Number: HQ072726SCB01 Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis: The Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), McClellan, CA is issuing this Sources Sought Notice to find potential sources capable of performing in-house design, tool fabrication and production of sheet metal enclosers utilized for data transfer. Industry responses to this Notice will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, and will provide the Government information about the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the requirement. Information received in response to this Notice will also help the Government determine whether a small business set-aside is possible. All businesses are invited to respond to this Notice. This Notice is relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 333517, Machine Tool Manufacturing. The Small Business size standard for NAICS 333517 is 500 Employees. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 3456, Cutting and Forming Tools for Secondary Metalworking Machinery. The following are the requirements: The contractor must possess the internal infrastructure and technical expertise to perform: Phase 1 (Engineering & Tooling) Reserve-engineer existing physical enclosers (if necessary), generate 3D CAD models, and design and fabricate the necessary progressive dies, jigs, and molds for production Phase 2 (Manufacturing & Assembly): Utilize the fabricated tooling to stamp, form, bend, machine and assemble the physical sheet metal enclosers Compliance: Perform the manufacturing entirely in-house to comply with the R-FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting requirement, ensuring the contractor is a direct manufacturer and not a broker or pass-through entity. Responses & Capability Statement: Vendors having the ability to provide the requirements are encouraged to submit a statement, not to exceed three pages, documenting their capabilities of meeting all of the requirements listed above, to include facilities requirements for the operation of the source, recent corporate experience in fulfilling this type of requirement, and, a. Company name and address, to include email address(s) and URL(s), b. Point of Contact (POC) name, c. POC telephone number and email address, d. Organizational Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, e. Organizational Unique Entity ID (UEI) number, f. Business size status for the applicable NAICS code. g. Applicable Socioeconomic Category Any organization responding to this Notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Interested vendors are instructed to provide only the data requested in this Notice. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information or provide feedback to respondents with respect to information submitted. After reviewing responses received, a synopsis, a pre-so…