The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Natick Division, in support of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Soldier Center (DEVCOM-SC), Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (ARIEM) Soldier Squad Research Performance Institute (S2PRINT), intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract on a sole source basis to Longden Company, Inc., located at 446 River Rd., Hudson, MA 01749, under the authority as prescribed in FAR 13.106(b)(1). 

The requirement for the procurement and installation of access flooring and supportive understructure required for three (3) force platform floor pits in two laboratories within the S2PRINT facility at the Soldier Center in Natick, MA. The DEVCOM-SC Biomechanics and Engineering team and US ARIEM Biomechanics team require raised access flooring and supportive understructure for three floor pits in S2PRINT’s Biomechanics laboratories to fill gaps surrounding instrumented in-ground force plate platform systems and protect in-ground force plates from damage.

Description of Specifications:

Access Flooring and Understructure. Furnish and install approximately 1152 Square Feet (SF) of raised access flooring, as manufactured by Tate, Inc., over three different floor elevations: 8” Finished Floor Height (FFH) , 12” FFH, and 4.5” FFH, in two force plate pits and one treadmill pit within the Soldier Squad Research Performance Institute (S2PRINT) facility. Products include Tate ConCore4000 bare panels, 2” deep heavy duty bolted stringer understructure with pedestal bases adhered to subfloor with raised flooring pedestal adhesive, three (3) panel lifters, closed cell gasketing where floor panels abut perimeter wall conditions, six (6) extra Tate ConCore 4000 panels for attic stock, and product information and shop drawings for review and approval. Services include shop drawings for review and approval; furnish and install approximately 1152 square feet of raised access flooring over 3 different elevations: 8” Finished Floor Height (FFH), 12” FFH, and 4.5” FFH. Option requested is (1) alternate add of furnish and install 130 square feet of raised access flooring of approx. 2” FFH.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 238330 and the size standard is $19M.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. No solicitation document is available.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by sending responses regarding this requirement to the Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground CCAP-SCN, Natick Division via email ONLY to Chris Welsh (Contract Specialist) at [email protected] no later than 12:00 pm EST 24 August 2023. Any questions regarding this notice must be in writing only; no telephonic replies will be accepted. A determination not to compete this proposed action based on any responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. The U.S. government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to the Notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the expense of the interested party.