Procurement Type: Request for Information
Title: Procurement of Industrial Shredder
Response Date: 16 December 2024 at 12:00 PM Eastern
Primary Point of Contact: Richard E Dolly Jr., Supervisory Engineering Technician
*Please review the RFI Posting attached to this Pre-solicitation to see the additional information
Description:
Machinery for the processing of steel, aluminum and plastic cartridge cases, in sizes ranging from 20mm to 50mm diameter.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY, which is being issued in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 15.201(e) as part of market research. This is not a solicitation/request for proposal and no contract shall be awarded from this synopsis. There is no solicitation package available at this time. All interested parties should send responses and any comments/questions to Mr. Richard Dolly, email: richard.e.dolly2.civ@army.mil . All responses must be received NLT 12:00 local Maryland time on 16 December 2024. All questions and comments must be in writing; no telephone calls will be accepted. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities website at https://sam.gov/. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.
Purpose:Request for Information Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is one of the Department of Defense's (DoD's) foremost test and training ranges supporting DoD, non-DoD and commercial material developers by testing a broad spectrum of equipment throughout the life cycle, from concept through deployment.
The intent of this RFI is to identify sources that can provide a system capable of shredding medium caliber steel, brass, aluminum or plastic expended cartridges cases of the following cylindrical sizes (Length x Diameter x Maximum Material Thickness):
311mm x 62mm x 6.09mm
227mm x 54mm x 5.06mm
173mm x 44mm x 4.32mm
137mm x 38mm x 3.88mm
113mm x 33mm x 3.15mm
108mm x 30mm x 2.36mm
54mm x 44mm x 2.03mm
40mm x 28mm x 3.39mm
Business Size Standard: The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 333111, Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing; the size standard is 1,250 Employees.
Industry Day: This acquisition will not have its own industry day.
Estimated Period of Performance: Delivery, installation, and initial capability of the shredder 3Q FY25.
Place of Contract Performance: This contract requires work at ATC's Ammunition Processing area Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The work will be performed at the location specified in each individual Task Order.
Contract Type: TBD
Major Support Services:
The objective of this contract is to develop a medium caliber cartridge case processing system consisting of feed and waste conveyors and a high-capacity industrial shredder. The system requires the following capabilities:
- Electric High-capacity industrial shredder with sizing screen for consistent particle output.
- Independently controlled electric feed conveyor positioned with the input side approximately 3ft off the ground (waist high) to carry material up and into the shredder.
- Independently controlled electric waste conveyor to collect shredded material from shredder to transport roll-off container. Discharge height must be at least 9ft off the ground.
Request for Information: Please respond to the following in Arial font size 12 in no more than 3 pages in length .
1. Does your organization have any experience in designing, fabricating, assembling and installing industrial shredders and conveyors? Please provide details to adequately define the scope of effort.
2. What would the anticipated power requirements, physical footprint, location, foundation requirements be for such a system? Can the system be exposed to the elements?
3. What are the anticipated maintenance requirements of such a system? Are special tools or maintenance procedures anticipated?
4. What is the estimated time required to design such a capability? What is the estimated time required to fabricate, assemble and deploy such a capability? Are there any long lead time items?
5. What information is required to design, fabricate, assemble and deploy such a capability?
6. Is there an alternative method other than an industrial shredder that may be used to create this capability?
7. Please provide cost estimate for the design, development, delivery and installation of the cartridge case shredding system. This cost estimate does not signify an offer on this RFI.
8. Point of Contact Information:
- Company:
- Address:
- Point of Contact:
- Phone Number:
- Fax Number:
- Email Address:
- CAGE Code:
9. Please identify your company's size standard per the primary NAICS code of 333111, Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing; the size standard is 1,250 Employees.
For more information on small business, refer to: https://www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards.
If your company is a small business, indicate whether any of the small business categories below apply:
8(a):
Small Disadvantaged Business (DB):
Woman-Owned Small Business:
Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone):
Veteran-Owned Small Business:
Service-Disable Veteran-Owned Small Business:
10. If you identify your company as a SB or any of the SB subcategories as stipulated in Question 3, is your company intending to submit a proposal as a prime contractor?
11. Is your company capable of performing at least 51% of the work? If so, please explain how your company will perform the work within the parameters of the Ostensible Subcontractor Affiliation rule.
12. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of products and services discussed in this RFI? If NO, please provide specific capabilities that you intend to provide?
13. Please provide the following information for up to 3 examples of similar work that your company has performed as a prime or a sub-contractor:
- Contract number(s).
- Aggregate dollar value of entire contract.
- Aggregate dollar value of task orders as a prime or sub-contractor.
- Number of task orders as the prime or sub-contractor.
- Was this work similar in scope?
14. Is your company planning on business arrangements with other companies? If so, please list the process used in selecting the members.
15. Please provide details regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy the requirements above. Offerors are encouraged to identify teams, indicating each team member's size based upon the NAICS code of the work that the team member may be doing.
16. Please provide additional information that you believe we should know about your company in support of this RFI.
