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The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation-Richmond is issuing this Source Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for NSN 4235-01-308-5150, Sorbent Oil. The current approved source(s) of supply are noted below.

Cage 1RU74 Downeast Logistics, LLC P/N DL-A-WH-1520

Cage 1JA49 New Pig Corporation P/N MAT214.

Technical Orders and Qualification Requirements are not available. Potential sources shall be capable of furnishing all labor, materials, facilities and equipment required to accomplish the new manufacture of the item(s). Generally, this entails the procurement/manufacture of component parts, inspection, testing, preservation/packaging, and shipping. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The anticipated annual quantity is 15988 PG. Unit of Issue=PG (100 SH). Unit prices will be established at the time of contract award.The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 325612.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. If your organization has the potential 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 for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements 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.

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project

management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4)provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by April 27 2023. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to tracy.townsend@dla.mil. If there is an open solicitation for a NSN which you want to submit a SAR, please submit the SAR directly to the buyer noted on the solicitation. If you are submitting a SAR for a NSN with no open solicitation, please send it to the Competition Advocate SAR Program Office address below:

SAR Program

DLA Aviation

Attn: DLA AVN-DU (SAR Program)

6090 Strathmore Rd

Richmond, VA 23237

If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: tracy.townsend@dla.mil