Mass Properties Measuring Instruments Calibration Services

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SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION INTRODUCTION The United States Army Yuma Proving Ground (USAYPG) is issuing this sources sought notice as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Mass Properties Measuring Instruments Calibration Services. The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Place of Performance: Yuma Proving Ground DISCLAIMER “THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” or Request for Quote (RFQ). IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION OR A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. Responses do not constitute offers, and the government is not obligated to award a contract. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION or submittal OF RESPONSES. the government is not committed or obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE PROCURMENT ACTION. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.” PROGRAM BACKGROUND Historically, the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) utilizes unique precision mass property measurements on artillery and mortar ammunition. Annual calibration services are required in order to maintain traceability to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST is the government agency that promotes and maintains measurement standards and is the agency referenced throughout the industry for maintaining traceability. This contract covers on-site repair and annual preventative (PM) services (Parts, Labor, and Travel) for the instruments listed in section 1.3 of the attached PWS at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Yuma, Arizona. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES The contractor shall provide calibration services for eight (8) mass property measurement instruments (found in Table 1 of the attached PWS). Calibration must be traceable through NIST and the systems must be tested and compared to the original factory specifications. All services should be conducted in alignment with requirements defined in Part 5 of this PWS. Further detail is provided in the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached to this announcement (Attachment 1_20260825_Draft Mass Properties Measuring Instruments Calibration Service PWS). 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; 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; and 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…