SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Sources Sought Announcement The Operation and Maintenance Engineering Enhancement (OMEE) mission is to provide Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Services at Government medical facilities.
- Notice Date
- 12/13/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561210
— Facilities Support Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301
- ZIP Code
- 35807-4301
- Solicitation Number
- W912DY-08-R-OMEE
- Response Due
- 1/13/2008
- Archive Date
- 3/13/2008
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Staggs, 256-895-1745
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville
(jennifer.l.staggs@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Announcement SOL: W912DY-O8-R-OMEE. POC Contract Specialist Jennifer Staggs (256) 895-1745 Contracting Officer Earl Johnson (256) 895-1128 1. This is a sources sought synopsis to gain knowledge of potential qualified small business sources and to determine if they can effectively compete for awards under the anticipated multiple award solicitation. Depending on the number of qualified responding small business concerns, this agency may reserve one or more awards for sm all businesses. 2. The Operation and Maintenance Engineering Enhancement (OMEE) mission is to provide Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Services at Government medical facilities. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama is seeking sources for potential contracts to provide support for the OMEE program to provide O&M services including repair and replacement of equipment and O&M related construction services at Government medical and non-medical facilities in the continental Unites States (CONUS) and outside the continental United States (OCONUS). The potential contracts will divide geographic locations to be covered under the contract by zones. Small businesses will be allowed to propose on any or all zones identified in t he contracts. Zone 1 is the continental United States; Zone 2 consists of Alaska and Hawaii; and Zone 3 consists of Guam, Puerto Rico, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Korea, and Japan. 3. O&M services include such activities as preventive maintenance (PM) and repair of facility systems and equipment, custodial/housekeeping, grounds maintenance, medical equipment maintenance, construction within and without facilities, and other activities associated with operation, maintenance, a nd repair. Facility systems include all mechanical, electrical, architectural, and site systems, equipment and components. Typical work may include repair and/or replacement of HVAC equipment, generators, fire alarm systems, electrical and lighting syste ms, medical gas and vacuum systems, windows, doors and flooring, duct cleaning, asbestos abatement/removal/disposal, minor paving, and similar efforts. Anticipated work may include equipment inventories, condition assessments, identification and or valida tion of problems/deficiencies, preparation of work plans describing method of correction, actual execution to repair failing medical and non-medical facility systems and equipment, implementation of automated maintenance management systems, facility manage ment support, minor construction, and project management. Government medical facility repair shall conform to the requirements of the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) Environment of Care Standards or the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) standards as applicable. 4. The most applicable North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) is 561210, Facilities Support Services, with a small business size standard of $32.5 million , footnote 12. 5. It is anticipated that a one year base period with four one-year option periods, multiple award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ), firm-fixed-price and time and materials contracts will be awarded to qualified co ntractors. 6. Responses to this notice should include: (a) Company name and address; (b) Point of contact name, phone number and email address; (c) Size of business pursuant to NAICS Code 561210, (small, small disadvanta ged, HUBZone, woman owned or operated, service disabled or veteran owned, 8(a) firm). The agency will apply FAR 52.219-14 on assessing whether a small business concern is eligible under a small business set aside; (d) Describe your experience in t he following areas: i. Performing and/or managing maintenance and repair work (as described in paragraph 3 above) at medical facilities. For each it em listed, provide your status as either a prime, subcontractor, or in a teaming arrangement and with what other firms. (In addition to experience at medical facilities, experience at non-medical facilities may be provided.) ii. Developi ng schedules, quality control plans, safety plans, and methods of cost control. iii. Providing quality assurance over required effort. iv. Managing operation and maintenance programs, to include personnel, and management of subcontracto rs v.. Working with JCAHO and AAACH standards. vi. Negotiating Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) (e) Briefly summarize projects performed in the last five years that demonstrate your experience in performing the services listed in paragraph three above. Include point of contact information, dollar value, location, and size of facilities (approximate area in square feet) for each project. (f) Prospective offerors ability to perform in each zone as identified in paragraph two above. If a prospective offeror is able to perform in all zones noted in this announcement, so state. If not, concern should indicate which zones where it can or cannot perform. (g) Describe your financial capability in the following areas : i. Bonding capacity per project/task order? ii. Aggregate bonding capacity for all projects? iii. The OMEE program currently has task orders in place with monthly invoices ranging from $10K to $900K. State your dollar range ab ility to meet obligations (payroll, vendors, subcontractors, etc.) for all projects on a monthly basis. 7. Please submit one electronic and 4 hard copies of your qualification statement, limiting your response to 10 pages (single spaced, front side only, no smaller than Times New Roman, font size 12 or equivalent). Do not include or attach brochures in addition to your response. In responses to this notice, four copies of the capabilities statement shall be mailed to: The United States Army Engin eering and Support Center, ATTN: CEHNC-CT-S (Jennifer Staggs), P.O. Box 1600, Huntsville, Alabama 35807-4301 no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this synopsis. 8. This notice is to help USACE in determining small business sources onl y. Large businesses need not respond. Your response to this sources sought synopsis is not a request to be considered for a contract award or receive a copy of the solicitation. When the solicitation is available, the solicitation announcement will be p ublished in the FedBizOpps. Responses to this sources sought announcement are not adequate responses to a future solicitation announcement. All interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the response to this announc ement. This is not a request for proposal and does not obligate the government to award any contract. This notice is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Governmen t. Previous contract awards for small business were set aside and valued at $150 million total; however, there is no guarantee that the follow-on contracts will be for a comparable amount. Please note that this office has not yet made a decision as to wh ether this procurement or a portion thereof will be set aside for small business, and it reserves the right to determine the appropriate method of procuring the above services based upon its analysis and evaluation of the capability statements.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville AL
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
- Record
- SN01469609-W 20071215/071213225115 (fbodaily.com)
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