REPLACE AND UPGRADE EXSISTING dx9100S FAC's

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL This notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or an obligation on the part of the Government for the procurement of 130 ea replacement DX9100s to DX9100 and 163 Extended Modules and installation of the equipment. . Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred associated to this request for capability information. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, APHIS, 1920 DAYTON AVE, AMES, Iowa, The USDA APHIS is issuing this sources sought request as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to provide the supervision, labor, materials, equipment, and supplies necessary for the aforementioned services at National Centers of Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. The result of this market research will contribute to determining whether there are adequate sources are available from which to receive competitive proposals. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code to be assigned to this procurement is 561210 with a small business size standard of 38.5M. Interested parties, who consider themselves qualified to perform the listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 4:00 PM (CDT) August 12, 2016. If your organization has appropriate qualifications and capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: (1) A complete and current record of your SAM Registration which includes DUNS number, Organization name, address, contact name, email address, Web site address, telephone number, type of organization, small business type (if any), etc; (2) A capability statement supporting claims of organizational and staffs capability to perform, a list of related services contracts and associated federal customers, (3) if significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. USDA requests that potential sources only submit the minimum information necessary and no more than three (3) pages. The SAM record does not count toward the 3 page maximum. All questions or responses under this Sources Sought Notice shall be sent to Sarah Schauf, Contract Specialist via email [email protected] or mail 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA 50010. All communication shall be in writing referencing AG-6197-SS-16-0007- preferably by email. No information will be taken by telephone. THIS IS A NOTICE FOR SOURCES SOUGHT. No feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. However, USDA may contact sources to gather additional information as needed