Retractable Hangar Doors

This Sources Sought/Market Survey is seeking interested businesses for competitive consideration. The 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt AFB, NE is conducting a market survey to determine the sizes and types of businesses available for a firm fixed-price contract . Work includes providing all labor, material and equipment required to install two new contractor purchased, heavy duty, weather resistant fabric hangar doors on an existing exterior of the main EB4 (Boeing 747) Hangar Building 457. The specific requirements are as follows: New fabric hangar doors shall be "clamshell-type" structure that can be electronically opened and closed. The contractor shall provide all required wiring and conduit back to the closest electrical panel for power and perform all required connections to the panel. All electrical work shall be in accordance with the latest edition of the National Electrical Code. Door Location: The new fabric doors will be installed at entrances on the front and back of the facility. Automatic doors will be secured to the existing facility. Additional structural supports will be required. Contractor shall follow manufacturer's installation instructions for the installation of new automatic fabric doors. Doors shall be capable of deploying in less than 5 minutes. The automatic fabric doors shall be able to withstand straight line winds of up to 110 MPH. The automatic fabric doors shall be able to withstand 40 lb per square foot snow load. The automatic fabric doors shall meet a required rating for hail stones of 430 lbs per square inch of melon burst. The fabric doors shall have a minimum 10 year warranty for parts and labor. Hangar dimensions are as follow (see attached drawings): Total hangar width-290ft. Current door opening width-216ft. Hangar height at peak-86ft 11in. Distance aircraft protrudes outside of hangar-50ft. Width of aircraft stabilizer-72ft 9in. Height of aircraft vertical stabilizer-63ft 5in. All dimensions shall be field verified by the contractor before ordering and installation of fabric canopies. NAICS code is 314912 with a size standard of 500. All interested firms should notify this office in writing by mail of your interest in this notice. Responses should include: (1) Identification of company size status, certifications, i.e., 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or if you are a small business, a self-certification. (2) If you are a Section 8(a) , HUBZone, or SDVOSB firm considering a joint venture, you will need to provide proof that this consideration has been forwarded to the cognizant SBA office for approval. (3) Proof of experience and capability. NOTE: This is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list nor is it a Request for Proposal, or an announcement of a solicitation. Responses are required not later than 5 December 2008. Address responses to: 55 CONS/LGCA, 101 Washington Sq, Offutt AFB, NE 68113-2107, Attn: TSgt Michael D. Galbraith, Contract Specialist. Interested firms shall provide the above documentation with one original and one copy. Responses shall be limited to ten (10) pages. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. The results of this survey will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice.