Geodetic Astrolabe Maintenance and Repair

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), in support of the A35 Geodetic Astrolabe Program, is conducting market research to identify potential sources with the capacity and technical capability necessary to successfully perform the requirements described herein. The subject requirement is to provide operational sustainment and maintenance to NGA's A35M Geodetic Astrolabes. Specifically, the NGA has a requirement for continued maintenance, both scheduled and non-scheduled, and operational support of three (3) Geodetic Astrolabes used to measure precise astronomical coordinates of geodetic control points. This is a Sources Sought Notice only. This is not a solicitation announcement. NGA is not, at this time, seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. The Government will use responses to this Sources Sought Notice to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Any resultant contract, if a formal solicitation is announced, is anticipated to be a contract with Firm Fixed Price/Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee Completion CLINs with one (1) twelve (12) month base period and four (4) twelve (12) month option periods. This requirement falls under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 811219, "Other electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance." Interested firms must demonstrate in their capability statement that they are qualified to perform under this NAICS code. Interested concerns, who believe they have the capability to prove the required services as defined above are invited to submit a a detailed capability statement and/or relevant past performance history documenting its ability to perform this unique requirement. Responses should be emailed to [email protected] with the words "Solicitation HM0476-15-R-0002 Sources Sought Notice Response" in the subject line. Any questions shall be submitted to Kelly Ashton at the email address above. Telephonic and mail/courier questions and responses will not be accepted. If a solicitation is released, it will be via FedBizOpps (http://www.fedbizopps.gov). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the website for any information that may pertain to this Sources Sought Notice or a future solicitation. The information provided in this Notice is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. Additionally, feedback and/or evaluation information will not be provided to any firm regarding their individual capability statements in response to the Source Sought Notice. The deadline for submitting questions/comments directly related to this announcement is 12:00 noon, EST Monday, April 20, 2015. The deadline for submitting capability statements in response to the Sources Sought Notice is 12:00 noon, EST Wednesday, April 29, 2015.