SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Enterprise Postal Meter - Sources Sought
- Notice Date
- 6/23/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 532420
— Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - Fort Sam Houston (JBSA), 2205 Infantry Post Road, Bldg. 603, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234-1361, United States
- ZIP Code
- 78234-1361
- Solicitation Number
- 41555
- Archive Date
- 7/16/2016
- Point of Contact
- Karina Haddix, , Christina Mokrane,
- E-Mail Address
-
karina.s.haddix.civ@mail.mil, christina.m.mokrane.civ@mail.mil
(karina.s.haddix.civ@mail.mil, christina.m.mokrane.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft Performance Work Statement. SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS: POSTAL METER EQUIPMENT THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. On behalf of the United States Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM), the Mission and Installation Contracting Command Center - Fort Sam Houston, Texas is conducting a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS (SSS) pursuant to FAR Part 10-Market Research. Interested sources should respond to the questions presented within this announcement. This notice shall NOT be considered a request for proposal, quotation, or an invitation for bid nor does responding to this SSS guarantee or exclude your participation in the forthcoming acquisition process. Any information provided by the Government under this notice is preliminary and may be updated or changed prior to release of the solicitation. The Government will NOT award a contract solely on the basis of this notice, nor will it be liable for any costs associated with preparing and submitting a response to this notice. All submissions will become Government property and will not be returned. In accordance with FAR 10.001(a)(3)(i), in order to determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency need exists, the Government will consider all SSS responses received, particularly those received from 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or small businesses. Responses to this SSS permits the contracting officer, in accordance with FAR 19.203(c), to consider an acquisition for small business socioeconomic concerns (i.e., 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB programs) and to consider a small business set-aside (see 19.502-2(b)). Small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories, are highly encouraged to identify capabilities in meeting the requirements at fair market prices. The information received from this SSS will be used by the Government as a preliminary planning tool for the purposes of obtaining information regarding the availability and capability of qualified businesses under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 532420 Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing with a size standard of $32.5 Million as measured by total revenues. A Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract is anticipated. The anticipated period of performance is one year (Base Year) plus four (4) 12-month option years. EXISTING CONTRACT: The U.S. Army currently has various contracts for maintenance and associated operating costs for Official Mail metering equipment at various Continental United States (CONUS) IMCOM Garrisons. The current contracts were awarded to Pitney Bowes, Neopost USA Inc., MSI Mail-Ship Inc., General Mailing & Shipping Systems Inc., and ED & ED Business Technology Inc. BACKGROUND: IMCOM has allowed each Garrison Installation Commander to manage the Installation Official Mail Program to include receiving, processing, dispatching, and delivering mail and acquisition, maintenance and associated operating costs for mail metering equipment. The official mail program provides support to all Department of Defense and Army tenant activities as a common service. As IMCOM prepares for future budget constraints, in an effort to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, the intent is to centralize the management of Official Mail metering equipment from all CONUS Garrisons at the IMCOM Headquarters. SUBMITTAL INFORMATION: The Government will review general capability statements. Please ensure submissions are tailored to this requirement and specifically to the attached Draft Performance Work Statement. Provide sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. There is a ten (10) page limit, which offerors shall submit in PDF or MS Word Format. Cover Page. The cover page shall include the following information: Respondent Name: Mailing Address: Point of Contact (POC): Title: POC Phone: POC E-Mail: DUNS (if applicable): CAGE Code (if applicable): Active Registration/Certification in the System for Award Management (https://www.sam.gov/): Type of Business (Small or Large): The following attachment is included with this notice: Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). All contractor submissions must be received by the contracting office no later than Friday, 1 July 2016 at 4:00 P.M. Central Time. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Dean Carsello, at dean.m.carsello.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-2419, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the GSA notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion Responses or inquiries about this SSS shall be submitted electronically via e-mail to: Ms. Karina Haddix, Contract Specialist, at karina.s.haddix.civ@mail.mil and Ms. Christina Mokrane, Contracting Officer, at christina.m.mokrane.civ@mail.mil. The subject of your email must include your company's legal name and state the nature of your email to include POSTAL METER EQUIPMENT.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/c783ee45d25f4a1ca20b2327fb909312)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Various Locations listed within the Draft PWS. Contracting Office is MICC-Fort Sam Houston., United States
- Record
- SN04159904-W 20160625/160623234818-c783ee45d25f4a1ca20b2327fb909312 (fbodaily.com)
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