SOURCES SOUGHT
V -- Air Transportation Support for NNSA OST
- Notice Date
- 3/11/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- PO BOX 5400 Albuquerque, NM
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DE-RP52-03NA68468
- Point of Contact
- William Mccullough, Contracting Officer, 505-845-6467, wmccullough@doeal.gov;David Gallegos, Contract Specialist, 505-845-5849, dgallegos@doeal.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to David Gallegos, Contract Specialist
(dgallegos@doeal.gov)
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Service Center are committed to meaningfully increasing the involvement of the Nation's small business community in supporting its technical, scientific, and security endeavors. As part of the NNSA's support of the Secretary of Energy's strong commitment to small businesses, the NNSA Service Center and Office of Secure Transportation (OST) is issuing this sources sought synopsis to determine whether this acquisition for Air Transportation Support is appropriate for a Small Business set-aside. The primary mission of NNSA is the research, development, production and dismantlement, safety, and surveillance of nuclear weapons for the United States. NNSA/OST owns or leases aircraft to support NNSA's statutory missions. The Aviation Operation Support for NNSA/OST includes the transportation of: (1) hazardous, classified, and time critical materials for OST, nuclear weapons complex plants/facilities, National Laboratories, Department of Defense (DoD), and other federal agencies and contractors; (2) time critical classified and/or hazardous materials between the National Laboratories and various test locations in support of nuclear weapons and other related defense and work-for-others programs; (3) operations of aircraft as aerial platforms in support of research and development programs of DOE/NNSA and the National Laboratories; and (4) transportation of government and contractor personnel. The purpose of this announcement is solely to determine the availability of small businesses having the interest and capability to provide Air Transportation Support for NNSA/OST. A Draft Statement of Work (SOW) for this procurement is located on the bottom of this web page. The estimated value of this procurement is approximately $25 to $40 million over a five-year period, and a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is contemplated. Interested Small Businesses are requested to submit a Statement of Capability (SOC) including the following information: (1) Company Name and Mailing Address. (2) Point of Contact (name, title, telephone number). (3) Type of Small Business (Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Business, Veteran-Owned Business, etc.). (4) A statement whether your company meets the size qualifications under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 481219, which has a corresponding size standard of $6 million. (5) A brief statement describing how your company might propose to perform the percentage of work specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.219-14(b)(1) under any of the following business models - (a) a single small business performs a majority of the Draft SOW for Air Transportation Support as a prime contractor, (b) an affiliation and/or team of small businesses performs the entire or majority portion of the Draft SOW for Air Transportation Support as a prime contractor; or (c) a single or affiliation/team of small businesses join with a large business entity to perform the entire Draft SOW for Air Transportation Support (Note: If more than one firm is contemplated, include the capabilities of the other firms and identify which aspects of the Draft SOW will be performed by which firm). (6) A brief summary of your company experience and past performance within the last 5 years as it relates to the requirements outlined in the Draft SOW. Each company experience (Government or Commercial) summary should include (a) name of project, (b) brief description of project, (c) contract or project number, (d) client/customer point of contact (name, address, phone), (e) dollar value of the contract/project, (f) period of performance of contract/project, (g) relevance of contract/project to NNSA's Air Transportation Support requirements as outlined in the Draft SOW, and (h) past performance rating demonstrating the capability of the firm(s) to successfully perform the Air Transportation Support work described in the Draft SOW. This announcement is being used solely to determine if sufficient small business interest and capability exists to set aside this acquisition for Small Business; this is not a request for proposals, and a SOC is not considered a to be a proposal. Large businesses shall not respond to this announcement but should consider teaming with a small business or a team of small businesses. A SOC shall not exceed 20 letter-size (8.5x11) pages, double-spaced, using 12-point font; pages exceed number limit specified above will not be reviewed. SOCs submitted in response to this announcement may be used as a basis for future solicitations. A SOC shall be mailed to the following address: U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Service Center, Acquisition and Financial Assistance Department, ATTN: David Gallegos (Ref: Air Transportation Support SOC), P.O. Box 5400, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-5400. The deadline for submittal of SOCs is March 28, 2003 at 4:00 pm Mountain Standard Time. Any SOCs received after the time and date specified above will not be reviewed. Any questions on this announcement may be addressed to David Gallegos, Contract Specialist, at dgallegos@doeal.gov.
- Web Link
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Click here for further details regarding this notice.
(https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/busopor.nsf/UNID/8079EBC3BFA3E0CD05256CE6005FCD0C?OpenDocument)
- Record
- SN00276507-W 20030313/030311213351 (fbodaily.com)
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