work, specifications, solicitation, etc.) will be posted on www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of the prospective offeror to review this site regularly for updates and/or changes. https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/ For information on Small Business Administration programs, please contact the USAFA Director of Small Business, Bill Wolski at 719-333-4561. Pursuant to AFFARS Part 5301.9102(c), Mr. James Anderson is appointed as the USAFA Ombudsman. The USAFA Ombudsman contact information is: 10 CONS/CD (Ms. Kelly Snyder), 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 103, USAF Academy, CO 80840. Telephone Number: 719-333-2074, FAX: 719-333-9018. Email Address: [email protected].