Equipment and Hardware Purchase and Sustainment for Automated Metering Reading  (AMR) Equipment and Related Services SOURCES SOUGHT: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT AND MARKET SURVEY FOR  WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR  PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO  REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION  IN REPSONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE  PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO OBTAIN QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS FROM  INTERESTED 8(A) JOINT VENTURERS (MENTOR PROT?G? FIRMS), HUBZONES, SMALL SERVICE  DISABLED VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES FOR PERFORMING  THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, NAVFAC  (SCAN), is seeking qualified 8(a) Joint Venture (Mentor Prot?g?), HUBZONE,  Small Service Disabled Veteran Owned, and Other Small Business sources with  current, relevant experience and the capacity/capability to perform equipment  and hardware purchases and sustainment services for automated meter reading  solutions for Naval installations worldwide to support the Navy?s Energy  Program. Firms shall have the necessary experience to be able to provide the  services as mentioned above to support the advanced metering and associated  systems at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps facilities, worldwide in support of EPACT  2005. The Commander of Naval Installations Command (CNIC) has designated the Naval  Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Port Hueneme, CA, as the Program  Manager for executing an advanced metering infrastructure to comply with EPACT  2005 at naval shore installations. The three primary goals under the AMI  program are, Billing, Energy Consumption, and Energy Management. This will be  accomplished by installing building level advanced metering throughout Navy and  Marine Corps installations where cost effective. Meter communication to  servers will occur on at least an hourly basis through a common web based  server that will aggregate all advanced meter inputs into a common server  interface. This requirement will be full and open competition under NAICS Code 334419  applies with a 500 employee size standard. The solicitation will be used to  award up to five (5) multiple award contracts (MAC?s). The existing GSA  schedule is anticipated to be used.  Interested small businesses in the categories described in this announcement  are requested to submit a brief, written capabilities statement outlining  relevant experience and capabilities. The capability statement shall not  exceed five pages and consist of recent, relevant past performance information  in providing the type of services described above as a prime or subcontractor.  Please include current points of contact for verification purposes, contract  number, dollar value, period of performance, contracting agency and a brief  description of the contract scope of work. Also, identify whether you are a  current GSA schedule contract holder. Submit the requested information  electronically to maria.r.miller@navy.mil no later than COB 21 November 2007.  Since this is a sources sought announcement for acquisition planning purposes  only, no evaluation letters will be issued.