Sources Sought for Access Control System Upgrade

This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure III Armored CORPS Access Control System Upgrade on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this source sought notice with information sufficient to support a set-aside.

We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this source sought notice.

The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the respondent. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE), SAM.gov. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code(s) is:

561621 Security Systems Services with a business size standard of $25 million. Continuing need is anticipated for the III Armored CORP Access Control System Upgrade with no previous contract identified. See the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW) with workload data. In response to this source sought, please adhere with the following:

1. All responses limited to 5 pages and include the following additional information: name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/ certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangements that will be pursued, if any.

3. Provide information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.

4. Provide information to help determine if the requirement “III Armored CORP Access System Upgrade” is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

5. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

6. Identify any condition or action that may have 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@mail.mil or 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 SAM.gov notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

7. Provide recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft SOW/draft PWS & PRS to acquiring the identified items/services. Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement in addition to the above information. The deadline for response to this request is no later than (19 June 2025 at 1200HRs CDT). All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to (nelva.l.march.civ@army.mil) include title and PAN number in the subject line.