142WG INWS Installation

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT and is for informational/market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION OR BID, NOR A SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to determine if responsible sources exist, to assist in determining the category of Small Business Set-Aside.

The proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238210, Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors, which has a corresponding Size Standard of $19 million dollars. 142d Fighter Wing, is seeking sources for the installation of the Installation Notification and Warning System (INWS) at Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland Oregon.

The INWS project includes installation, configuration, and integration of a Wide-Area Mass Notification System (aka Giant voice) and Indoor Mass Notification Systems (to include visible and audible devices) for identified facilities. The system shall be integrated with associated Network Centric Alerting System (NCAS), automated telephone (robo) calls, Simple Message Service (SMS) text alerts, simultaneous LMR and Giant Voice activation.

The system shall interface to the base Public Address (PA) system and provide alert precedence override from both the MNS Control station (overrides PA head-end equipment), and from the individual building MNS Autonomous Control Unit (ACU) (for single building override) in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and associated documents. These documents will NOT be shared at this time. Contractor must be able to interface equipment with existing fire alarm panels in each building.

Responses to this sources sought notice must be submitted electronically (via email). Please return the attached Sources Sought Cover Sheet with your email response. A contractor’s response to this Sources Sought shall be limited to the information sheet and five (5) additional pages of information for past performance or experience which may help in market research for industry capacity and shall include the following information:

1. Contractor’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, email address and CAGE code.

2. Contractor’s small business category and business size: Small Business, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a) firm, Historically underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), and Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small business(SDVOSB).

3. Provide a maximum of two examples of projects similar in size, scope, and complexity with a brief description of each project, customer name, contract number, and the dollar value. Projects considered similar in scope to this project include a variety of field support requirements for the same projects simultaneously.

4. Provide additional relevant information on the contractor’s experience/capabilities as it pertains to the proposed work outlined.

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