REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: Parts support for FSG53 Industrial Hardware NIINs under Customer Direct, Depot Direct, and FMS delivery.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

DLA-Aviation, Richmond is conducting market research to identify potential sources that may possess the expertise, capabilities and experience to provide a strategic support solution for a subset of NSNs under Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 53xx, Industrial Hardware. The attached list represents NSNs with active requisitions within the last five years. The approximate annual demand value for these parts is $28 million. DLA is considering putting these NSNs on long-term contract, and anticipates a single award proposed contract, of up to 10 years in length.

Scope of project: This initiative contains Industrial Hardware Federal Supply Group 53 (FSG 53) National Stock Numbers (NSNs) purchased and/or managed by DLA. Of these NSNs, 2,504 are considered priority and compromise approximately 80% of the total projected spend. The NSN list is attached to this RFI. This list possesses the following fields: National Item Identification Number (NIIN), Federal Supply Class, priority flag, Production Lead Time (PLT), OEM cage codes and part numbers, and projected demand quantity over 5 years. Additionally, the NSNs in this list are also pre-sorted by projected spend from highest to lowest.

Please provide your CAGE, Company name, address, and point of contact information.

1. Please indicate if your firm is a manufacturer, dealer/distributor, integrator, or other (explain).
2. Describe your current distribution capabilities (E.g., ability to meet customer requirements, surge capabilities, etc.)
3. In a customer direct (CD) supply arrangement, the contractor forecasts demand, manufactures the NSN or procures it from a sub-contractor, stocks, and ships directly to DLA customers (within the Time-Definite-Delivery standards of either 1 or 3 days). CD items may be shipped in commercial packaging unless otherwise stated. In a DLA-Direct (DD) supply arrangement, the contractor manufactures the NSN or procures it from a sub-contractor and ships to a DLA depot upon completion of the order; time to complete the order is based upon a negotiated production lead-time; contractor does not forecast, stock or ship to the DLA customer.
   1. Please describe what commercial infrastructure you have in place to support a CD supply arrangement.
   2. What additional infrastructure do you need (if any) to fully meet this requirement?
4. Provide a percentage breakdown of your current sales to commercial and government customers and indicate if you already produce, stock, or distribute material listed in the NIIN listing.
5. Would you consider partnering with another commercial company if you could not provide nationwide service? If so, would your interest be as a prime or subcontractor?
6. Can your company comply with all military product-marking requirements and packaging (E.g., RFID, commercial packaging, MIL STD packing)?
7. Please describe your experience and ability to meet quality and special testing requirements (including, but not limited to: Certificate of Quality Compliance, Product Verification Testing, Production Lot Testing, and First Article Testing).
8. Indicate your firm's business size (certified small or large).
   1. If small business, under which NAICS code(s) are you considered a small business?
   2. Which small business sub-category does your company qualify under (if any)? (8A, HubZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned Small Business, etc.)
9. Please answer the following questions on your ability to support for priority and non-priority NSNs:
   1. What percentage of these NSNs can you support today on a CD basis?
   2. What percentage of these NSNs can you support today on a DLA Direct (DD) basis? In DD, the contractor has to manufacture or procure the item and ship to DLA-depots. In addition, MIL STD packaging requirements may apply.
   3. What percentage of NSNs can you support on both CD and DD?
   4. Is there a percentage of these NSNs you can support on neither CD nor DD? Explain.
   5. Did you use any information besides the NSN number itself to make these estimates? This may include company specific information (E.g., existing supplier relationships) or NSN level information (E.g., AAC code). If you did, please explain.
10. How would you propose to structure the NSN population (E.g., Would you delete any NSNs? Would you have separate contract terms for a subset of NSNs? Would you create sub-lists based on item characteristics?)
    1. How would you structure differently (if at all) for First Article Test (FAT), Critical Safety (CSI), and Production Lot Testing (PLT) items?
11. What pricing methodologies (E.g., discrete fi